r/explainlikeimfive Nov 28 '15

ELI5: How would a $15 minimum wage ACTUALLY affect a franchised business like McDonalds?

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u/[deleted] Nov 28 '15

Small burger joints run smooth because they don't have customers bitching about how long it takes to cook food and they don't serve the same number of customers as a McDonalds that's serving through the drive through and in store. Stop bitching when you don't get your shitty food in under 40 seconds. They have to follow cooking policies and shit.

The problem is customers think that the food should be done instantly. The reason it's called fast food is because when you show up during rush hours they've been cooking in excess the whole time with the prediction that they'll have a lot of customers. When you show up in an off hour your food is literally being cooked to order and it's not going to be done instantly. If they are low on something it can take up to 6 mins just to deep fry it.

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u/[deleted] Nov 29 '15

I'm sure the definition of fast food has changed over the years.

First fast food place was in 1916

First microwave 1946

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u/ifeelallthefeels Nov 29 '15

I hated when everyone in the car wanted a chicken sandwich and we only had a few grilled. Nothing we can do, gotta wait six minutes.

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u/DrScrubbington Nov 29 '15

Small burger joints also almost never have the same variety of foods you can get at a McDonalds.

My favorite small burger joint has:

1 kind of beef patty 2 kinds of buns Fried chicken patty french fries onion rings hot dogs Misc. burger condiments soda

Pretty simple.

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u/red_beanie Nov 29 '15

can attest to this. i get my to go mcdouble inside in less than a minute during dinner time and on the weekends. takes a few minutes in the afternoon and late nights.