The Cheeseburger Count

Recently McDonalds shuffled around their “Eurosaver” menu to include a rather handsome offer of a cheeseburger for a mere €1. To some McD die-hards that mightn’t seem all that attractive because they have had better offers in the past, however up until recently I never went into McD’s a lot in part due to the shocking findings of the documentary “Super Size Me” (which incidently is one of the DVD’s that I’m currently selling in my DVD Clearout) but that all changed once I saw the Mega Mac!

It was the talk of the town and you couldn’t walk from A to B without hearing the words “4 burgers?!?!?! You must be joking!” and people making signs with their hands trying to tell friends just how big it really was but of course their hands weren’t long enough to be up to such a mammoth task!

Keen to see what all the fuss was about, I marched into the nearest McD’s and ordered the MegaMac Meal which came with Large Fries and a Large Drink for €6.90. I was mesmerised by the gigantic poster advertising the Mega Mac and when I was told to sit down while I waited for it to be prepared I was nearly expecting sirens to be going off as the recently harvested Lithuanian burger preparer was subjected to pressure never experienced before! There were no sirens though. Instead the “waitress” brought over a rather bland burger box. “Sorry” I said, “I ordered a Mega Mac” being sure to make the hand signs as I said the word “Mega”. “This is the mega” she responded in her foreign voice.

Dejected. It’s the only word except for angry, betrayed and embarrased that could be used to describe how I felt a that moment! But I wasn’t going to leave dodgy advertising spoil my already spoiled meal! I picked up the burger still dissapointed that it could fit into my hand and took took a bite. All my reservations were quickly vaporised by the fat and grease that was surging through my vein’s. I was in Burger Heaven! The Lettuce was crisp and still cold while the cheese was just beginning to melt on each of the 4 burgers! It was comparable to the Burger King baguette’s that I was praising on the site (now lost) about 6 months a go!

The next day when I was in town, I passed McD’s and realised that I had €6.90 to spare. So in I went in search of burger heaven once again only to be greeted by the new price of €7.30 for the meal. Crazy, an increase of 40c overnight! I never realised that the price of cow entrails was that tempremental! Now with me being unable to afford the Mega Mac meal, I decided to borrow 10c off my friend and buy 6 Cheeseburgers and a Medium drink which came to €7. That’s where it all began!

For the next week I continued to go in to McD’s everyday whilst in town and everyday I continued buy as many cheeseburgers as I could afford and I could justify buying all these cheeseburgers with my hatred towards loose change. I notched up about 18 cheeseburgers in a week. That trend continued for the next few days aswell and I even started to buy a McDonalds after school as well as lunchtime. At this rate, my “nutritional” intake was far exceeding that of Stanley who took part in Super Size Me because the Cheeseburger I learned, has one of the highest fat content of any item on the McD menu!

Yesterday on my (rather long) trip back from mountaineering we stopped off at McDonalds where once again I emptied my wallet of coinage and devoured my 2 cheeseburgers! Those 2 cheeseburgers brought the amount of cheese burgers consumed by me in the past 2 weeks up to 30! I’m also starting to notice the difference it’s making to my body. Walking up stairs now makes me breathless and occassionally dizzy while my skin (if it could make sounds) is crying out for me to stop abusing myself like this because it can’t cope with all the grease being thrown at it! I’m also getting a sharp pain in my chest every now and again which is worryingly close to my heart!

A study a few years a go PROVED that Fast Food is addictive. I think I’d be inclined to agree as I struggle to break free of this obsession!

tagsMcDonalds, Cheeseburger, Mega Mac, Super Size Me, Fast Foodtags