The $2.1 Billion McDonald's Machine

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2.1 billion and that machine still wont print my receipt every time i use it lmao

If this video came out 30 seconds sooner, it would’ve saved me $5.50 because I just bought two sausage egg McMuffins and only really needed one dammit

that sponsor transition was the smoothest thing ever i didn't even realise it was an ad

I saw the title and thought it would be the ice cream machine 😭😭😭

Also important to note that these replace the jobs of people taking orders so that McDonald’s can spend less on paychecks

they went from trump to hitler to mcdonalds that's crazy

McDonald's 10 minute animated video by Fern is gonna be a hell of a fun for sure.

So that's why they tripled their prices in the past 10 years

Watching this while eating madonalds is horrifying 💀

that sponsor transition was smooth

I bet if checkout screen showed calories the orders would cut in half

I've been using these machines for my orders ever since McD started rolling them out here in HU about 2 years ago! As an introvert, it's a dream come true! Too bad for them, I almost always order the same "double cheeseburger+medium fries+0.4l regular Coca Cola with no ice"-meal that I used to order at the counter back in the day and decline all of the up-sells all the same :] When I first saw the UI on these machines, I was like: "Okay, this is awesome, but these machines will either generate a lot of obese people or a lot of wasted food, or both!"

Just yesterday I was at Burger King since a long time. I just wanted a chilli cheese Burger and chilli cheese fries. I clicked on the burger and was confused. I got 2 options: take the burger with a small menu or take the burger with a normal menu. I was about to go back in the interface, then I just noticed a button under these options, that was greyed out and looked like its not pressable: "go on without a menu". AND I just ordered the burger and chilli cheese fries :)

Fern not dropping an assassination video? Unbelievable! 🤯

I actually find myself ordering less food at these screens. When I'm face to face with an employee, I want to order as quickly and concisely as possible to not cause confusion or waste their time. When I'm at the screen, I can play around by adding or removing things from my order, and do the math on what upgrades are worth the price, etc.

This doesn't work if you're poor enough to only buy 0,50-1€ items from the coupons. A few years ago I used to sometimes buy a 1€ cheeseburger when missed my train. Nowadays that same cheeseburger is around 3€. Instead I now buy a 0,25€ dry bread roll from.Lidl 🤷

From my point of view, the kiosks are great because I can see all the prices easily. I can figure out if buying the combo is actually a better deal than buying fries separately. I can easily find any specials. I can work out tricks to get the food I actually want while spending as little as possible to do so. I might end up ordering more (might not), but I probably spend less to get it. For a concrete example (although I mostly use the phone app for mcdonalds). One of the first things I will check is the "sharables" tab. Mcdonalds has an item (not at every store) of "40pc Nuggets + 2 large fries". The price varies WILDLY. Some stores it will be 19.99. Some stores it will be 9.99. When I see that shit for 9.99 you better believe I'm going to buy it. If I had to ask at the counter, for starters I'd never actually ask, and the staff probably wouldn't know anyway. Hell even if I tried to order that combo I'd more likely be charged for everything individually which would cost even more than the high price.

How can they make a Netflix-Level documentary about a bloody Self-Ordering Machine from McDonalds. Fern, you can't be getting away with this!!! Love your videos. Way too good for Youtube.

I've never experienced or know anyone who's ever over-ordered at McDonalds.