If I asked you to order me a cheeseburger, plain ...

[matildasun]

from a fast food place would I get what I wanted or would you be confused? This is a huge point of confusion for both my husband and my best friend, and I am not sure if it is them or me.

What would I get if I sent you for a cheeseburger, plain?

[namasteak]

Meat, bun & cheese = plain cheeseburger

[sjh722]

A bun with a burger and piece of cheese. No toppings.

[kaycee]

Cheese, meat, and bun.

[mrsjrd23]

a burger with just cheese and bun, nothing else.

[rbp]

Bun, beef patty, cheese.

What about this is confusing??

[spk926]

Bun, meat and cheese. At first I was going to add ketchup and mustard but then thought I shouldn't because even though I think of that as standard on a burger, it isn't plain and you asked for plain.

[redpenmama]

Bun, burger, and cheese -- this has been my go-to order since I was like 3.

[anna7602]

I would make sure it had pickles, tomatoes and 8,000 condiments.

Just kidding. Ditto pps. Meat, bun, cheese.

[meij]

A cheeseburger with no toppings or condiments.

[matildasun]

Good, so it appears that it is a them problem and not a me problem. For some unknown reason it trips both of them up.
I just asked my husband to bring one back for me and then I had to spend 5 minutes convincing him if he just said the words, "cheeseburger, plain" that the person at Mc Donald's would know what he wanted.

[greencrayon]

Mar 28, 2015 15:14:58 GMT -5 matildasun said:

Good, so it appears that it is a them problem and not a me problem. For some unknown reason it trips both of them up.
I just asked my husband to bring one back for me and then I had to spend 5 minutes convincing him if he just said the words, "cheeseburger, plain" that the person at Mc Donald's would know what he wanted.

I order that almost every time, and I'd say 50% of the time I get a cheeseburger with everything on it lol.

[shamrockshake]

Mar 28, 2015 15:14:58 GMT -5 matildasun said:

Good, so it appears that it is a them problem and not a me problem. For some unknown reason it trips both of them up.
I just asked my husband to bring one back for me and then I had to spend 5 minutes convincing him if he just said the words, "cheeseburger, plain" that the person at Mc Donald's would know what he wanted.

I would not trust the McDonald's people enough to get what I wanted if I just said that. I specify cheeseburger just meat and cheese always. And still I only get that about 3/4 of the time

[LoveTrains]

I know what you mean but because of the idiot factor I would order something like a cheeseburger with no toppings.

[MadamePresident]

I might question if you wanted cheese, if I HAD to question something about a plain cheeseburger.

[statlerwaldorf]

Mar 28, 2015 15:14:58 GMT -5 matildasun said:

Good, so it appears that it is a them problem and not a me problem. For some unknown reason it trips both of them up.
I just asked my husband to bring one back for me and then I had to spend 5 minutes convincing him if he just said the words, "cheeseburger, plain" that the person at Mc Donald's would know what he wanted.

When I worked at McDonald's, we had a button for plain. Bun, meat, and cheese.

[undecidedowl]

I always order cheeseburgers plain, the only time a restaurant gets it wrong is when they forget. So I'd tell them they don't need to understand they just need to say it that way lol.

[matildasun]

I have always gotten what I wanted, if I asked for a cheeseburger, plain. If I ask for a plain cheeseburger it is about 50/50.

[hilwithonelary]

I think it means meat, cheese, and bun, but I'd order it as "cheeseburger with meat and cheese only" to be safe. I'm still scarred from my experience of ordering a "plain cheeseburger" at a McDonald's in Sydney and receiving a cheeseburger with everything on it, including a beet. My 14 year old self was not pleased.

[curbsideprophet]

Mar 28, 2015 15:35:41 GMT -5 matildasun said:

I have always gotten what I wanted, if I asked for a cheeseburger, plain. If I ask for a plain cheeseburger it is about 50/50.

I can see how the second way is a little more confusing depending on the menu.

[jackie011]

I always order it that way and usually say "just meat, cheese & bun" because I reakky want to drive that point home.

[smock]

One time in Kansas I ordered a cheeseburger, hold the burger. I got some weird looks.

Hey, it's hard to be a vegetarian on a road trip.

[Ashley&Scott]

Bun, meat & cheese. What is hard about that?

[matildasun]

Mar 28, 2015 16:22:54 GMT -5 Ashley&Scott said:

Bun, meat & cheese. What is hard about that?

I have no idea. It flummoxes him though.

[Stingyshark]

This is apparently a confusing matter - When I was pregnant, I ordered a spicy chk sandwich PLAIN from CFA .. The lady proceeded to ask if I wanted butter on the bun, I said PLAIN. She then proceeded to explain to me for 5 minutes why i should get the butter, and what's its for. OMG LADY PLAIN, I SAID PLAIN... it's difficult.

[namasteak]

Mar 28, 2015 15:23:02 GMT -5 MadamePresident said:

I might question if you wanted cheese, if I HAD to question something about a plain cheeseburger.

But then it would be a plain hamburger not a plain cheeseburger.

[MadamePresident]

Mar 28, 2015 16:40:24 GMT -5 namasteak said:

Mar 28, 2015 15:23:02 GMT -5 MadamePresident said:

I might question if you wanted cheese, if I HAD to question something about a plain cheeseburger.

But then it would be a plain hamburger not a plain cheeseburger.

Oh I agree, but we were questioning how people could interpret "plain cheeseburger".

I've ordered a cheeseburger without cheese when I haven't seen hamburger on the menu.

[Deleted]

Mar 28, 2015 15:10:43 GMT -5 redpenmama said:

Bun, burger, and cheese -- this has been my go-to order since I was like 3.

twinsies. PLAIN CHEESEBURGERS 4 LYFE

I realize this is a crime at In N Out but what are you gonna do. Sometimes I'll add onions or mushrooms but that's as wild as I get.

[qcinoct]

burger, cheese, bread. Done.

[curbsideprophet]

Mar 28, 2015 16:21:23 GMT -5 smock said:

One time in Kansas I ordered a cheeseburger, hold the burger. I got some weird looks.

Hey, it's hard to be a vegetarian on a road trip.

I have a former coworker who would order Big Macs no burger.

I used to order cheeseburgers ketchup only and that worked fairly well.