How do you order off the dollar menu??

When I order of the dollar menu, I just order the item, I don't say off the dollar menu. I think there is just one item and it is listed on the dollar menu. I've never had any problem ordering and getting the item I wanted and I don't say off the dollar menu! That's funny that he says off the dollar menu!

I am like you, not sure if there is a difference in price if you just order something without telling them "off the dollar menu". I just order and hardly ever look at the menu and then don't look at the prices.

We do eat off the dollar menu. You don't have to tell them that. Although I am sure he is just making sure they don't give him a higher priced sandwich. Some of their sandwiches are very close to each other.

I think you're right...there's only one price option for an item otherwise it'd be pretty confusing. I only go to McD's about once a year though :)

How funny, that reminds me of a story. When my daughter was in preschool I was at the bank drive up teller. She yelled out the window from the back seat "I want a happy meal." the teller and I started laughing. Maybe he is ordering a dollar. Heehee

This is hilarious! It sounds like something my husband would do :0) I just order a cheeseburger personally. But now that I have read this I am going to request a cheeseburger "off the dollar menu" and see what type of reaction I get from the person taking the order!!

Well, when I order something off of the $1 menu there or somewhere else that has a $1 menu, I just order the item or items not worrying about them not knowing what I am ordering. But if my husband is ordering something thru the drive thru, he does the same thing. I know it can be annoying, but if it reassures them to say that, then I guess we have to let them. (And just cringe everytime they do it.)

Either way. I am not in the habit of telling them that I am ordering off the dollar menu, but I woudln't feel bad saying it. I'm sure the people ordering in there know what a cheeseburger costs, so if I order one they'll know it's from the dollar menu. Whatever works.

Trust me, mcdonald can rip you off really badly, This is why dad avoids it.

i am not sure about that, but i think this is something that is a hook to get you in to the restaraunt so be careful!

Well, I remember my boyfriend would say something like, "cheeseburger, $1." And I found it funny because I looked and I thought there wasn't any other cheeseburger. I guess they just want to make sure they are charged $1 to avoid any surprises.

Yeah...LOL. That is funny but I can imagine alittle embarrassing too. If I order something that has another price I say something like...$1 fries, but if I order a 4 peice chicken nuggets I say just that not a 4 peice chicken nuggets off the dollar menu. Funny to hear about other husbands quirks. I know everybody has them.

SOme places have different prices. I have figured out how to work the $1 menus tho. YOu might pay more for a bigger burger or soemthing like that, but then just get the $1 fries and a $1 small drink. At Burger King the Whopper Jr is a $1. And that is perfect for me. And on the children's meals in the bag - they are about $4.59 for a small burger, or 6 piece chicken tenders and small drink - well, at BK I get 2, 4 piece chicken tenders, a small fry and a small drink and pay $4 - I get 2 more tenders and pay nearly a dollar less! What you are paying for is the toy that is tossed the second you get home!

I generally just order the double cheese burger, never mentioning the dollar menu at all. The ones that I have noticed tend to spice up their higher priced burgers and such. You may have a double cheese burger on both, but one would be just a double cheese burger and the other may be a double cheese burger with bacon.

I honestly question this one myself. I find myself adding the phrase "on the dollar menu." You are probably right about there not being a similar item on the menu but I just like to cover my bases. With the cost of living rising daily, you really can't blame your husband for being cautious.

It's actually really funny to me to read all this because I've worked at Wendy's, Hardee's, and Arby's, so I have first-hand experience with the dollar menu situation. Wendy's, for example- anything on the value menu (not dollar anymore sadly) is normally listed as a jr. if it's a hamburger or cheeseburger. The only thing you have to say off their is 'value' sized drink because those are 99 cents, while if you just say drink, it is assumed you want a small, which is a few cents more. As for Arby's, I don't think there is a dollar menu, so we'll skip that one. Hardee's does have a problem with the cheeseburgers because there's the #1, which is a cheeseburger meal, and then there are the small cheeseburgers. Most employees will ask if they're good at their job (most aren't, though), so it's safer to say, "I want the 'small' cheeseburger," or "I want the 99 cents cheeseburger." There isn't a dollar menu, so you have to specify price. With the value menu at Wendy's, from the perspective of a former employee- it is incredibly annoying to be told, 'off the value menu/dollar menu' because the employees know. Not stupid. I saw someone mention that they say a sandwich in a drive through and then they get irritated because the cashier asks, would you like the meal? Seriously, don't get annoyed by that. It's part of his/her job. He has to suggestive sell. Fast food is a high-stress environment all around so it's great when customers don't make it worse by being mean at the drive-through. (Lots of experience with that, can you tell?) Anyways, seeing as I hadn't seen any previous fast-food employee responses, I figured I'd put in my own two cents worth. Oh, and I'm never going back to fast food. Way too much stress, too little money, and not enough respect from either customers or fellow employees. So for all of you who have never worked fast-food, be nice to those who do. It's probably one of the hardest restaurant jobs in the industry.

hahah I order it the same way!!! I think I feel the need to clarify... like just in case. I dunno, lol! :)

I think there actually is a difference, I could be wrong though. I do that on occasion too, but I don't think I really make a habit of it. I guess it's just being cautious. I don't really want to spew out an order that doesn't actually cost a $1 and then pull up to the window & realize that I ordered wrong and am being charged more then a buck for a cheeseburger or whatever it may be.

No, I usually do not specify that it is "off the dollar menu", but I can see why he does this. There are two different cheeseburgers, but even though they call the larger one "quarter pounder with cheese", on rare occasions you might find you end up with the larger sandwich, even if you just say "cheeseburger". This can happen with fries or other items too. But, I will usually just say "small" or whatever the dollar size happens to be.

Honestly at first I did this too but I don't any longer. I just say a double cheese burger. Like you said there shouldnt be more than one price for a cheeseburger.