Mac Donald's... Your first how old were you... Do you remember it? Was it a right of passage?

.... I was around 24 years old when I had my first Mc Donald's... Our children mentioned their friends went... Thought we had better go so they weren't left out... Can't say I was too impressed at the time...

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carpediem · 61-69, M

I lived within a few minutes from the first one. Not the California original, but Ray Croc's first. We used to get McDonalds as a treat in Catholic school once a month for lunch because a franchisee had a kid in our school. It was a brilliant marketing scheme.

NativePortlander1970

@carpediem Watch the Founder with Michael Keaton, apparently the first franchisees tried adding fried chicken or burritos, depending on their locations.

carpediem · 61-69, M

@NativePortlander1970 Not at that first location. That one has Kroc visiting virtually every day. I believe it was some other place. They were selling chicken sandwiches and he dumped them.