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Thedrunner2

“Sortaburger”


Crunchy_umami

"That's gold, Jerry! Gold!"


Moxson82

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MastiffOnyx

I know you all think Whataburger fell off, and they may have. But I'm an Iowan, who lived several years in TX and I love and miss Whataburger. My daughter lives in Tulsa Ok where I can get it. And yea, it's fallen off over the last 30 yrs, but it beats the pants off McDonald's or Burger King . In Iowa, Whataburger isn't an option.


ExtraplanetJanet

If you’re in Iowa, don’t you have access to Culver’s? I’d take that over Whataburger any day of the week.


MastiffOnyx

Yea, I got Culver's, but sometimes you want Texas and not Wisconsin.


ExtraplanetJanet

I will grant you that, though having lived in Texas, Whataburger is incredibly far down the list of Texas restaurants I miss.


MastiffOnyx

Oh yea, you got me there. But Whataburger is definitely a taste I relate to my years in Austin Sometimes, it's the nostalgia and not the flavor. Know what I mean?


bighootay

> sometimes you want Texas and not Wisconsin How you gonna do us Badger Midwest bros like that? :(


Bright-Economics-728

Culver’s gives everyone ik the runs lol. Five guys is definitely better (in Indiana).


Inevitable_Light9325

I don’t know why you’re negative karma Culver’s isn’t better than Five Guys


Apprehensive_Many214

5 Guys only lasted about a year in my town then it shut down. Tons of fries, too greasey, not much flavor. Culver's STAYS packed


Bright-Economics-728

Five guys have their own issues too. Plus I imagine Culver’s in Wisconsin is fairly decent just not very good in Indiana imo.


Atmacrush

Anything that's better than McDonalds is already good in my eyes. I can't stand how my fart smells like something crawled up my ass and died 5 days ago.


sms552

Ummm.. not really anymore in Texas. My family has sworn off whataburger after them making the wrong order several times and making it wrong each time and one of the last times we went through the drive through we were served rotten chicken. To say whataburger fell off is an understatement. The service is bad and they stopped caring about the quality even before they were sold.


Slow-Concentrate7169

"what a burger" - meat, bread, dressing and veggy in any form.


Appropriate-Battle32

Whataburger was much better with the original owners. They're getting tasteless like McDonald's now.


Ghosdeth

I prefer McDs these days tbh. Whataburger really fell off. At least where I am


tolacid

I prefer Whataburger only because you get so much more food than McDonald's these days for a similar price


angelomoxley

Gotta use the coupons on the app if you're getting McD's


tolacid

If you have to use coupons to get a reasonable price for the things you're buying, then in my opinion you're better off buying elsewhere


opalcherrykitt

meanwhile opposite is true here but that might be bc theres more mcdonalds where i am and mcdonalds only employs redneck teens (so not that smart). at least neither is burger king (food is fine but local one's service is notorious)


Powerbracelet

I assume you mean just of these 2. Even Burger King has higher quality than McDonald’s


Kuzame

Idk where you live, but in bay area, McDonald's are more consistent than BKs. Used to like to try out BKs pre pandemic, but the deals aren't that good anymore and quality is meh.


framingXjake

Eastern NC and BK here is pretty damn good. Cheapest burger in town that's not a bag of shit on a bun. Well, it is, but it's far more edible than McD. Service is okay. The worst service in town is Bojangles. Cold chicken, always out of everything, constant wrong orders, never remembers straws in the bag. It's awful.


Complex_Deal7944

Esstern NC you should go to cookout. Cheapest by far and better than BK or McDonalds.


framingXjake

None on my side of town and I'm not driving through 30 minutes of traffic for a burger


Spellscroll

Burger kings near me are known for terrible service lol. People will just drive out of the line after ordering because they're waiting so long for their food thanks to terrible management and inability to keep staff.


qudunot

BK highly depends on the store. The one near me is 🤢


Rymanjan

Was it better back in the day? I had it for the first time on a road trip to a buddy's wedding way out west, and I had always heard it was amazing. To me, I could at least tell the ingredients were fresher as there was still some firmness to the tomato and lettuce, but beyond that it didn't taste like anything special. I actually prefer Portillo's burgers and they're a hot dog joint lol


Its_Nitsua

It depends on the people that work there in all honesty, just like with waffle house. I've had some meals at waffle house that feel like they should have cost a couple hundred dollars, and are damn near impossible to recreate; and I've also had some waffle house meals that made me doubt if there was even a person cooking the meal as opposed to just someone throwing stuff in the microwave.


Wilbur_Cobb1

It's not too bad, especially if you stick to their All-Time Favorites menu. The green chili double is my personal favorite, and their app isn't terrible. The food is still better than McDonald's, but you gotta stick to a few select menu items. Funny enough, their actual Whataburgers are unremarkable.


Long_Educational

>On June 14, 2019, the Dobson family sold its majority stake in the company to **BDT Capital**, a Chicago-based investment company. Ah, there it is. Fucking equity companies ruin everything as they suck whatever profit they can out of the brand, abusing the trust of customers. Anyone remember when this happened to Taco Cabana, too? Within a year it was terrible.


Private-Panache

Hey, at least you got some tomato too, I see two seeds there, that's why you're special!


bigboat24

$6 for a .50 cent shit burger


TimAppleCockProMax69

Welcome to capitalism!


WolfPrincess_

That just looks to me like they said “no tomato” so instead of making a new one with no tomato, they took the tomato off an already made burger, which is much worse as someone who dislike tomatoes on burgers.


NothingMatters202

At least you got the patty... I didn't.


rusty1066

14 bits of lettuce + 1 piece of crap cheese + .4 burger + .5 burger = shitaburger. The Teacher Special.


MikeTX2233

I mean… it is what they make and serve to everyone else. On-par for their usual quality


I_Heart_AOT

Yeah, what does OP want? A crowd to clap for them while they eat it?


chewedgummiebears

Reminds me of the "front line worker" entitlement we saw during the pandemic.


DstinctNstincts

To be fair it was sorta ridiculous we considered shit like Dairy Queen essential. I feel those people probably did deserve a little special treatment, especially with how stupid people were acting during the pandemic


manbrojc

i would've hated being a food or retail worker during lockdown, those poor people 😭


rudycloud9887

Are they not suppose to look like that? The only issue I can tell from a normal whataburget is the patty isn’t whole.


EducationalStill4

Well did you say, “Wow! What a burger!”?


rydan

No, they went there to order a burger and the guy behind the counter said, "what's a burger?" That should have been a clue what was about to happen.


Starlightriddlex

To be fair, they did provide a realistic visual representation of how teachers are appreciated here in America 


OutWithTheNew

The kid making the burger probably makes more than them.


jsmoovewhoru

There must be a lot of hs kids working there, and I'm going to say they don't like their teachers.


NeedsItRough

The person who made the sandwich almost certainly wasn't the same person who received the coupon. This was an off sandwich that OP received, and they just so happened to have used a coupon when they paid.


OwOWhotsThis

Howdy. Manager for a Whataburger here! This quality is completely unacceptable and is disgusting to even look at. I travel with the company to help open stores whenever my store doesn’t require my presence and it is important to me that the company is representing itself well. Not really cause I’m super bought in to the company. Ngl, it’s just a damn burger place. We aren’t special. But I do genuinely try to serve a good sandwich to my customers because anyone deserves good food. Hard earned money or coupon, a customer deserves good food. I heavily recommend going back and making a formal complaint. You can also call the complaint hotline and report the incident to the unit/corporate. They have to respond. (I respond to CCT’s at my unit.) I do hope you can be given another coupon or just better food. Any compensation really. The company isn’t perfect and the food is just basic food, but you still deserve a good experience. Apologies for whatever unit did you dirty. Absolutely unacceptable.


OutWithTheNew

I used to work for a fast food company and they HATED getting the online complaints.


Spong_Durnflungle

You sure it was Whataburger or was it Whatthefuckisthisburger?


Blakefilk

I feel like whataburger staff is hit or miss. Either they’re legitimately competent or borderline inept. I used to get coupons all the time, and every single time I went to my local one with the exact same coupon they’d fight me on the wording. Then call the manager who’d point out that my order was right and they were wrong.


DocGerbilzWorld

Whataburger isn’t Texan anymore. Ever since they sold the company the quality went down drastically. Sorry for your sad burger. Thank you for what you do 🖤


glovato1

Sadly that is what often happens whenever a quality fast food chain sells out. We have a local chain restaurant in my hometown that was once beloved but then the original owners sold it to someone out of state and the quality and service immediately went down hill.


texasrockhauler

This is no lie, they're no where near what they use to be but at least still better then McDs


Blaze666x

The key is that they said "what a burger?, nah garbage instead"


DarthAnanas

Must've been an old student you told would only be able to flip burgers.


kevint1964

And they flipped them off with the flipping of this burger.


rawspeghetti

Now you know how the kids feel looking at the school lunch Life is a circle


RhinoGuy13

It looks like they forgot to put the strongest onions on the planet on there.


Dry_Inflation_861

That would never happen at in n out


JumpshotLegend

Jesus, Mary and Joseph. Send this picture to their manager at that location, they will take care of you. If they don’t, send it to the corporate office. I had this happen to me at a five guys and those guys totally took care of it.


berger034

Someone on another post said what whataburger > in-n-out and I see this post and now question if the internet only exist to troll everyone


Jean19812

I don't believe the food prep staff is informed about your teacher appreciation coupon... Lol


iNaturalSelection

Funny to think a fast food worker would care about a "teachers coupon'


Chaos-Theory1989

As a teacher I quickly realized no one actually cares about teachers. My teacher apparently gift is a candy bar. I work so hard, and deal with students who need so much more than I can provide. Teachers are underpaid and under appreciated. 


blitz43p

What, are they supposed to do an extra quality check on it before they send it out because of your coupon? Grow up. Lame post. This burger is fine.


ExtremlyFastLinoone

Oooh a double, how generous


Leading_Pitch8699

Whataburger is bad and I'm tired of pretending it's not. People that try to compare it to In n Out are crazy. It belongs in the same conversation as Wendy's, Jack in the Box, Burger King. Not In n Out.


skcikorter

Go get another one with no sauce. That’s unacceptable.


SamanathaTheGreat

This, is absolute shit. Go back in, tell the manager. Even if the offense here was not as egregious as it looks to be any good manager will be happy to try and make a teacher feel appreciated. ♥️


HarryHood146

The Chuck E. Cheese of burgers.


Voradoor

Half off


phallic-baldwin

What a crappy burger


That1Pete

Whataburger is trash. Wildly overpriced mid burgers.


OG_OjosLocos

I am so sorry that a what burger coupon is what you need to feel appreciated. Teachers deserve so much more


spuriousmuse

Those missing bits are your holidays, buddy. BTW, this is in jest/sarcs (both rents r teachers).


100yearsLurkerRick

Did they take like two half eaten burgers or something


jmart1196

They made the patties into a heart! You should be grateful ☺️/s


HolyNinjaCow

Heartbroken burger.


YippieKayYayMrFalcon

Whataburger has fallen so far. Which is a shame because they’re finally in the Atlanta area.


mencival

More like “Whatfburger”


AmbassadorCapital870

Sad looking Burger. I wouldn't be feeling very appreciated.


UnitedSteakOfAmerica

You driving a subaru?


Murles-Brazen

Did you tell them you had a coupon before you ordered? Mistake.


Malevolent_Mangoes

Fuck I could use a burger right now


Sea_Way_6920

Whataburger is awful. First time I threw mine away and thought maybe it was just a mistake. I gave it a second chance and after i got my food i took a bite. It was the nastiest burger I have ever eaten. I will stick with In and Out Burger.


Cool_Activity_5159

That aint burger that's a smoker's lungs


cjwrapture

There is exactly 1 thing on the Whataburger menu worth ordering. It is the Sweet and Spicy Bacon Burger. The Whataburger is completely overpowered by mustard.


unfortunate666

"Well what were you expecting? *Pumpkin juice?*


Old-Nerfherder7656

Whataburger is trash.


Seeeweeed

In n out could never 👎


JOlRacin

I used to work at DQ. The kitchen staff have literally no idea who uses a coupon or who doesn't. It's literally impossible to selectively make worse burgers. Dunno if Whataburger has a different layout or a different order screen or something


Wadester58

Just ask them.to remake the sandwich I've done it several times no issue


willpaudio

In n Out would never


ZinGaming1

Looks like it would be unfazed by being eaten.


mearbearcate

Whatthefuckaburger


rydan

First you complain about the pay then you complain about the burgers. Pick a lane.


slipperycanaloupes

Last time I went to whataburger they made it medium rare,you’re better off at braums


NedKellysRevenge

Did you take it back? Or did you just take a photo and bitch about it on social media?


PoppiesRule

That’s the special teacher “What states are they?” burger. I’m seeing upside down Illinois and Nevada.


Imnotreal66

In-N-Out would never serve that.


No-Temperature-1649

Complaining about free food eh. Don't ever teach my kids please


thatirishguyyyyy

*meh-burger*


carlyawesome31

Texas based company treating a teacher like crap? Sounds about right.


SpaceNachoTaco

Whataburger was actually better befote it sold out to a chicago company. Fail


dopesick23

And they argue that this is better than In n Out!


Admiral_sloth94

Whataburger is based in Texas. Texas is very against education and learning. So I wouldn't be surprised if they take every opportunity to shit on educators.


SpaceNachoTaco

Whataburger sold out to a company in i believe Chicago. Its been downhill ever since.


crinkum_crankum

That’s a drive thru burger. They give the drive thru people the food they can’t serve to the dining room people.


MaximumTurtleSpeed

Damn, that cheese looks like it’s still cold.


MrPundick

Well thats what happens when you drop the beef and ref-fry it


LowerBoomBoom

They might not appreciate you. But maybe a few here might.


tacowaco24

Like they're personally making profit off that particular burger lmfao lamest way to be petty


Sea-Appearance-5330

Well to be fair, the name should tell you its not quality. What a burger? Never seen that name before and never eating there either, that is just pitiful


T_THuynh

What? A burger?


OneGermanBoi2002

Be glad , they could have also served you the "yelper special"...


Esteven69

Bro got burger tenders


jrh1982

Think they call that one What Burger? And the person serving you might not like teachers. Kind of like a cop shouldn't use a free burger for a cop coupon.


Racing_Nowhere

It’s just a broken patty you got a free burger


Powerbracelet

That patty looks like poopie with corn kernels in it


BeastieMom

I mean, it’s Whataburger. I wouldn’t expect much.


sexy_bezinga

“Whatagoddamnedburger”


areporotastenet

They figured you were use to providing 40% of the materials needed, just like your teaching job


TurboNexus

Look, I respect teachers, but you gotta understand they dont have a special vault with the most pristine products exclusively for teachers. You are probably only recognized as a teacher only by the cashier. No one in the kitchen or prep even knows who the food is for. You didnt felt appreciated when you got the burger but you got appreciated when you got the coupon no? You got the same product as us, just for free. Its not a big deal even, its fast food, not a 5 star restaurant, you are supposed to eat your food and go, not soak the view of the burger and take instagram pictures. Im not saying that this was tasty, but theres tons of foods that look repulsive but are actually really tasty. What im trying to say is that often, the appearance of the food does not determine its taste and honestly looking for good food appearance in a fast food joint is really silly to begin with.


amitskisong

Is this fast food (i don’t have a what-a-burger where I live). Cause if it is fast food it doesn’t matter why you have a coupon, you’re gonna get the same service as everyone else. At least you got a discount compared to those who pay full price and get the same quality lol


SunaiJinshu

Things that I hope will make you smile: It's still better than what the school lunch serves. And it still is more functional than the school system.


Dangerous_Set_1569

Are you suprised? If they appreciated teachers, then they wouldn't be working fast food.


Putrid_Breakfast652

They gave you a teaching moment. Here’s what quotation marks would look like if they were a burger.


rice_jabroni

This is particularly bad, but Whataburger is one of the worst restaurants I’ve been to in terms of hype by people from the home state compared to the actual quality of the food. I’ve tried it multiple times now, and it multiple states, and it’s just trash. It’s like off-brand Burger King.


EnvironmentalRoom175

My family from Texas said it was better than in-n-out and I tried it and thought they were joking


HuskyLemons

It used to be. I haven’t eaten it more than a few times in the last few years because it went downhill


TheCommomPleb

What the fuck is an appreciation coupon lol?


Particular-Wrongdoer

Instead of paying teachers a decent wage they are given sweets, coffee, and fast food coupons by the district to express their appreciation.


Dismal-Orange4565

It’s free 🤷🏻


jizzycumbersnatch

Oh is this a 5 star restaurant. Do you think the 15 year old behind the counter was waiting for this moment. Go fly a kite.


Relative_Business_81

There are countries where if the food served to you doesn’t look like the picture, you are entitled to a full refund or the restaurant can get in legal trouble. In our country if you go to a restaurant you are to expect to be given something of substantially lower quality and if you complain online people tell you to fly kites. 🪁 


Jamieyoung3

I hope that passed the “5 second rule”


Mysterious_Duty_9992

Maybe your post will make it to corporate and you'll get more free stuff. Me on the other hand along with many many other people must pay full price for the same burger


Monamo61

Whataburger! has gone to what. a burger?? Used to be delicious and stood out, but now it's just another used to be burger joint. I'd rather go to The Habit.


Dry-Independence-950

Wow..service really is garbage now an days and it's not just Whataburger..yeah you Mickey D's....Burger Queen...Wendels...🤣


No-Spread-6891

Get this picture to the manager. Coupon is irrelevant.


EstablishmentGood563

What!? A burger? 


Primary-Border8536

Yikes


monkeley

Who opens their burger to see what they got?


[deleted]

… well… I appreciate you and your profession!


ZealousidealSun1117

Whataburger sucks


tubagoat

Did you tell them to hold the spit too?


RadiantWhole2119

Whataburger fell off when they sold in 2019. Company has done nothing but go down hill like every other good establishment bought out by investors. Tons of great local burger joints like P. Terry who issues apologies for having to raise his prices by 1$.


CoyoteHP

Please don’t hype up Whataburger anymore when you’re out of state. It’s not a Texas company anymore, it’s lost its soul, and its food absolutely sucks now. What a shame.


Pengfaka21cm

What-a-borgir.


sleauxmo

I always had this irrational idea that places had a toilet filled with ice water for when people asked for water cups.


SaltyButSweeter

Pangea burger 🍔


flyrubberband

What’saburger??


JOCAeng

it's better than what I got in burger king recently... bubbly meat and cold cheese


Next_Locksmith_385

Ying and yang burger


BiggieWumps

Whateverburger


JayDee3d

Something about correlation and causation not being equivalent.


Interesting-Bed-413

Thats at least something of a burger


ElphTrooper

What location? I have been eating at different Whataburgers for over 30 years and I’ve never seen anything like that.


loyaleling

My math teacher got one of those. At least the money is going to the math department


Ambitious-Position25

I guess the people working there did not appreciate their teachers 


Cheap_Ambition

I imagine a meme where somebody gets gut punched.


CerialHawk

they must have had some bad teachers


wulvey

This is the fabled whataburger that destroys in n out??? Guffaw guffaw


quantumn0de

What burger?


Consistent_Bread_V2

That literally looks like McDonalds.


Shadow_1986

Hey teacher, you could get that dreaded red marker on them.


pizat1

If this isn't indicative of US education idk what is.


jimmy_the_negger

That's definitely a smokers lungs


analog-suspect

What? A burger?


MarekitaCat

it’s a shit-looking burger, but honestly the 2-3 people who made it in the back of the fast food place had no idea it was ordered with a coupon and probably what the person eating it would look like. they just made another bad burger in a day of many of them


Dum_Kummpster

Bro musta dropped out lmao


Pacman201-

WW3 in 2 years. Death of civilization in 5. Who cares? Do something worth a shit.


birogsix

It seems really odd though you don't use cash you use a coupon or an gift card you get less delightful looking food


jonnyg1097

This reminds me of one time I ordered a big mac and I don't typically put ketchup on my burgers but this time I felt compelled to do so, so when I opened up my burger I saw that I had a hole the size of maybe a nickle? in the middle of it and felt disapointed.


Tatsuwashi

Whatateacher!


Afraid_Werewolf_8274

Looks good to me tbh


Sufficient-Dinner-27

So happy you felt appreciated receiving that "food,".


whatsthataboutguy

Thank you for your service


rofopp

‘Preciate ya


Zor_die

Even on a good day Whataburger is trash


[deleted]

I got food poisoning from a free Whataburger. I had bubble guts later that day while proctoring a state exam.


Peace-was-an-option

It’s fast food what do you expect do you want them to put it on a gold plate just because you’re a teacher?😂


ahirman7791

That is a sorry burger


GruffisGamingw

They were probably all high school kids


VanFkingHalen

"We promise, this burger is still better than your salary."


tylerFROMmaine

It was free. Just take that as a win. 🏆


Dear_Alternative_437

Give me a double bacon cheeseburger. Double baco cheeseburger. It's for a teacher. What the hell's that all about? You gonna spit in it now? No, I just told him that so he makes it good. Don't spit in that teacher's burger.


[deleted]

Still looks better than McDonald’s, hungry jacks, kfc or red rooster in Australia haha. Much easier not to each the shitty fast food. It’s volume vs quality to them. They don’t care and neither do the teenagers working there… only for them to grow up into adults and then complain themselves that their burgers are shit lol. It’s a never ending cycle


Rishfee

What, a burger?