Processed cheese and joined-up thinking.
I used to work at McDonald's, but my story concerns being the other side of the counter, at one of the other branches of that fine comestible emporium in my fair city.

At the time, there was a promotion on - 2 cheeseburgers for the princely sum of 99p. Now, I'm fond of hamburgers, but not so much cheeseburgers, so I asked the comely serving wench if I could have two hamburgers for 99p. 'Sorry, the promotion's only on cheeseburgers,' came the reply.

'In that case, I'll have 2 cheeseburgers without cheese, please.'

Serving wench toddled off to the production bin, where the chap who controls the burger flippers stands.

'Can I have two cheeseburgers without cheese, please?'

'You mean 2 hamburgers?'
(marknotgeorge is not worried. It's my natural expression., Thu 10 May 2012, 23:57, 4 replies)

but
did you get 'em?
( ferret -> twitter.com/syfyautocorrect <-, Fri 11 May 2012, 0:40, closed)

the suspense is killing me

(GingerIrishTosser isn't dead yet., Fri 11 May 2012, 12:57, closed)

You're messing up my literary cliffhanger ending thingy! Waah!
(marknotgeorge is not worried. It's my natural expression., Fri 11 May 2012, 19:20, closed)

As a McDonalds' till monkey
I had customers ask me on several occasions for 'cheeseburgers without cheese'.
Me: 'Er, you mean a hamburger.'
Them: 'No, a cheeseburger without the cheese. You put different stuff on it, it tastes different.'
Me: 'No, we don't. A cheeseburger is 10p more than a hamburger, and the only difference is the cheese.'
Them: [getting irate] 'I'm not an idiot, I want a cheeseburger just don't put the cheese on it!'
Me: 'Ok' [charges cheeseburger price, runs weird request through till, explains to confused grill-monkey that the customer wants a hamburger wrapped in cheeseburger paper.]
Them: [triumphant] 'See, it's a cheeseburger just no cheese in it!, I don't like hamburgers!'

And they reckon McDs staff are thick...
(sanity challenged, Sun 13 May 2012, 21:26, closed)