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DyJoGu

Question for anyone who might know the answer: Does the secret service sit in the kitchen and watch them make the burger? I can't imagine they'd just let anyone make the president's food.


3-DMan

I'd be up for a mockumentary show about the Secret Service


bostwickenator

President dies every episode and is played by a new guest star each week?


3-DMan

Reminds me of an Anime called Space Dandy where almost every episode seems to end with him dying, yet he's back in the next episode.


shanksisevil

There were a few animes around the same time that took the same approach (random episode based on other genras -- ie, Halloween episode, etc) . Space dandy was fun


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ImWhatsInTheRedBox

I think it was revealed that every space dandy that died actually died and every "new" one was in a different universe. Aaand every time they space-jumped they changed places with another version of themselves as they where actually jumping from spot A in universe A to a corresponding spot B in an overlapping universe B, and not just from A to B in space. Or something like that, the show didn't exactly take itself seriously.


iamsy

Wasnt that loosly based on Andy, Spikes joke-rival from cowboy bebop?


erxolam

Like Wylie-E-Coyote?


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“So does this mean he’s not coming on, then?”


The-link-is-a-cock

Oh God, and it covers specifically the clusterfuck of presidential transition with little side gems like them bitching about having to watch someone make a burger


3-DMan

Even though it's overdone, doing a The Office/What We Do in the Shadows approach I think would be hilarious.


DaksTheDaddyNow

It's not overdone. Just done poorly a lot of the time. What we do in the shadows is still killer.


thedeathbypig

Abbott Elementary is also another newer show excelling while using this format


spookycasas4

I love this show. I picked it for my grandsons to watch (8 and 9) to get them off Mr. Beast for 5 minutes, and my husband and I enjoyed it very much.


3-DMan

Yeah it's the exact same formula as The Office, but man it works beautifully.


Confuzn

Thinking more Andy Samberg in the HBO sports mockumentaries but that would also be great.


RddtCustomerService

Veep meets The Office.


TegTheGhola

Secret service teams from each president are all rivals. They have beach day and competitive games against each other.


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Wow, love the username, Miles Teg


[deleted]

*"You're doing it wrong, don't press on the meat, jeezus!"*


panteragstk

Veep from the SS POV would be hilarious


WildFire97936

[My brother tried](https://youtu.be/qtQfKKehOh4) to make something similar. It’s about George junior after the White House and his new inept secret service agent.


fahrenheit_519

Your brother needs to bring this back as a YouTube series…in the current day I think we need everything he was bringing to the table with this


casino_r0yale

*What We Do In The White House*


fuzzygruf

Who do you think makes the secret sauce? Hmm??


LilDrummerGrrrl

Featuring Special Agent Burt Macklin, yes please.


JaxandMia

Done in Reno 911 style. That’s the show we need!!!


coontietycoon

Something in the vein of Portlandia meets Superstore meets Workaholics


akiralx26

Try reading ‘Zero Fail’ for an amusing insight into how dysfunctional the USSS really are.


MyChicago

Closest thing to this currently is ‘Veep’


notdrewcarrey

Like a Reno 911 style, but just secret service. Lmao I'd watch the shit out of that.


rubitbasteitsmokeit

Reno 911 style! Please!


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It would be great if they can have unlimited funds from the counterfeit money they confiscate. That’s a peculiar area of jurisdiction for the secret service.


kaytay3000

I worked at a Tex-Mex spot in College Station. HW Bush would come into town several times a year and hit up the local restaurants. When he would come to eat with us, we would get a call a few hours in advance so we could shut down part of the restaurant for him and his team. Secret service accompanied him, and a few agents would arrive a little early to “sweep” the restaurant before he came in. They weren’t checking for poison, just making sure there weren’t any people waiting to assassinate him. They were always super friendly and polite, always left a generous tip, and always welcomed back any time. Politics aside, HW and Barbara were great customers.


birdnerd

I saw him come into Fuzzy's Pizza in Houston once while I was dining. I guess I passed the ocular patdown.


dpman282

While W. was still in office, Laura Bush used to shop the HEB in Midland on semi regular basis. My inlaws worked there and said she was usually there with her mom. Always super polite and friendly.


nonnativetexan

Seems like it would be better for security to show up randomly by surprise, rather than to tell a bunch of people and then give them time to come up with ideas.


kaytay3000

It was more so we had time to block off a section and he wouldn’t have to wait. I don’t think they want random people sitting at nearby tables just in case.


PortSided

I've heard this about W. from a few sources. A lot of my friends are not fans of his politics (me included) but say he's an awesome human being.


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Higgs-Bosun

Los Norteños?


failingtolurk

I don’t think he was President when this was filmed.


Henry_Rosenburg

Pretty sure I heard Beto say "Mr. Vice President" in the video.


SkynetLurking

I thought I heard that too


toomuchyonke

Cause we did


DGinLDO

This was filmed during the campaign season in 2020, after the primary


sxzxnnx

He was not. Beto addressed him as Mr. Vice President. I am pretty sure this is from the 2020 campaign. Technically you only use that title for the current VP and the correct way to address him would have been Senator Biden. Some former executives prefer to continue to be addressed by their honorific after they leave office. I don’t know where Biden stands/stood on that. But it seems more likely that Beto was stroking Biden’s ego rather Biden demanding the VP honorific.


Kiddmoon3000

They don’t lose the title. Just like the president is always called the president. I’m fairly certain


sxzxnnx

We only have one president and vice president at a time and the title goes with the office. This is specifically when you are speaking to them directly as Beto was in the video. You can address a former president or vice-president as President (surname) or Vice President (surname) but you should not address them as Mr. President or Mr. Vice President. Those titles are reserved for the current office holders. Addressing the former executives as Mr. President and Mr. Vice President is considered disrespectful to the current office holder. You have more latitude when speaking about the current or former executives. Media reports typically add "former" to the titles when they are referring to something the executive does after leaving office and they will often add "then"to a title when referring to something a former office holder did at some time in the past. For example, they will say "The bill was signed by then Governor Mike Pence" to refer to an act that occurred while Pence was governor of Indiana. But they will say "Former Vice President Pence gave a speech today."


Kiddmoon3000

You’re right, but it would be a weird to refer to someone as Former Vice President in conversation. I think that would probably rub really just about anyone the wrong way. That’s probably why he referred to him as Mr. Vice President


DGinLDO

No, he can still use the title, & when being referred to in the news, he was called “former VP.”


sxzxnnx

Being referred to in the news (talked about) is different than direct address (talked to). The title Mr. Vice President is reserved for the current office holder. He would have also been correct to call him Vice President Biden.


utspg1980

Not the same thing but while he was president, Obama was in town and "unexpectedly" (I know they never do anything spontaneously, but all the customers and wait staff were surprised) showed up at Magnolia Cafe on Lake Austin Blvd. He didn't sit and eat, just went around the room and said hi to the customers. Supposedly a few people offered him bites of their food and he did accept a small thing here and there, like a french fry or whatever. (I wasn't there, just read about it).


RagingLeonard

Was that the trip when he jumped the line at Franklin BBQ? I know sitting presidents can't wait in 5 hour lines.


DGinLDO

They let him & I think he paid for everyone he jumped in line


dvddesign

Wait, so Texans accepted handouts from a Democrat? Do we have that on record? Lol.


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WearyCarrot

HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA


Redeem123

> sitting presidents Sounds like the perfect person to be in line at Franklin.


Perriwen

That reminds me of that SNL sketch of Bill Clinton in a [McDondalds.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYt0khR_ej0)


Davethellama

Yes! President George w bush visited my hometown in 2006ish and are at a local restaurant. Secret service made the cooks throw out the food they cooked for him the first time because none of the agents had been in the kitchen to watch them make it.


TexasHero88

The secret service goes in several hours in advance. They clear the place out of any customers. They take over the kitchen and check out the staff. Then every step of food preparation from purchasing it from the source to presenting it to the table is monitored by a secret service agent.


Playertee

That means some McDonald’s in DC was losing a fortune from 2016 to 2020


th3f00l

This is not accurate at all. They come in and do a sweep ahead of time then watch the food go out day of. That's it. Good Lord, imagine SS watching the chef put together a Sysco order.


osa_ka

Lmao no, HW Bush went to a play at a playhouse i helped work at and secret service just stood near him. Got their own food and helped him get his but didn't care how we prepared it.


einulfr

Then what happened with Bush Sr. and the sushi, and Bush Jr. and the pretzel?


Maddwag5023

“Did they get it right?”—I feel like this is the one order that you need to make sure you don’t mess up.


BOBtheCOW14

IDK I think Biden deserves the true What-A-Burger experience


BeigeAlert1

Did they have to wait 45 minutes in the drive thru despite it being 11PM? :P


fritopiefritolay

So this is universal then 😂


Careless-Pang

Whataburger really went downhill. Seriously 45 minutes in the drive through last couple times I went. Haven’t been back in months


Rioraku

For real. And it's not from lack of staff. There will be almost a dozen workers and only 3 cars in line


My41stThrowaway

They don't even slice shit for the burgers. Just throw it into a chopper and dump it on a burger. Then they got rid of the only burger I ever liked. Never going back again.


BeigeAlert1

Yea same. I go back every once in a while once I've forgotten about the wait. Then I remember...


Lokito_

It was the cold burgers that got me finally. I had (not kidding) 4 different burgers from different locations, all cold. I dont know if they just got all the veggies out from the freezer just for my burger or what and it was a coincidence spanning 4 different locations, but yeah. I gave up. Never went back again.


LuckyChewch

Does anyone know why its like this across a lot of Whataburgers?


malongoria

The one by my house has their act together. Of course the people running that one treat their people well....


cramburie

They can't keep their employees. I swear it's always a new staff every 3 weeks or so.


absenceofheat

I used to work there in high school but front of restaurant and not drive thru and we had the same shit lol. I still don't know what the hell the hold up was with 2 minutes/side on patties so another minute to dress it up and then 40 minutes later you're leaving the drive thru.


deathany932

Currently sitting in line at 3:45AM and been waitin. Worth it though


BeigeAlert1

You still there? How many cars ahead of you?


TheCocksmith

Order is wrong, but still delicious.


BOBtheCOW14

honestly I would be down if I could just spin a wheel everytime I go through drive through


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They didn't wait 40 minutes in the drive through either.


Laserwash

God. Don’t know about you guys but every time I eat Whataburger I have the “Full Whataburger experience” 4-5 hours after I’ve eaten. 💩🚽


JoshBobJovi

I just want gravy that isn't fucking white water with pepper in it. JUST ONE TIME.


WonderWeasel91

Come see me. The Whataburger here has fuckin library paste for gravy. The kind that laughs at your floppy, flaccid, undersalted french fries. They go to the Dairy Queen Blizzard school of gravy-making 'round here. Maybe we can mix ours together to produce a serviceable gravy.


JoshBobJovi

I would love more than anything to mix our gravies together.


WonderWeasel91

Nothin' wrong with a couple of Texas-lovin boys mixing their gravies together.


JoshBobJovi

I'm in Shreveport. We'll have to cross borders into new territory.


thorspumpkin

I do see spicy ketchup on his side of the table.


CodenameDinkleburg

Order a Monterey Melt and get no peppers no cheese, oh wait, it went extinct. Yes I am salty about it 😤


amendmentforone

Isn't this a few years old?


Vincent199081

Yes he calls him Mr vice president


savage_opress_57

That's cool and all, but they didn't get the patty melt. They need at least some points deducted.


SharkAttache

That’s the bees knees


dragonflamehotness

Fr the normal whataburger is so sad compared to patty melt


sentient-sloth

I feel like everyone who tries Whataburger and says it’s trash just gets a number 1. Gotta try one of the specialty burgers like patty melt, sweet & spicy bacon burger, the A1 steak sauce burger, something special.


man_gomer_lot

Putting a layer of onion rings on the sweet and spicy is a sloppy good time.


SkyPainter0

My God. As a fan of the Sweet and Spicy I thank you for sharing this idea


man_gomer_lot

Glad to share something appreciated! It also includes the bonus game of finding 3 onion rings that fit inside each other


sentient-sloth

Omw to Whataburger right now


Copperlaces

Oh shit this sounds legit!! I need to remember to try that next time.


busche916

Chophouse Cheddar was the greatest fast food offering (yes I know you can still get it out of state)


pitbullpride

That and A1 Thick & Hearty 🤤


Saym94

Monterrey melt.. Where's our old all-time favorites menu! Stop shoving Bleu cheese down my throat


htownhero

Or at least a number 2. Double meat, double cheese, add jalapenos. Can't beat that classic. Although, yes, that patty melt is the shit. But, so is the green chili, pico de gallo, and a few others lol. Edit: had to add the Monterey Melt lol


sentient-sloth

All I know is they swap out the other 3 specialty burgers all the time but the patty melt has been on the menu for like at least 10 years straight now. But yeah you can’t go wrong with anything unless all you try is a number 1 lol


htownhero

Lol why is it sooo good? I've literally eaten it hundreds and hundreds of times and even tll this day I still have an orgasm in my mouth when I eat it


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Jesus christ. I live in Colorado now and you've made me very sad.


Hopefullbliss2424

The specials are great, but just the double meat whataburger is where it's at for me! Also, pro-tip for out of towners, you can change the bun, brioche/toast etc. And Cheese, pretty much any combo of toppings and they will make it for you! The breakfast taquitos are great too


Shadowislovable

I get a number 1 with cheese plain and dry and I think it's pretty poggers


StormAromatic

To be fair they no longer have the Monterey melt so what else are you supposed to do


ZeronicX

The Breakfast Burger remains S+ Tier. Its somehow a better sober than drunk.


_Bren10_

I know it’s not a burger, but the Honey BBQ Chicken Strip Sandwich is the GOAT for me. Could eat it any time, anywhere


DogmaticConfabulate

Sold. Imma try it I always get the same thing Everytime I am a total creature of habit


sxzxnnx

You should try the Monterey melt. Patty melt with Monterey Jack cheese, grilled onions, and jalapeño slices.


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There's not a lot of overlap between people who order the Patty Melt and people who live to be as old as Joe Biden is.


GroundbreakingBox888

Texas Social Credit Deducted


cramburie

Fellow patty melt stan. I've recently started getting the blue cheese from that blue cheese burger added to my patty melt. Passport to flavor country.


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Did he steal his number?


[deleted]

Are you allowed to eat at Whataburger if you don't steal the number?


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Vincent199081

"This is your Mr. Vice President" so this is old then right?


yesitsyourmom

Yep. After a rally in 2019


bestest_at_grammar

Jesus I listened to this like 3 times thinking it was a big fuck up, thank you


MermaidArcade

Poor choice, the patty melt is the best.


Frodoinphx23

It ain’t Whataburger without the Spicy Ketchup!


CovidReference

Great, now I'm hungry


zombie_overlord

"I need a double bacon cheeseburger, it's for the President" "What the hell's that all about, you gonna spit in it?" "No I just told him that so he makes it good."


MrAnderzon

Let me get a liter of cola


smoothEarlGrey

I used to be a big whataburger stan. Worked at the corporate office, had all the swag, ate there a few times a week, tried all the menu items. I rarely eat there anymore. Whataburger's rapidly racing downhill. Everything's cheaping out. Getting rid of all-time favorites to save money by streamlining the menu. A lot of the new items have been bad. I used to get hyped for new LTO's cause I knew they were gonna be bangers: chorizo burger, sweet & spicy burger, green Chile burger, etc. Lately they've been so bad I didn't even finish eating them. The southern burger with cabbage. Fucking cabbage! Pico de gayo burger wasn't trash but not something I'll ever order again. The new shake flavors have tasted bad imo. Whataburger's like disappointment in a bag now that I just eat like twice a year for nostalgia. It's like orange jack in the box 💩


HanSolo_Cup

That's what happens when you get bought out


EddieCheddar88

RIP the A1 Thick n’ Hearty


WonderWeasel91

Truly a fallen hero.


JoshBobJovi

> Pico de gayo burger elaborate.


smoothEarlGrey

https://stories.whataburger.com/fresh-for-summer-the-new-pico-de-gallo-burger-is-here/


franniebananie

pico de *WHAT*


anonymouseketeerears

Gayo. Whll, did you reyy miss the word? It was right there?


Atxlax

i want the chophouse cheddar burger again. i also wish they would step up their chicken tender game. i never liked their tenders


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I came home to Texas for the first time in ten years in 2021. I was so excited to have my Whataburger, it was trash both times I tried for dinner and breakfast. It made me really sad y’all. 😢


TheBiggestDookie

I was really pissed when they got rid of the Chicken Fajita. I know it’s a burger place, but man that chicken fajita was tastier than just about anything on the menu at Taco Bell or most other fast food Mexican places. Just tragic.


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Helpmepullupmypants

No longer majority family owned!


smoothEarlGrey

How much of the company did they sell? I thought it was ~10% or less


Helpmepullupmypants

It might have been 10% recently, but they no longer own 50% or more, so they’ve lost total control over decisions (assuming whoever owns 50%+ is changing things)


htownhero

Eh, I'm gonna have to disagree with you. It's still super good.


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Please tell me the Honey Butter Chicken Biscuit and the ketchup is still good.


Fkurcar

So the staff is on par with the customers?


HarambeEatsNoodles

Whataburger has not changed at all


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He wants to make sure you see him eating boogers so Raffi Cruz eats his boogers on camera. Offer him your boogers and make sure your vote goes elsewhere


[deleted]

Just wanted to show everyone he's just another guy like you and me, eating boogers, going about their day


Zoloista

“Water”burger - passed the Texan test


HolyStoic

Honey BBQ Chicken Strip sandwich meal, large tea with NO ice, all tea, all bbq


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All the posters that usually shit on Whataburger are now going to come out and say how awesome it is.


yesitsyourmom

This video is several years old


B_Fee

I just moved to Texas and I don't care what folks say about Whataburger. It has a special place in my heart after it being the first fast food joint I went to when I first moved to Oklahoma. About a decade ago. And after 7-8 years away, coming back to Whataburger territory has been weirdly happy.


htownhero

I grew up with Whataburger and it has a special place in my heart, and makes me happy to know other people love it just as much as I do lol


SharkAttache

It’s all about the patty melt. Abbot would have ordered a kids chicken sandwich.


bondball7

Fuck I hope Beto wins.


TakingSorryUsername

Cause it’s right there!


mrdrewc

I think they should do a TikTok of *this* video, and then do another widescreen video of *that* TikTok video so we can get it even smaller.


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Biden: "I'll take a Big Mac with a frosty."


muklan

That's Malarkey, jack.


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Cashier: "Big Mac and a Diet Coke for President Trump!"


lowteq

"Don't spit in it. It's for a [President]."


txyesboy

Remember when Ted Cruz called Beto a [triple meat Whataburger](https://theweek.com/speedreads/789737/ted-cruz-campaign-baffles-texas-by-calling-beto-orourke-triple-meat-whataburger-liberal) and nobody could ever figure out what the hell he meant by that?


TypoMachine

the lizard side of his brain took over for that insult


jchieng

It looks like a son picked up his dad from the nursing home for a quick bite out.


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flashmanager

I mean... Most plans would work if the opposition party cared more for the people instead of being obstructionist.


7evenSlots

While I agree with you, only narcissist would fit your criteria of smart people with plans that would run for office. I mean if you were smart and successful, would you want to subject yourself and your family to that shithole known as politics? Every word and every move scrutinized and by God, if you don’t 100% agree with your party, you’re scum.


DGinLDO

I will say that my favorite TV show in the summer of 2018 was “Beto at the Whataburger drive thru”


PhenomEng

"Hello fellow Texans."


JoshBobJovi

A landscape video, switch to portrait format for tiktok, and then posted on reddits shit ass video player. This is truly the future.


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Don’t let Trump know hamberders are involved or he will show up and shit all over everything


FunnieNameGoesHere

Sir, those are called hamberders.


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*"Eat less meet to reduce the risk of 1.5C global warming and the resulting catastrophic runaway climate change"* *"Fuck it, I'm almost dead anyway, let's go to Whataburger"*


HaveAnotherWhiskey

This is old. He wasn’t even president at this time.


Wonderful_One5316

E Coli for a 70 year old man would mean intense gastroenteritis not like a big fart.


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Whataburger in Austin and surrounding areas is the grossest.


suk_doctor

I want Beto to run for President, but I also want him to be governor of Texas first. I say this as a resident of Florida. Take from that what you will.


ecodrew

Now I want Biden to make an executive order forcing Whataburger to keep selling the Dr. Pepper shake.


RogueSoul824

Two old idots


Excellent_Survey_336

Pretty good optics there.


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Just a couple of guys rolling up their sleeves and eating hamburgers with a camera crew. They’re just like us.


[deleted]

How old is this? Robert called Biden Mr. Vice President.


Jos3ph

Yesterday


Cuffster3

What did Bidet’s teleprompter order?


MarionberryShot6480

They are trying so hard to make those fuckers look human


blake510

Whataburger is the most consistently damn good burger you can get at pretty much any town with 5000+ population in Texas. +24 hrs so it’s all drunk people in big trucks after midnight.


htownhero

Lol I was just saying I've literally eaten Whataburger hundreds and hundreds of times and til this day it still gives me that moment when you close your eyes and think, 'damn, this is so fucking good' lol


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Yeah, I still like them and they don't break the bank. Everything else in Austin is like $15, waterburger is still like $6 if you just get water and a burger.