melaniepinola
Melanie Pinola
melaniepinola
Contributing Writer

Grapes. Apparently they can burst into flame and turn into a glowing ball of plasma gas Read more

Using them in the corners is excellent use of space. Even though they're round, the extend over the inside corner so you buy back some of the loss via the overhang. Also, inside corners are the bane of storage areas. Read more

Not related to McDonald's, but you can go into a pizza place and buy a ball of dough if you want to experiment with making your own pizza at home. I do it at the Jet's by my house. 2 bucks for a large ball. Read more

My hairstylist has never used a curling iron on me, so when I tried doing it myself, I went for the flat iron. It's a MUCH better curl, and totally agree with craycrayfish about curling irons being relatively scary when you're half asleep. Read more

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This is the only way my wife has ever curled her hair. It looks great when she does it too. Read more

This is my preferred method. The curls seem to last way longer when done with a flat iron, rather than a curling iron. Plus, I've always been a little afraid of the wholly-exposed hot metal stick aspect of curling irons. Read more

This is the only way I ever curl my hair anymore. I have extremely long extremely thick hair and never had the time for curling irons in the morning. With my flat iron it takes me under 10 minutes to do my entire head, and doesn't damage nearly as much since it only takes a couple of seconds total for each section. Read more

Next time you go to Taco Bell [drunk] inspired, try giving the teller $20 in exchange for "the best meal $20 can buy you." In variants of this exercise I've ordered "what you [employee] like to make when you get crazy for your shift meal." I've received quadruple decker tacos, burritos made with every ingredient, Read more

I used to do the Big Mac sauce on a McDouble hamburger trick, and the McDonalds at 24th and Mission would not charge extra. The one on Fillmore however charges $.25 but still worth it. Read more

I'm sad I didn't see the McGangbang on there.
1 McDouble + 1 McChicken

Pull the McDouble apart so you have top bun & patty by itself, and bottom bun, patty & cheese by itself. Place the whole McChicken sandwich on the "bottom bun" half of the McDouble. Take the "top bun" half of the McDouble and place it on top of the Read more

I understand certain gripes about one's job, we've all had them, but I really hope this is more of a obvious statement and less of a complaint. Read more

By virtue of commenting on Lifehacker, you are one of the "good ones". I'm not sure how many fast food employees comment on Lifehacker, though. I hope a lot! Read more

And yet they could be doing stuff to it anyway! I try not to think along these lines as that way lies madness. Though maybe i'd loose some weight as it would keep me away from McDs, etc. Read more

I don't see a problem with asking for condiments, lettuce or tomato where they wouldn't normally be(like special sauce on a chicken sandwich or something), but if I wanted fires and/or mcnuggets on my sandwich, I'd order them and put them there myself. A mcnugget is not a topping. Do people think that if they cram Read more

I work at McDonald's, I cook the food and make the burgers. Read more

I was totally thinking about doing a blog post on something like this. I've been doing the mini big mac for a while now and it's awesome and less than half the price. You can also order a VanChocoBerry shake (Neapolitan shake). Also, there's no point in buying bottled water. If you buy just the regular ice water, Read more

Your husband is a lucky man, to have a wife who cares so much about bacon. Read more

This happened when I tried to schedule a hair appointment: Read more

Gekaah! She's awesome. I love that headphone stand she made, too bad she's not considering to sell it as far as i know. Read more