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EVER ordered a drink from McDonald’s and sat there pressing in the “buttons” on the lid?

A confused fast food fan decided to figure out what the little indentations mean, and asked Maccies staff on to help shed some light.

A Reddit user has asked what the buttons on the McDonald's lids mean
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A Reddit user has asked what the buttons on the McDonald's lids meanCredit: Jon Bond - The Sun

They wrote: “My question is about the Mcdonalds drink lids which have the 'buttons' on them. 

“Just ordered 2 drinks, one diet coke and one coke classic and on one of them had the number '1' button pressed.

“The buttons are the numbers 1 and 2, no caff, diet/light. 

“The only one pressed was the number 1. Which one is diet? Should they have just pushed the diet one in?”

McDonald's stores may vary, but workers said on Reddit that typically one button pressed in means 'diet' and two means 'zero'
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McDonald's stores may vary, but workers said on Reddit that typically one button pressed in means 'diet' and two means 'zero'Credit: Alamy
Some staff members said they pushed in random buttons instead of finding the right symbol, but agreed that one button indented meant 'diet'
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Some staff members said they pushed in random buttons instead of finding the right symbol, but agreed that one button indented meant 'diet'Credit: Reddit

WHAT DO THE BUTTONS MEAN ON MCDONALD'S LIDS?

Fabulous spoke to McDonald's about their lids and what the buttons mean, and they confirmed:

  • One button pressed down for Diet Coke
  • Two buttons pressed down for ‘Zero’ drinks (Coke Zero/Sprite Zero)

One UK-based McDonald’s worker said: “I think most stores is 1 for diet and 2 for zero.”

Another added: “Yeah seems to be different for every store but we usually just push 1 random button for Diet Coke and then either 2 random or all 4 buttons for Coke Zero

“It’s just faster to push random buttons than spend the time to actually find the diet button on every lid I guess.”

A third agreed: “We press 1 for Diet and either two or four for Zero.”

So there you have it. We’ll be looking at our drinks lid next time to check!

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