Why do people eat at a place called "Jack in the box"?

[Wcross]

I am ever conscious of food tampering whenever I eat out. I wouldn't even think of eating at that place. I just couldn't eat there.

[datasuspect]

1. jag in the box

jack in the crack.

good food though.

[Initech]

2. They're the one fast food place with breakfast that doesnt taste like ass

And they serve it 24 / 7.

[Left Is Write]

10. No, no, that's SONIC.

[MrCoffee]

3. remember when those people died from jack in the box e.coli?

they are totally fanatical about sanitation and safe preparation. i "trust" their food much more than any other fast food joint.

plus, the sourdough jack is delicious.

[Wcross]

5. Wasn't it when they were called "crap in the box"? n/t

[Wcross]

4. I just can't get past the "jacking in the box" thought........

I mean, the mental picture is not appetizing at all.

[CabalPowered]

6. Did you hear their new slogan?

"We cook the shit out of our burgers."


edit: Remember the ecoli breakout in the lat 80's? Cali I believe. This joke floated for a bit afterwards.

[ohiosmith]

9. That slogan replaced "Eat Shit and Die"

[scarlet_owl]

7. We always called it "Jack in the crack".

I haven't eaten there since I was a kid.

[malmapus]

11. Hah! We call it that too, also Gag in a Bag heh

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[KFC]

16. Yack in a sack

[madinmaryland]

8. I haven't seen those in the NE and mid-atlantic.

Sounds gross though.

[freethought]

12. "Jack-in-the-Box"! Are they still in business???!!!!!

I grew up in Massachusetts, and I only remember one Jack-in-the-Box. It was open when my age was in single digits, I'm 39 now! I remember where too, it was in Natick, Massachusetts on Rt.9. Even back then Jack-in-the-Box had a bad, and I do mean "baaaaaaaaad", reputation. My family would not eat there, period!!! Needless to say it closed.

I have not seen one since. Even though I have travelled to New York, Maryland, Florida, California, New Mexico, Colorado, Texas, all of the New England states, Washington D.C., and passed through a number of other places, I don't recall ever seeing another one. Just thought they became an extinct species in the evolution of fast food.

I stand corrected.

[Broken_Hero]

13. Jumbo Jack...

plain and simple...best burger for a dollar...

[Cannikin]

14. I saw a sperm bank by that name.

[bigwillq]

15. Jack hasn't made his way to the East Coast yet.

I always wanted to eat there. I heard it's good.