- An Aussie man demonstrated a one-handed Maccas meal holder hack
- It involves placing a burger box over a drink and securing it with a straw
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An Aussie man has come up with a genius solution for that tricky situation when you want to eat your Macca's on the run - but only have one hand free.
Charbel cleverly devised a unique system using McDonald's Australia food packaging that lets him hold his entire meal in one hand.
'I'm about to put you onto the best Macca hack you've ever seen,' the foodie declared in a recent Instagram video.
Demonstrating the trick with a medium burger meal, Charbel started by having his beverage placed in a standard small takeaway drink container.
He then took his burger box, opened it and pointed to 'this little tab here', referring to a small slot on the side of the cardboard packaging where the box flips open.
'Put it straight onto your drink,' Charbel demonstrated, sliding the tab opening of the burger box over the straw.
'Boom,' he exclaimed in the video shared to his @chaabz Instagram account, showing that the box was now suspended on top of the drink, secured by the upright straw.
Next, the online food reviewer poured his fries 'straight in' to the open and unused side of the burger box, tossing aside the empty container.
Aussie man Charbel demonstrated in a video how he could turn his Maccas burger box into...
... a makeshift holder for his entire medium double cheeseburger meal
'Off you go!' he declared at the end of the 15-second video, picking up his entire meal by simply holding onto his drink cup.
Charbel told Daily Mail how he 'randomly' discovered the hack while struggling to carry food one day.
'I was out for a walk one time after grabbing Macca's with a friend, and they asked me to hold their food while they sorted something out.
'Trying to carry the burger box, fries and drink all at once felt awkward, and it seemed like something was about to drop,' he explained.
The predicament reminded Charbel of an online video he'd seen of an American man fashioning a fast food meal holder from his takeaway containers - but Charbel was initially 'unconvinced that it would work with our style of boxes and cups here in Australia'.
'So I decided to test it properly,' he said.
'I realised the slit in the burger box fits perfectly over the drink cup lid, sitting securely between the straw and the rim,' Charbel explained.
'Once I placed it on top, it instantly turned into a makeshift tray and made everything much easier to carry.'
Charbel assembled the meal holder by sliding a slit on the side of the burger box over the straw polkng out from the drink, securing it in place
The 15-second video shared to his @chaabz Instagram account concluded with him carrying the entire meal in just one hand
Charbel says he's since used his meal holder hack several times while out walking, or when just trying to juggle a phone in one hand and his food in the other.
'It just keeps everything balanced and stops you from juggling multiple items,' he said.
When Charbel filmed his hack video, he did it using his go-to meal - a medium double cheeseburger meal with a steamed bun - so that it would be served in a box rather than paper wrapping.
He noted that the hack would also work with any Macca's burger that comes in a box, like a Quarter Pounder, McChicken or Big Mac.
Charbel noted that you need to order a McDonald's burger that comes in a box - not wrapped in paper - in order to be able to do the hack
Aussie Macca's fans were instantly amused and impressed by Charbel's video, which has been viewed over 376,00 times.
'Chabz I'm not gonna lie this is the best hack I have ever seen,' read one reply.
'So good!' enthused another.
'I'm going Maccas just so I can do this,' another confirmed.
'Omg how [have] I coped without this?' another joked.
While many declared their minds were 'blown' by the discovery, some claimed they'd seen similar food packaging hacks doing the rounds online years ago.
'About 10 years too late, mate, but never mind,' read one reply.
