Author Topic: I have ultimate knowledge of Mcdonald's restaurants, AMA. [Update, OP is back]  (Read 2470 times)

what was the unfriendliest customer you've encountered

have you deep fried something not meant to be deep fried at a customer's request?

Old people. Old people are the bane of my existence when it comes to front counter. All the local elders like to gather at McDonalds in the early morning like its some super serious ritual cult they have to abide by. Now i have no problem with old people outside of work, but when I'm on the clock, i want them to drop dead just before i see them coming in the door. They have some of the worst manners and treat everyone that works there like stuff.

As a Hardee's team member, I can confirm that this happens at restaurants that serve breakfast probably anywhere. Between 5AM and 10AM here, it's all about the old people. They guzzle the coffee quicker than a fire engine can drain a hydrant, complain about every distasteful speck that they see, complain about every wrinkled egg or ugly biscuit, and barricade the parking lot with their slow confused driving and block doors while they take their time laughing about fishing or their hot rods. I no longer work at the front of the store anymore since I've graduated to drive thru, which is better in some respect but worse in others. I'm just glad I generally don't have to deal with them anymore.

out of curiosity what's the longest time someone took to order something

out of curiosity what's the longest time someone took to order something

Twelve minutes here.

why can't yall ever hear me when i'm trying to order stuff and then give me the wrong thing after i've confirmed it twice
i love the food but every time i order i'm always given the wrong thing and then i have to go back and get the right thing that was on my receipt

i am so thankful to not work at a (busy) fast food place
i gotta deal with exclusively old people though so that's cool

I really can't confirm this but its like mixing mayo w/ketchup and a little bit of spicy something. The sauce is literally labeled "sauce" in storage.
I've read the ingredients for the mac sauce. All I remember is that ingredient #1 is pickles.

Also have Alkatjo or Skip ever seen a celeb at work?

I swear to god Snoop Dogg came to my McD once. I'm sure it wasn't him but holy HELL did this guy look like Snoop Dogg.
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1) If there is a PlayPlace at your McDonalds, what was the worst incident you've seen/ (Skip if there's not one where you work)
2) Any crimes happen there?
3) Best/nicest Customer
4) Horrible miustakes you/ a coworker did (Like accidently putting cleaner in a drink or something really stuffty)
And finally, most annoying order you heard. ("Can I get a number 8-ish sandwich only? Like, uhhh with a drink and fries? "You mean a #8 Combo?" "No")

I've read the ingredients for the mac sauce.

isnt it thousand island

the chicken is mashed chicken breast put in batter or so i've heard. the Mc'Chicken and the buttermelt crispy chicken are real though.
I don't understand this attitude people have towards the chicken nuggets
How does mashing the chicken make it no longer real?

I don't understand this attitude people have towards the chicken nuggets
How does mashing the chicken make it no longer real?
same thing with "pink slime"
the media makes it sound like this artificial thing but its actually just meat ground up to look like it for storage


isnt it thousand island
Nah I've had them both and Mac sauce is definitely different.

has anyone ever had love in the toilets at where you work?
we've had a couple cases of stupid people coming in thinking they can pull a quick one in the bathrooms. Problem is, there's only 1 toilet in the men's room and only two in the women's room. This rooms are small, and you can hear everything right outside.
how come yall took triple cheeseburgers off the menu

how come yall still let me order triple cheeseburgers even though it's not on the menu
tripple cheeseburger is still on the menu, at least where i still work. It's probably just a common staple now, you really can't say no to a tripple cheeseburger.
What was the fattest person you have ever seen come in
I haven't really seen any hugely obese people in our restaurant. iirc the biggest guy i've seen was at least 230 pounds but he was loving ripped in the arms department. guess he's a power lifter.
what was the unfriendliest customer you've encountered
i was working window one night and this guy got tired of waiting so he called me a piece of stuff. i wait just as long as he does to get his food, i don't make it, i just hand the stuff out.
have you deep fried something not meant to be deep fried at a customer's request?
4-1's. beef patties to be exact. normally we don't do this per command but we have this really weird guy who comes in once in a blue moon and orders fried 4-1's. It's extremely taxing on our labor since it takes longer to fry than other meats.
out of curiosity what's the longest time someone took to order something
40 minutes. We have a playplace at our store and we reserve birthday spots for families who pay beforehand. long story short, forget birthday parties.
why can't yall ever hear me when i'm trying to order stuff and then give me the wrong thing after i've confirmed it twice
i love the food but every time i order i'm always given the wrong thing and then i have to go back and get the right thing that was on my receipt
truth be told, our microphones (both ways) are extremely low quality. we can barely hear anyone and corporate won't fix them because they believe it won't carry it's money's worth. we may hear you wrong because of outside sources, or just because the audio quality is so damn bad. i know the feeling because we experience it, too.
I've read the ingredients for the mac sauce. All I remember is that ingredient #1 is pickles.

Also have Alkatjo or Skip ever seen a celeb at work?

I swear to god Snoop Dogg came to my McD once. I'm sure it wasn't him but holy HELL did this guy look like Snoop Dogg.
on the contrary, we actually had that man vs food guy stop there once. he was on his way to one of our famous restaurants in arkansas that had the "shut up" sauce. I can't remember what episode it was, but it was apparently the hottest sauce you could ingest without killing you or something along the lines of that. It was at a BBQ joint.

1) If there is a PlayPlace at your McDonalds, what was the worst incident you've seen/ (Skip if there's not one where you work)
2) Any crimes happen there?
3) Best/nicest Customer
4) Horrible miustakes you/ a coworker did (Like accidently putting cleaner in a drink or something really stuffty)
And finally, most annoying order you heard. ("Can I get a number 8-ish sandwich only? Like, uhhh with a drink and fries? "You mean a #8 Combo?" "No")
1) As mentioned before, yes there is a playplace and it needs constant care. It's really advanced for a playplace, has touchscreen games mounted on the walls, two story slides and enough seats for 40+ people. One time a kid took a stuff at the top slide and it collectively grew at the bottom because multiple kids were stuck in it, stuffting themselves. There's a tight bubble 4-way that kids get stuck in sometimes, so in fear they naturally defecate themselves. Thank god i don't have to clean that up.
2) Not that i know of. The most we get are shady drug deals in the bathroom, that or the occasionaly drunk stumbles in and causes a scene with the locals. Stuff like that. But we've recently had some guy call in and threaten one of our managers, we've been spooked on multiple occasions by random people in drive through just standing there and that sort.
3) We have this crippled man come in every now and then. He's about 50-60. He's a real nice guy, i don't know how he got crippled but he always has a crutch and he moves real slow. He always orders the same thing, Senior coffee with two cream and 3 oatmeal cookies. Real nice guy, don't know how he got that way though.
4) One of our co workers mistakenly put creamer in the yogurt slot for the blended ice drinks. Customers started calling in that the frappe's and the smoothies were really slushy and milky. We only realized this once we took the machine apart for cleaning.
5) Two mcdoubles, Two McChickens, Two small fries, Two 6 piece nuggets. No, i want Two big macs, aaaaannnnd uhhh. Take off one of the small fries. No, no. Put that one back on. Two large drinks. Actually, give me a cone. Wait, do yall do dipped cones? No? Alright put everything back on there. Etc.

That last guy can go forget himself, who orders all that stuff only to swipe it aside for a dipped cone. He knew we didn't serve dipped cones. forget him.

I don't understand this attitude people have towards the chicken nuggets
How does mashing the chicken make it no longer real?
No clue, but the chicken is real chicken. It's only mashed for health and transportation reasons. How else is one company supposed to make all those nuggets? They have to be made in the most efficient way, and mashing IS the way.

OP answer pls
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