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What Kind of Games Are They Trying to Play?
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Rating: 3/51

FARMINGTON, NEW MEXICO -- While I usually don't visit McDonald's on a regular basis, I tend to eat there during their Monopoly promotional games. I have noticed however, that there are certain items that do not come with a game piece. Accidental? I think not. Probably a marketing ploy. Our local franchise (and perhaps all others) always offer any size drink for $1. So the obvious choice is to always get the large size, since you're paying the same amount regardless. However, I have noticed that during the Monopoly promotional game, they do not include game pieces on the large sized cup. Instead, they offer it on the medium sized cup. Why not just have the game pieces on all drink cups?

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Drive though wait
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Rating: 2/51

ATLANTA, GEORGIA -- On 5/13/16 I visited the drive-thru at the McDonald's restaurant at 443 Moreland Ave, Atlanta, GA 30316. The driver in front of me sat at the pick-up window for a very long time, apparently buying more food. I eventually got out of line, parked, and went inside to get my food. While there I said to an employee that the driver should have been told to pull aside and not block the other customers (there was a long line of cars). I was told that the driver refused to move. I then said that the driver should have been told that they would not get any service if they did not move. The response was that the employees are not allowed to do that.

I came home and sent a complaint to McDonald's on their website with my main concern being that McDonald's should not have a policy of allowing rude customers to interfere with other customers receiving service. I received responses from both corporate McDonald's and the franchisee. Both only gave platitudes about how they want their customers to be satisfied and neither addressed the issue of the company policy that apparently allows an inconsiderate customer to prevent other customers from getting timely service. At least now I know that complaining to McDonald's is useless. Lesson learned.

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Thank you for taking my money and not giving me my food
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Rating: 2/51

TOPEKA, KANSAS -- After spending many hours in a chair for graduation, I wanted to get a quick meal on the way home and take a shower. When we drove up, the gentleman taking our order kept joking around but eventually seemed to get it right. We paid, got our food, and went home. When I got home, I realized one bag had a happy meal and the other had one thing of fries and sandwiches. The chick ranch BLT was missing in addition to the second thing of fries to go with the second meal.

I called and asked for a manager to see if they could figure out what happened to my order because I only got two bags and they wanted me, pregnant, and my husband who recently had surgery to drive all the way back to fix their mistake. I asked if they couldn't just refund it and their reply was "not without a card". Not only did I have to waste time and money but they expect to waste gas too. I shouldn't have to check my order 3 times to make sure I'm not getting screwed. This is just another reason why McDonald's is going to continue to lose market share. Bad customer service.

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One In A Million
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I am a current employee of the McDonald's corporation and currently work as a "Swing Manager" at a local McDonald's in upstate NY. (A Swing Manager is just a shift manager) I'm sure upon entering this it will just become one in a million, seeing as McDonald's is the second most "commented" corporation on this site, which does not surprise me. Let's be honest and get two facts straight first.

Number 1: McDonald's is franchised. What does that mean? There are owners within the corporation who control on a few stores and then report to supervisors, who reports to area reps, who report to the corporate aspect of McDonald's. Now some of you out there, may be doubting my all knowing McDonald's factoids, but I dare you to go to a local McDonald's and ask for the store manager who can give you the number of the store supervisor, and upon speaking with an actual supervisor, ask for the number of their area rep). Sure it's a long line of lanky-s and who-dads, but did you honestly think it operated so simply? Okay, moving on..

Number 2: "It's all in the fine print". What I mean by Number 2, "It's All In the Fine Print", is that upon quickly glancing through several "complaints" these are easy fixes, at the end of all the commercials, it says, "at participating locations only" or "while supplies last" or "individual locations may vary". Also, McDonald's does not serve breakfast all day/ night, plain and simple, they just don't, it would be a pain in the you- know- what, to cook breakfast meats and make eggs, and make lunch meats-- it's not a complimentary system when combining breakfast and lunch.

As I explained before, the whole McDonald's franchised- thing. Very few, "crew members" (ie basic employee) know exact McDonald's "going's ons" like where "they" are building a new McDonald's or where happy meal toys are made. This type of information is not shared with "crew members" unless it is happening specifically in their franchise or if there is a national promotion ex. McRib, or a special event, like Monopoly.

Obviously, I haven't worked at McDonald's my entire life, but before I worked at McDonald's I was a customer of McDonald's. I have to say though, some of these complaints are legitimate, ex. finding inanimate objects in food, or bugs in drinks, things like that are clearly sanitation issues at those specific locations, and I can ensure "you" (whoever reads this) that not all McDonald's are operated that poorly. Honestly, if I'd had an experience equal to that, I would never want to look at another McDonald's ever. Other complaints, such as, getting a cheeseburger with pickle when asking for no pickle, again, sadly, you just received a daft order taker, sorry. I'll explain..

When you walk up to the front register there is a person pushing buttons on a computer screen that is connected to a computer screen in the back the "grill area" where the food is made, that tells that food makers what to make, and to put or what not to put on the sandwiches.

The same thing happens when you pull up to the speaker in the drive-through, it is distinctly TWO different people that take the order and make the order and without going back to complain about how your food was made, that specific McDonald's may never change training processes or fire that rude person that ignored you when you asked for, "no tomato". If you're so curious ask to speak with the store manager and set up a date to get a store wide tour, and ask sanitation (ie cleanliness) questions and ask why they don't serve breakfast all day, or what the register looks like from an employee's position.

Please, if you have any more questions comment this post, with your e-mail address and I will answer, to the best of my knowledge, any and all questions you have. For more information check out Mcdonalds.com, if you have a receipt and recently received an incorrect order please let that location know, so they can correct the situation. Love and Gagas fellow blabbers, HappyMealBabyy. (Disclaimer: This was meant to be a helpful and informational post, please keep it informative).

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Snack Wrap With The Bone
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MECHANICSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA -- Hey, hey ordered a grilled chicken snack wrap from this fast food place Wesley Drive Mechanicsburg PA. 17055. I bit into this sandwich and was pierced in my tongue with a chicken bone that was never removed. This bone is about 2 1/2" inches long and was sharp as a needle so here I was bleeding from my mouth bone just hanging and I pulled it out and called this McDonald's to say "hey you got a problem." Well naturally they wanted this bone back and so on 10/22/09 I returned all they asked for, receipt bone wrapper with the blood and they stated they would look into it.

Well after 2 calls to corporate because I never heard back someone evidently from the insurance they carry called me and stated, "You are not to call the owner about this problem again. You will only be dealing with me and that's the way it is and I will call you in a couple days!" Wow never expected that response. Who are these people? What era of time travel do they come from you would think. I knew the answer to where is Hoffa buried.

After almost a month and no response I called corporate again on 12/18/09 here we go again they told me we will get to the bottom of this and the owner will contact you in a couple days.. Hey, hey they called the same day couple hours later, not the owners but a new person with the insurance carrier so she says. "Did the store offer you anything for this incident?"

I said "yeah a free sandwich couple 5 or 6 weeks ago. Listen lady I got her here this could have been a lot worse what would you be saying if my grandson had this happen or another child that eats there or anyone perhaps choked on it or worse?" Her reply "well it didn't so were going to have the owner send you a coupon for a free meal on us." And by the way she said, "Did you call corporate or did they call you today?"

Then the phone went silent... People out there visiting these fast food place, be very cautious about what you're biting into. You wouldn't think this day and age we would have all these problems or for that matter. The people behind them solving them wow. A chicken bone in this product was painful and careless. This would not be the consumers fault if I could convince you to boycott this eatery. I would try. Hope you eat healthy and don't close your eyes the next time you take a bite even an innocent sandwich can find a way.

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Terrible Service, Disgusting Product, Repulsive Atmosphere
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EDMONTON, ALBERTA, CANADA -- I rarely go to McDonald's, and my last outing to the location at 8415 109 Edmonton reminded me why. When I arrived, there was a slight lineup, and I assumed my position at the back. It moved forward slowly, and when I was finally next in line, a McDonald's employee came from behind the counter and wordlessly stepped in front of me to place an order. I was exhausted and hungry, so I gritted my teeth and let her get her food, although any halfway respectable fast food outlet would have her wait until her break wouldn't disrupt customers.

It was finally my turn to order (after about 10 minutes since arriving), and I purchased a six-piece nugget meal with a sundae on the side. The teller fumbled with the register and we eventually exchanged money and change after she corrected her mistakes for 5 minutes. She then proceeded to pour my drink, at which point I noticed that a bottle of disinfectant and a dirty rag were sitting immediately beside the ice container. This was slightly off-putting, and should not be left in clear view of the customer.

While she was pouring my drink, another staff member approached her and whispered something to her, to which she distinctly replied "that's gross". I didn't even want to speculate as to what they were referring to. Again, I was just tired and needed sustenance. I received my food, which was technically the correct order, but completely inedible. The coke was overflowing, spilling on some of my fries, and it didn't taste at all like coke--more like tonic water and some vague, faint chemical. I took one sip before giving up on it and setting it aside to toss out.

The nuggets and fries were both lukewarm and tasted as if they had been sitting around for a while. I forced myself to eat half of both before giving up and tossing them out as well. And I was VERY hungry. The sundae was okay, at least. I went to The Dump my uneaten meal out, and couldn't find the garbage anywhere. After checking the usual spots, I noticed that it was, for some reason, located directly in the way of stairs that lead to further seating. I threw my food out in disgust. By the way, there was another disinfectant and rag combo lying on one of the tables.

Since one of the rude and indifferent employees there was clearly a manager, I looked for a complaint form, to no avail. I went home and looked online for a way to contact McDonald's. This only turned up phone numbers for their branches in Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver and a mailing address. I assumed that head office would want to protect their reputation and punish irresponsible branches, but apparently it doesn't matter to them at all. So I went here. If the company doesn't care, hopefully someone in Edmonton will read this and I can do the least bit to spread the word about the quality of that branch.

I know that the service industry sucks and that those people make minimum wage and are yelled at by morons, but they are put in a position of trust when they handle people's food. I'm surprised that I didn't get food poisoning, and I don't think that anyone who works there should even be cooking for themselves. Their commitment to sanitation is extremely suspect, and their contempt toward their customers is obvious. Their service was horrible, their food was repulsive, and there were garbage cans and chemicals lying around randomly. I won't be coming back.

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Try Something Different
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I have worked for three different McDonald's in the course of nine years. I have so much I could say it could quickly turn into a book, but I will try to keep this simpler. I am one of those employees that the other employee's give a bad name to. I always do my very best to ensure orders are correct and I am a perfectionist and will not serve anything I do not find acceptable. I have even argued with managers about this.

Over time though this has become harder and harder for me to achieve and I am anxiously awaiting the end of summer because I am leaving. It saddens me to think of how much pride I do take in my work and all the factors that are attributing to my leaving. One reason is I can not stand working with the people that don't care, including managers. The other is that people as a whole are not the easiest to deal with and I can't stand it anymore. I have read a lot of these complaints and though I can agree with a lot of them, some are just insane.

I have also noticed that on the off chance of someone saying something nice no one comments, but you put up one bad thing and everyone has something to say. Obviously those people have never worked with the public. We like to joke at work that it should be required that everyone works one year in fast food, so then maybe they would have some compassion for those who do.

I can not tell you how many times people order things wrong or are just plain rude. My favorite, when people are on their cell phones in drive through, then act like we are interrupting them by taking their order. And don't bother trying to be polite and say thank you to them because they will just grab their stuff and leave. I once commented to an older gentleman that it was so nice taking his order that was filled with please and thank you's. He asked if most people didn't and I said no, they typically talk to you like you're an idiot.

His response was that if he didn't talk like that his mother would have slapped him. I have a nine year old son and we are always reminding him to say please and thank you when ordering out (which we do often.) Maybe some of you that read this can remember to do that next time. It will get you much farther. Anyhow, it is sad how people talk to you when you work at McDonald's and I'm sure many other places.

I am not any less of a person than you because of where I work, it just so happens to fit my life style and my hours so that I can be home at night and on weekends with my son. My biggest complaint right now would have to be what happened to me today. I was working in drive through and had a customer that asked to pay for the order two cars behind her. I told her that I would have to wait until she pulled to the next window because I can only take two orders at a time because of the space between our speaker and window.

She said that was fine and pulled up, I then took care of the next car and took the order for the following car and went to the first window and received the payment from the person waiting there. No problem. When the next car pulled up I explained to the two women inside, the lady two cars ahead of you paid for your order. The driver asked who it was and I told her I didn't know, she then asked if it was a woman and I replied yes.

The passenger then asked me something that I didn't hear so I very politely asked her what she said. She asked if it was a van and I told her no, I was not sure what it was. She then (a little rudely) asked again if it was a van and I again said no. She then (VERY RUDELY) said a van V-A-N van and I said no it was a blue box something, not knowing what they are called. To which she replied "Yeah like a van."

At which point I shut my window and took the order of the person that was waiting for me. I could not believe that this woman talked to me like that after I answered her the first time, and to spell it out like I was some moron. I may not have known what this vehicle was called (box on wheels perhaps) but it was not a van. I own one and am pretty sure I know what they look like. By the way no offense to the people that own them, I just simply do not know what they go by.

But anyhow, now that this is a book. Please people, give respect, say please and thank you when you order. And if someone makes a mistake politely point it out. Most of them time it will be fixed and even if it happens twice give them a chance. You honestly have no idea what they are going through. It may be training but maybe just maybe this person has something horrible on their mind, like the loss of a loved one or something, but they can't afford to take time off or something.

May be extreme but you don't know. If it happens three times then get mad but do not lose your cool. We are all human, we all make mistakes, the world does not revolve around any one of us (like so many seem to think) and we would all be in a better place if we would get over ourselves sometimes.

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McDonald's Employee Mistreatment
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CORNERSVILLE, TENNESSEE -- As a former employee of McDonald's I can say it HASN'T been a good experience. Let me tell you why so you'll know what you'll be getting into if you're hired there: Lack of management participation in new employee training process (all of the crew do all of the training!). I had to teach myself everything when I first started and had to learn from trial-and-error. When I asked for help from management they were nowhere to be found. Which leads into my next point.

Lack of management help when needed during a rush. This has happened more times than I can count on my own two hands. We're in the middle of a rush and where are all of the managers to be found? Yucking it up in the office about something they did some Saturday night while employees struggle to keep pace with the business streaming in. When they do finally get off their butts (I wanted to use another word here but I'll be nice) they choose to chew out the employees for doing the best they could while said managers sat on their collective butts.

Favoritism. I was late 5 minutes once and was threatened with a write-up. Another person that was late numerous times was warned and then it was forgotten. Then same said person was late AGAIN and was warned... no write-up. So I'm wondering: how is that fair in any way?

Verbal Abuse. Now this happened at another McDonald's that I worked at. When you're told that you're stupid, dumb, and called numerous other names in a non-joking fashion, without the managers intervening, how long do you think you would want to stay there? I just quit without a word because it occurred to me that the management there wouldn't ever give a crap.

Miscommunication between management and employees. This happened fairly recently. I had to call out one day to go to the doctor since I wasn't feeling well and they told me "okay well get a doctor's note." I went to the doctor and found out that I had the flu and was dehydrated because everything that I tried to get down would just come up or out. I had to be out for 3 days so I called them that very night and told them that I had a doctors note for said date of 3 days from the current date at the time.

I come in 3 days later and find out that I've been taken off of the schedule. It turns out that I was suspended!!! Someone told my main manager that I would not have a doctor's excuse this time around! I leave the note in the office and rush out of the parking lot in a huff. The main manager calls me and tells me that I'm not suspended after seeing my doctor's note. He tries to play it off after I demand to know who told him that I wouldn't have a doctor's note. Needless to say I was ticked but went off to work since I still needed the money and insurance.

Morning shift is left to clean up night shift messes. I have opened numerous times and have found many things not done from the previous nights. From tables not being wiped down to areas not being cleaned and stocked to leftover dishes and messes left over in the grill.

Needless to say: NIGHT SHIFT PEOPLE ARE LAZY. I used to work the night shift and found my work load doubled since no one else wanted to do their jobs. They just wanted to play around, talk, and eat on the clock (supposedly a big no-no but that didn't stop them did it?), while I struggled do what I supposed to do and what they were supposed to before I left. In closing, I hope that some of the heads of McDonald's happen to stumble onto this letter and are thoroughly embarrassed with the way their managers run this supposed "business". I'm Not Loving it, Dracona.

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McDonalds? Poor Customer Service? WOW!
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CHICAGO, ILLINOIS -- After reading many complaints about poor customer service, I will draw the conclusion that giving excellent customer service in GENERAL in this day and time is not a high priority for a lot of businesses and their management. I am 41 (yes this is old as dirt for a lot of people) but oddly enough I remember my first job at McDonalds on the I-20 frontage road in Ruston Louisiana like it was yesterday.

I credit my current work ethic to my beginnings on that first job at McDonalds because we worked HARD. There was a common saying there that "If you've got time to learn, you've got time to clean"! There was never an idle moment in your time during your shift, there was always something to do. If a customer walked up as you were cleaning you STOPPED what you were doing to immediately tend to the needs of that customer. Not only that, you did it with a SMILE and retrieved their orders with PROMPTNESS. Management EXPECTED this, or you were fired plain and simple. Some of the things we were taught that I don't see occurring today are:

1) Speedy drive through service. (No more than 60 seconds from the order menu to the pick up window. The manager sat in the parking lot and timed us.)

2) 30 second order retrieval at the counter. (The manager sat in the lobby timing us.)

3) Service with a smile. (Got a pissy attitude today? Go home, don't need you here... and we were TEENAGERS, so you know we had plenty of attitude going on inside of us, but we kept that personal mess in check while we were at WORK!!!).

4) Clean dining area. (Who wants to sit down to eat at a sticky table?).

5) There was an "out of stock" item. Managers made sure that all items were ordered so that a cashier never had to inform a customer, "We don't have any milk today, we don't have french fries today, we're out of ice..." (believe it or not, I've heard ALL of these before!!!).

6) Clean bathrooms (enough said!!).

7) Food served HOT! We were always required to serve the customer their drink first. If the sandwich happened to take longer to fix than the french fries, we didn't bring the fries to the serving tray for them to sit there and get cold until the sandwich was ready (or vice versa). The entire meal is served when ALL items are ready. What's worse than COLD FRENCH FRIES?!?

8) Cashiers that could actually COUNT without the aid of a computerized cash register. Also we were required to count the customer's change back to them, not SHOVE it at them. If the cashier's cash register was short, we were held accountable for that. (I know... accountability is a dirty word in this day and time).

9) Basic common courtesy. I can't tell you how many times I've gone through McDonald's' drive through and not greeted. They just announce how much you owe, give a robotic "have a nice day" and that's it. It's nice to be nice, can we just get back to that??? And lastly (and most hated by all retail and fast food employees,).

10) The customer is always right (even when he's wrong). That simply means that just because a customer seems to be in bad humor, you as an employee should not match the mood of the customer. YOU DON'T HAVE A RIGHT TO. You are to REMAIN PROFESSIONAL at all times. If the customer is violent, that's another story, call the proper authorities, but a retail or fast food employee does not have the right to pull an attitude, curse at, roll your eyes OR neck at, ignore, be rude to, be disrespectful to, be indifferent with or disregard the needs of ANY CUSTOMER that is spending their hard earned money in their establishment.

Lastly, as a customer service call center supervisor today, I happily keep the strong work ethic and values that were instilled in me at my first job at McDonalds. I expect all of my employees to treat our customers with nothing but the absolute best service possible. My advice to those of you who work in retail or fast food who have little patience, big piss-poor attitudes and lazy demeanors do us all a favor and find work elsewhere to make room for those who appreciate having a job in these times of high unemployment. That's My 3 cents!! Thanks for listening.

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Poor Customer Service
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Rating: 1/51

ROANOKE, VIRGINIA -- I went to McDonald's located on Hersbefer Road in Roanoke VA. I paid for order and went to drive through window to receive order. First I was given several drinks in a drink holder. The drinks were a large tea, a large HIC and a kid's drink. During my receiving the drinks, the holder was flimsy due to weight of drinks, and apparently the caps were not placed on correctly. Drinks spilled all over me, and my 2011 Kia seats.

What transpires next is what makes me write. There was no apology from the young man at the window, no offer for anyone to assist in cleaning up, no offer of napkins. He just stared at me. I next asked for a manager/supervisor, after informing/scolding him for not properly placing tops on drinks. He stood motionless after asking for a manager.

I pulled up to another area so I wouldn't block the drive through and proceed to get out of the car and begin to try to get up as much spilled flood of drinks as possible trying to prevent staining of my car. I noticed after about 5-10 minutes I would guess, no one had come out to check on me, and I did not receive the rest of my order.

I then went into the restaurant, asking the clerk for a store manager. She looked at me looked around and asked someone for one and proceeded to go back to her waiting/taking orders. I was astounded, and asked politely a second time. No one assisted me and/or even came my way. Finally I slammed my hands on the counter, shouting, "I would like to see a manager.” Everyone of course stopped, and finally someone came from the back.

After asking the manager at least three times to come out to the parking area so she could see the car seat. She did come out. I told her what happened and how unhappy I am with the no response/attitude I have received. She informed me there was nothing she could do and stated she was sorry.

I told her I expected more and I am going to end conversation so I could go get my car cleaned so no stains would come out. I asked for her boss's number. She asked what I wanted to resolve this. I told her for starters she can give me my food, my money back and if the car needs cleaning due to her employee's lack of training, she could expect a bill.

She stated she would have to go and make a call. She stated she would give me the food and money back but could not cover the expense of the cleaning of seat. I requested she go make the call and I would wait. It gets better, after about 15 minutes she didn't come back out. I went back in. She was standing around with about 3 other people and she had my food and a phone in her hand.

When she saw me approach her she quickly came towards me stating she was sorry for the wait. She stated she had spoken to her supervisor who told her to give me my food and money back. She asked for me to leave my number and I would get contacted by the store supervisor. She/he has yet to call. It has been a week. So much for customer service. Thanks for listening.

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