Suzanne H.
Yelp
My husband and I live right here in Green Cove. McDonald's has repeatedly gotten drive through orders wrong, usually giving us a burger prepared their way, not ours. Confusion seems to happen when they add the condiments we choose, in addition to putting on other items that usually come on the burger as advertised. This results in an unrecognizable mess. The short order window person just doesn't listen.
It happened again tonight, and instead of just choking the burger down, I told my husband that I'd had enough of their carelessness - to take me back. Upon returning the Quarter Pounder that I'd ordered with lettuce, tomato, and mayo - to which they'd added unwanted onions and ketchup - I asked for a free small order of fries for our having to come back. Window teen took the old burger and said she'd pass on my message. We pulled up to the receiving window, expecting to get fresh burger, free fries, and plenty of apologies.
Not to be. A short excited woman loudly told us there'd be no free fries - that the reason my burger was wrong was my fault. Though I'd specifically asked for my choice of condiments, she said playback of my order with the order taker revealed that when he asked me if this was "add on," I said yes, when I understood it as "only." Apparently, with my not knowing their terminology, I confused the order taker and their system, resulting in my ruined burger. I feel so ignorant.
The fast-talking frantic woman in charge, so convinced that I was wrong, passed the corrected food to my husband. I said I wanted our money back. She said no. I was angry and horrified. I told her I was going to report my experience to Yelp. She looked triumphant, arrogantly closed the window in our faces, and trotted away. No apologies.