Jonathan Wright
Google
This McDonald's is terrible. I was there on Sunday, March 24th, 2025. I ordered a quarter pounder and cheese and a drink from the kiosk because, you know, a real person can't ring your food up anymore. I waited 22 minutes in the lobby with my number, and no one ever brought me a sandwich or a drink. I approached the front counter to inquire about my order. The order was clearly sitting there in a bag. When I asked about it, the employee told me that he assumed already had my food. What was that assumption based on? I have no idea.
You then looked at me blankly and just said sorry. When he handed me my drink, a frozen Coke, it erupted out of the lid and went everywhere all over the counter. He just looked at it like you had no idea what to do. This is when I politely asked just to get a refund because I didn't have the time to wait another 20 minutes. They processed a refund.
I then politely asked if there was a manager, and then a tiny black woman came at me like a pack of dogs on a three-legged cat. She immediately got loud and accuse me of raising my voice, which I never did. I tried to have a conversation with her, but she insisted they were understaffed even though I could see at least six people standing around doing nothing but watching this drama unfold at a McDonald's that was almost empty on a Sunday afternoon.
I asked for the name of the store manager. She refused to give it. She said that was personal private information and they weren't authorized to give it out. I'm pretty sure if I had looked around I might have seen it posted somewhere because that seems to be common practice for fast food restaurants. But, I didn't have the opportunity to do that because I was promptly asked to leave. I also asked for her name as she had no name tag on; she refused to give it. Finally, I asked for the name of the store owner or an email, and I was also refused that information. I was told to come back on Monday and talk to the manager.
I, instead, called the store manager on Monday. I did receive an apology and a "guarantee" that she would look into it further. The store manager told me she had been informed of the incident but had yet to investigate it. I encouraged her to review the security footage to look at my body language and, if possible, to hear the conversation. I've never been so poorly treated at a restaurant in my entire life.
I don't know what I expected out of McDonald's. I mean, honestly, I'm sure they think this is all on me. But, it doesn't seem like too much to ask that if I have to use your kiosk ordering system and take a number you deliver my food in less than 20 minutes when there's three other customers in the lobby and six people working. We're all doomed.