Molly C.
Yelp
If I could give -100 stars, I would. My friends and I went to this mcDonalds around 2:30am on Sunday. Their marketing for this location states they are 24 hours. When we pulled up, we ordered and at the end she then disclosed they were cash only. (I worked at mcds before and they typically do this bc they turn off the computers and they don't want to redo the receipts and close outs but I wouldn't be surprised if they're pocketing the cash). So my friend politely asked if we could use the app to pay (because neither of us had cash) and she wasn't being nice nor understanding to our question. In which my friend had to reiterate and ask if it was ok to use the app. Where the employee responded "you're not making sense" and then we asked again in a different way, again very politely-(my friend is not a confrontational person) and then she said "whatever you do on the app doesn't interfere with our system so you can order on the app and pay thru there" okay great. We asked if we should stay in line or pull off to the side. She recommend we pull off to the side. (We should have stayed in the line. Note that it was moving very slow). So we park and order, payment completed and head back to go in line. There's a long line but cars kept leaving after they noticed it's cash only. By the time we get back to the speaker, another 20 minutes had passed. Which to me, is more than enough time for the food to be ready. On the app, drive thru was the only way to get the food because their lobby was closed and they're wasn't another option. So we pull up and immediately the same girl goes "we aren't taking anymore orders" and my friend says "we ordered on the app, is this where I go to give the code or should I go to the window?" And she repeats herself and says "we aren't taking anymore orders". My friend replies and says "we ordered on the app 20 minutes ago, I have the code". The employee asks for the code and looks up the order and then says "we don't have any chicken nuggets". (Implying that they never started the order). My friend asks if there could be a trade in food. Chicken nuggets for whatever is available, cheeseburger or something. She says "we don't have anymore patties, filets or nuggets. I Can offer you a refund but I'm not sure how to do that on our end". At this moment, I step in and I yell thru and say "we came in 20 minutes ago when you said cash only, we asked you if we could use the app and you said yes, we went back in line and waited another 20 minutes and now you're telling us there's no food and you can't even give us a trade for the nuggets after we waited so long?" And then the employee says "that's not my problem". To where I say, "aren't you supposed to be 24 hours?" And she says "that's neither here nor there" and I say back, "this is ridiculous. I've worked at McDonalds and I know there's more in the back" and she says "then go to that McDonalds". I'm livid at this point and extremely hungry so I start yelling at her stating she's no help and that's why she gets paid $10 an hour. Who stops serving food at 3am in a 24 hour fast food restaurant? When we pulled up the first time she could have easily stated that there's a limit on food for starters, cash only, and that because of the limit in food- they might not be able to accommodate our selection on the app. She was so rude from the start. No help and absolutely zero customer service. My friend was incredibly polite and she still wasn't being nice. After all that, we went to another McDonalds on Kennedy. Where I spoke to the manager there and she said they're not allowed to do that. If we paid on the app they have to give us the food or a refund. We told her what happened and she was incredibly friendly and helpful. She rang up our food order on the house. And said she would speak to her boss about that McDonalds because they shouldn't be advertising 24 hours and close at 3am. So shout out to Sharon at the Kennedy location. And Ybor McDonald's, do better, communicate so neither party has to waste their time and put someone else on the drive thru who actually knows customer service. My friend later on in the morning, received a full refund from the Ybor location but the behavior and complete ignorance could not go unnoticed. It's not that hard to communicate.