Boy, do I have a story.
I've lived in Apache Junction my whole life, and I've been coming to this McDonald's even before they remodeled it. I never really had a problem before and if I did I'm not the type of person to go to the manager and complain. Today, I really wanted to.
Today I went through the drive thru, because I was on my lunch break and I just needed something fast. I was ordering for a few people, but it was nothing huge or complicated. When I get up to the intercom I was waiting for about five minutes before anyone ever answered. When someone finally did I was met with a, "What can I get you?" Short, quick, and to the point. So I said, "Hi, can I get a double cheeseburger MEAL with extra pickles and a large sprite?" So she responded, "Okay what size are the fries and you said large coke right?"
"Large fries and I said Sprite, actually"
"Okay, that'll be $6 at the first window."
"Uhm, I wasn't finished ordering yet."
"He can help you at the first window."
Confused, I drove up to the first window and the guy smiled at me and said, "Hello, $6 please." And I replied, "She didn't let me finish ordering." And then he proceeded to help me complete my order. As far as I knew, everything from this point on was going to be okay. So the lady at the intercom was a little annoying and rude, oh well, at least my food was ordered now. Well, I thought so anyway.
When I get up to the second window I'm greeted by another guy. He handed me my drinks by shoving them through the drive thru window and awkwardly giving them to me and then handed me the tiniest bag. I looked at it and thought, "No way all the food I ordered is in here." But before I could even check it to make sure, the guy placed the person behind me's order in window, blocking me from seeing him at all. So I figured he didn't care if I needed anything else and I drove to the front of the restaurant to check the bag. They had forgotten a few things, as I already guessed. I looked at the receipt and was upset to see that none of the things were even on the receipt. The intercom lady didn't even make my first order a meal like I had said.
A little miffed, I walked inside and there were only a few people in line, so I just thought, "okay, I'll order these few things and just be on my way." I stood in line for ten minutes. When it was finally my turn, I ordered just the large fries because I couldn't wait any longer. I stood there waiting for my fries to come out for another 10 minutes. The employees were all running around like chickens with their heads cut off. There was one employee just standing at the register staring at me, and there were no other people in line. I wanted to speak to a manager about my experience but thought that there was no point. Instead, I decided to write a bad review on yelp later, and now here I am.
Long story short, this was one of the most entertaining yet irritating experiences I've ever had a McDonald's and I'll probably just go the Arby's next door from now on. Their food is better anyway and well worth the price increase. read more