I've been to this particular McDonalds many times over the years without any issues. The employees are generally pleasant and the food is usually served right out of the fryer. I hadn't been since I moved from that area two months ago and I have to say, a lot has changed in that two months. Particularly the boom of younger employees that have no sense of customer service. And I can't quite recall the management team being much less than leadership material.
I had a basic order: Happy Meal, #7 Large, and a Mini Meal.
The moment I walked up to the counter, the younger girl behind the counter must have decided she did not like my face because I received a "what do you want" in the most unpleasant tone. Undeterred, I mean every one has a bad day every once in a while, I simply ignored the bad attitude and ordered with a smile. The transaction was processed and I waited for my order to be ready. Once my order was called I picked it up and headed for my car when I noticed the burger from my Mini Meal was missing. Went back up to the counter with my receipt, waited until the employee behind the counter had a free moment and let her know that my burger was not in the bag. The young girl behind the counter (a different one than the first) looked at my ticket, looked at me, looked around, then looked back at me and with a hefty roll of her eyes informed me that Mini Meals do not come with burgers. My first response was a brief glance at the menu above her head where displayed in all its contradictory glory was the Mini Meal menu with the word "burger" written right in between "nuggets" and "McChicken". I was a bit stumped so I verbally responded with "Um... ok." Then an unsure smile and "I did order the burger Mini Meal though..." After another roll of her eyes she finally turned to one of the TWO managers (one male one female) in her general vicinity to shove my receipt at her and whisper something in another language. The female manager looked at the receipt, looked at the younger girl behind the counter, looked at me with mild irritation, took the receipt, and rushed off without another word. Where did she rush off to? Well, the drive thru window of course. To take a drive thru order... because that is what a manager does when present with a customer service issue.
The male manager only watched on with a hint of panic and a very clear "please, god, do not get me involved" queasy look on his face. When it was clear the female manager was going to "resolve" the "issue", he went over to the fry machine to fill up fry cartons. The younger girl behind the counter also wandered off, a younger boy taking her place and sparing me a dismal glance before calling out orders. After about 5-6 minutes of standing in front of the counter without being addressed and wondering what the hell was going on (dudes, they were fully staffed and it wasn't that busy), I looked to the younger boy behind the counter one last time to find him quickly looking away and busying himself with some mundane task before I simply walked away.
On my way out I noticed a single employee cleaning up and asked if there was a manager on duty. This employee, another younger girl, informed me that they had TWO managers currently available. The female manager who completely ignored me and the queasy looking male manager (apparently he was the store manager, le gasp!) that watched her do so before scurrying off to busy himself with a task more suited to his skills (he must enjoy filling those french fry cartons). The employee then asked me if I would like her to grab one of the managers for me. I informed her that I had been ignored by both managers and she APOLOGIZED FOR THEIR BEHAVIOR. Um...
What?
Yep, the teenage girl cleaning the tables and taking out the trash APOLOGIZED FOR HER MANAGERS' BEHAVIOR. Not only that, but in the quick minute I spoke with her she presented me with way better customer service than her own managers. Yo, McDs, make this kid a manager ASAP or at least have her school the rest of the staff.
Went back to my car and my cousin (who was ten times more upset than me about the missing burger) went in and used a**hole customer tactics to get the burger I didn't even want anymore. Hey, I tried nice and my cousin doesn't know the meaning of that word so *shrug*.
Whole point of this review:
-Most of the staff do not possess even general customer service skills (apparent "managers" included) and should be properly trained
-Staff members need to actually KNOW what items are on their menu (it's really sad cause its right above their heads)
-Kid who gets stuck with cleaning duty probably shouldn't treat customers better than management
Oh man, I have never written a bad review in my life but I actually feel better now. Never going back to that McDonalds again and will tell anyone within hearing distance to only go there if they're prepared to go full out horror story customer if their order is wrong but yeah. Totally feel better now. read more