The McDonalds on the highway in Mountain Home disappointed me greatly earlier. I wasn't feeling well, so I took the kids for Happy Meals. I ordered a smoothie with no yogurt, hoping it would help settle my stomach (I am lactose intolerant, and so is my daughter). The gentleman at the counter dressed like a king (they were all dressed in costumes) was very polite and efficient even though he was new. When we sat to wait, I heard who I assumed was the manager tell the young man making the smoothie that there is no way to "just physically take the yogurt out of the smoothie. The machine just adds it, premixed." and told him to serve it to me with yogurt and just not say anything. (BTW, there is a setting on the machine for 'no yogurt'. I get them all the time. I don't get angry when someone doesn't know. I just ask them if they would double check the machine for the no yogurt button and that I get them often.) She also began reprimanding the polite new employee at the counter who took my order because there was no way to make a smoothie without yogurt and he shouldn't have ordered it. When the man approached the table with our order, I asked him if he was able to find out how to make it without yogurt (since I had heard them talking). He looked worried and hands it to me and sort of mumbles that there isn't a way to make a smoothie without a yogurt. I politely let him know I get them often and that there is a setting on the machine. So he asks if I would like him to ask the manager. I nod and say yes please. I can't be certain, but I am pretty sure he went back and pretended to make another smoothie and came right back and handed me the same one. Needless to say, I did not drink it. If it had been ordered for my daughter and I hadn't caught them talking, she would be up all night with a stomach ache. Like I said, I can tolerate ignorance of the machine settings that aren't used often, but I cannot tolerate blatant dishonesty, especially when it could have hurt someone. We will not be able to trust that we can safely eat there again, unfortunately. read more