Before I started my review, I looked over the reviews here on Yelp and found common themes from all the reviewers who have reviewed this location that were also in my family order today.
Today I placed an order for breakfast through the McDonald's app for delivery, because while this location is close to where I live, I have come to detest going to this particular location for two reasons:
1. 3 out of 4 times, they either messed up my order or forgot something I ordered.
2. Even at non-busy times, including busy times, after placing my order, going to the first window to pay, and then driving up to the second am handed a yellow post-it note asked to please go park and wait while they bring my food out to me.
This particular one annoys me the most because it defeats the whole concept of "fast food"...I have a pretty good idea why this is, which I will touch on shortly.
After our food arrived, I opened the bag and saw that my son's breakfast was not there and at that point, I grabbed the bag and drove to the location because this was the third time when placing an order for delivery that they forgot an item that was ordered.
When I went inside, I walked up to the counter and asked to speak to the manager...let me be clear that while I was annoyed and a bit frustrated, I wasn't yelling, or screaming...my tone was polite but firm. As soon as a few of the crew members on the other side of the counter heard what I said, they had the "uh oh" look.
Instead of a manager (who I know wears blue or white button-up shirts), I get this young kid who comes up to the counter with a blank look on his face. I explained to him what happened, how this was the third time this happened to a delivery order and then also the issues with the post-it notes through the drive-through and asked a simple question, "What's going on here??".
I don't get my question answered, instead he directs them to get me my son's order. While I am waiting, I am telling him, I get it that it's not all you here and there are some obvious failures in process and accountability. Then some lady waiting to the side, tries to make it political by saying something along the lines of it being about Democrats and how they need to lower the pay, this is about the $20 an hour minimum for fast food workers that was passed within the last year.
I look at her and tell her she has some points because the way that law, and the timing of it, was passed has done more harm than good, and then turn right back and tell this kid that yes the politicians have screwed you and your fellow workers but at this location, your management and ownership have failed you too because they aren't holding you to standards and even doing something as doing a double check (which doesn't cost a thing and shows you care about customer service), I mentioned that as a Marine Corps vet, this was something I had drilled into me...but was also a basic life tenement; of course, this kid still stands there looking at me like a checked out look in his face.
I know right there that this isn't the first time this kid has had this type of conversation there, that it was probably one that happened regularly, and that he knew that I was right but what was he supposed to do about it?
As soon as I said that, I was a bit louder when I said that I knew his management and ownership had failed him and his coworkers, and who comes up then...the manager...wearing her blue button-up shirt...that part just disgusted me...how are you going to let your subordinate take the brunt of a dissatisfied customer when it is YOUR job to be working it out???!!!
I looked at her hard for a few seconds and then looked over to the kid, and wished him luck because he needed it.
I will NEVER go to this location again or have anything delivered from there, because while I understand that law that was passed screwed the fast food industry over (especially the workers because while I believe you should be able to make a liveable wage, the provisions and the way that law was passed screwed them over), it's obvious that everyone, including management at this location, has checked out mentally and are barely going through the motions...and if a business cannot ensure that a customer gets what they order regularly, then why should I give it my patronage??
To the ownership...if this is the way you own and operate your business, you should sell it (it is a franchise location), take the money, and do something leaving someone in place who might care to make the business better. read more