Ok so this is coming as someone who works at this McDonald's. Some of the managers are shit and will talk shit about you in Spanish to everyone else. They are disorganized and some of them are so careless that your order will likely be wrong because they get so stressed by the timer ticking at every order(the big guys get really mad about this).
Yes the ice cream /milkshake machine always breaks. Idk why they don't just buy another one cuz damn no matter how cold it is outside people always ask for it and we have to say it's not working because it really isn't.
For everyone saying it's dirty, I was surprised to find that it really isn't. Everybody is forced to wash their hands every hour and when changing stations. In the front, the cashiers are provided with a handsanitizer dispenser to use instead or running to the back every time you change stations or pick something up from the floor. That being said, we have one person responsible for cleaning the lobby. If you come during 12pm-2 it's going to be dirty especially during weeekends because it's literally all hands on deck in getting all the food out as fast as a possible. We are bombarded with orders made at the cashier, orders from the kiosk(the self service thingy), Uber orders and mobile orders all at the same time. The screen fills up and sometimes the kitchen is backed up because of all these orders. If you order when it's busy you are GUARANTEED food fresh off the grill since the pre-maid ones won't be enough. And do not even get me started with weekdays after school hours. The high schoolers are an absolute nightmare. Because of them, we no longer leave napkins or the ketchup dispenser outside.
Now just a protip for all of you, the French fries are always less than five minutes old. More than ten minutes out and they get thrown out so please chill. Your food, especially if you order a quarter pounder, they have to make that meat fresh that's why it takes so long. For example, plain cheeseburger meats are made 8 at a time. Once they are running out the kitchen staff calls the person on the grill to make more. Fish are also done by order so if you don't like waiting, don't order that.
Ordering on the kiosk is so much more efficient if your using a credit/debit card.
How can you not expect this place to be busy when a high school, college, and a decent number of residents living just a few blocks away.
And the happy meal toys, sometimes they are gender less. Big shock. For example, a month ago we had the wreck it Ralph toys. We are given a large box and the box has two options out the number of toys you can get. We take both options but them in a tray and tale it outside. We are not being assholes and we really won't open a whole other box just because your daughter thinks Ralph is a boy toys and wants Moana. If you're going to picky about the toy just don't get one. Very rarely will you get the toy you want. It's all up to what toys the delivery truck gives US. Sometimes it's the same 5 boxes with the same 2 toys. I'm sorry, it is what it is.
Also, just something for you all, don't ask us what we recommend. So many times people come up to order and have no idea what they want and the line behind them gets longer and longer. If you don't know what you want, use the kiosk, it has pictures instead of waiting for the sandwich to appear on the screen, you'll save everybody a lot of time. Also, please be careful what you say when you order. There are 5 different chicken sandwiches and all at different price points. Do you want nuggets, tenders or glazed tenders? You have no idea how many times someone has told me they want a four piece tender and then get mad at me because they wanted the glazed, but never, not once say glazed, even when I repeat the order back to them.
Please be respectful to us cashiers, you have no idea how hard it is to deal with people who disrespect you for something you have no control over. Or something that can easily be fixed.
In conclusion, this job is stressful to the max. IT IS NEVER EMPTY. It is the calm before the storm when the store is eerily quite. This place is clean and really we do try to get everything right but mistakes do happen(more often when certain people are on shift but that's none of my business). We get yelled at for standing and doing nothing those few moments it is nit busy, we have to clean and refill constantly. The scheduling and some of the managers are shit. And some customers are shitty. But I continue to do my job with a smile cuz in the end I'm getting paid and this job is temporary.
Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk
Sincerely, a very tired very stressed McDonald's cashier. read more