This happened Nov 21. Drive through was taking a long time. We ordered a #7 with a bottle of water, 2 hamburgers and another bottle of water.
Got to checkout and learned the ORDER CLERK got it wrong. Wrote down 2 cheeseburgers, not hamburgers.
Rather than insist on the cashier correcting my tab, which would have meant delaying the line even more than it already was while getting less than a dollar in return, I told him I'd pay the full amount and the CASHIER he said he would tell the clerks upfront to correct the order.
Got to the second window, the WINDOW CLERK gave me my 2 bottles of water. Then she told me to drive forward and wait for my order. Nothing unusual about that.
About 5-10 minutes later, GOFER 1 arrived with a bag containing 4 cheeseburgers and 1 fries. Told her I had ordered 2 hamburgers. She said she would take care of it.
Another 8-10 minutes pass and GOFER 2 arrived with a bag containing 4 cheeseburgers and 1 fries. Explained the mix-up to her, too. After she clarified that I ordered two cheeseburgers and 2 fries, NOT 4 cheeseburgers, she said she would take care of the problem.
Another 5-10 minutes pass and GOFER 3 arrived with a bag containing 4 cheeseburgers and 1 fries. She told me that she had been EXPRESSLY TOLD THAT I WANTED 4 CHEESEBURGERS. Thank you, GOFER 2--you got me.
I finally realized these girls were not going to get the job done. So, I parked the car. Went in and spoke to the MANAGER. I explained the situation to her.
Oddly enough, she already had a bag with 2 cheeseburgers, 1 fries and 2 hamburgers all ready to hand to me. She apologized and offered to comp me a second bag of fries. I really hate McD's fries, so I said no thanks, just want what I ordered--A #7 and 2 hamburgers.
So, the MANAGER takes the bag to the fries counter, removes a container of fries from my bag, returns to me and hands me with the bag saying, "Here's your order."
She didn't react well when I insisted on opening the bag to check her work.
Yup -- It contained 2 cheeseburgers and 2 hamburgers. SHE HAD REMOVED THE FRIES I HAD ORDERED.
I asked her where was the complete #7.
She huffed her way back to the fries station where she picked up the container of fries she had just removed from my bag and put it back in my bag. She brought it back to me.
I then checked everything in the bag one more time.
Finally, after almost 45 minutes (does NOT include the time waiting to have my order taken) dealing with the ORDER CLERK, the CASHIER, the WINDOW CLERK, three GOFERS, and the MANAGER, I got my order.
As I am on my way out of the restaurant, the manager yells at me THREE TIMES in a false happy voice, "Have a Nice Night! Have a Nice Night! Have a Nice Night!"
LAST TIME I GO THERE.
Thankfully, there are alternative McD's within minutes of this one--just off the 5 freeway.
North: There is a McD just west of the Magic Mountain Parkway offramps 2 offramps north of this horror. Address: 27618 The Old Road, Valencia, CA 91355.
South. There is another McD just east of the Roxford St offramps on the 5 a 2-3 offramps south of this horror. Address: 12860 Encinitas Ave, Sylmar, CA
Those two McD's may be owned by the same franchiser. But they don't share the same manager. Their service is WORLD'S above the horrible service at this place. read more