McDonald’s

Has anyone ever waited less than 15 minutes in the drive through? I gave up ever going to this McDonalds a year ago after 2 years of sitting in the drive through morning, noon, or night, it doesn’t matter. It is like they have a policy to keep people in the drive through so it appears they are always busy. Go inside you will see no one goes there, it’s always empty. If they knew how to operate a McDonalds, their sales would go up 10 times. They seem content to ‘look’ busy by their extremely slow service, night or day, and sacrificing quantity and quality. I cannot believe McDonalds Corp can look at the numbers without firing this owner. I travel to Winder or Loganville if I want anything from McDonalds. They both have great service and I am not in the drive through more than 5 minutes and usually only 3 minutes. Please don’t ruin your valuable time by patronizing this establishment. Their attitude on efficiency is also reflected in their food quality and customer service.

First, a helpful tip. If traveling to Athens from Atlanta, don’t take I-​85 to 316. Instead, take I-​20 to Conyers and then come up ¹³⁸⁄₇₈ through Monroe. It’s a few more miles, but there’s never any traffic and it will take you an hour and fifteen minutes tops, every time, all the time.
However, if you do take this route, you’ll eventually pass this McDonald’s and think that it looks like a good place to stop. I actually like McDonald’s as a concept in general. Minus the whole «Supersize Me» stuff, I appreciate that all their drinks are only $ 1, and that their ice cream cone is also only a buck and under 200 calories. However, I advise staying far, far away from this establishment.
It’s attached to a gas station, and when I drove up, the line for the drive-​thru wrapped around the building. «Not a problem,» I thought, and just parked and walked inside. I got my diet coke and ice cream and decided to sit for a minute. This was a huge mistake. The dining area was SWARMING with flies. Not little gnats, but giant gnarly black house flies. Hundreds of them. I chucked my ice cream cone in the garbage, grabbed my diet coke and bolted, totally nauseated.