McDonald’s

Hey, I noticed this place had a single 1-​star review. I’m coming to the defense of this McDonald’s for two reasons.
1. For my wife, Unsweet Tea is Crack. She just can’t get enough. As such, the $ 0.99 for a large 32oz drink is unbeatable. Additionally, she (a known iced tea snob) says that it is worth twice that much.
2. I like the Magnolia Grove Starbucks just like the next person — but when there’s a 15-​car-​deep line and there are a bunch of complicated orders in the line (you know, a Clover half-​caf with essence of Elderberry machiatto at precisely 170 degrees, etc…) then there’s no reason for me (the rest of you knock yourselves out) to wait 15 minutes for an espresso concoction that McDonald’s can make for me.
you DO remember the whole «McCafe» marketing campaign, don’t you?
Anyway — I care little about prancing about with the SB logo on my cup — so when the stars align/don’t align (depending on your take), then I avoid the SB line in Magnolia Grove and head on over to the McDonald’s line.
(brief interlude to accommodate a rant: For those of you that «cheat» and cut in line at this McD by entering through the exit — I’m the guy who’s glaring at you and edging forward so you can’t cut in front of me).
When I come, I order either a large unsweet or a medium mocha with two extra shots (give it up for ordering a Quad Mocha. you’ll spend way too much time at the cracklephone explaining it. As it is, you have to articulate «two extra shots OF ESPRESSO» most of the time. Furthermore, encourage them to go light on the hersey’s syrup. even then, it may be laid on fairly thick.
If getting unsweet — verify that it is so. in many cases, the order taker may not have specified.
Is it StarBucks? — No. But it takes under 3 minutes usually, and when getting both drinks, it’s less than ½ the price by volume.
So, in similar circumstances as I’ve laid out above, you’ll have that going for you. Which is nice…

It’s a relatively new restaurant, but the staff is already driving it into the ground.
Today, the worker at the second window tried to offer me a «free» milkshake I didn’t order. It looked pretty melted and not-​too-​fresh, and he might have done something to it on purpose, so I refused it. He then turned around to his coworkers and loudly said he didn’t know why I wouldn’t take it because I «look like someone who loves a lot of ice cream.»
I then sat there in silence for four minutes and twenty-​eight seconds for my order. He left the drive-​thru window open, and spent that time dancing around, telling rather profane jokes, and not doing anything to make my order come up faster.
I would complain to the manager or franchisee, but as I learned at a very early age, incompetent people only get jobs because other incompetent people hire them in the first place. In other words, his bosses are likely as careless and insulting as he is. Why else would they give someone like that money to stand at their restaurant’s window and call customers fat?