Board 8 > Hoo boy, McDonalds...

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I really like their soft serve ice cream. Read some horror stories online about people who worked there who talked about how vile the ice cream machines can get if they're not cleaned - like, everyone knows that fast food restaurants have questionable hygiene but what can happen to the ice cream machine is next-level disgusting. Decided to test this. Pulled up to the drive through and:

McDonalds Person #1: "Hi, how may I help you?"

Me: "Has the ice cream machine been cleaned recently?"

McDonalds Person #1: "What?"

Me: "Has the ice cream machine been cleaned recently?"

*cue 3 straight minutes of silencer interspersed with rummaging in the background*

McDonalds Person #2: "Hi, how may I help you?"

Me: "Has the ice cream machine been cleaned recently?"

McDonalds Person #2: "Yes, it has."

Me: "Alright, then I-"

McDonalds Person #2: "Hold on a moment."

*30 more seconds of silence and rummaging*

McDonalds Person #2: "The ice cream machine has not been cleaned recently."

Me: "...Okay."

I'm going to ask this question every time I go to McDonalds from now on. They are going to hate me and it will be fun.
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They clean their machines so often it's a meme: "McDonald's ice cream machine is broken".
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I prefer the chocolate milkshake myself
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ChaosTonyV4 posted...

They clean their machines so often it's a meme: "McDonald's ice cream machine is broken".

Not mine, apparently!
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Seems like they're eventually just going to start telling you yes no matter what the real answer is once they start to remember you
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ChaosTonyV4 posted...

They clean their machines so often it's a meme: "McDonald's ice cream machine is broken".

Yeah, my McDonald's can't serve me a mcflurry like 25% of the time I go there and I almost take it as a good sign

I've never been refused an order because the machine is broken

I guess I've been lucky or unlucky depending on how you view it
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StealThisSheen posted...

Seems like they're eventually just going to start telling you yes no matter what the real answer is once they start to remember you

Where's a decent Health Inspector costume I can buy?
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Well that's super illegal
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I'm pretty sure they just say it's broken because they can't use it without cleaning it and can't clean it at the moment.

I feel sorry for those employees because I feel like it's probably not them slacking off or something but most likely an issue with management (cutting hours so that there's not enough time to clean it and do other important work, etc.) Considering how memetic it's getting I worry the higher ups are going to start cracking down on stores that don't clean the machines as much as they should without fixing the underlying issues that cause that to happen and the wrong people will get punished for it.
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Soft serve ice cream is so amazing.

Grand Kirby posted...

I'm pretty sure they just say it's broken because they can't use it without cleaning it and can't clean it at the moment.

I feel sorry for those employees because I feel like it's probably not them slacking off or something but most likely an issue with management (cutting hours so that there's not enough time to clean it and do other important work, etc.) Considering how memetic it's getting I worry the higher ups are going to start cracking down on stores that don't clean the machines as much as they should without fixing the underlying issues that cause that to happen and the wrong people will get punished for it.

On one hand, you're probably right and I'd feel a little bad if me asking about the machine caused problems. On the other hand:

swordz9 posted...

Soft serve ice cream is so amazing.

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I mean you'll get more ice cream if you don't ask about the machine
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I won't get ice cream

I'll get 'ice cream'
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Mmm nothing like a hamburger with a nice slice of American Singles on it.
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KamikazePotato posted...

I won't get ice cream

I'll get 'ice cream'

you've been getting "ice cream" your entire life
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Yeah but the problem is that now I know the truth. Now, I've awoken. I can't go back to the way things were before.

It's a tragic existence. Ignorance truly is, as they say, bliss.
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KamikazePotato posted...

Yeah but the problem is that now I know the truth. Now, I've awoken. I can't go back to the way things were before.

It's a tragic existence. Ignorance truly is, as they say, bliss.

you absolutely can

I know I will
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we always knew getting the soft serve and some dipping some nugs in it was shameful, this doesn't change anything
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sorry food machine broke
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is the Frosty machine at Wendy's the same thing?

I'm suddenly craving a Frosty
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KamikazePotato posted...

*cue 3 straight minutes of silencer interspersed with rummaging in the background*

I love how the typo here makes it sound like people are getting assassinated in the background.
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McDonald's cleans their ice cream machines religiously.

The problem is they should have two of them for how often they clean them because they are always down whenever I go there anymore.
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Why shouldn't they be cleaning them like at 6am when nobody wants soft serve
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LeonhartFour posted...

is the Frosty machine at Wendy's the same thing?

I'm suddenly craving a Frosty

we cleaned ours every morning
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Ace_Killjoy posted...

KamikazePotato posted...

*cue 3 straight minutes of silencer interspersed with rummaging in the background*

I love how the typo here makes it sound like people are getting assassinated in the background.

Peaf likes this
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