When you walk in to a McDonalds, you pretty much can expect the same thing all across the country. It’s really not difficult to run a Micky D’s, as the user experience is somewhat similar at every single place. Well this is far from the truth in my experience at the Mcdonalds at 208 Varick St. in NY. Well, let’s see if you agree.
McDonalds
208 Varick St
New York, NY 10014-4302
(212) 206-9991
Upon first entering the McDonalds seen above, there was a woman standing at the counter, while I was waiting on line to place my order. She was complaining about the quality of her meat, simply asking for another sandwich as this one was not quite edible. I giggled, thinking to myself, “Damn lady, if you wanted high quality meat, you probably shouldn’t be at McDonalds…”. As she was showing the employee her burger, I took a quick glance myself, and on the bun I saw a thin, burnt down piece of something that looked more like plastic than meat with a small piece of ripped-in-half cheese. So, she gets a new burger has a seat, and I begin to place my order. Now, all I ordered were fries, mind you. As I’m waiting for my buddy’s meal to arrive, I probably could have gone to watch the concert that I was going to attend later in the night, went to Missouri, and returned. Did I mention it took a while for the meal to be ready? As we were waiting, the woman from earlier who returned the burger walked back up and showed the man at the counter her new burger – which had no cheese, no lettuce, no pickles, no tomato – just meat on bread. She then said, “You know what, can I just have a chicken sandwich, can’t go wrong there right!?”.
So my buddy, not so hastily mentions to the man at the counter, “Uh, I’m still waiting for my Big Mac”. Big Mac, the main driving force behind McDonalds advertising – the sneakers to their Nike, the Ipod to their Apple, the Playstation to their Sony – and they don’t have it ready to serve as FAST FOOD?. So the man at the counter responds, “Yo Charlie, I’m waitin’ on that Big Mac”. Charlie responds, “Oh yeah, my bad.” Upon the Big Mac finally being ready – we sat down. The Big Mac, not only had slabs of unmelted cheese on it, but also had been served with the same meat that McDonalds usually uses on the dollar menu beef items and did not even take up half of the bun size. Biting the bullet, my buddy said forget it, we won’t complain. So I decide to begin to eat my fries, “Can’t go wrong with fried at McDonalds, RIGHT!?” Wrong. Fries were gross, old, and stale. I coudn’t even finish the small serving of fries. Whilst eating, I heard a woman telling the man at the counter, “Someone needs to clean that bathroom up, it’s absolutely disgusting.” Again, we think nothing of complainers..
So, time to leave, but wait, my buddy has to use the bathroom and the ATM. Inside of the bathroom is one of the most disgusting things I could possibly describe to you. Feces on the floor. Yes, feces on the floor, uncleaned, and disgusting. Woman at the counter, you were correct and I’m sorry I doubted your complaining.
Lastly, ATM – of course it doesn’t work! My buddy asked for $80 – got nothing, and lost $80 in his balance. Overall, this McDonalds experience is quite short from the American fast food experience we all know and love, sometimes, but not too often because it’s not so healthy. =)
