Charlie Sykes, the right wing radio host on WTMJ is a friend of mine and has been for years.
We disagree on almost everything except one - what he calls "the worst McDonald’s in the World."
I couldn’t agree more about the restaurant on the corner of Capitol Drive and Holton. It’s the closest McDonald’s to my house and I’ve been going there for years, despite what can only be described as the worst customer service ever.
Once again the message was brought home with force on Friday morning.
I went through the drive through and got a small Coke for my wife and a large black coffee for me. We got the Coke but then were asked to park in a waiting spot and they would bring the coffee "right out."
I pulled into the spot, about 15 feet from the door and began to time my wait. Nine minutes later someone came out with two coffees in hand and I was aggravated. She proceed to give both coffees to the person parked next to me, who had been there about three minutes.
"Excuse me," I said. "I’ve been here nine minutes."
"I'm sorry sir," she said. "I’ll be right back."
Three minutes later I got my coffee with another "I"m sorry."
Several months ago I got into the drive through line and spent 21 minutes until I got to the window. "What happened," I asked. "We were busy, and the guy at the window wouldn’t move until we had his order right."
The phone number is 414-964-7485. I’ve called it and it hasn’t done me any good.
It makes me wonder how many other fast food places have service as bad as "the Worst McDonald’s in the World."
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