Seems I darn nearly shut down McDonald's this morning. I decided to get a McGriddle since I had never had one before. For no particular reason, I didn't want egg, so I ordered a bacon and cheese McGriddle.
I'm not someone who goes into a fast food place and places a "special" order, you know, "I'll have a Big Mac with one pickle in the northeast corner and mustard instead of special sauce", but, I thought it wouldn't be a big deal since it wasn't like the things were already made.
After I ordered, she says, "You don't want no egg?"
Me: "No, thanks."
Silence
Employee: "No egg?"
Me: "No, not today."
Employee: "OK, then drive around, please"
I paid her and drove to the next window where there were two more employees waiting for me. One apparently was working the window and the other one was the cook.
Employee #2: "What did you order?"
Me: "A bacon and cheese McGriddle"
Employee #2: Silence
Cook: "I told you so."
Employee #2: "You don't want no egg?"
Me: "No."
Cook: Smiles
Employee #2: "OK, then, have a nice day."
When I was driving away, I could hear them still talking about it.
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That's funny.
The last time I tried a "McGriddle", I just about puked. Have they gotten any better? Maybe I should try one "eggless"
ROFL!
NO EGG FOR YOU
Haha thats funny!
Have a good one!
Dew
no egg? what were you trying to do to them! don't you realize that orders like that could kill a fast food line cook?! i can picture the smoke starting to come out of their ears as the brain shifts into meltdown mode...
:)
HAHAHA! That is great! Try ordering it without MEAT! It never fails to get some kind of response when I go there to get my kids a happy meal cheeseburger with no burger. It usually produces quite a panic. "we can't do that!" Yes, you can, give me a bun with a piece of cheese on it. Hope the rest of your day is just as entertaining!
I need to try that at our McDonald's! My son works there . . . now wouldn't that just make his day!!
Try ordering a burger with no bun (hubby is gluten intolerant). This usually leads to some sort of fit on their part and a myriad of screw-ups on our order.
I love throwing them a little curve ball.
Don't you hate that! Its like they don't need an educatoin do work at fast food places any more. They can't fathom something different. The woman said no egg, just make the darn thing with NO EGG!!! Hope your McGriddle was good... with no egg.
I had a similar thing with that when I went into the restaurant and asked for a McGriddler with no meat. They couldn't understand why I didn't want the meat on it and when I finally got it, it was just the 2 griddles. I asked what is this, and they said "you wanted it plain.", no "I wanted it with egg and cheese only" Oh....we don't know how to do that...you were able to make it plain.
It took a while but I finally got it. How hard is it to understand????
That is priceless! LOL Thanks for the morning laugh.. ;-)
always got to be different don't you?
Three words about your post - "I'm lovin' it!" :)
*lol*
have had the same experience when ordering 28 chesseburgers with no onions, mustard or pickles...(just ketchup). it pretty much stops them in their tracks for about 30 minutes.
I do the same thing with no bacon. It's fun to watch their head explode.
That is too funny. ROFL!
NO EGG? That's so... so... UnAmerican.
That cracked me up.
Especially the cook saying "Told you!"
HA!
You should see what happens when I take my brood in. No ketchup on this one, no pickle for that one, hold the onions, add some bacon, no cheese, extra cheese...
At least then the confusion seems warranted!
My partner Lindi runs a McDonald's here in Utah. Trust me, there are very VERY strange requests when it comes to "special orders". Yours was reasonable, understandable. Yours wasn't NEARLY as strange as the woman who wanted a cheeseburger, minus the burger, exactly 10 pickles and Big Mac sauce only. Um... okay...
Ok, I had a comment all set in my head and then forgot it as I am still cracking up over the "NO EGG FOR YOU" comment. LOL!!!! That is going to be on my mind all night. :D
I have my personal issues with McDonalds which I won't go into but that is rather amusing that it totally messed them up. LOL!
Now thats just a crazy order!
I didn't know that they could deal with arranged menu. When my kids orderd humbergers without pickles they said we couldn't deal with arranged menu.
LOL... I've only run into one McD that I like and that was good at working with my oldest daughter's special orders.
This just made my day! Thanks.
too funny--what i find more funny is that this last post has gotten 23 comments! well..24 now. wow!!!!
Hey, in their defense, THEY never said "special orders don't upset us," THAT was Burger King.
Must be Micky D's in general. My hubby likes to get a big mac with 2 extra patties. He had completed this order before with no heads spinning. However, this one particular time, a youngster was working the counter and looked at him as if he spoke chinese. "You want what?! We can't do that." My husband's like "Yes you can, I just want 2 extra patties on the Big Mac." She called the manager over. The manager was slightly confused and finally said "Just give him the extra patties and charge him for it." (Duh!)
He rarely goes there. It's like they can't comprehend special orders. However, when we goto BK across the street, it's "no tomatoes this, no cheese that" and they rarely mess up an order. Go figure!
I guess when you work there an event of this type is one of great magnitude.
Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha! FUNNY!! Ha Ha!!! Thank you so much for the big big laugh! Ha!!!!
gee, if places can make hamburgers without the buns, you'd think they heard of an eggless mcgriddle..
ohmygoodness! I am laughing so hard. Thank you for that :D
*I* totally get it ;-)
"You don't want no egg?"
"No, I don't want any egg."
*lol*
This one got a lot of laughs from people! Funny, Busymom!
McD's...what a riot! They can never give the order the way you want it. We got a Cheddar Melt served without the cheese what a hoot. See McD's.