McDonald’s

I was raised on the McDonald’s. No, literally. I lived around the corner as a youth, and this was the Mickey D’s I most frequently seen. I adored it. An now that I am a grown-​ass guy, when I come see Memphis, I stop by here for nostalgia’s sake. Love this location.

By updating this review, I can guarantee two things. One, someone will split a gut laughing when I describe my picture with an analysis of the food item. Two, I need not ever apply to McDonald’s Corp. for I will be most certainly blacklisted. I am cool with that. And y’all, be prepared for one of the most bitchin’ checks to our GOD-​awful demand for disgusting food.
I have truly never experienced the consternation when I unwrapped the heavily-​felt breakfast item. As all can see, the sandwich had an uncanny sheen. Not only was the bagel itself covered in clear, artery-​clogging grease; the whole WRAPPER was shining like the sun. The glare from my overhead lamp almost blinded me from the reflected beams of light from said grease.
After I saw my reflection, I dared to consume this 630 calorie, God-​only-​knows-​the-​fat-​content, «Steak and Cheese Bagel.» First, the «steak» was a hamburger patty. I am calling horseplay on Truth-​in-​Menus for that one. It was indeed a bagel, and indeed it had cheese. With the mixture of American cheese-​like goo and porous egg (Yes, eggs become bubbly and hard when overcooked MacEDs), I finished my half just so I could tear this food and business to shreds.
I hope some of you will officially boycott ANY food that makes you feel WORSE after you eat. Deuces.

I grew up on the McDonald’s. No, literally. I lived around the corner as a youth, and this was the Mickey D’s I most often visited. I loved it. An now that I’m a grown-​ass man, when I come visit Memphis, I always stop by here for nostalgia’s sake. Love this place.

Ugh, this place. There really needs to be more for options around U of M (with drive-​throughs for us lazy students). This location sucks.
The service is sub par at best, but usually awful. They never understand what I’m ordering. Who knew something like «#14 combo» (I’m making up a number) was so difficult to understand.
The line moves so slowly. I’ve never gone inside, frankly I’m afraid to. There’s always odd people hanging around that have no business being there. Yet half a block up the street, it’s not even an issue, it’s like concentrated ickiness here.
The food doesn’t even make up for it. It usually tastes like it’s been sitting around forever. They’re always slammed, I don’t see how it’s not possible to always have fresh fries.
Avoid this place if at all possible, but given how odd the dining options are around campus, sometimes it’s unavoidable.

The Highland strip has only a handful of places to eat, but you can count this CrapDonalds right out. The absolutely worst service of any fast food chain, constantly getting orders wrong, and they have no problem with pan-​handlers hanging out in front of and inside the establishment. STAY AWAY!
This sure would be a great location for an A&W or a Dairy Queen.

Hood staff. They argue in front of customers. Orders take too long. Creepy, homeless people in the restroom and out in the dining area. If you have children do not go here!

McDonald’s puts too much extra stuff in their fries. I mean, for Pete’s sake, you can make a really good fry out of a sliced potato, oil, and salt. You do not need all of the added preservatives and extra nonsense that they add to their food.
And, after viewing a recent video about the fact that their chicken nuggets are basically a liquid that is then shaped and fried, I’d like my money back for the last 26 years that I’d eaten my six piece chicken nugget with hot mustard sauce and was none the wiser.
Please take some of the preservatives and extra b.s. out of your food. Like Wendy’s did. Because they rock.

Most McDonald’s, I would give three stars, and ones that are well managed with great service, I’d give four. But this particular McDonald’s, I’d give only 2 stars, because of their crappy service.
Once I went to this McDonald’s with my dad. He paid for both of us and the bill was 4 dollars and something cents. My dad gave a 5 dollar bill and some change so he could get only dollars and quarters in return for change. The lady behind the counter refused to take it because it was more than the bill. She would only accept the 5 dollar bill. Not only that, she told it to my dad with a real attitude. This really upset him and he never went there again.
It seemed kind of ridiculous. All she had to do was count the money, enter it into the register, and the register would have told her how much she needed to give my dad back. No hard math for her. But she simply said she wasn’t going to do it, and said it with an attitude.
And it wasn’t like my dad had given her a sack with a few dozen pennies. He gave her somewhere around five pennies, and he just wanted to get rid of them.
I understand people in the service industry get stressed. I used to be a pest exterminator. But even when I was doing that job, and a customer was complaining at me for something that was not my fault, I simply swallowed my words and said «yes sir» or «yes ma’am» because I know my company was not paying me to talk back to and lose customers. I was supposed to get rid of pests, never break the law, and project a good image for my company to keep business, even though they were paying me low wages. Only if the customer was going to hurt somebody was I going to interfere.
The employee at this McDonald’s had no professionalism. There was no line behind us, so it wasn’t like she was in a rush, and she completely could not do basic math. I don’t care that she couldn’t do basic math, as long as she could count and use the register properly, and be professional. But she failed at all of that.