McD Employee who cant hear.

[Sliceanddice]

So me and my meimei are on our way to fill up boxes at my aunts and as usual when im with her she wants to stop and get food and caffeine and i oblige with McDs.

Its right after breakfast so we order 20 pack nuggets, fries and drinks.

I say 'Dr. Pepper no ice and Diet Dr. Pepper no ice'
she confirms the order and the sauses and i remind her 'No ice' for the one drink she has up.
She still doesnt have my drink up so i remind her 'And there is a Diet Dr. Pepper no ice'

She confirms and says ' and you didnt want ice in that?'

i say 'No ice in any drinks'

she puts in the Diet no ice but doesnt change the regular so i say one more time 'No Ice in the drinks'

I get up. I pay.

i go to the next window and am handed a ice filled drink.
i hand it back and say i asked for no ice.
he says there no ice in the diet which he hands me and i can see has a big gap between the soda and the lid which ticks me off but im more worried about handing my sister a disgusting iced drink.
I say i said no ice in all the drinks multiple times.

He blush, sputters 'dang sorry' and runs off to dump the drink and refill it.

I look at my sister and say 'i fill like a much ignored parrot'

seriously i was having a frank miller monologue with lady ill that was missing is a shot of my ass talking.

[ralerin]

Question: How are iced drinks disgusting? Not asking to be snarky, I'm honestly curious, but I can't stand having my drinks without ice.

[casey13]

McDonald's in your area have Dr. Pepper? I am horribly jealous.

[Stormraven]

I'm no fan of iced sodas either - mostly because, unless you drink them within about five minutes, they start getting watered down. They put a lot of ice in those cups.

[LillFilly]

My boyfriend doesn't like ice in his drinks either. He's also found in some cities/towns that the local water upsets his stomach.

[Sliceanddice]

arizona= ice starts melting the moment it hits hte cup= water downed ickyness before it hits my hand.

[Midnight_Angel]

Question: How are iced drinks disgusting? Not asking to be snarky, I'm honestly curious, but I can't stand having my drinks without ice.

Two things.

a) At least in the warmer regions of the US, I have encountered cups that contain more ice than soda... which tends to water down your drink quite significantly.

b) When I visited relatives in Houston, TX, I had my first run-in with chlorinated ice. Err... Umm... Yuck!

Just my 2 cents...

[Geek King]

Keep in mind that some of us have a sensitivity to cold for one reason or another. An inherited genetic condition, in my case (and my Dad's), but I also know someone with teeth issues that cause extremes of heat and cold to be painful.

[ralerin]

Ah! Forgot that the OP lives in Arizona, so yeah, that would make a lot of sense.

@ GeekKing-I have an allergy to the cold, which can turn really dangerous if I stay out too long in the cold winters: painful, itchy skin rashes over whatever flesh is exposed and shortness of breath. Exposure to cold things can also trip it off-like holding frozen food in my hands too long. Strangely, ice doesn't do that to me.

[Dreamstalker]

At least in the warmer regions of the US, I have encountered cups that contain more ice than soda... which tends to water down your drink quite significantly.

Dunkin Donuts tends to do this with their iced coffee (fill the cup with ice first).

I used to use old coffee to make cubes that I would then use in iced coffee...although that wouldn't work in an ice-machine setup like DD has.

[PepperElf]

i don't like ice either.

1) watered down drinks suck
2) some places use ice-scoops. in my home town that became the source of a LOT of hepatitis outbreaks
3) you get more soda without ice taking up room too

[malmalthekiller]

Question: How are iced drinks disgusting? Not asking to be snarky, I'm honestly curious, but I can't stand having my drinks without ice.

Get's watery in .3 seconds. I hate ice in every drink BUT water.

[LadyAndreca]

I wouldn't be too angry about there being a gap between the drink and the lid. Yes, it looks like you got less drink, but at many fast food places nowadays they have small/medium/large buttons on their soda machines. No 'top up' button. Our local McD's even has it in assembly line, where the cup pops down, ice is dispensed (or not), it stops under the right drink and gets filled for the correct amount, and it goes to the end to have a lid put on by the runner.

I hate ice in my drinks too. Partially because I hate watered-down soda, partially because I prefer room-temp soda.

[jedimaster91]

Another no ice person here. Hubs and I have the plastic fake ice at home so I can have cold soda without it getting watered down. And I'm sure I wouldn't drink nearly as much soda at sit-down places if they didn't put so much farking ice in the glass.

Honestly, I think it's a money thing. They charge a certian amount per drink and put so much ice in the glass there's no room for the soda. Therefore they can "use" less and make a larger profit. It's all a whacked out conspiracy.

[Exaspera]

Honestly, I think it's a money thing. They charge a certian amount per drink and put so much ice in the glass there's no room for the soda. Therefore they can "use" less and make a larger profit. It's all a whacked out conspiracy.

You are quite correct! My ex sold ice machines and other restaurant equipment ages ago. One of the good selling points was the shape of the ice cube and how well it packed into a glass.