McD Employee who cant hear.

[Dreamstalker]

So that's what's up with the crescent shaped ice cubes! I always wondered about that. Yup, those pack into a cup irritatingly well. Sometimes I watch at Dunkin as they put coffee into the cup and I swear the amount in a 20-ounce iced cup is equivalent to a 10-ounce hot cup. On a 90 degree day, that ice melts almost as soon as you leave the store so you end up with vaguely coffee-flavored water.

At least S-bux adds the beverage first so you know you're getting a certain amount.

[BlaqueKatt]

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.

read this-you won't want ice anymore

Water samples taken from a restroom toilet showed less bacterial contamination than the ice from 21 of the restaurants and bars sampled. the bacteria in question was Fecal bacteria-and there was more of it in the ice than in the toilet

[HYHYBT]

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.

You know the fountain drinks are made with local water too, right?

So that's what's up with the crescent shaped ice cubes!

Oh, no, those are far from the worst. I don't know how to *describe* the worst ones, but all the Zaxby's around here use them; they're softer to chew, which is nice, but they fit together like you wouldn't believe, and they pack the cup to the top with them.

The crescent-shaped ones, if they're the ones I'm thinking of, scoop easier than other kinds.

[Dasota]

Crushed Ice is by far the worst to me. Melts fast and can be backed VERY tightly.

I'm another that doesn't like ice in my drinks.

[Kogarashi]

I like a bit of ice, because if I have no ice my drink gets warm and flat far too fast. Too much ice, though, and everything waters down. So I've picked up my great-grandma's habit of requesting, "Soda, little ice."

[McGoddess09]

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..

We have that. In fact, when we ring in the drink and hit "Total", the dispenser makes the drink, as rung in. I also hate how we HAVE to put the ice in the cup before adding in the cream, syrup, and iced coffee, otherwise we get yelled at for not following procedure.

I have to admit, sometimes it is hard to hear on the headset, but I STILL get orders right because I ask and I follow what the customers say.

[HYHYBT]

I love the ABS!

When it works, that is

On getting orders right: "Is your order correct on the screen" is such a theoretically-wonderful phrase. Too bad the too-common answer "what screen?" ruins it.

I'm sorry, by the way, to hear that they have even more different snack wraps than when I was there. People yelled at me just about every day because I wouldn't just KNOW which kind they wanted without being told.

[Sliceanddice]

We have that. In fact, when we ring in the drink and hit "Total", the dispenser makes the drink, as rung in. I also hate how we HAVE to put the ice in the cup before adding in the cream, syrup, and iced coffee, otherwise we get yelled at for not following procedure.

I have to admit, sometimes it is hard to hear on the headset, but I STILL get orders right because I ask and I follow what the customers say.

well again with the frank miller monologue i was down playing the convo. Every other word out of my mouth after the drink orders was no ice. i said no ice more times than anything else and the fact she heard it for one but no the other really bugs me.

[McGoddess09]

well again with the frank miller monologue i was down playing the convo. Every other word out of my mouth after the drink orders was no ice. i said no ice more times than anything else and the fact she heard it for one but no the other really bugs me.

No doubt it was ridiculous.

HYHYBT, I wish we were allowed to say that. Apparently, it is taboo for us to say it, even though it is more likely to help us get orders correct *facepalm*