Mickey-Dees Mayhem! I Really Should Have Known Better...

I admit it. I bought into the madness of a free food giveaway from McDonalds! They were giving away free Southern Style Chicken Sandwiches all day until 7pm yesterday. I didn't intend to get sucked into the mayhem but due to an unexpected turn of events, I was hungry, short on cash, and my next meal was destined to be in the far future. Fearing death by starvation, I entered the parking lot and was stunned that the drive thru line had only 5 cars in it. Wow! On a free food day too...shocking! Pleased with my good fortune, I got in line and ordered my food right away. $2 for a whole meal with a large drink...cha ching! I moved about 2 feet from the ordering speaker and that's when everything came literally to a screeching halt!

Only 4 cars in front of me now and we sat...and sat...and sat... mind you, I am still 2 feet from the ordering speaker and a stream of cars are now behind me leading out into the street. I guess the word spread that this branch had a short line. We are now 30 minutes from the promotion cut off and I have now been in line 2 feet from the ordering speaker for 15 minutes. I know what you are thinking...humph...get out of line it is so not worth it. Yes, my very thought except for the wonderful site planners for this particular location were thinking only of their revenue designed the drive thru to TRAP you into staying in line! AAARRRGGHH! I felt clostrophobic. My stomach was knawing at me. I screamed to the top of my lungs "WHAT IS THE PROBLEM!" It was raining and my windows were up so my yelp fell on deaf ears. 10 more minutes roll by and one car makes it out with their food. 5 more minutes and another. Whew! Now I am up to window #1 where you pay. The visibly exhausted cashier is about to open the window and before she says a word I know what she is about to tell me... I am almost tempted to say it with her..."I'm sorry ma'am but we have run out of chicken for the free chicken sandwich promotion. Is there something else I can get you off of our menu for free?" I should have known better. This was too good to be true... the short line on a free food day...puh-lease! So this was the hold up...everybody having to re-route their taste buds to order something else and the staff having to regroup everyone's order! It was madness! I ordered something else and proceeded to window #2 where the poor guy there rattled off 3 different orders that were not mine. He finally got it and sent me on my way. I ordered a quarter pounder (no cheese or onions), small fry, and large sweet tea (hey, it's a southern thing). He handed me my bag and with my anxiousness to leave, I neglected to check my order until I was at the next traffic light. In my bag was a double quarter pounder and a large fry. (Insert Big Sigh Here). Oh well, it was only $2. I shouldn't have been eating fast food anyway... serves me right (wink).