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Late night cravings are a dime a dozen. Sometimes it’s a glass of water, sometimes it’s a stacked up sandwich that would make even Joey Tribbiani smile, and sometimes it’s a McDonald’s milkshake. Last night for Josh Raby, it was the latter. So what’d he do? He got in his car at 1 a.m., drove to McDonald’s, and had one of the weirdest exchanges of all time with a McDonald’s worker and his wife. I could explain further, but luckily, Josh chronicled the entire thing on Twitter.
It's 1AM and I decided I wanted a milkshake. So there's a McDonald's near my house. I'm greeted at the drive thru by the following sentence:
— Josh Raby (@JoshRaby) April 11, 2016
"Hey holy shit hello, you are at McDonald's, and I am begging your patience."
— Josh Raby (@JoshRaby) April 11, 2016
There are no other cars here, by the way. I'm caught off guard so I mumble "Um, ok you can have it."
The voice comes back:
"Praise you."— Josh Raby (@JoshRaby) April 11, 2016
So I sit for a minute, then he finally returns and says "please tell me your order"
So I say "milkshake"
I don't know why that's all I said— Josh Raby (@JoshRaby) April 11, 2016
"I'll need a minute", he replies. I realize I did not describe my desired milkshake in any way so I yell "I need to tell you what kind."
— Josh Raby (@JoshRaby) April 11, 2016
He is gone for several minutes. When he returns he says flatly "we aren't going to be able to do the milkshake. I do have many apple pies."
— Josh Raby (@JoshRaby) April 11, 2016
Do not ask me why I did this but the next words out of my mouth were
"Are you ok"
— Josh Raby (@JoshRaby) April 11, 2016
"I am not ok. Would you please tell me your order so I can try to punch it in? I will be very slow, but I will get it."
— Josh Raby (@JoshRaby) April 11, 2016
I tell him not to worry, I am not upset, and at this point for some reason I order a chicken sandwich
— Josh Raby (@JoshRaby) April 11, 2016
My chicken sandwich order confuses him. Several minutes are spent repeating what I want on it, watching the screen as he tries over and over
— Josh Raby (@JoshRaby) April 11, 2016
At one point I guess he gave up because the screen just went black for a while.
I hear a deep exhale.
"Dude I lost my wife".
— Josh Raby (@JoshRaby) April 11, 2016
"I'm sorry, man, I-"
"Please describe your chicken sandwich to me again so I can succeed at one thing."
— Josh Raby (@JoshRaby) April 11, 2016
Anyway he finally gets it and then says "I really do feel bad about the milkshake situation. Can I sell you an apple pie?"
— Josh Raby (@JoshRaby) April 11, 2016
"Fine. I will buy an apple pie."
"Apple pies are cheaper than milkshakes anyway."
"Ok, thanks"
— Josh Raby (@JoshRaby) April 11, 2016
Then there is a weird series of beeps and when his voice comes back in he is fucking SCREAMING into his headset:
"I FOUND HER! THANK GOD!"— Josh Raby (@JoshRaby) April 11, 2016
"What? Who did you find?"
"MY WIFE. SHE WAS WATCHING ME FROM BEHIND THE BOXES!"
— Josh Raby (@JoshRaby) April 11, 2016
At this point I have ordered a chicken sandwich I do not want and an apple pie I do not want and no milkshake and I've been here 22 minutes
— Josh Raby (@JoshRaby) April 11, 2016
"Can you give me my total" I say because honestly I don't know if I want to understand his marriage or if I even could and I just want to go
— Josh Raby (@JoshRaby) April 11, 2016
So he says "your total is 8 HOLD ON my wife is here and she wants me to tell you she will sell you 2 apple pies at a discount"
— Josh Raby (@JoshRaby) April 11, 2016
"What is the discount?"
"2 apple pies for only 2 dollars. You should take it."
(Note: One apple pie is $1.19)
— Josh Raby (@JoshRaby) April 11, 2016
"Give me the extra pie"
"She says thank you"
"Tell her I said no problem"
Why am I talking to his wife like this why
— Josh Raby (@JoshRaby) April 11, 2016
I pull around and they are fucking making out in the window and he has his thumb out like he is aware I will be driving up to this
— Josh Raby (@JoshRaby) April 11, 2016
Both of these people are in their mid-40s
— Josh Raby (@JoshRaby) April 11, 2016
They unstick themselves from one another and I hand him my card "sorry about this. I haven't worked at McDonald's in 16 years" he says
— Josh Raby (@JoshRaby) April 11, 2016
I say "it's fine" to which he says "FINE just stands for FUCKED UP, INSECURE, NEUROTIC, and ERROR-PRONE"
— Josh Raby (@JoshRaby) April 11, 2016
His wife cackles and says "I knew that when I was 13, get with it, man!"
I have been here 37 minutes.
— Josh Raby (@JoshRaby) April 11, 2016
I am then treated to a story about how they met at a McDonald's that is very short and is really only "we met at McDonald's in 1993"
— Josh Raby (@JoshRaby) April 11, 2016
So listen I get my card and drive ahead to the next window and THERE IS A WHOLE SEPARATE FUCKING HUMAN AT THAT WINDOW
— Josh Raby (@JoshRaby) April 11, 2016
He hands me my bag, leans out the window and says "you get to drive away" then promptly shuts the window and sits on a stool, head in hands
— Josh Raby (@JoshRaby) April 11, 2016
My chicken sandwich was wrong, by the way
— Josh Raby (@JoshRaby) April 11, 2016
I don’t know what type of drugs these people were on, but you know they were on some type of drugs. Between not being able to get his order right, his wife (ex-wife?) hiding behind a bunch of boxes spying on him, and them just fawning all over each other once he finally approached them at the drive-thru window, you have to assume this couple was reeling after Jordan Spieth’s meltdown at The Masters and simply decided to pound whatever drugs they had left.
But hey, this is probably why you should avoid fast food at all costs, especially at 1 a.m. Still not sure how you can fuck up a McChicken though. .
[via Twitter]
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The McDonald’s employee at the second window is how I feel every day at my job.
what did I just read
you get to drive away
I saw this and it reminded me why I never go to McDonald’s.
That goddamn milkshake machine is always broken.
Translation: “I’m too lazy to make it, but I will still stand outside picketing for 2 days demanding $15 an hour.”
Since when are pies at McDonald’s not 2 for a dollar
Since min wage went to $15 probably
Synthetic marijuana strikes again. I swear, you could tell people a chilled shot of snake venom would make them trip and they’d put it back before you even finished the sentence
But really, is anyone shocked when their order isn’t right?!
At one point do you just drive away and abort the whole mission?
Man, that changed my perspective on things