Unincorporated Minds

I have pulled up to the drive-thru at the New Carlisle McDonalds after 1130pm about 3 times over the last month.  It is a 24 hour, 7 days a week facility. All three visits, varying in time from 1130pm to 230am, I was told they were accepting cash only.  I was also told they stop serving ice cream and shakes after midnight.  Furthermore, the employees have some attitude.

I was willing to write off the cash only as maybe running the daily reports. The more I thought about it, the more I realized McDonald's is to smart to have a system that needs to be taken down to close out the day.  Computers would just need the date/time stamp and the associated data.  The machine wouldn't care about any data after a given threshold.

Then I was just annoyed that a 24 hour facility would consistently take part of their machines offline. If it is for cleaning, why wouldn't they clean them during breakfast?

Lastly. as a fat guy, I visit many McDonald's. I have always thought the ran their businesses very intelligently.  From customizing decor and menus to local tastes while maintaining a global standard to moving to older, more experienced employees, and everything in between.  Some of the friendliest cashiers have been at McDonald's. The New Carlisle store is an exception after the lobby closes. Ya'll may wanna find some new third shifters.

//Rant over.