So, as a followup to my story on unsnobbycoffee.com, the new campaign by McDonald's, I hit a McDonald's on New York's Upper West Side to try out some unsnobby coffee. I intended to write this there, but unfortunately, the free McWifi was a McMyth.If you've never been to a NYC McDonald's, well, it's an experience. The low prices really throw off the normal-person-to-crazy-person ratio. There was one man in a security guard uniform (not a McDonald's employee) camped out by the soda machine, drinking various sodas one inch at a time, and then refilling. Well, that's one way to kill your lunch break.
I asked the cashier for an americano, and she looked at me like I was from the moon.
Me: You don't have americano?
Cashier: No...
Me: Oh. Are you going to be getting coffee drinks soon? There's something on your website.
The cashier looked terrified and responded with "I don't know" in a way that could have been followed with "I don't really even work here." I'd have asked the manager, but the cashier was so sweet, and I was afraid that if they did have americanos, she might get fired.
So, I sat down in the back near a berserk talking trash compactor that kept thanking me, and messed around on my computer trying to locate the McWifi. McLies! McLies!
I ate my off-center sandwich and went home. McFail. I'm so not going back (...till McMonopoly. God, I'm a sucker for the McMonopoly. What? I don't make fun of your hobbies).
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