Danger to McDonald's Employees

Maybe that they got you mixed up with someone else? Who knows. I
thought the cards are automatically approved and if it wasn't, that
would have been the clerks fault for handing it to you and not telling
you then.

I dont get this. How do they not wait for the card to be approved? I
wonder if this is their usual procedure or if it was just an isolated
incident? I know the McD's near me gives you the credit card reciept
either when they hand you back your card or when you get your food.

As Calm noted - I am really surprised that they dont wait for the card
to go through to give you your food. They really are foolish in doing
that because as you've said, if you were not waiting at the redlight
you would have been none the wiser. And, I am the kind of person that
is pretty oblivious besides whats going on in my car (which, in turn
makes me a terrible driver, and i admit that 100 percent) that i would
not have even noticed the girl running over to me unless she jumped on
my windshield!

And funny!

It seems to me that what McDonald's ought to do so that this doesn't
happen is come up with a procedure where you either don't get your
card back or don't get your food until the payment has gone through.
And that's one reason to have people sign receipts: it makes it
absolutely clear when the payment has gone through and when it
hasn't.

Hoping that someone will recognize you, will remember the problem from
the last time and will be able to track down the exact amount you owe;
and that you will be cooperative, will accept their word for it that
you weren't billed, and will be prepared to pay both charges is
really, really unlikely to ensure that McDonald's will get all the
money they're owed.

I think it is nice that you were concerned about their safety but you
cannot seriously tell me that you would have paid double the next time
you went in and not thought you were getting scammed. Another thing to
think about is that their cash drawers have to balance and if they
don't I'm sure the cashier would have a problem explaining why you
weren't made to pay for your meal.

I don't know how McDonalds handles things, some companies dock
employees for their mistakes. 4 dollars may seem like small change to
us, but to a teen, losing four dollars from an opening level job with
resticted working hours is a big deal.

I do think it's nice of you to point out the safety issue, it's very
dangerous in those lots, people often are distracted "multitasking"
while in a rush to get on their way, anyone darting after another car
could be seriously hurt.

Shoot...in some parts of the country when someone comes running up to
your window the safest thing to do is to take off....

This is a matter of business. If they mistakenly didn't charge you,
they have a right to come running across the parking lot. What if
they didn't? You drive off, and they sure will never get paid for the
food.

A lot of people speak of being embarrassed in a consumer situation,
whether it is someone being asked for identification, or a situation
such as this. You know you did nothing wrong, so there is no
reason to be embarrassed. Besides, exactly how many people witnessed
this "incident"?

As far as engangering people's lives, exactly whose life was
endangered here? The "boys" and "girls" who work at McDonald's? Do
you not think that these young ladies and young men are old enough to
know how to cross traffic?

You seem to be mostly indignant that they came after you for payment
of your bill. Just because you thought it was already paid for
doesn't give you that right. Now you should be embarrassed,
but hey, we don't know you.

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