I think I’m on to a big scam at the area McDonald’s. I’ve noticed it at multiple locations in the city, specifically the Mass Ave, Hyde Park Ave and American Legion Highway locations. I also noticed this at the location on VFW Parkway but I’m not sure if that’s Dedham or Boston but either way they’re all in on the scam.

Most people these days are going through the drive thru to order and typically what they’ll do is order a meal, usually by the number. On the menus at the drive thru they list the price for the medium sized meal but that’s not what you get charged for. If you say “I’ll take a number one meal with a coke” they no longer ask if you want medium or large size they just go ahead and charge you for the large meal. This has to be illegal since they advertise the number one meal at a certain price but charge you for the bigger meal.

They even go further to cover up their crime by giving you a medium sized coke. You can see this on the receipt if you care to look but I suspect most people don’t. So even though you get charged for the larger size they don’t even do you the courtesy of giving you the large size drink.

I don’t really know what the point of this post is because I’m not motivated or smart enough to try to sue them but I guess I just wanted to rant and warn others. Also I should stop going to get fast food….

Edit:

There sure are a lot of people out here shilling for big Ronnie. Yes I understand making my order “can I have a number 1 meal” is ambiguous as to the size and if I want a medium I can say medium. That being said there is something shady going on if you look on the receipt and it says that I ordered a large meal but true cashier selects a medium drink. This has happened multiple times and most of the time which means it’s not an honest mistake.

This isn’t about me being a fatass which I admit I am but that’s why I exercise and try to eat healthy for other meals but really it shouldn’t be your concern. The issue is a large corporation (wether it’s at the direction of corporate or the franchise owner of which one owner owns most of the locations in the area) routinely and systematically overcharging customers.

Sure they may have overcharged me 50 cents or a dollar or whatever and it’s small change to me but if they do that 100 times a day which I’m inclined to believe based on the amount of cars in the drive thru and the fact that most people order meals by the number then they are making an extra $36,500 a year. Multiply that by 5 locations and you’re taking one franchise owner stealing $182,000 each year. That’s no small potatoes.

I mentioned suing them and no I’m not looking to recoup any money for myself or 25 cents for every customer or some bullshit like that but I think they should be penalized for scamming their customers.

Why should I have to download an app so yet another big company can mine my data just to make sure I’m not being overcharged or to get a fair price? It should also be illegal to have a different price for those who order in person vs those who have an app. Fast food is consumed in larger numbers by poorer people as opposed to more well off people. How is it fair that people who are less inclined to have a smartphone or an internet plan now need to pay more for their dinner? Okay maybe that one was a stretch…. Also apparently it’s National fry day or some shit like that and there’s free fries in the app, good on you if you take advantage of this but really National fry day on a Thursday? They couldn’t have waited until Friday????