Fast food workers on Reddit are sounding off about which items customers should never order at their respective restaurants. “Fast food workers, what menu item should everyone avoid from where you work?” u/n0tter asked on July 17.
“At Dunkin, I’d say everything is fine except frozen drinks made with the old island oasis machine,” u/survivorgreys weighed in. “My store now has a Vitamix blender, but the old machine was never cleaned well enough.”
Also on the coffee beat was u/Starmilkman, who claimed to be a Starbucks barista. “Do not get any iced Oleato drinks,” they ominously warned. “It just doesn't work and olive oil in coffee was already a big stretch. The hot latte is actually not too bad and tastes a little bit like Cheerios, but the oil almost instantly separates from the rest of the drink when it's iced, which is no bueno.”
One heroic user stepped up to finally explain the meaning behind McDonald’s constantly “broken” shake machines. “If you go to a McDonald's that has a shake machine that is always working, don't get a shake there. If you go to one that is always ‘broken,’ it's perfectly safe to get a shake there,” u/Belteshazzar98 explained. “The reason the machine is down so often is because it has a really long cleaning cycle that needs to be done frequently.”
“At Little Caesars, normal crust is made in-store. Make our own dough and everything. But if you order a thin crust, you get a premade crust that may have been sitting in an open cardboard box for days to weeks,” u/stryst offered.
Similarly, u/subnautus argued that one should moderate their toppings at Papa John's, explaining that the chain’s portioning “gets smaller as the number of toppings go up. Once you hit three toppings, you're basically paying $1 more to get half of each topping just to get the extra topping.”
A user identifying themselves as an ex-Chipotle general manager claimed that “the barbacoa and carnitas are made off-site and come in a bag. Depending on your local Chipotle, this could be good or bad. Once had a snake in our lettuce. Guess it was fresh.”
“When I worked at Arby's, the Arby-Q was the one thing I would never eat,” u/too_many_shoes14 shared. “That sauce would sometimes be two months old, I'm not kidding.”
“Taco Bell worker here. I would not go here if you are strictly vegetarian/vegan,” u/sheethwreath said, taking exception toth a popular notion that the chain is veg-friendly. “There are plenty of non-meat options but the cross-contamination is everywhere.”
Some, however, said any and all ice machines should be avoided, making most if not all fountain drinks at any establishment unsafe. “They don’t get cleaned as often as you’d hope,” u/ddrive1234567 wrote.
You can check out the full thread on Reddit.
