Send that to your local health department.
I’m in Georgia, they honestly could not care less. I’ve contacted them in the past about issues and they really did not care
Maybe try McDonalds corporate then? I believe they have quite a bit of sway over local franchises.
Beyond that, I’d just avoid it because that’s probably the tip of a very dirty iceberg.
Unfortunately that’s the type of shit where publicly shaming on Twatter is likely a more effective option.
Appropriately so. Then follow through by never going back.
20 year old dispenser there too. (date code says 08/05)
I genuinely cannot process what I’m looking at here.
I think we’re looking up at a drinks dispenser, one where you push your cup against the metal thing to start filling.
Red is the camera, blue is what you see in the picture
Excellent diagram.
Blue looks like a dude wearing shades
The black piece in front is the nozzle where your drink comes out of the metal bit at the back is the thing you push your cup onto to dispense the drink
Much more likely to be mildew. Still gross, but not toxic.
What is it dispensing?
Black mould.
McDonald’s USA has free soft drink refills.
“Free” tm
In Canada we don’t, but you still fill your own cup. Is that not typical?
Currently. Iirc, this is being removed company wide. I know the ones near me recently renovated and no long have customer accessible drink machines.
I’m always torn on this. God bless America, but it also feels irresponsible.
“Corporate wishes to play a little game. Whom do you value more? Your co-workers or the customers? If you report this health code violation, the store may have to shut down and everyone working there laid off. If you remain silent, you may indirectly kill countless customers. You have 30 seconds to decide.” - Ronald “Jigsaw” McDonald
Oh, and the toilet rolls have been replaced with duct tape rolls.
Depending on which country you live in and who (or better: what) you are - if you’re a McD McEmployee, you’ll might personally feel the McWrath for filing the complaint - not just having the weight of theorethical jobs lost on your soul.
As someone who works in the industry, always assume there is mold. Always assume equipment isn’t cleaned as often as it should be. Always assume everything is gross.
Spent 12 years in commercial refrigeration. Absolutely, and “expensive” doesn’t mean things are any cleaner. I was in some 5 star places that had some of the nastiest kitchens.
That’s ok. The “clean” ones are dripping with invisible toxic cleaning product.
I once got a cup full of dlihydrogen monoxide when using one of these machines. Let me tell you that it was an experience…
Quite unusual, was it pure? As far as I know they always mix it with other nasty stuff beig it an excellent polar solvent
I dunno what that was, but I got a cup of something transparent and not tasty once at BK. Don’t think I felt too bad, maybe cause I stopped drinking that immediately.
still not the most concerning health hazard from eating mcdonalds. 🤣
Toxic black mold is a greenish-black gelatinous mold. It is not really black. Mold is not healthy and some people have severe negative reactions to regular black molds though.
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Wtf, there is a Wikipedia just for mold?
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How can it feature 0 pictures
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My mom has a strong allergic reaction to mold. Her nostrils blocks (similar to a strong flu) when she touches some moldy object or enter in a moldy room.
Yummy
Employees can daily clean as much of the machine as they can access, and there will still be a bit of black biofilm in there (not mold). The same biofilm lives down in all of your sink drains.
I remember working in fast food and almost nobody ever thought to clean the nozzles or clean out the ice bin.
There is probably a ton of mold inside where the ice is kept.
Their food is low quality and nasty, they treat their workers like shit and they union-bust as often as possible.
I didn’t really need another reason to not support them anymore, but this is good none the less, here have an upvote!
It’s quite funny that in both Germany and Poland McDonald’s is actually one of the most decent places in case of food quality (not amazing taste but one can be sure it won’t cause any health issues) and employees are also treated quite well (for the industry).
At least they’re not chic fil a. Imagine the same scummy business practices except they also apply “Christian values” to everything.
Most CFA locations are franchises, meaning employee treatment varies wildly. I was paid $8/hr and worked 73 hour weeks. By contrast, the location down the street from me advertises $18/hr.
