I am ashamed, very ashamed.

[All uphill]

Inspired by this thread I tried to buy food at Harwich drive thru McDonald's today.

Apparently "YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED" when on a bicycle.

I explained quietly and calmly to the manager I was hungry, had money and didn't want to eat in.

His response?

"YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED. NOW LEAVE"

I'm never, ever, ever, ever, ever going back.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Not sure what other shops you mean?
You don’t need to spend much to get a free coffee in Waitrose

I have not been in a Waitrose for many years
That was the once The Princess of Wales went to when William was flying helicopters
but she never said hello
possibly because we were never there at the same time
as far as I know

so I would not know about Waitrose - we don;t seem to have them here - but they are building a second Aldi which may be a good way of defining the dominant demographic in the area


anyway - finally getting to the point
the other shops I was thinking of were Burger King and the like

 

[Alex321]

Inspired by this thread I tried to buy food at Harwich drive thru McDonald's today.

Apparently "YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED" when on a bicycle.

I explained quietly and calmly to the manager I was hungry, had money and didn't want to eat in.

His response?

"YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED. NOW LEAVE"

I'm never, ever, ever, ever, ever going back.

I'd be complaining to head office about that. An utterly ridiculous attitude, that I am sure is not shared by the majority of McD's (not that I often eat there, even when driving).

 

[Fab Foodie]

I'd be complaining to head office about that. An utterly ridiculous attitude, that I am sure is not shared by the majority of McD's (not that I often eat there, even when driving).

It's the norm for all kinds of drivethroughs unfotunately....

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Come on MDB, don't say that you wouldn't love something like this, and no I'm not talking about the wooden handled thing at the bottom. 😂

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Umm... No. 🤷

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

There are support groups for this. Don't go through this alone. 🤗

Support groups against Coffee Idiots? Absolutely!! 😆



I used to be a beer bore, so I know how stupid it all is.

 

[Dogtrousers]

I'd be complaining to head office about that. An utterly ridiculous attitude, that I am sure is not shared by the majority of McD's (not that I often eat there, even when driving).

It's Macdonald's standard practice. Bikes aren't allowed in drive thru. You can argue til you're blue in the face but them's the rules.

About 20 of us turned up to a Mcds on a Friday night ride at 3am only to find it was drive through only so we couldn't get anything.

Fortunately for us there was a 24h garage nearby that did way better food than you could ever get in a Mcds so all was well.

 

[cougie uk]

Unless you have a post or cargo bike - how do you cycle away from a drive thru with your breakfast?

 

[T4tomo]

Inspired by this thread I tried to buy food at Harwich drive thru McDonald's today.

Apparently "YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED" when on a bicycle.

I explained quietly and calmly to the manager I was hungry, had money and didn't want to eat in.

His response?

"YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED. NOW LEAVE"

I'm never, ever, ever, ever, ever going back.

they do also have a door on the front you can walk through and order takeaway from....just saying

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Unless you have a post or cargo bike - how do you cycle away from a drive thru with your breakfast?

With a grip of steel! 😆

 

[T4tomo]

fabled Maillard reaction.

hell of a diverse company Maillard, they invented the helicomatic hub and how to brown food!

 

[Dogtrousers]

Unless you have a post or cargo bike - how do you cycle away from a drive thru with your breakfast?

A moot question because they won't serve you.

 

[Dogtrousers]

they do also have a door on the front you can walk through and order takeaway from....just saying

Not always. Some are drive through only (at some times of the day and night, at least)

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

I think I saw somewhere that the 'drive through on a bike' problem is due to insurance

I did see a video of 4 'young people' who linked their bikes with poles into a rectangle and went to the drive through making brmm brmm noises

they were still rejected
which they probably expected

 

[Dogtrousers]

Not just bicycles...

The health and safety of our customers and employees is our top priority and for this reason we are unable to serve pedestrians, bicycle riders, non road-worthy mobility scooters, horse riders or any horse-drawn vehicles through the Drive-thru lane.
https://www.mcdonalds.com/gb/en-gb/help/faq/can-mobility-scooters-use-a-drive-thru.html