By the way, the reason the McDonald’s ice cream machine is always down is because one company essentially provides all of the machines. As a result, they control the maintenance of it by having vague error codes and not providing a proper manual so that McDonald’s employees wind up having to call their technicians to come and service it. Either that or the employees try running it through a clean cycle to try to fix the error which takes FOUR HOURS to complete and can’t be interrupted.
That was a really good read, thanks for sharing it.
From the article…
The machine’s parts include no fewer than two dozen rubber and plastic O-rings of different sizes. Leave a single one out, and the pump can fail or liquid ingredients can leak out of the machine.
“Fucking O-rings!” /shakesfistinair
– Space Shuttle Engineer
By the way, the reason the McDonald’s ice cream machine is always down is because one company essentially provides all of the machines. As a result, they control the maintenance of it by having vague error codes and not providing a proper manual so that McDonald’s employees wind up having to call their technicians to come and service it. Either that or the employees try running it through a clean cycle to try to fix the error which takes FOUR HOURS to complete and can’t be interrupted.
Article with more details here: https://www.allrecipes.com/article/the-real-reason-mcdonalds-ice-cream-machines-are-always-broken/
They are also in cahoots with McDonalds corporate so all the small franchise owners get screwed while corporate gets the money in this deal.
Wired released the first report on this subject, it’s a really good read, I highly recommend it. https://www.wired.com/story/they-hacked-mcdonalds-ice-cream-makers-started-cold-war/
That was a really good read, thanks for sharing it.
From the article…
“Fucking O-rings!” /shakesfistinair
– Space Shuttle Engineer
I believe one of the major investors for McDonald’s is also a major investor for the company who makes the machines.
Meanwhile, I don’t think I’ve ever ordered a Frosty and been denied.
Oh, you’re not an NPC then. How are you enjoying the simulation, user?