<story><title>I reverse engineered McDonalds’ internal API</title><url>https://twitter.com/rashiq/status/1319346264992026624</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>schoolornot</author><text>Not sure where this data is coming from but for months now I&amp;#x27;ve been ordering ice cream through the McDonalds app only to find out when I get there that the machine is broken and that they can&amp;#x27;t cancel or refund the order, which ultimately results in a stressful cash refund. It&amp;#x27;s happened multiple times at various locations around Manhattan. Eventually I&amp;#x27;ll just use this method to get 30-day cash loans on my credit card.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>ThinkBeat</author><text>Take it from someone who has spent a few summers troubleshooting, fixing, flushing and cleaning soft serve ice cream machine.   If they are not working one day do not go back there and buy ice cream.&lt;p&gt;There are few employees who are trained to maintain and clean those thing at McDonald&amp;#x27;s. 
If they get gross they usually just turn them off which cuts the cooling and then it gets very very nasty.&lt;p&gt;Getting a bellyache is the bear to hope for.&lt;p&gt;Disclaimer. I didn&amp;#x27;t work for McDonald&amp;#x27;s and it was two decades ago.&lt;p&gt;It still puke a little if I even see people eating it&lt;p&gt;3 hours I&amp;#x27;m a closed kiosk at 31C cleaning out machines is a nightmare. The smell is horrible.  But they didn&amp;#x27;t allow opening the flaps and letting air conditioning since it would be optically and stinkwise off putting for customers</text></comment>
<story><title>I reverse engineered McDonalds’ internal API</title><url>https://twitter.com/rashiq/status/1319346264992026624</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>schoolornot</author><text>Not sure where this data is coming from but for months now I&amp;#x27;ve been ordering ice cream through the McDonalds app only to find out when I get there that the machine is broken and that they can&amp;#x27;t cancel or refund the order, which ultimately results in a stressful cash refund. It&amp;#x27;s happened multiple times at various locations around Manhattan. Eventually I&amp;#x27;ll just use this method to get 30-day cash loans on my credit card.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>fma</author><text>Well if you keep doing this and your credit card gives like a 5% cash back on restaurant purchases...this is virtually free money?</text></comment>