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Cut it out. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/a-fair-shake/
You are not going to change my mind. I was in Missouri in 1979 and they apparently had strict labeling laws. On the McDonalds Menu it said “Cone (contains 17% edible plastic)”.
Here is the site to see if the ice cream machine works or not: https://mcbroken.com/ Here is the original HN thread on this subject: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24861623
Tldw: the machine throws obscure error codes (too viscous, failure to heat to proper temps, etc) and can “lock out” the operator, who has to then call an authorized service technician that bills hundreds of dollars for repair. Any attempt to self repair or hire someone else will void the warranty and is disallowed by McDonald’s corporate. The ice cream maker company, Taylor, reports 25% of their revenue is service an…
Why don't they have a service contract so the cost of so many errors burns this 'Taylor' company?
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You are not going to change my mind. I was in Missouri in 1979 and they apparently had strict labeling laws. On the McDonalds Menu it said “Cone (contains 17% edible plastic)”.
What do Missouri’s laws in 1979 have to do with McDonald’s?
-> McDonals had to explicitly put "(contains 17% edible plastic)” in the menu there
-> the poster you are replying to saw that
-> said poster states that no fact checking website is going to change his mind (given he saw edible plastic as an ingredient in official menus back in the day)
Here is the site to see if the ice cream machine works or not: https://mcbroken.com/ Here is the original HN thread on this subject: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24861623
I used mcbroken three times. Each time it said the machine was working but the workers told me otherwise. The site continued saying it was working until they closed. :(
Tldw: the machine throws obscure error codes (too viscous, failure to heat to proper temps, etc) and can “lock out” the operator, who has to then call an authorized service technician that bills hundreds of dollars for repair. Any attempt to self repair or hire someone else will void the warranty and is disallowed by McDonald’s corporate. The ice cream maker company, Taylor, reports 25% of their revenue is service an…
Thank you for saving me half an hour.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Cut it out. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/a-fair-shake/
You are not going to change my mind. I was in Missouri in 1979 and they apparently had strict labeling laws. On the McDonalds Menu it said “Cone (contains 17% edible plastic)”.
Tldw: the machine throws obscure error codes (too viscous, failure to heat to proper temps, etc) and can “lock out” the operator, who has to then call an authorized service technician that bills hundreds of dollars for repair. Any attempt to self repair or hire someone else will void the warranty and is disallowed by McDonald’s corporate. The ice cream maker company, Taylor, reports 25% of their revenue is service an…
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Why don't they have a service contract so the cost of so many errors burns this 'Taylor' company?
There’s no fixing operator error.