Initially we planned on eating at McAlister's because kids can get free. I went there Friday night with my parents and it was empty to the point of me wondering how they stayed in business. Well, I guess they heavily rely on their Sunday church crowd because they were PACKED. So packed, in fact, that upon pulling into the parking lot Drew announced "We're not eating here!" Drew is not the kind of person who likes to wait for food. So, we went across the street to the somewhat empty parking lot of Pizza Hut only to learn that they do not have their buffet on Sundays (which probably explains why they were empty- another man was leaving without eating there for the same reason as us!).
So, we decided to go to McDonald's. We splurged and instead of ordering off the dollar menu, we decided to get combos! Evangeline was thrilled to be able to play in their play area, even though she is way too young. One sign says its for ages 3-12 and another for ages 4-12. I think the point is: teenagers and adults stay out! Poor Evangeline could only crawl around the bottom of the slide, but she had a good time while waiting on her daddy to bring her some "bak bak" (chicken nuggets) and french fries.
Drew and I each ordered the Angus Bacon and Cheeseburger combo. Sounds yummy, right? Yeah, not so much. Drew ALMOST complained because his two pieces of bacon looked more like one piece but thought better of it, probably because he knew it'd do him no good. Evangeline ate half a chicken nugget and most of the ice out of her cup. And, they ran out of ketchup. I didn't know McDonald's could run out of ketchup. I guess it could be worse. They could've run out of fries. THAT would've been a disaster worth complaining about.
While watching Evangeline play I noticed two signs saying "Register for your child to win a FREE birthday party at McDonald's. Drawing the 15th of every month!" Then it had a long list of things that went along with the party like 10 happy meals, a cake, a child's toy, etc. Even though Evangeline's birthday isn't until January, I decided to register. Drew asked, "Isn't she too young for a McDonald's party?" to which I pointed out that you are never too young for a free party, and he agreed.
I went up to the cashier to ask about how to enter the drawing. She had no clue, so she asked her manager, who looked confused and then said, "Oh, we aren't doing that. You might as well take that sign down." I returned to Drew slightly bummed, but mostly amused, and told him what she said. Two minutes later the manager came in to rip the signs off of the wall. As we left, I pointed out a third sign in front of the cash register. Drew took it and handed it to the manager, smiling.
So, lessons learned at McDonald's today:
Lesson #1: The McDouble on the dollar menu is just as good as the much more expensive Angus burger.
Lesson #2: McDonald's can run out of ketchup packets. When they do, they just run up to Piggly Wiggly and buy a thing of Heinz and give it to you in a little bowl. (Or, at least, this is what we assumed they did).
Lesson #3: Don't trust every sign you see.
Lesson #4: Instead of a Happy Meal, next time we are just ordering Evangeline a cup of ice.
Lesson #5: Now we know why everyone was at McAlister's.
Oh, and a shout out to our church member, David VanDoren, who is working on redoing all the cabinets at McDonald's. They look GREAT!
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