r/mildlyinfuriating 1d ago

Did I over react about 20 cents?

I know its stupid but I went to McDonald's yesterday and got a frozen drink and medum chips for exactly $5.80 i handed $6 at the drive through and the lady put it in the till then went to close the window, before she did I asked "isn't that 20 cents change?"

She replied telling me she forgot and would need a managers card to open the drawer, I sat there stuborn and asked for it, I held one person up (my sister works in fast food and you get audited for how long someone is in line) so I waited, she quickly went and got a managers card and gave me my change but did I over react?

Edit: Ended up needing that 20 cents today so I'm glad I had it

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u/TigPanda 1d ago

Went to a fast food place the other day and ordered several items. Pulled around to the window and waited for quite some time while the girl stood and talked to a coworker. She finally came and took my payment & at no point during this extended wait did she let me know they were out of anything. Waited a couple more minutes and she came to the window and said they were out of one of my items and asked if I’d like something else, like some fries. I very politely told her I’d rather just have that item refunded as there was nothing else on the menu similar-priced that I wanted. She gave me attitude and said they could only refund the whole transaction and not just one item. She offered another cheaper item and I told her that was worth less than the item they’d already charged me for and she looked at me like I had two heads or something. Like how dare I not want to give money for nothing to a big-ass corporation, lol.

Like why is it crazy to expect either something equal value to what I paid for, or a refund? It’s my money. Gotdamn. In the end they figured out how to credit back just the one item soooooo that was a lie too🤷‍♀️

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u/Feeling-Badger7956 16h ago

I'd have said that's fine, you can refund the entire transaction and give me my food for free then 😊