Complaint Thursdays

[mjd1001]

Mcdonald's. 

Other than last year stopping to get one of their ice cream sundaes, I hadn't been in a McDonald's for years until a few days ago. 

I was driving back from work and stopped at the McDonald's in Medina, New York. First of all, the bathroom was bordering on disgusting.

Next, I don't know what kind of tile floors they have, but the floor had just been mopped and it was like walking on ice.

Even when I got to a dry part of the floor, Even the tiniest residual moisture on the bottom of my shoes made it where I was about ready to fall and slide again.

I looked at the breakfast menu, they have combo meals that cost almost $10. Really?

Finally, I'm not a big coffee drinker but the graphic they have showing their coffees looked interesting so I tried one. Some sort of iced coffee...but it was very bitter, and they put caramel syrup in it where the syrup was dripping down the inside of the cup and the outside of the cup where it was sticky when I grabbed it. Then it said at the bottom of the cup and when I had some through the straw I was getting weird chunks of caramel.. it never fully mixed with the coffee.

If this is representative of what McDonald's are like these days, I can't see why they are remotely doing as well as a company as they actually are.

[Pimlach]

1 hour ago, mjd1001 said:

Mcdonald's. 

Other than last year stopping to get one of their ice cream sundaes, I hadn't been in a McDonald's for years until a few days ago. 

I was driving back from work and stopped at the McDonald's in Medina, New York. First of all, the bathroom was bordering on disgusting.

Next, I don't know what kind of tile floors they have, but the floor had just been mopped and it was like walking on ice.

Even when I got to a dry part of the floor, Even the tiniest residual moisture on the bottom of my shoes made it where I was about ready to fall and slide again.

I looked at the breakfast menu, they have combo meals that cost almost $10. Really?

Finally, I'm not a big coffee drinker but the graphic they have showing their coffees looked interesting so I tried one. Some sort of iced coffee...but it was very bitter, and they put caramel syrup in it where the syrup was dripping down the inside of the cup and the outside of the cup where it was sticky when I grabbed it. Then it said at the bottom of the cup and when I had some through the straw I was getting weird chunks of caramel.. it never fully mixed with the coffee.

If this is representative of what McDonald's are like these days, I can't see why they are remotely doing as well as a company as they actually are.

McDonalds exists because standards are low, very low.  

My advice is to never eat that stuff. 

[LabattBlue]

Not that I support “road rage”, but if people stopped driving around like a$$holes all the time, maybe there would be less road rage. 

[pi2000]

SDGE (San Diego Gas and Electric) is now charging a monthly base service fee.

"This fall, your SDG&E® bill will show electric delivery charges in a new way. This is not an extra charge, rather it is a change in how your bill is structured.

California Assembly Bill 205 requires investor-owned electric utilities across the state to change how residential customers are billed to help make bills more transparent, while making it more affordable to use electric technologies, such as cars and appliances.

We’re updating how some existing costs appear on your bill. Starting soon, you’ll see a new line item called the Base Services Charge, which will be approximately $24 per month.

By moving some costs out of delivery pricing, you may pay about 10% less per kWh for the energy you use (roughly 5 cents per kWh on electric delivery).

As a solar customer on a Net Energy Metering (NEM) plan, you will continue to receive a monthly statement. You can choose to pay the Base Services Charge each month or wait until your annual true-up. Please note, the Base Services Charge is not eligible to be offset by applied generation credits."

I own my panels.  The first few years I received a check from SDGE as  I'm pumping more back into the grid than I consume. 

Next was implementation of tiered pricing (off-peak, super off-peak, peak... kWh cost varies depending on the hour of the day, time of year, etc), which turned my yearly true-up refund into to a charge of $100-200.  Now this.  Criminal for what is supposed to be a "utility" to scheme against solar customers just to make a buck.

[LTS]

1 hour ago, pi2000 said:

SDGE (San Diego Gas and Electric) is now charging a monthly base service fee.

"This fall, your SDG&E® bill will show electric delivery charges in a new way. This is not an extra charge, rather it is a change in how your bill is structured.

California Assembly Bill 205 requires investor-owned electric utilities across the state to change how residential customers are billed to help make bills more transparent, while making it more affordable to use electric technologies, such as cars and appliances.

We’re updating how some existing costs appear on your bill. Starting soon, you’ll see a new line item called the Base Services Charge, which will be approximately $24 per month.

By moving some costs out of delivery pricing, you may pay about 10% less per kWh for the energy you use (roughly 5 cents per kWh on electric delivery).

As a solar customer on a Net Energy Metering (NEM) plan, you will continue to receive a monthly statement. You can choose to pay the Base Services Charge each month or wait until your annual true-up. Please note, the Base Services Charge is not eligible to be offset by applied generation credits."

I own my panels.  The first few years I received a check from SDGE as  I'm pumping more back into the grid than I consume. 

Next was implementation of tiered pricing (off-peak, super off-peak, peak... kWh cost varies depending on the hour of the day, time of year, etc), which turned my yearly true-up refund into to a charge of $100-200.  Now this.  Criminal for what is supposed to be a "utility" to scheme against solar customers just to make a buck.

RG&E (Rochester Gas & Electric) has had a $25 service fee for years.  I first learned about when I looked at solar panels and the rep told me about it.

That said, I don't know that it's criminal. If you don't want to pay it you can disconnect and be totally off the grid. Otherwise they are obligated to service your meter, etc. and that's not free.