A man, Mike Haracz, who says he’s a former McDonald’s corporate chef, took to TikTok to reveal what he claims is the worst time to go to Mickey D’s.
“Why is 10:30 the worst time to go to McDonald’s? I’m a former McDonald’s corporate chef, and here is your answer,” he says at the start of the video. Haracz then goes on to say that since all-day breakfast “isn’t really a thing anymore,” that’s the time of day when the restaurants are usually switching over from breakfast menus to lunch menus, so it is a tough time to get a McMuffin from breakfast or a Big Mac from the main menu.
The former corporate employee explains the kitchen equipment is all the same and it takes time to remove all the breakfast items and add the lunch items. In addition to that, Haracz says the crew is also changing shifts at that time, and that takes time as well. “So all of these moving parts are happening while it’s also getting busier at the restaurant, while also switching an entire menu,” he says in the clip. “That is why 10:30 is the worst because it is a cluster in the restaurants transitioning from breakfast to lunch.”
Of course, while he may be the expert, several folks who watched the video disagreed in the comments section:
“The worst time? I call that magic time because you can get a mix of breakfast and lunch items,” one TikToker shares.
Another comments, “I find just after 10:30 a.m. to be the best time to get lunch because all the lunch items are the freshest at that point.”