A TikToker has revealed what really happens when their McDonald’s order hits $50 and why employees fear it when it happens.
Creator Kaalen posted a video of himself covering his face in exasperation as an on-screen caption reads, “when the order gets closer and closer to the $50 mark and now you’re going to have to stop them to get a manager.”
McDonald’s operations, according to the creator, require a manager to monitor and confirm an order once it reaches the $50 mark.
This explains why once the order reaches that amount, the employee must wait for the manager to enter their code number and approve the transaction before resuming the order.
McDonald’s employee and creator Kaalen shared his anguish over $50 orders that require manager approval
McDonalds operations, according to creator Kaalen, require a manager to monitor and confirm an order once it reaches the $50 mark.
While it’s unclear if this applies to all locations or specific locations, one commenter wrote, “they had to disable this in my store (because) customers almost always have orders over $50.”
In most businesses, when a customer pays in cash with larger bills, a manager typically must verify this as part of fraud prevention policies.
This policy within McDonalds, however, appears to be for any transaction up to this amount; another commenter claimed their store had an even lower limit.
The commenter wrote: ‘it’s $25 in my store and omg I could cry every time this happens.’
Another said: “I would memorize all the managers’ pins because I would get tired of this.”
Kaalen revealed that managers often told employees their codes, as they were usually “too busy to come in there and do it.”
Many viewers shared similar sentiments about managers approving large orders, slowing down processes at fast food stores like McDonalds.
To which Kaalen responded that sometimes managers told employees their code to avoid inconvenience, Kaalen wrote: “they are always too busy to come there and do it.”
Many have commented on the price increase meaning the $50 limit is coming much sooner than before.
‘$50 is like 3 meals. “I can’t even get 50 McChickens anymore,” one said.
“Now $50 isn’t even that much food at most fast food places,” another wrote.
Some were not aware of the process that goes on behind the counter, one wrote: ‘as a family of 6, we always spend so much. I had no idea this existed’
Others have shared experiences where their workplace had similar policies that caused chaos during their shift.
One said: “One time there were 100 and my manager was nowhere to be found, I was dying.”
“(I) was in the back booth and someone wanted to add something to their order and I said ‘oh…wait, I need a manager’ so I stood there awkwardly while I waited,” wrote another.
DailyMail has contacted McDonald’s for comment.