McDonald’s prospects fume as ‘worldwide IT outage’ stops them shopping for meals
McDonald’s prospects are fuming as a large IT failure has stopped them from getting their quick meals repair.
The glitch has hit branches everywhere in the world, together with Australia, Japan, Hong Kong, Canada, and New Zealand. Lots of hungry individuals have taken to social media to vent their anger after workers could not take orders within the restaurant.
Some had been even turned away on the door. And to make issues worse, there have additionally been issues with ordering on-line.
McDonald’s Japan posted on X that there was a “system failure” this morning (March 15) at 6:55am GMT. They stated: “There is currently a system failure. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and ask that you please wait for a while until the service is restored.”
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We’re nonetheless ready to listen to if McDonald’s UK has had an IT outage. But in keeping with the Downdetector web site, there have been experiences of issues with the McDonald’s app since round 5:30am (GMT).
One Brit posted on X: “Sooooo, for the first time in ages I’m gagging for a nice McMuffin… order online, drive to the McD’s and… you’ve got a country-wide failure?”
Another stated: “All McDonald’s in Eastbourne closed due to technical issues.”
Meanwhile, one particular person was actually irritated: “Why can I order through the app this morning but all of my local McDonald’s are closed when they are meant to be 24 hours?”
Another particular person complained: “Why cant you take orders with pen and paper and take it back to the kitchen? I’ve not had my McBreakfast today.”
Someone else stated: “Well, that’s what #McDonalds gets for having those bad self-serve kiosks. They never work and or are just slow.”
But it isn’t all unhealthy information – some retailers are nonetheless up and operating, experiences the Mirror.
A McDonald’s spokesperson stated: “We are aware of a technology outage which impacted our restaurants. The issue has now been resolved in the UK and Ireland. We thank customers for their patience and apologise for any inconvenience this may have caused. The issue is not related to a cybersecurity event.”
