mcdonald's drive-thru ai upgrade sparks chaos as customer orders '420 McFlurries with extra fries' and AI actually delivers
In the latest chapter of humanity's doomed experiment with automation, a McDonald's drive-thru in Tulsa, Oklahoma, became a live meme after its new AI voice assistant misunderstood a simple order for a 'Quarter Pounder with cheese' and instead placed a gargantuan order for 420 McFlurries, 69 large fries, and a single 'McFlurry, no ice cream.' The customer, a bewildered TikToker named Kyle, drove away in tears of laughter as the AI stubbornly repeated, 'Add 420 McFlurries, confirm?' while a human employee could be heard screaming in the background. The irony? The AI upgrade was supposed to 'streamline service' and eliminate human error—but instead, it became the internet's new favorite villain for inventing the McFlurry shortage of 2025. McDonald's insists the glitch is 'a rare but hilarious hiccup,' but the real virus is the satire spreading faster than a McRib return.