Free Lunch

Whenever we travel to Massachusetts, we stop off at the Mystic, Connecticut McDonald's for lunch. On Tuesday,  the register receipt said that if I return to that store within 7 days I can get a buy one, get one free Quarter Pounder. I put the receipt into my wallet. On Thursday, when we were returning home, we stopped off at McDonald's in Mystic again. I went to the register to order my 2 items. They said that I had to have a validation code. There was a telephone number on the receipt so I called it. The store answered and said that I had to go online for the code. I went back to the register and asked to see a manager because this was now becoming ridiculous. The girl said that she would not call over the manager. She said I had to go online. Now this was becoming a mission and there was no way that I was not getting this item for free. I unpacked my car and got out my tablet. It took 10 minutes for me to figure out how to connect to the McDonald's WIFI. Then I started the "short" survey that had to be completed for the validation code to appear. The short survey was over 50 questions. Since the writing on that tablet was small, I just kept hitting that last option so the questions would move along. After another 10 minutes I was done. Unfortunately since I was forced to chose random options, the store was graded as being dirty with horrible food. It also said that I was a Native American, over 65, making $200,000 a year. I got my free Quarter Pounder and it was delicious.