On TikTok, most of the posts under the hashtag #brokenicecreammachine are about McDonald’s, and the same goes for searching “broken ice cream machine” on X.

One of the longest-running jokes in the fast-food industry that embodies this feeling of disappointment is McDonald’s ice cream machine. There have even been social media posts where customers ...

Before now, only people who were trained by and work for the brand that makes their machines, Taylor, were allowed to work on these machines. So if a McDonald’s ice cream machine broke down ...

In recent years, frequently broken ice cream at McDonald’s have become a longstanding meme—with one disgruntled 24-year-old software engineer launching a broken machine tracker called McBroken ...

Broken ice cream machines have been such a blemish on McDonald's reputation that even competitors mock them for it. And perhaps a fix can't come quick enough: Nearly 15% of ice cream machines are ...

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A broken ice cream machine even prompted a fight between an employee and customers in Daytona Beach, Florida, in 2017. Advertisement The malfunctions have also led to a lawsuit.

So if a McDonald's ice cream machine broke down, they'd have to wait until a certified Taylor employee could make it out to the location to diagnose and fix the problem.