How much ice cream could a McDonald's ice cream machine dispense if a McDonald's ice cream machine could dispense ice cream?

I know it's a meme, but I get ice cream from McDonald's often enough to feel confident in my sample size. The 2 nearest McDonald's to me have served me ice cream about 95% of the times I order it before 9PM over the 3 years I've lived here.

I assume they're pretty good McDonald's as far as McDonald's go. I've been told the machine is defrosting, or currently defrosted when trying to order later at night to believe they actually clean them. I've read from supposed former McDonald's employees that their location would say the machine is down and just leave it turned off to avoid cleaning it, which I guess is better than the ones that reportedly serve the ice cream WITHOUT ever cleaning the machines

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