About
“Light Ice” McDonald’s Drive-Thru Guy, also known as the “Too Much Ice” McDonald’s Drive-Thru Guy, refers to a controversial viral video posted by TikTok user @_jayylaurent in mid-August 2025 in which he sends his drink back at the McDonald’s drive-thru because the female employee put “too much ice” in it when he asked for “light ice.” The video sparked backlash and viral discourse about @_jayylaurent’s actions that some deemed insensitive to the minimum-wage McDonald’s worker. The video was later reposted to Twitter / X, where it sparked similar discussions on the site.
Origin
On August 15th, 2025, TikToker @_jayylaurent posted a video that started with him sending back a drink at the McDonald’s drive-thru as he says, “Oh, this too much ice, too much ice, too much ice. Get that back. That too much ice. Do not play with me, do not play with me. That’s too much ice. I said ‘light ice.'” Over four days, the video received over 123,100 likes (shown below).
@_jayylaurent When I say light ice that’s what I mean but be ready to ask for donations n shi!!! @McDonald’s #bigjayy #foryoupage #trending ♬ original sound – Jayy
Spread
On August 16th, 2025, TikToker @_ritabola_0 posted a reaction video to @_jayylaurent’s “Light Ice” TikTok, gaining over 200,900 likes in three days.
On August 16th, X user @giawfreddy reposted the original video, captioning it, “If you are disrespectful to minimum wage workers, you’re an evil person,” gaining over 44.8 million views and 85,000 likes in three days (shown below).
if you are disrespectful to minimum wage workers you’re an evil person.. pic.twitter.com/SOw8mRIPMd
— Freddy George 💋 (@giawfreddy) August 16, 2025
On August 17th, 2025, TikToker @daadisnacks posted a reaction video as well in which he criticized the TikToker. The video gained over 144,200 likes in two days (shown below).
@daadisnacks you’re at McDonald’s bro #influencer ♬ Gymnopedie No.1 [Piano famous song](204824) – Kamimura Mahiro
Also on August 17th, TikToker @ijustclippedyouu posted a recording of a then-recent @_jayylaurent TikTok LIVE in which he repeated the catchphrase “Light on my ice” and reacted to someone saying he’d been reposted on X. The video received over 14,300 likes in two days (shown below).
@ijustclippedyouu #lightice #mcdonaldslightice #fypage #fyp ♬ original sound – Ijustclippedyouu
On August 18th, 2025, TikToker @notglobal posted a POV skit about the “Light Ice” video, in which the worker retaliates by throwing the drink into the car. The video gained over 81,000 likes in a day (shown below).
@notglobal Cus why would you do allat😭 #foryou #fyp #viral #lightice ♬ original sound – Global Papi
Various Examples
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/7540014356377947405
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/7539580696856104223
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/7539626392900750622
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/7539981088865766669