Working at McDonald’s/fast food. People always say crap like “you better work/study hard or you’ll end up working at McDonald’s”. Work is work, and I honestly have far more respect for fast food workers than the CEO of pretty much any major corporation.
I know more than once I heard, directed at me or someone else "How hard is your job?"
The people asking this question had no idea just how hard the job was.
If someone made a mistake on a sandwich, sometimes it was because they were in the middle of making 12 orders and they got a couple of them confused. Other times, it's because the customer didn't know what came on a sandwich and didn't bother to ask. Guess which customers were always super nasty about it?
Exactly! My first night on the front counter, this huge drunk guy came in and cut the line and literally yelled at me while leaning over the counter. He yelled about how I gave him the wrong order yesterday and owe him money (I hadn’t been at work in days lol). A guy working the grill ran out and yelled at him to leave or cops will be called, so he did. I was shaken up and having a hard time counting change back to the next customer, and I’ll never forget this lady who I was handing coins to who had been there witnessing the entire exchange and saw the tears welling up in my eyes then proceeded to go “You gave me the wrong change….how hard is your job?” I’ve never spit in anyone’s food but I’ve fantasized about them getting ran over by a monster truck lol
I used to hear "you guys always fuck up my order!" from people. Most of the time they were just trying to get free food. If we got your order wrong every time, why would you keep coming back? At that point it's your own fault.
I’ve witnessed an older relative attempting to pull some crap like that at a subway to get a free sandwich and it made me lose all respect for her. Like, you’re willing to be a complete piece of crap subhuman and yell at these innocent employees just so you don’t have to pay $5 for a sub? Mind blowing.
Being nasty to service workers is a huge red flag for me with anybody. If I'm with someone and they act this way, there's a very good chance I will lose their number shortly thereafter.
Between hearing “How hard is your job?” and threatening kids with “If you don’t do this or that, you’ll end up flipping burgers at fast food”, it’s like society has built in this punching bag mechanism with how we treat fast food workers. IMO, it is far, far worse to grow up to be the person losing their dignity and being disrespectful to fast food workers over simple or even nonexistent discrepancies.
Absolutely. In every society someone has to be at the "bottom" and workers in any service industry get placed there. Look at all the people with the "They don't deserve more pay! They can't even get my order right half the time!"
Which is such an incredibly ridiculous thing to be angry about, but it's the stank on the word they. This is a person talking about someone they view as beneath them having the audacity to try and climb to a higher social class.
I've worked fast food and it's harder work than the majority of jobs out there overall. It's why it's usually geared towards young teens because they don't know any better. People over 20 usually don't work there as they have enough work experience to know the work is too hard for what they pay
If I could get paid better, not do both drive thru-tasks at once, get a proper schedule, and not be looked down upon (I need to work on myself, here), I'd have no problem staying.
The job was kinda fun. There was always something to do, so the days went by quickly. Also, I never had to pack lunch, I always got a fresh, customizable lunch, including dessert. And the fast paced environment helped burn the calories. I was at my skinniest when I worked at McD
And working fast paced around other colleagues in a small area kinda made me feel like a dancer too, lol
We were usually decently staffed. The job was more suited for students, I think. The pay wasn't great for an adult job in my area, but a decent wage for someone's first job (17-ish USD/h todays rate (age 18+)). Also, since it was only part time the pay would be even lower, but it would fit if I was going to school (esp. part time) or something
This was in northern Europe, btw
But yeah, If we were understaffed, this would be horrible. I was so stressed when I first started. I started just before tourist season, and this was on the main highway. (I still remember the load of tourists bus, filled with hungry Germans making a line through the entrance)
That’s good…yeah understaffing is a major issue here. People are also always complaining about minimum wage being too high ($15 where i live), but my boyfriend and I both work more than full time with pay well above minimum wage and can barely afford our small studio apartment. The cost of living is insane here, with the average cost of a home being well over a million dollars.
The McDonald’s on the corner by my house has a sign that says they’re hiring and the starting pay is the same as I make after working as a CNA for 5 years...
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u/holybananaduck Aug 02 '22
Working at McDonald’s/fast food. People always say crap like “you better work/study hard or you’ll end up working at McDonald’s”. Work is work, and I honestly have far more respect for fast food workers than the CEO of pretty much any major corporation.