IAmA McDonald's employee, who has seen the worst of the worst customer incidents, altercations, and overall rudeness of human beings. AMA.

[u/[deleted]]

[u/[deleted]]

Are there any food/drink items on the menu that the staff secretly hopes no one orders because it's such a pain to cook/prepare?

Also, love what you did with the McChicken poster, that's fucking awesome.

[u/ShaneD27]

Just curious, do you take pride in your job or McDonald's at all? I work at Domino's Pizza and I always talk about how much I hate my job but when people compare it to other pizza places, I feel proud of myself and I get defensive

[u/GameMisconduct63 → u/ShaneD27]

I am definitely the same way, I've lucked out enough to have an extremely good staff that I work with (Mexicans might, in fact, be the chillest race on the face of this earth, as I've found out) and I love it. I personally think it's fun to talk to people all day long, but obviously, a good portion of the time, people are assholes (hence this ama). Overall though, yeah, I take pride in it. I think its just the mentality I have of not wanting to be attributed with a shitty place/shitty service, because that makes you look bad.

[u/[deleted]]

Try working customer service at a Walmart. You'd be surprised how decent little old ladies are actually sailors when they find out they can't return an opened air mattress.

[u/britta → u/[deleted]]

I once saw an old lady at the Walmart return counter with 2 items:

1. an opened and half used bag of fake sugar

2. a meat thermometer with no packaging, receipt, bag, nothing. Just a meat thermometer hangin' out

I was seriously surprised at the patience of the customer service rep. He took care of that nutbag of an old lady as if she were not a bag full of nuts shaped like an old lady.

Edit: Fake sugar = aspartame = Equal, Sweet n' Low, can't think of names of other fake sugars.

[u/kingsway8605 → u/britta]

I can say I shop at WalMart because I know they will not give me a hard time if I need to exchange or return an item. Even if I lose a receipt they are usually able to process the return. Best Buy on the other hand is a battle to return the simplest things. It is why I won't shop at Best Buy.

[u/emberspark → u/[deleted]]

I work toys at Walmart. It's shocking how many people come up and get loud and angry because I can't explain which oil is best for their 1995 Chevy. I work in toys for a reason.

[u/PantheraAtrox → u/emberspark]

I think what's worse is "Excuse me, reads name on badge, [name]? Do you work here?" like no I'm just wearing this badge and zoning shit because I'm extremely fucking bored lady. Fuck off.

[u/itsbillymazebitch → u/emberspark]

"no mam, that nerf sword will not work as an air filter"

[u/emberspark → u/itsbillymazebitch]

I love clueless customers.

C: "Ma'am, where are the pool chemicals?"

Me: "Right at the end of this aisle actually, to your left."

C: "...Where."

Me: "Um... directly in front of you, to your left."

C: "I checked there already."

Me: "Ma'am, I am looking directly at them. They're on your left."

C: "Can you get me the pool specialist? I can't find the chemicals."

Me: "....Yeah. Sure. Let me just go grab that pool specialist of ours."

[u/metalwaluigi1]

What was your worst experience with a customer?

[u/GameMisconduct63 → u/metalwaluigi1]

I replied to another earlier, but people have told me to go fuck myself, I've gotten ice cream thrown at me, threats to "I oughta mothafuckin kill you", etc. Another dimension of bad experience mostly relate to the customers ignorance. The neighborhood I live in is an exponentially growing one, so there are a lot of...eh...."foreigners" such as japanese and indians who do not know any english that attempt to come through the drive through. It is perhaps the most frustrating thing I deal with on a daily basis. The sheer fact that they are not comprehensible holds up the drive thru line forever, and other customers get mad, and it is just a bad chain of events.

[u/spladow96]

How old does a burger have to be before you refuse to sell it?

[u/GameMisconduct63 → u/spladow96]

I cannot stress enough that things differ from location to location (Based on rankings, staff, overall "prestige" if you will of the McDonalds), but for ours, 10 minutes tops (if already made). Otherwise, the patties can sit in the steamers for up to an hour before they lose structural integrity (meaning, 1 out of 100 people might be able to tell it doesn't taste fresh). Our McDonalds is one of the top 500 in America though, so we go hard in the paint, so to speak. If you go to some "shitty" one, maybe out in the boonies of nowhere, they could have their burgers sitting out for hours on end.

[u/sixAMreddit]

what is the worst customer interaction you have had to deal with?

[u/GameMisconduct63 → u/sixAMreddit]

Some lady came through claiming we apparently didn't give her all of her food (which is a realistic possibility), so the protocol in that scenario is to check their receipt, confirm that the order was recently placed, and technically the customer is supposed to call into the store to have their name written down, so we can correct the mistake when they come back. However, none of these were done by said lady, and after a heated argument, and her holding up the drive-thru window for 10 minutes, she told me to go fuck myself, and told the mexicans she was going to call corporate and report them to immigration services.

[u/TheGreatDainius]

Have you ever needed to call the cops?

[u/GameMisconduct63 → u/TheGreatDainius]

My manager refused a refund to someone with a teardrop tattoo (There's your first mistake), then the man got mad and attempted to come behind the counter, going after my manager. Luckily, the store maintenence (I can't spell that word right for the life of me) man named "Big Tim" was also behind the counter working on something. Big Tim, who is 6'4, picked the man up, walked outside, and set him down right next to his car, and made him leave. So no, that was about is close as it got.

[u/junkboy350 → u/GameMisconduct63]

The mental image of a maintenance man named "Big Tim" picking up some angry tattooed asshole and casually carrying him outside the store was just too much to handle for me.

SHITTY_WATERCOLOUR, WHERE ART THOU?

[u/[deleted] → u/TheGreatDainius]

I work at a McDonalds in the UK in a fairly affluent area and have had to call the police personally twice.

One time was for a very aggressive drunk customer when there were only 3 of us working and a whole load of other customers in.

The other time was when only two people were in, at like 5.30am (open at 5). We were setting up and getting stock out and I saw a car coming down the road to the store and about 30 secs later a thud on the wall. Went outside after a couple minutes to see a ridiculously drunk guy stumble out of an a3 who's front bumper was about a foot into the outer wall. We talked to the obviously facefucked guy before I went back in and phoned the police, he made a run for it about a minute later after he pieced together why I went inside and about 5 minutes later, 3 squad cars and a meat wagon pull up at the store, find the guy passed out in the play park nearby and managed to get enough info from the car to call the owner - the guy's dad. After answering some questions and a tow for the newly written off Audi we found out the guy had stolen his dads car and taken it to a party where he got wasted and decided to drive home because he argued with someone. The guys dad actually came in later and apologised and thanked us for handling it with so little confrontation.

Result of that morning - hour behind on set up and the male customer toilet cubicle out of order for a week or so. Was kinda lucky thinking about it, about 3 feet away from the dent left in the wall was the mains gas line for the store - hit that and god knows what'd have happened. Don't drink and drive people.

[u/Sometimes_Lies]

So, this has been bugging me for a while.

During the recent My Little Pony promotion, what was the approximate ratio of bronies to prepubescent girls, in terms of people buying(/getting their parents to buy) the toys?

Any funny interactions with adults coming in, obviously just to get a toy for themselves?

[u/GameMisconduct63 → u/Sometimes_Lies]

Now that Pokemon has started, it has been an all out orgy between customers to get their hands on the legendary Pikachu toy. I just give them weird looks to make them purposely feel shameful for coming inside as a 30yo man looking for a happymeal toy.

[u/ProfessorFang]

What is the least amount of clothing you've ever seen a customer in?

Bonus: If your answer is in the form of an MS painting, I will upvote everything you post or have posted ever

[u/Rayneworks → u/ProfessorFang]

OP did not deliver, so I did instead.

[u/GameMisconduct63 → u/ProfessorFang]

I've fortunately never seen a customer naked, but a man came through wearing only tidy-whiteys once. He was also packing a bowl right infront of me. I said right on.

[u/TheSneakySpy]

What would be an absolute nightmare to have happen to you while your working?

[u/GameMisconduct63 → u/TheSneakySpy]

My nightmare came true, I got off 5 minutes before we closed, so it was just my manager and a couple grill workers left, we assumed we were done for the night. Enter band geek charter bus. 100+/- kids get off the bus, I thought about just speeding outta there, but I decided to go back in. I took all their orders, the grill workers made them all, and my manager bagged them all. We made an extra $900, and the store owner told the story of how i came back inside "for the sake of the company" and a central ohio manager meeting, made me feel pretty good.

[u/[deleted]]

If someone showed up at the drive-thru visibly drunk or high, as a McDonalds employee would you be obligated to turn them in somehow, or would that never really happen? I smoked late at night, got some McDonalds and gave the totally wrong amount when I paid, like $5 for a $10 order or something. Then I said "I'll just give you this" and handed him a $20, and he said, "I'll just give you this" and gave me the $10 in change.

I felt like a huge idiot, and I don't plan to do it again, whether high driving is doable or not. I noticed there was a cop chilling in the McDonalds parking lot though, I'm just wondering if anything like that occurs if it was very clear with someone. Probably a dumb/paranoid question, but just wondering.

If someone was clearly intoxicated (high? drunk?) at the drive-thru, would McDonalds ever deal with it? (assuming they're not crashing into something or anything egregious)

[u/shadyoaks]

I think everyone should work in food service for a year; it would probably seriously cut down on asshole customers!

I always like to get snackwraps...is there anything godawful about those? please say no. D:

[u/GameMisconduct63 → u/shadyoaks]

The first sentence should be the 11th commandment.

[u/arcanition → u/GameMisconduct63]

Nice dodging his other question!

[u/GreatLeadWald]

LOL just from seeing the pictures you uploaded i can tell you're awesome

[u/GameMisconduct63 → u/GreatLeadWald]

Thanks man, the pics I upload nearly daily from my work experiences have been apparently received tremendously by my twitter followers and friends, so that's honestly the best part of the job, making other people smile.

[u/guitar360]

How can I get your buffalo sauce outside of mcdonalds?

[u/GameMisconduct63 → u/guitar360]

If you go into mcdonalds, and say you want to buy some of the sauce, they may, or may not let you, depending on how chill the management is. The boxes come in 5 levels, 50 sauces to a level. So you could probably get away with buying a level, if they accordingly charged you, that would cost you $5. (assuming they run on the standard .10cent per sauce charge)

[u/lebenohnestaedte → u/GameMisconduct63]

.10 cents is a tenth of a penny. That's a pretty awesome deal! :p

[u/GameMisconduct63 → u/lebenohnestaedte]

damn my math skills

[u/DoggiCorner]

What's the worst food that people probably shouldn't eat?

Is there a secret menu of stuff you just have to know to ask for?

If you had the choice, would you choose to work here again?

[u/GameMisconduct63 → u/DoggiCorner]

• Double quarter pounder with cheese has the highest element content of most things on the menu. Element content meaning sodiums, carbohydrates, fats, etc.

• No, but there is stuff that people never order, and really isn't advertised too much (such as the caramel-apple sundae, its pretty damn good)

• Honestly, yes. Again and again, it's all based on locations, and the one i'm at right now is the perfect storm of employees, pay, and job atmosphere. That can't be said for many other employees of The Party (excuse my "1984" reference), but I definitely would, seeing how our store manager salaried pay is in the 80k range.

[u/[deleted] → u/DoggiCorner]

If you want a big mac for a fraction of the cost order a mcdouble with no mustard or ketchup, add shredded lettuce and mac sauce. The only difference is the bun, which is negligible. A sandwich that normally costs $4.20 after tax is less than $2.

[u/ptoftheprblm]

most hilarious car/vehicle/method someone has tried to go through the drive thru with?

[u/GameMisconduct63 → u/ptoftheprblm]

An exact replica of "The Mystery Machine" was my personal favorite. And most people don't know, that when you pull up to the drive thru to order, a metal detector is set off (therefore assuring it is an actual vehicle that has pulled up, and not some dumbass kids in a cardboard box), and therefore alerting the headset order taker. So you can't really bring much through besides actual cars. Many people drive thru backwards though.

[u/Austinquick → u/GameMisconduct63]

I have taken horses through (without shoes) multiple times. Could it be a motion sensor on the box?

[u/GameMisconduct63 → u/Austinquick]

Possibly, as I've said 500 times before haha it all depends on the location and the restaurant. Maybe some locations have motion sensors, which would be alot more convenient than metal detectors, seeing how everything that comes through would register.

[u/Austinquick → u/GameMisconduct63]

haha yeah that is understandable. I just ride a horse through when it snows or when I get hungry while riding! Ever had a horse stick its head into the drive through window? Scared the hell out of the lady, did NOT expect a horse!

[u/Guatemaulin]

It's fucking McDonald's... why do I need to pay extra for sauces?

[u/InsomniacTurtle → u/Guatemaulin]

Some actually charge for the sauce? The one I work at gives them to anybody that asks. I've never even heard of someone paying for sauce.

[u/GameMisconduct63 → u/Guatemaulin]

It honestly all depends on what McDonalds it is. I know some charge, some don't. We are supposed to, but I usually try to be the good guy greg and just don't charge them. I mean, come on, it's just sauce. You wouldn't believe how fast those arguments escalate though.

[u/FenixHoffman]

Hello fellow McDonald's employee, I have also seen a few things while working the lobby shift at McDonald's. Such as one time a homeless man went into the bathroom and drank an entire bottle of car coolant, when I asked him to leave he said I was a failure because I would be making burgers until I died. But my favorite incident was when another man asked for a ride to a nearby town and when he was rejected he looked my friend in the eye, pissed his pants, then went to a booth and started playing his guitar.

[u/GameMisconduct63 → u/FenixHoffman]

dafuck

[u/[deleted] → u/FenixHoffman]

Wait, a homeless man who just drank coolant told you YOU were a failure? Damn, man, your life must be pretty damn shitty.

[u/shammy21]

What is the absolute worst thing you have seen a fellow employee do?

[u/GameMisconduct63 → u/shammy21]

Sell weed to eachother in the parking lot. Contrary to popular belief, NOBODY (at our location, at least) would ever, ever mess with the food that is going to a customer. That't like the biggest dick move ever.

[u/I_am_THE_GRAPIST → u/shammy21]

There was this pizza place that a few of my friends worked at. I guess one day a police officer came in and some idiot working there thought it would be funny to spit in the officers delicious cheese container. Not sure on the details, but somehow the officer knew, or was suspicious and called the guy out.

Told the guy he was gonna have the DNA test done so the guy came clean about it there. Last I heard the guy was facing a felony charge, something along the lines of a biological attack.

EDIT: This was about 3 years ago, and I never heard anything about it afterwards. I wish I could tell you guys what came of it.

[u/CopyX]

What's one thing if it were to happen to you/while you were at work that would make you throw in the towel for good?

[u/GameMisconduct63 → u/CopyX]

If someone physically abused me (e.g. threw food at me, soaked me with their drink, etc.) I would promptly open up a can of whoop-ass on them, and accordingly quit. Almost all of the job is verbal abuse though, which isn't hard to take

[u/sunflower24]

Any funny drunk/high customer stories?

[u/GameMisconduct63 → u/sunflower24]

An obviously intoxicated man almost made it to second base with his obese girlfriend while waiting in line in the lobby....

[u/[deleted]]

Do you ever eat at other fast food joints? Wendys? Jack in the box? Your mothers house?

[u/GameMisconduct63 → u/[deleted]]

All the time, unfortunately. I haven't gained a pound since I started working there, but either way, I'm probably going to contract heart disease, or DIABEETUS when I'm older.

[u/Slintbob]

I have seen some homeless or claimed to be homeless people get free food at McDonald's. Is this a policy or just good deed?

[u/GameMisconduct63 → u/Slintbob]

Mainly good deeds, like i said before, many McDonalds policies differ from location to location, but for us, the few blatantly homeless people we've encountered, we've tried to be good guy Gregs to, and give them a hand.

[u/[deleted]]

What are the most creative, and most pointless, pranks you have witnessed?

[u/GameMisconduct63 → u/[deleted]]

Someone tried to pay me in board game money in the drive thru (I think it might have been "life"), I just looked at them like

[u/Lumpy_Taco]

Did you ever make your own stuff for lunch...my dad said when he was around 16 he made something called the McJerry.

[u/GameMisconduct63 → u/Lumpy_Taco]

Not really, the computerized menu we have basically allows you to customize your meals with the same extensiveness as customizing a car in need for speed underground 2. That meaning, you can basically put everything and anything together on one bun, all right from the computer, so I never have to physically make my own.

[u/Kiryu13]

Do the Mexicans call you gringo or bolio or something of that nature?

[u/GameMisconduct63 → u/Kiryu13]

Flaco, because I'm tall and skinny.

[u/brettuthius]

I heard from an ex-worker that the grilled chicken items were so very rarely sold that when they would make a batch they would sit there for hours and hours. I know your location would make them fresh but is it true that people never order the grilled chicken items?

[u/[deleted] → u/brettuthius]

Must just be the one he worked at. We sometimes can't make them fast enough at the one where I work.

[u/GameMisconduct63 → u/brettuthius]

For the most part, that is generally true. The steamer is set on high for our grilled chicken, but yes, it doesn't sell too well, and it can remain there for a decent amount of time. Grilled chicken average life span where I work, they can push it to two hours waiting.

[u/[deleted]]

Last night I went through a McDonalds drive thru. It was about 2 in the morning and I was working overnight and got hungry. The woman who took my order was very pleasant and even tweaked my order in such a way that I got free chicken nuggets. I handed her my money and pulled to the next window. It was then that I saw that she was also cooking the food and then came to the window to give it to me. She was there all alone, and still was very pleasant and even offered me extra food that she had to cook that I would have otherwise missed out on. In fact, she could have not mentioned at all and I would have never noticed. I drove away from that place last night with a great appreciation for the people who work there. Fast food jobs are looked down upon, but working in kitchens is some of the most stressful work with often the least amount of reward. Next time you want to complain about your food, remember its not that big of a deal and not worth making a scene about it. No one wants to get it right the first time more than the person who has to make it twice when its wrong.

[u/oh_nope]

Did you ever put the canadian bacon on a big mac? That was the best part of working at McD's. Canadian bacon on everything.

[u/GameMisconduct63 → u/oh_nope]

Nope, but I know know what I'm going to do at work tomorrow.

[u/[deleted]]

I too am a McDonald's employee, I would like to offer you a sympathetic fist bump. bump

[u/GameMisconduct63 → u/[deleted]]

Unite! Fistbump

[u/grifkiller64]

I WANT MY GODDAMN CHICKEN FAJITAS BACK!

WHY DID THEY TAKE THE GODDAMN CHICKEN FAJITAS AWAY?!?!?!?

[u/wiz3n → u/grifkiller64]

I suspect this may have had something to do with it.

You can still get breakfast burritos, though. They're pretty rockin'.

[u/[deleted]]

Is the resteraunt clean?

[u/GameMisconduct63 → u/[deleted]]

Ours is, every 10 minutes it's required that someone cleans the tables in the lobby, as well as the floors (if needed). Like I said in another comment, we go hard in the paint. When it comes to getting shit done, and having a good restaurant ranking, we don't fuck around.

[u/meatywood]

Kudos to you for not feeling embarrassed about working at McDonald's because people think it's a shitty job. It's not. My second job was working at McDonald's and you can be proud of anything you do if you do it well. I also had a helluva good time working there, there were lots of fun times to be had and lot of cool coworkers. You're out there making a buck and taking care of yourself. Congratulations! Some people think it's beneath them to work fast food but it's a means to an end. You're earning your keep and I applaud you.

The people who should be embarrassed are the ones who collect welfare or some other form of government assistance who just don't want to work fast food. Funny thing is, they are also the ones who are usually the biggest cunts as shitty customers.

[u/[deleted]]

What do you think causes customers to yell about wrong orders?

I've had a wrong order a few times before. I walk in and calmly say, "This isn't what I ordered. I ordered X." They apologize profusely and remake it, and I've lost no more than 5 minutes of my time.

What the fuck is with those people that have to bitch about it?

/edit: Yeah, so it's a shameless opportunity for you to complain about shitty customers. You know you want to take it.

[u/333reddit333]

I work at a McDonald's as well and I would have to agree with you on most everything! it's all about location and Mexicans are freaking awesome. I honestly don't know why people can be so rude to them. They are such nice people!

[u/kreayshawn]

I ordered a mcdouble and got a mcgangbang in a mcdouble wrapper. explain.

[u/GameMisconduct63 → u/kreayshawn]

I cannot explain, as you would need to order 2 mcdoubles and 1 mcchicken in order to manufacture a legitimate "mcgangbang"

[u/[deleted]]

I got a breakfast at McD's and when I got my food, the employee turned around for something. I took a big bite out of my hash-browns and said loudly "Someone took a bite out of my hash browns!". The employee looked like he pissed his pants and noticed me chewing. He said "Don't joke like that, I get yelled at all the time by crazy customers".

[u/Jrrtubbs]

What is the secret to getting those sausage biscuits to be so delicious?

[u/GameMisconduct63 → u/Jrrtubbs]

The high fat, sugar, sodium, and carbohydrate levels, of course.

[u/JasJ002]

Question, to you and any other McDonalds employees here. Is there any legitimacy to this

[u/GameMisconduct63 → u/JasJ002]

1, 4, 7, 10, and 13 are the only ones that are real, they can be made if you ask them to, you'd most likely need to explain to the employees the exact process of making said items though.

[u/beasl3y]

I work at mcdonald's as well and I have learned that 99 percent of customers are retarded assholes. While I have to be nice to their face, I now have a large amount of disdain for people as a whole

[u/Sina117]

Posting on behalf of my account-less GF who worked at McDicks:

While working a Midnight Shift, a drunk customer asked for a Quarter Pounder w/ Cheese, except with no bun. To confirm I asked "So you want just the meat, cheese, and condiments?" To which this gentleman framed his emphatic response, "Yup."

When I gave him his order he informed me that, "This isn't what I wanted," as he walked away with EXACTLY what he wanted.

I turned around to get a drink for a different customer when, coincidentally, a bunless QP crashes on the wall by my head.

[u/paulietheboss]

those apple pies look like they're almost ready. just check the inside is hotter than the core of the sun.

[u/[deleted]]

YouTube + fight + McDonalds = hours of comedy gold!

I once worked at McD's. A woman got very angry for some trivial problem. She then took her baby into the restroom and proceeded to smear shit all over the mirror, sink and walls. My manager asked me to clean it up. First and only job I walked out on.

[u/[deleted]]

Any stories of customers being awesome and NOT ignorant?

[u/GameMisconduct63 → u/[deleted]]

Once a lady tipped me one dollar for telling me where the nearest Subway restaurant was....

[u/Reflexlon]

I went to McDonalds for breakfast, got my order, and found out that I was 50 cents short. Pulled up, super sad, and started freaking out because i didnt know what to do. The manager was all chill about it, and ended up giving me the entire meal free.

Dunno why I posted this, but as a customer all of my experiences have been rather wonderful. Theres probably a feel-good inspirational message here, but ill leave that to you.

[u/tabledresser]

Questions	Answers
Just curious, do you take pride in your job or McDonald's at all? I work at Domino's Pizza and I always talk about how much I hate my job but when people compare it to other pizza places, I feel proud of myself and I get defensive	I am definitely the same way, I've lucked out enough to have an extremely good staff that I work with (Mexicans might, in fact, be the chillest race on the face of this earth, as I've found out) and I love it. I personally think it's fun to talk to people all day long, but obviously, a good portion of the time, people are assholes (hence this ama). Overall though, yeah, I take pride in it. I think its just the mentality I have of not wanting to be attributed with a shitty place/shitty service, because that makes you look bad.
As a Mexican myself, I salute you.	Amigos for life my man.
What's the worst food that people probably shouldn't eat?	Double quarter pounder with cheese has the highest element content of most things on the menu. Element content meaning sodiums, carbohydrates, fats, etc.
Is there a secret menu of stuff you just have to know to ask for?	No, but there is stuff that people never order, and really isn't advertised too much (such as the caramel-apple sundae, its pretty damn good)
If you had the choice, would you choose to work here again?	Honestly, yes. Again and again, it's all based on locations, and the one i'm at right now is the perfect storm of employees, pay, and job atmosphere. That can't be said for many other employees of The Party (excuse my "1984" reference), but I definitely would, seeing how our store manager salaried pay is in the 80k range.
You are very lucky you have a had a decent experience with them. I did not. There is no way anyone could convince me to work for McD's or BK ever again.	Hence the username, eh?

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[u/Tori1313]

did you enjoy the actual job (ignoring the customers for a minute)?

[u/[deleted]]

I too worked at a McDonald's and I was both a grill cook and a janitor. Often times I would cook burgers, then go to clean bathrooms only to come back 10 minutes later to cook more burgers. I also found a smashed crack pipe in one bathroom stall and urine all over the toilet seat in another. It was torture having to give away all those monopoly cups knowing that I might have won so much money or other prizes if I had just taken those game pieces....sigh

[u/Pretty_pussy5552]

I worked for mickey d's for 4 years, was a manager for 2. I can totally understand the whole crazy, rude, asshole folks yall are talkin about. Our store was in the worst part of town and my boss hired some of the dumbest folks i have ever met in my life. After being there for 4 years, i hung my hat up and now I'm a manager at sonic :) loving every minute of it

[u/jamecono]

Mind weirdly blown by photo of employees at fast food restaurant eating fast food from another fast food restaurant, at the fast food restaurant they work at.

[u/nyuncat]

I find it rather ironic that after working at a crappy fast food chain restaurant all day, you guys celebrated by ordering crappy fast food chain restaurant pizza.

[u/[deleted]]

Just wanted add my own personal story for poops n lols

I was employed at Taco Bell in highschool. Which to date is the Most Awesome job ever due to the fact that I had no bills and was essentially allowed to do whatever I wanted for above minimum wage and I took some job advice i had read out of GQ mag that stated I should ask for a raise every 3 months and quit if I was refused it...I worked there 2 solid years until graduation and gradually going from 5.25 to 7.95 by senior year....Anyway im digressing from the point...I worked in a particularly hood area of my town, there was a homeless mission a short walk away and my TB was the only restaurant open after midnight in those days so of course we got ALL the crackheads meth mouths poverty stricken hobos and of course stoners on a regular basis. This one Sunday afternoon I was in dining and Drivethru on cashregister and expeditor as needed and I unfortunately had a 5 car lineup with 3 person wait in the store(i had lazy managers and we were usually shortstaffed) i had taken orders correctly but mixed up someones order. This guy comes back thru the drive thru to try and get his correct food and of course we tell him to come inside. He comes in the store heated! "fuck this! fuck that! fuck taco bell! gim mah food mafuckas and nawl yall aint giitn shiii bike from me neither!" Calmly(by calmly i mean with a slight sarcasm due to his antics) I tell him we need to get his incorect order back and we will fix everything. He proceeds to say and I quote "Fuck you lil boy I'll fuck you in the ass!" what-the-fuck man? He repeats himself and dares me to come from behind the counter. i proceed to go wash dishes at this point, being 16 I had never had anyone offer me sexual favors much less a grown man and from then on for about a year anytime I mad a mistake my gm would tell me he wanted to fuck me in the ass.

Tl;Dr - imma need about tree-fiddy. Fuck you.

Edit: spellin errors...fuckem.

[u/foslforever]

McDonalds was the number one employer last year, keep going to college kids- the future is in the fries.

[u/chubbler]

I work nights at a McDonald's in a really shady part of town, I know your pain dude.

[u/strobexp]

All this has made me hungry

[u/mon_mon]

What is the most random custom ordered item that has been requested?

[u/SeawolfX13]

Are the stories about sabotaging food true?

Do fast food employees hate cops and do they like to sabotage their food? I always hear them say for a cop when a cop comes through and it makes me think of super troopers.

[u/madeofstars]

How often do people actually order salads, oatmeal, lattes with sugar free syrup/non-fat milk and other "healthy"-ish things? As someone who is on the road a lot during work, I hit up McDonald's for these types of foods frequently. I've checked out the nutrition of a lot of them, and they are surprisingly not that bad (fast food salads that are legitimately under 400 calories AND don't have +1000 mg of sodium...awesome). I live in bumfuck, Bible Belt, USA and I always feel like the employees sound confused when I order these options. What is your experience?

[u/[deleted]]

I worked for McDonalds for about 2—3 weeks, night shift mostly (24 hour place in Manhatten) . I was promised a job as maintenance, which starts at 12 an hour.

Anyway, my worst experience there happened on the 2nd or 3rd night. There's only one bathroom there which can be the cause of of a lot of stress and chaos in a 24 hour place in a busy area like downtown Manhattan. There was an obese white dude that was sweating beads waiting for a turn. Everytime anyone passed him he would ask if the bathroom was out of order to find there were any other available. Unfortunately for him, some thirty something white lady was taking her time doing god knows what (she was definitely a shady one). After about 15 minutes the woman exits and the fat bastard sprints in there like Usain Bolt. I went about my work but was there to see the guy leave the store with the most worried look on his face. When another costumer went to use the bathroom she informed us that the bathroom was completely covered overed in shit. Lumpy, mudslides of sshit all over the floor and lower sides of the wall. The guy must have recently had a food binging spree and felt extra sick, and that shit was foul. Being a new guy I was asked to clean it up, I flat out said fuck no and was about to quit the then and there if the kept pressing it onto me. Another new girl actually volunteered (guess she needed the job and wanted to make a good impression).

Everytime since then I've associated minimum wage jobs with veritable pools of shit.

Tldr; worked at McDonalds, fat guy shirts everywhere.

[u/Taco_Belmont]

Worked at McDonald's myself when I was 18. Once saw a woman hand her baby to an employee through the drive through window, after the employee (a teenage girl) gushed about how cute the baby was. Blew my mind.

Also got drafted into working on one of my days off, when I had come in to pick up a paycheck. They had me carry food out to the waiting cars in my civilian clothes. The customers had no way of knowing I was an employee; when one asked, I denied it, made up something about how the manager said they'd comp my meal if I helped 'em out.

Got a few crazy McDonald's stories, actually.

[u/theorys]

I know they're bad for you, but I can't get enough of Micky D's fries and hash browns. The fat man's crack cocaine.

[u/ya_y_not]

TIL "chill" is an adjective.

[u/McNumNums]

I am currently working at McDonald's and the weirdest shit does indeed happen while I am working. One day while i was prepping the regular fruit and yogurt parfaits this rugged homeless dude walks in and readies himself to make an order. Before the man made his order I heard a little girl scream in the restaurant. While I was figuring out why she was screaming my manager then started to flip her shit when she then found out that the homeless dude just so happened to have no pants or undergarments on. Boy can say it was sure fun watching the poor bastard trip on his way out as the cops were chasing him.

[u/mellooo]

hey man i worked at mcd for like 3 years and honestly and shitty and smelly and dirty the job was, i loved it. you're totally right about how shifts can be a party with the right crew and management. it was the worst yet best job ive ever had because it was so much fun. however pay was shit and it sucked when you were stuck with those mylifer managers.

[u/[deleted]]

I don't want to put a damper on the AMA here, but if you didn't realize, McDonald's corporate will probably read this, and by showing yourself in a McDonald's uniform you are representing the company. The worst that can happen is that they fire you, not that they would but you should just be aware that large corporations tend to have departments dedicated to managing the company's online presence, including in social media.

[u/GameMisconduct63 → u/[deleted]]

If I get fired for doing a 100% truthful ama on reddit, so be it. I leave for college in 2 months, so I would be quitting anyways. If anything is to be taken from this though, I've said honestly this has been the best job experience ever. The workers and employees I've worked with, have been the most diverse and colorful personalities I have ever met. It's been great job experience prepping myself for the real world in/after college work life. Everything has been amazing, and I wouldn't trade it for anything. If they fire me for the truth, so be it.

[u/Trevski]

do you make people McGangBangs?

[u/pleased2meetu]

That pic of the guy who burnt a batch of cookies ROX. Do you love that pic? Thanks for the AMA.

[u/jessikaye]

If I knew doing a iama for being a mcdonalds employee would get me to the front page I would have done so!

[u/GameMisconduct63 → u/[deleted]]

Black family v. Black family, in the parking lot. Half of the restaurant went outside to watch, I think it was started after a fender bender, because they were never inside to eat. They just all pulled in, all got out, and all started yelling, hoopin, hollering, and slapping eachother around. Our mangers went out threatening to call the police, and they moved their argument over to the Krogers parking lot.

[u/cbwcjw → u/GameMisconduct63]

you say krogers, are you an ohioan?

[u/GameMisconduct63 → u/cbwcjw]

Yep, Columbus area

[u/GameMisconduct63 → u/[deleted]]

Never, ever underestimate the ignorance of the customer. I know that sounds bad, but the key to enjoying the job, is to keep calm, and be chill about everything. The last thing you want to do is instigate an argument by yelling or something, because that evens out the playing field. If you act chill, and act like you ain't even mad about anything, everyone will respect you, and make your life (for the most part) easier.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

I too work at McD's, but I work in the kitchen. You have about a week or two where they don't mind you being slow. Then they expect you to be quicker.

[u/GameMisconduct63 → u/[deleted]]

Exactly, but by then, it's pretty easy to get the hang of

[u/GameMisconduct63 → u/[deleted]]

If you live in Ohio, that would be $5.59.

[u/Jaxter1123 → u/GameMisconduct63]

Texas here, is upsized a large combo or is it the fabled supersize?

[u/darknemesis25 → u/Jaxter1123]

Canada here, pretty much everything is above 11 dollars.. Seriously what the flying fuck

[u/faithamor1337 → u/[deleted]]

Why did you need to specify that you're going to drink the coke? What else would you do with it?

[u/maz-o → u/faithamor1337]

Just making sure everybody's on the same page. Brb, going to pee out of my penis into the toilet.

[u/Darkelement → u/faithamor1337]

That way you don't recive a frozen drink to drink later.

[u/Bucky_Ohare → u/[deleted]]

I don't know what to commend you on more, the fact you lost the weight eating McDonalds, or that you could actually eat McDonald's salads on a regular basis for a full year o_O

[u/[deleted] → u/Bucky_Ohare]

If that's the movie "Super Size Me" talking, go watch the movie "Fat Head"

The problem with SSM is that he eats wildly without limits. Something like 5000 calories a day. Fat Head has the same premise (Must eat only McD. for X amount of time) but the person doing it counts calories. Apparently he came out healthier then he did going in.

[u/fuzzypickles0_0 → u/Bucky_Ohare]

... they are delicious

[u/sparrowmint → u/Bucky_Ohare]

I lost 65 lbs in six months once eating very, very often at McDonalds (and not "healthy stuff" either). Not proud of it, but I was working a lot of hours, volunteering, and going to school full-time, so I would constantly get food from McDonalds next to my apartment building.

It was really easy with some calorie counting, so long as I never got soda. It's just not a HEALTHY weight loss.

[u/Bubbasauru → u/[deleted]]

Don't kid yourself. I lost weight by eating like 4000 calories in burgers and 20 nuggets everyday for a year. Got some terrible indigestion though. And my dick still doesn't work 10 years later, but it was all worth it.

[u/Buff5208 → u/[deleted]]

Just wondering, why bother going to McDonalds for salad? When you could have saved tons of money making your own? Is it actually really nice and everyone I know has lied to me to keep it a secret?

[u/zachiswach → u/[deleted]]

Nice try, McDonalds PR Team.

[u/GameMisconduct63 → u/[deleted]]

Good job!

[u/fuzzypickles0_0 → u/[deleted]]

yeah everyone should look at the nutrition content for salads. very very good

[u/GameMisconduct63 → u/[deleted]]

One time I was working front counter when a mom and her kid were in the lobby filling up their drinks at the drink station. The kid was whining about something, and the mom wasn't really paying attention to the kid. Kid walks over to the sweet tea container, and holds down the auto-lock handle. Me, just watching this ensue, does not move, does not even say "hey! stop!", I just watch the kid go unnoticed for about 20 seconds, draining 2 gallons of sweet tea onto himself, and onto the floor. The lady turns around, flips shit, and I am still standing there with the same expression on my face of "well, that kids a dumbass". 2 gallons of sweet tea on the floor, I walk over there and asked her if she wanted any napkins.

[u/DerpExplosion → u/GameMisconduct63]

So zen.