How stupid do you have to be to work at McDonalds "rant

[martin]

The wife wanted a sausage egg mcmuffin this morning so to keep the boss happy I jump in the car and drive to the local McDonalds.
There's no line up but about five young idiots behind the counter. eventually one of them decides to saunter up to the cash so I ask for a sausage egg mcmuffin to take out, sounds simple enough to me, ugh is the reply I get. I figure ok perhaps she does not understand english so I repeat saucise Mcmuffin avec ouf por aportez, look of total confusion clouds face followed by ugh again. A conversation I did not understand then takes place between her and another employee who them wanders over and askes "what did you want" I repeat, sausage Mcmuffin with egg, she than asks "what kind" now I'm confused, there are more than one kind. She then explains they have it with or without egg. I try to explain to them that if it has no egg in it it is then not a sausige egg Mcmuffin. I repeat this a number of times to totally blank faces, the logic is obviously far beyond their powers of comprehension so I leave empty handed. It would be easier explaining alternate side of the street parking to a grape.
So now I'm pissed at them, the wife is pissed at me and it's raining so I can't work on the truck.
Grrrrrrrrrr.

 

[BLOODBANE]

It baffles the imagination, doesn't it???????????

 

[Bent Bolt]

When I find myself in those situations-- all too frequently unfortunately ---- I keep in mind a) they are young, therefore not as life experienced and b) minimum wage. They are getting $9 an hour, you are getting $9/hr worth of service.

If that doesn't help my frustration, I simply do not return. And I let everyone who listens-- and some that don't-- know of my opinions.

 

[Will]

It has a lot to do with the type of place you live in. In small rural towns with only one or two fast food places, or on the outskirts of large cities I've had some pretty bad experiences at fast food places. Dirty store, complacent personel and such. I was at a place in Alabama this summer and the frickin employees at Hardee's were having a food fight during the lunch "rush".

Around where I live there is a lot of money in the community and lots of competition. The stores are all modern and clean and staffed mostly by sharp managers and good employees.

Some of the managers are a little too sharp. At the drive in one time at Wendy's I accidently asked for a double whopper when I wanted a Wendy's double. The instant I said it the manager's voice broke in over the girl taking orders: "Sir THIS is Wendy's, we don't have double Whoppers here." I busted out laughing at the seriousness of the guys voice. The girl was embarrassed by her asshole boss. But it's a good store.

 

[Bent Bolt]

There is a " Bad Ass Jack's " ( wrap/sub/noodle bowls ) near my house. 2 years ago I went in for a wrap. Was a mid 20's girl behind the counter and she was on the phone talking to her friend ( "Oh yeah ? then what did she say? Oh the bitch!!" ). I walked up and stood there for about a minute. I then spoke up-- she didn't look at me , just held her finger up as in just one moment, all the while she is on the phone. I told her to get off the damn phone and walked out.

Didn't go back until a year later when I heard it was under new owners/management. It is now by far the best and fastest service at any fast food place. He greets everyone who walks in the door, and will make your order as fast as you can tell him what you want. If there is 5 people in line in front of you, he will have your order within 5 mins and you will be out the door in less than 10mins.

It's great.

 

[ZSK]

So did you get Biscuit, Bagel, or McMuffin?

 

[ZMan]

When I find myself in those situations-- all too frequently unfortunately ---- I keep in mind a) they are young, therefore not as life experienced and b) minimum wage. They are getting $9 an hour, you are getting $9/hr worth of service.

If that doesn't help my frustration, I simply do not return. And I let everyone who listens-- and some that don't-- know of my opinions.

you know I read this and then realized you're from canadia, I thought $9 seemed really high.



Martin, did you know that if you get a large order of hashbrowns you get TWO? The employees at mcdonalds don't know that even though the menu says so.

 

[Bent Bolt]

you know I read this and then realized you're from canadia, I thought $9 seemed really high.

And that's low around here. My 16 year old daughter was getting $10 an hour to cut keys at a kiosk at the mall.

 

[alain]

Next time, just ask for an "Egg McMUFFIN" So they will ask you "ham , bacon or sausage" You have to be smarter than them.....

And yoo are right:teenager sucks

 

[PARKINGLOT]

Sounds like the retards at the tim hortons around here. If get a damn Vanilla dip one more time when I go to get my Strawberry Vanilla, I'm going to punch someone through the drive-thru window.....

 

[Shoeboy]

I have not gone to any fast food places, unless privatly owned (like Peter's Drive-In, CB's Drive In) since the start of grade 7, that was nearly 10 years ago. I don't miss it in the least. I work right beside a Wendy's drive thru and I think you are only hired if you have a low IQ, same with all the major chains here. The only fast food chains I will eat at are Mr. Sub, and Tim Hortons. They can actually take an order and get it right without repeating, most the time, and when they do its professionally done, and not "What!?"

I'm amazed at how many people will eat at Wendy's when they garbage dumpsters are just filty (like overly dirty even on dumper standards), and its right beside the drive thru talk box, the funny thing is our dumpster is clean and we've never washed it, ever (and our dumper is also used by a gas station, and the garage I'm at). Thier kitchen isn't much better, I stormed in one day when they were throwing "frosties" at our cars and shop. I gave them and the entire restaront a piece of my mind, and almost everyone got up and left because of it.

Ya, just for the record, no body eat the Wendy's in Crowfoot, or the KFC, or Wendy's in Brentwood, for you Calgarian's, I'm trying to avoid a stomache pumping situation. A friend used to manage both the ones in Brentwood, they're right next door and he would work the same shifts and jsut run back and forth, he got away with it up until he quit about 2 and a bit years later, and the managers they have now are worse together then he was managing both stores.

Also, yes, teenagers do suck, glad I never was one...

 

[chittybangbang]

Ya not too long ago I bought 3 kids happy meals in the mc'd in town and when I got home my oldest complained that it had a bite in the burger.wtf? At first I thought that my middle child had gotten it before and took a bite.So I opened the 2nd burger and guess what.It too had a bite. wtf#2. This time I'm pissed.So I went back to the store and asked for a manger.The manager was not pleased and offered me my money back.I could see him go back and quiz the "cooks"They all shrugged their shoulders.Just like Joe Pesci said in Lethal Weapon 2.They eff you in the drive thru.They know that you'll be 2 miles down the road before figure that they screwed you on your order.
So no I'm not surprised by your rant about Mc'ds
Would you like fries with that?

 

[Shoeboy]

Don't even get me started on that, if I wanted some damn fries I would order some damn fries, its not rocket science to realize you sell them...ass.

 

[Destroyer000]

hell 9/10 bucks an hour thats high for here.. minimum wage is 7.15 here go figure.. i work at a grocery store.. theirs a HUGE 24 hour sign on the front of the building.. we constantly get "what time are you open till" i just shake my head an point at the sign..

 

[LIMA BEAN]

Glad I never had to be a Whopper Flopper. Where I was growing up we didnt have fast food, the nearest was a 100 + miles North in Fairbanks at the Dairy Queen, well till it blew up one day. The other alternative was 400 + miles South in Anchorage but thats ok the burgers at the roadhouse and the lodge were ginormouse with mountains of fresh fries and a quart of coke yea buddy.