Re: McDonalds Cash Only
Posted by:
Scholar
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Date: November 09, 2017 09:24AM
CTCBJ Wrote:
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> Whatthehell... Wrote:
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> > I stopped going to McDonnalds long ago when
> they
> > stopped understanding anything besides #2, #4,
> > etc.. Fucking speak English or GTFO of the
> > service industry where you deal with customers
> > directly.
>
> Agreed
I blame the Icky-D's more than I do the employee.
The way it used to be, when I worked those menial jobs when I was in high school, was that when you were new, they put you on mop and trash detail for at least a week, or so. They told you to watch what others were doing between the times that you were dumping the trash can or sweeping up in the kitchen. This gave you the opportunity to learn the place. The next thing that they had you do was step and fetch the easy stuff like sodas and coffee when it was busy and re-stock the bags of french fries. They taught you how to change soda tanks and dump grease.
Only after all of that, did they put you on the counter to take people's orders. Even then, the first couple of times that you did it, they had someone's standing over you, making sure that you did it correctly, In addition, they had you do it during a slow time so that you could take the time to do it properly.
These days, they hire the guy or the girl right off the street, give them something to read or a video to watch and fifteen minutes after the new employee has filled out her tax form, she is on the counter gettting everyone's order incorrectly.
I avoid Icky-D's, but GF likes much of the stuff on the menu, so I go there to get her something and I get something somewhere else. If I want the order to be correct, I speak Spanish to them. It may be the Spanish of Castillia y Leon spoken with a Piemontese lilt, but the order comes as I asked for it when I do that. If I speak English, it is always incorrect.
I do not blame the immigrant as much. I have no problem with the immigrants. The Icky-D's advertises the job, the immigrant asks for it. He needs a job, as much as anyone else does. I fault Icky-D's for putting the guy on the counter when he is fresh off the street instead of having him on Dustpan and Squeegee Detail for a while. The immigrant knows that he must do what the Boss tells him to do and he knows who the Boss is. All that the immigrant is doing is what the Boss tells him to do.