I've been working at Mc Donald's for almost a year now here in the UK, Northern Ireland to be precise. And time after time I find myself frustrated at all my co-workers, some of them are alright but most of them don't even follow proper procedure or just half ass it.
I mean they can't even neatly dress a burger properly, the sauce goes all over the bun when its meant to be centered. Simple shit like this gets on my nerves, maybe it's just that the company hires stupid people I don't know.
Do you actually, really actually think that the people who work at maccas give half of a flying literal fuck about whether or not the food is correctly prepared beyond all the ingredients being present?
Not really, but there's a reason the store has such a shitty score. Heck the other stores are much better and food isn't so badly made because they actually have competent staff
>competent staff
>mcdonalds
They know how to run the store properly unlike the half wits I work with
Shit is, you almost have to try to fuck up a burger. If you cared enough to show up to work then you should care enough to make a burger, it takes more effort to get up an dressed and a ride to work than to make a burger. I would think main reason people hal ass things is they're pressured to roll out made burgers in an unreasonable amount of time and need to rush the job.
McD's is a bigger company than just one store senpai.
Find another job you seem to be too dedicated to work at a McDonald's.
Maybe so, but you are accountable for messy products. Especially when the guy who owns the stores shows me which he did, been in since the store had a makeover to the made for you system.
I know but the employees are stupid
This is the only full time (barely full time) job I can find in Belfast that isn't a call center job. Though I could work two part time jobs instead but I don't want the hassle that'll come with it.
You know,for all the shit we give McDonald's,I've never once seen them hire a non-Irish person in my town. I've never seen a Pole or a Nigger in there before. I gotta give em credit there.
Congratulations OP, you have standards. Most people don't. In fact, most people are lazy shitbags. This is the root of the never ending cycle of bullshit that is the Employer-Employee relationship, wherein both parties attempt to exploit the other for as much as they can. The Employer, confronted with the fact that people are SHIT and LAZY, see's no purpose in investing in the Employee, and instead does it's best to milk as much productivity out of the halfwits as it legally and practically can. The employee, seeing that the Employer does not give two shits about them and has no interest in investing in them, feels no obligation to do any sort of quality work for the employer, nor to go above and beyond the absolute base minimum requirements to get their check.
This is the vicious circle that exists in some form or another in most any job.
As you say, it's better than a call center job... maybe. I suppose it depends on your tolerance for different kinds of bullshit. At least at McDonalds people are, hypothetically, not pissed off at you when they first come through the door.
too big to fail
/thread
>maybe it's just that the company hires stupid people I don't know.
Not necessarily stupid, but also not qualified for other work let's be honest.
Mcdonald's and other fastfood jobs are considered entry level jobs therefore most of the workers are usually teenagers experiencing their first job. They usually don't care because the job doesn't pay well and gives them poor social status among their peers. But kudos to you OP for giving a shit about your job, I wish more people in the food service industry did.
Looking forward to the day when we finally automate our restaurants.
you want $15 an hour just so you can complain, bitch, whine, and spit in my food?
fuck you.
enjoy unemployment, unskilled faggots
pretty duh answer, cause people keep buying
They did have a few polish in the one store but they have left since Brexit, shame since I kinda liked them
Yeah, that's what big places are like. When I worked in Marks and Spencer I never had any of the kind of problems I've had at Mc Donalds. They have proper training for one thing.
I guess that's why they work at Mc Donalds, though all staff need some discipline or proper training. Training consisted of on the job training and being told to watch online video's and tutorials. What kind of company works like that?
A lot of the staff are under 20, they treat the place like it's weekend football club. Too much banter and not enough work.
And yet they don't complain, I wonder why
>And yet they don't complain, I wonder why
Sorry, I didn't read your actual post, just the title; thought you were talking about customers not liking the food
I'm seriously thinking of taking on a second job because I'm full time yet I'm given under 20 hours half the time since they've hired new staff again. I've heard that they do this for force you to quit. And I know if I take on another job they'll start complaining.
Are you meming mate?
You pay a quid for a shitty burger smaller than your palm. Of course it's shit.
I work at Mc Donalds, read the thread
this is why you shouldnt eat there
the food is always shit
pic related
Yeah because everyone is trying to do everything as fast as they can
>his is the only full time (barely full time) job I can find in Belfast that isn't a call center job. Though I could work two part time jobs instead but I don't want the hassle that'll come with it.
You in the mickyD's across from primark or the one in Victoria square?
Across from Primark
Why's it always so busy in there? Seems like anytime I want to go in, it's packed to the fucking hilt with people.
Because people don't know what to do, everyone runs around like a pack of headless chickens. That and people pile into the place like there's a gangbang going on, they must really be hungry. We've also been getting tons of tourists recently.
Ask away, I can tell you lots about the store.
>Ask away, I can tell you lots about the store.
Anything I should avoid ordering? Just wondering.
cause they put too much green shit on my burgers
Chicken products, generally some idiot does not wash his fans (half an hour handwash rule which isn't followed half the time) when he puts food in the vat it gets contaminated by his germs which gets transferred to the UHC (machine which keeps food warm) which will make you sick if you have a weak stomach.
Also never get food at peak hours, products are made half assed and are generally nasty. Look at your food when you buy it and you'll know whether it's fresh or not, it's generally not.
Bap is different, you stateside
Thanks, senpai. I mainly stick to the double cheeseburgers tho, best thing outta McD's.
I agree, that and quarters are the only thing they don't fuck up. Besides the placement of cheese that is
This. Here in Burgertown they do two double cheese for $2.50. I'll do that and a fry if I'm looking to eat for really cheap and don't want to cook for myself that evening. Sometimes if I'm feeling brave I'll sub in Big Mac sauce but I'm worried that I'll get extra spit seasoning if I make the order anything more than what it normally comes with. Double cheeseburgers are their best offering to me though
It's literally baby food.
I read it, I don't know what to tell you.
You're working with people who don't care because it's probably their first job - it's beer money to them and they're being paid next to nothing in a shitty job.
I worked there myself and all the girls were put on the tills and I was stuck in the back with a load of heroin addicts.
Quickly packed that in and went to work in Curry's. Of course this was 2007 and you could back then.
Maybe you should just get autismbucks like all the other autists.
>not going a bit further and just giving the customer full use of a restaurant kitchen, the ingredients and recipe how to make the dish
I would actually go there.
McDonalds makes me want to vomit if I have more than one item in the course of 24 hours. I'm fairly convinced they just put rat poison in it.
Sounds like a desperate situation, luckily no druggies where I work
Wish I could but I like to work for a living
Considering that staff don't wash their hands enough they might as well
they have those kinds of restaurants and it doesnt work because half of the people dont know how to cook and no one does dishes or cleans up. Its like a student house where everyone just leaves all their shit on the kitchen counter and if you want to cook you just shove away some filth to work on your little spot
Here in Latvia, the bigmac looks pretty much as advertised desu
Most products look like advertised (most of the time) in other stores, just our store is too fast to do stuff right
Maccies is wank mate
the uniform looks wank
the food tastes wank
the staff are wank
the only redeeming feature is the filet o fish
Got an argument to back that up?
I worked at McDonalds too and I fucked up shit on purpose, bitch I ain't gonna try my best for minimum wage, fuck that shit, and fuck the bourgeousie
At least take pride in your work, it reflects poorly on you
Is it privately owned?
Their business model is selling food as fast and cheaply as possible. All of the "cooking" is automated, and not just are the ingredients the absolute cheapest available, but the people hired to assemble them into the final product are paid as little as possible.
The way to get workers to take pride in their work is to pay them well and give them some autonomy. McDonald's does neither, so the people who work there tend not to give a fuck.
So you have people who don't really give a fuck cranking out food made from the cheapest possible ingredients as quickly as possible. That's very unlikely to result in quality product.
Well you take what you can get, but that does not mean you have to half ass a job
Are there actually prospects to move up in McDonalds, or is it all just a squeeze from above, managers not giving a fuck and 2/3 retardation rate for the staff at the bottom?
Depends on the staff, the kinda care but mostly don't. Everyone does not treat it as a serious job, though moving up does get you paid more but they factor you into their labour costs more
Shift supervisors, assistant managers, and even store managers really don't get paid that much more than minimum wage. Getting promoted to shift supervisor is like an extra dollar an hour.
It's a question of motivation. What motivates people? Money and autonomy. Pay them well and they'll do a good job. Give them their own little kingdom to rule over, and don't breathe down their necks and they'll also do a good job, Put the two together and you have the cherry jobs like plumber, electrician, race car mechanic, investment banker and day trader. People who have jobs like that tend to take lots of pride in what they do.
But in jobs that offer neither of those things (and not even the respect of your peers) people are far more likely to just phone shit in. Because their job is not a source of pride for them.
You mean evidence?
I guess so
Yeah
A new billboard went up near me recently. It was catering to the "foodie" crowd -- talking about a sriracha big mac, which I can only imagine is the last thing any smarmy fuck who identifies as a foodie would actually want. Last time I went in for a cheap chicken sandwich, they nearly gave me one that costs $7. SEVEN DOLLARS. It's almost embarrassing.
Then I guess that makes you an idiot for not being able to read prices?
I love when they release new flavor-of-the-month sandwiches, because I can ask for their sauce or ingredients (like jalapenos or habanaero ranch) on cheap stuff like mcdoubles and mcchickens.
You illiterate fuck -- I said chicken sandwich and had to clarify between the one dollar and seven dollar choice for the young gentleman working the till (probably you), it had nothing to do with me.
To be honest I completely forgot Northern Ireland was in the UK.
Speaking as a former art student and mother, those colourful murals on houses look nice.
you're like me. I wasted 7 years of my life at two bad failing MCDonald's here in the US. I got hired as a janitor at In n Out and I feel happy as fuck. Plus, I make more as a beginning in n out janitor than I did 7 years working at McDs.
My advice would be to abandon ship. McDs is failing as a company, and all its branches are coming down with it.
Except when they started painting over them
>I know but the employees are stupid
Yes, you are. Certainly if you are over 18.
I don't come to McDicks to take pictures of my food, I come there to eat when in a rush and I forgot my credit card and only have a couple $ in cash.
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No. You eat at McDonald's because you have no respect for yourself.
this is a troll thread right?
You sound fucking stupid as fuck, my friend.
>"give me a chicken sandwich"
>get chicken sandwich
>"this isn't the one I want"
Well, then maybe you should specify...
Why don't you go to KFC, ask for "chicken," and then be pissed when they don't give you popcorn nuggets.
Oh, no, u shouldn't eat those green stuffs. They r poisonous.
I like the Chicken Popcorn
For me it's the McChicken
If you have McDonalds on your Resume, in Australia anyway, anyone will employ you.
It means you can follow dress codes, strict policies and take shit.
Its a stepping stone OP.
Well, they just aren't paid enough to care! If we raised their pay like they want then those burgers would come out perfect, right?
another norn irish user?
whereabouts do you work mate?
>but most of them don't even follow proper procedure or just half ass it
welcome to the world of minimum wage, where motivation is doesn't exist and the threat of being rendered obsolete in the face of automation is just around the corner
its the best
mcdonalds is best
Rude
Double rude
Obviously not
City Center
Yeah most of the young people either don't like it or see it as a steeping stone for university