Yeah, the only way this should be happening is if they haven't cooked the meat by the time you've payed.Originally Posted by Mang
Which means it's a shitty McD's. Don't worry, it's not because you hate pickles.
Yeah, the only way this should be happening is if they haven't cooked the meat by the time you've payed.
Which means it's a shitty McD's. Don't worry, it's not because you hate pickles.
I know quite a few people who make around minimum wage, or within a few dollars of it. I guess it just depends on where you live. Both my parents were the first to get a high school diploma in their respective families and my sister and I are the first in our family to get college degree's, with my brother following suit.
I live in the general area where 40 grand a year is considered to be a very good income. Not that I live anywhere near a slum or anything. The average us income is like what, 35 grand a year? I would say it's more like $20 grand, because there is a big difference between the numerical average of all Americans income, and the average Americans income. To me, if you make more than a few hundred thousand a year, you are not joe blow average American. I would guess that if you take people who make $200,000 a year and above OUT and average out the rest of the numbers, it would be somewhere closer to 20 grand a year. Since only a small percentage of people make 100,000 a year or more, but those numbers offset low numbers with ease.
If a particular group of people makes:
15,000
20,000
50,000
1,000,000
The Average Is: 271,250
It is by far not fair to say that the average person in this group averages 271 grand a year. This is what I believe has happened to our "35 grand" (or a number close to it) average, it only takes a handful of millionares and billionaires to offset the wages of people who make 12 to 15 grand a year.
There are a lot more low class to lower-middle class people than you think.
well phew
There are so many bums around here who are victims of that. I can't believe they can just let people who have all kinds of mental conditions out into the street knowing they have no money, home or family.
Also Mr. E bullshit, if you made $5.15 an hour a couple of years ago and worked 40 hour weeks you would have a lot of trouble supporting yourself. Do you realize how little that is a month? That's why they have to work more than 40 hour weeks, put in as much overtime as possible (and at a lot of places there is no pay increase for overtime) and have trouble ever getting out of the shitty situation they are in.
Last edited by Killuminati; 04-29-2009 at 07:27 PM.
Yeah, I worked out how much that was less taxes. $400/month for a single apartment, $200/month utilities and bills, $120 food, and still have $60 left over. I wouldn't have said that thing if I couldn't back it up.
400 a month? That depends on where you live. I don't know any 1 person apartments that cheap. That's not including so much, they couldn't get a car and make the insurance payments or gas. They would have to either walk if they were lucky and lived close or take public transportation and I know for me to get to work it cost me $20.75 a week.
Last edited by Killuminati; 04-29-2009 at 08:05 PM.
I'm staying out of this debate, but I wanted to point out that between cell phone bills, car payments and car insurance, that can easily add up to over $200. Oh, and health insurance, since most minimum wage jobs don't give you health insurance. And health insurance will break the fucking bank.
I don't have car payments or car insurance, and if I was on my own I'd shut off my cell phone and just use my home phone. I've always hated cell phones anyway.
And Kill, in Tennessee you can get a one bedroom for $400/month. Hell, even in St. Louis you can do that.
That's why I said it depends on where you live. I edited my post and added a bit more too.
Only work as far away as you can reasonably get yourself. I ride my bike everywhere I go and I have a one-way range of about 35 miles before I start to get a little winded. Get a rain suit for when it rains and you're golden.
I'm just saying, you do what you've gotta do. So long as you don't do anything to make it harder on yourself, like go into debt or start a family you can't afford, you'll do fine.
Last edited by Mr. E; 04-29-2009 at 08:12 PM.
But many people who are being payed minimum wage do have to pay car insurance, if not car payments and some don't even have a house phone or a cell phone. $200 for many people will cover their car insurance payment, but not much else. So that means that with minimum wage you have a one-bedroom studio apartment, enough food to scrape by, enough money to pay your car insurance, and less than a hundred dollars disposable income. So that means you can't pay for a cell phone, school tuition, car payments, child support, health insurance, and whatever else you may need. As far as I'm concerned, that is not getting by.
Having children when you can't afford to have children is socially irresponsible. If you can't afford a car, ride a bike. The government gives you health insurance if you're poor enough, provided you have a job. Disposable income is inherently unnecessary. I'm just saying it could theoretically be done, I didn't say they were gonna like it.
I still have a free sundae voucher, niiiiice.
I completely agree, but it's not always that simple. Many times there are different circumstances, such as the death of a bread-winning spouse, teenage pregnancies, etc.
I live in Michigan. In the winter, you can't ride a bike. Because there is several feet of snow on the ground. Also, you can't always pick how close you are to your job, the chances are good that you will have to commute upwards of five miles to your job. Also, many employers ask if you have "reliable transportation". Many times, a bike doesn't fit this category.
How poor you look on paper is very different from how poor you really are. Many people can't afford to buy health insurance themselves, but also do not fit the governments qualifications for it either. Where does that leave them?
Here, we agree. Luxuries are just that, luxuries.
I'm not saying it can't be done either, I'm saying that scraping by by the skin of your teeth is not a happy or healthy way to live. I'm just pointing out that it isn't as black and white as you're saying. Not everyone is in the same situations, and just because someone made a mistake in the past by having children while not financially secure or getting themselves into debt doesn't mean we should just write them off as a loss. We should be trying to help these people, as many of them have no options for how to improve their economic status, much less their day to day lives.
Oh, I know that it isn't the happiest or healthiest way to live, and I know there are cases of extenuating circumstance. This all started with me saying that raising the minimum wage doesn't help the economy in the big picture, which is true, and that it just speeds up inflation in cost of things that people who make minimum wage buy, which is also true. Raising the minimum wage doesn't help anyone in the long term. Having to live at minimum wage is awful, but can be done. If you have to get a second job, then that is what you have to do, but it can be done. If you live a life that is entirely socially responsible you will be fine. That is all I'm saying, and I'm pretty sure I worded this post well enough that nothing in it is subjective and I can stop having to post in this thread.
lol.
Well, that was my goal with the post after all
as shinysides said, this is nonsense
5-7 minute waits mean they are incompetent or understaffed
more like 9-12
no way
maybe after 4 hours, someone will have the conscience to waste them
This. Both KFC and burger king had a policy where you are supposed to throw away unused pattys after 30 minutes. Let me tell you how often that happened (never). They stayed until they were either all used or someone legitimately felt bad about serving them.
Have you attempted to start a "Ball showing game?"
Nah, if I ever work fast food again(better not happen) I will try and start it. I actually had a lot of fun at KFC though.
Hey. I was discussing proper McD's etiquette. I did not say that was how things actually work though.
I have to say, thats something we're very good at in our McDonalds. Any food that's been out for too long (30 minutes for most items) gets thrown away. Any returned food is thrown away, anything that touches the ground or our bare hands is also thrown away.
I was actually surprised when I first started at how clean conscious they are.
I had the pleasure of dining in that restaurant just the other day. Didn't know any of my online buddies worked there! Nevertheless, I enjoyed the experience quite nicely and intend on returning in the near future. Give word to your superiors that this particular customer left your establishment feeling happy and fulfilled. If you get any sort of promotion from my comments, I'll not be expecting anything in return, just so you know. So, please, do not hesitate to get ahead in this life, let nothing put a damper on your spirits!
It all depends on the store.
All the McDonalds stores I have been to in the city centre of Manchester have been very good quality (or as good is as possible from a McDonalds). The food is always hot, quick and relatively nice. However, the one closest to me (in a small suburban retail park near two schools) is disgusting. It's always dirty, the staff are cunts, the food is very bad quality and the only thing I will buy from there now is coffee (because even McDonalds staff rarely fuck up a cappuccino).
every mcdonald's i go to in the us has food that tastes like every other mcdonald's in the us
PANDAS
If you don't like them, then get the fuck out.
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Last edited by zeroslave; 08-10-2011 at 04:20 AM.
I already asked all the questions I wanted answered:
http://makeupyourownmind.com.au/
And got them answered by an Australian PR company?
I dont meet the requirements to work at the mcdonalds around here. (im white)
That kinda funny. I very rarely wear gloves when I am working, sandbagged food is served until the rush is over (11:30 to 1 for lunch and 5 to 9 for dinner), anything dropped on the floor is tossed into the fryer for a few moments to clean it. If food goes out to a table and comes back, we usually toss it. Usually.
Get enough white people in a kitchen and there is always a ball showing game. White people are gay like that.
At every place I worked the cooking the burgers went like this:
-First order comes in, drop 30 burgers.
-Cook 29 to med-rare, place in either an amber pan with a little water on the flat top, or in a 6th pan of Au Ju in the hot well.
-Fill the pans as needed. This means whenever an order comes in for a burger put one burger plus one on the flat top. For example, five orders come in, drop 6 fresh burgers on the flat top and take five out of the pans to sell.
-While the burger are cooking, toast between 10 and 15 buns. Stack them near the toaster.
-When slow, take your time to make all the burgers right. When busy, just toss some tomatoes and pickles on the bun and hope the table doesnt say anything. If they send it back, push their recook to the back of the queue and make them wait.
That is how it is at the Chili's where I work. The management knows that you are just an ass in the seat and there will be someone else to put their ass down if you get up and walk out.
they take twelve minutes if you have the old model ovens or 7 minutes if you have the new model (most stores do)
Noob
In before an earth shattering revelation courtesy of Satori_Everything
Some questions I was wondering about working at Mcdonalds. Thanks for answering all or any of these questions. If they are too many that you don't feel like answering 9 and 10 I am most interested in knowing the answers to.
1. Do you smell of food after coming home from work? I mean from working around the kitchen with oil and grease for hours.
2. Are the uniforms comfortable?
3. Do they hire anyone who applies and if not everyone who gets an interview?
4. Did you have one interview or two interviews?
5. How is it for advancement such as can you easily be promoted to manager or is that dfficult?
6. Does everyone have to clean the washrooms? Do the employees clean opposite sex washrooms?
7. Are you expected to do cashier & cook & garbage or does everyone do different tasks?
8. Do they fire people and if so for what things?
9. Do some people hit on your coworkers? If so were they employees or customers, what happened and were the coworkers attractive?
10. If the food is getting old what happens? Like is it thrown out or can employees eat it for free?
And about the food:
1. Why do their hamburgers taste different than the ones I make? Like does the meat have spices, if so what.
2. If a customer wanted a hamburger cooked less would you make it or would you just give them a regular one?
3. If a customer wanted extra onions and pickles on a hamburger would you give it to the customer or tell the customer to buy another burger?
4.If a customer asked for an order of food for example a burger and fries and asked you to make them a fresh order because the customer wants fresh food would you make new food or would you just give them regular food?
5. What are the chocolate chip cookies ingredients? They are one of my favorite items there.
6. Do they serve breakfast all day or only until say eleven? If not all day than why? Is it lotsof work to make late? Sometimes I stay up in the night. Then I wake up in the evening. I was wondering if someone could have breakfast late at night.
1. yep it's a combination of everything but reminds me of small beef patties, ketchup and mustard the most
2. yes my uniform was like a basketball jersey pasted over a shirt
3. common sense
4. I talked to the manager for a couple of minutes and then she told me when to start
5. learn both grill (cook) and window (cashier), be competent and maybe kiss some ass; it goes something like crew -> crew trainer -> swing man -> ass man -> man; the pay increases aren't really attractive
6. no
7. you start at either cashier or cook; cooks do garbage
8. some guy got dropped after his training because he couldn't remember shit
9. if people hit on you it will be for a riot
10. see earlier in this thread
1. to avoid confusion you could have numbered this question something like 1b; the seasoning does it (see thread)
2. no
3. yes, you can order extra everything; some people like their cheeseburgers dressed like big macs, and some people like mayo and mac sauce on their burgers
4. depends if we already have fresh food; generally, we did this
5. fat
6. breakfast is morning to 10:30 and maybe a little later on weekends; there'd be too much food for the grill to handle, and you have to steam clean it every time the type of food changes
Thanks for replying. I see. I reread some of the threads. So they throw out the hamburgers that have been sitting out a long time. Would an employee be allowed to eat it on shift or if not save it for his/her break? Some restaurants let the employees eat food that would otherwise be thrown out while others don't as the manager wants the employees to buy food from the restaurant to eat so to increase profit. That's cool a mcjersey. It is like a basketball jersey but with a mcdonald's logo. Good point of the 1b I didn't think of that. That's cool if you can have extra stuff like pickles, mayo, sauce for free. Interesting about cleaning the food for each item. I didn't know that. I thought they might between vegetarian and meat items as for vegetarians requests.
How much of the beef patty is actually beef and how much of it is tallow? I'm also curious if they claim the burgers to be 100% American "beef" over there.
Also hey there Mr. E. :wave:
I smelled most like pickles when I got home
this thread is really interesting to me because I've always wanted to work at McDonalds! cool to hear some inside knowledge
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