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See what I remember about my interview day of McDonald's..

Ben taught me that there are two different cloths in a cupboard above the bin closest to the tills. Red cloth which is anti bacterial used for table tops, surfaces etc. They have to be replaced every half hour regardless of whether you use them or not. Blue cloths are for table legs, seats etc.

You wait until the bins are three quarters full before you replace them and take them out to the bins outside. Can fit about 16 bags but up to 120 when compressed by the machine. You have to press both buttons on each side for health and safety reasons. Stick up- compressor goes up, stick down- compresser pushes down.

The two meter acknowledgement rule- if a customer comes within two meters and is making eye contact you ask them if you can help them with something.

If a woman comes into the restaurant with kids and infants. Get the infants a high chair and give the kids a colouring book, so it's easier for her to order.

Disabled person comes in offer to bring their meal over to their table.

Wash your hands every half an hour.

There are three fire exits- the main entrance, one on the left hand side of the lobby and one in the kitchen which is usually blocked. Fire alarms are by each exit.

If you struggle just ask a member of staff for help.

Remembered pretty much everything the man said and this was all in the matter of ten minutes in a loud stressful environment.

If they don't pick me, they will have made the wrong decision.
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TheCoolestCat · 31-35, M
good luck with your dead end, no hope, shit, minimum wage job
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cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
Coolest Cat: What kind of job do you work????
TheCoolestCat · 31-35, M
@Stephenj0896: thats funny my name is ben too
Moonwiddle · 46-50, F
@Stephenj0896: good luck mate you have the right attitude. My mates brother worked his way up in macdonalds and had a great job there before he left after many years and started his own business.
TheCoolestCat · 31-35, M
@cherokeepatti: im a professional stoner
Moonwiddle · 46-50, F
@TheCoolestCat: a no fucking hoper
cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
@TheCoolestCat: A professional stoner who belittles people who are actually looking to contribute something in their own way to the world and support themselves. That's really classy of you, isn't it?
TheCoolestCat · 31-35, M
@cherokeepatti: well apart from being a stoner im also in the middle of doing an apprenticeship in car mechanics..
cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
@TheCoolestCat: Don't degrade someone else for what they are doing for a living. I know a lot of people who started out working in restaurants and ended up establishing their own businesses within 10 years, and making good money doing it.
TheCoolestCat · 31-35, M
mcdonalds isnt a restaurant its a grease pit
cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
@TheCoolestCat: He can learn skills and use them to work somewhere else, just sayin'....obviously you are too busy degrading other people than to think of something simple as that. I wonder how many people are going to want to let a stoner work on their car? Not me...never.
TheCoolestCat · 31-35, M
@cherokeepatti: lol im hardly gonna have a sign out the front of my garage saying "by the way customers i smoke lots of weed"
cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
@TheCoolestCat: You are deluding yourself if you think people can't tell.
TheCoolestCat · 31-35, M
@cherokeepatti: some people cant, i look stoned all the time anyway, people just think its how i look normally,,,,,, worked in every job ive had so far.... go in stoned the first day and nobody has a clue
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cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
@Stephenj0896: his attempts are feeble but I don't like it anyway
Moonwiddle · 46-50, F
Imagine him bending down under the engine with a spliff dangling out of his mouth. He'd be fired in no time
cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
@Raindrops: yeah and he's planning on having his own mechanic shop, everything he'd make would go up in smoke, I'm sure.
Moonwiddle · 46-50, F
@cherokeepatti: take it all with a pinch of salt Patti. Four days ago he posted a question saying he loves seeing cars with the windows down so he can chuck in his cigarette to burn holes in the seats.
cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
@Raindrops: One of life's "winners" for sure, ain't he?
Moonwiddle · 46-50, F
@cherokeepatti: 😎