cook 9 at a time?
Not when I worked there. 4 clamshell grills on regular? You can do 48 simultaneously - 12 under each. Although technically only 36 on the grill at anyone time as by the time you've laid the last lot, youve taken off the first. And so on

9 quarters though fit under a grill.

I quite enjoyed my mcdonalds time (upto 1991). The studenty people that worked there were great, the locals (full timers) were ok, mostly it was a good bunch of people, and we actually respected the job. We were paid well for our ages, got as many or as few shifts as we liked mostly, got free food, I got some management training - almost considered completing my Floor managers course, but all in all good times. Not sure whats happened since. Are kids thicker? Are they too posh to wash? Has the hiring policy changed? What? Would love to know as without doubt in the last 10 years or so they have only employed the seemingly unemplyable.
( I have run out of coke is a little sweaty, Wed 28 Jan 2009, 14:55, 1 reply)

My mistake
I spent too long at the quarter grille, so that' sort of stuck in my head.

Paid not horrendously (not _well_ but marginally above minimum wage, which is pretty good going if you're working weekends as a recent school leaver). They're not too posh to wash, they just don't.
Like you say, they only seem to employ the seemingly unemployable now- it's been a gradual descent. I believe some branches are recognising this and trying to sort it out now- the Credit Crunch could help with this as there'll be a lot of people looking for work. People who actually speak the language to the extent that they can get through the whole menu without having to ask for help.

Just had a McD's from my not-so-Alma McMater for old times' sake. They took a good 20 minutes to cook a big mac meal, got the order wrong and the chips were cold. Cockbites.
( uberdeity Wondered why Owen Lars knew of the term "hell" on, Wed 28 Jan 2009, 15:50, closed)