McDonalds' employees
because they have it far easier than I ever did when I worked there 20 years ago for beer tokens as a student.

When I was there, you put 12 burgers on the grill, when you had to turn them after a minute, you put another 12 on. When they needed turning, the first 12 were ready, put on the toasted and dressed buns and served up. 12 cheeseburgers or 6 Big Macs every 60 seconds, with a team of three, this could be kept up all day if needed.

All that for £1.80 per hour.

Nowadays, they have clamshell grills. Put burgers on, shut lid. Put buns in toaster. Both have alarms. When the grill's done, it opens itself for christ's sake.

Pah
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Thu 27 May 2010, 13:51, 12 replies)

me to
"turn lay 20!"


was a shout from the production area when we got realy busy.

20 meat down when you turned them you had to put another 20 down

You needed to be very quick indeed
(sittingduck Attention seeking, bullshitting fuck-knuckle, Thu 27 May 2010, 13:53, closed)

We called it
the 12/6 turn lay.

and racking fries meant sharing a big bag between 5 or 6 baskets equally by eye. Not from a hopper that drops a measured portion in the basket.
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Thu 27 May 2010, 14:02, closed)

Is "McDonald's employee" a profession now?
Told you we were dumbing down.
(Vice Admiral Sir Charles Cockbrush KCB MBE DSO, who is finding it increasingly difficult to log into b3ta.com wants to duck your aunt and kick your puppy, Thu 27 May 2010, 13:58, closed)

Guess I started in the clamshell era then (fnarr fnarr)
All I remember is it was bloody hot work, managing that, dressing burgers, toasting buns and shouting the STG (Spotty Teenaged Git) to mope the floor every now and then.
( jim_bob can herd cats., Thu 27 May 2010, 14:00, closed)

It was just about possible
to do it with just two people, but you had to do a sort of rotation thing and not get in each other's way.

and the Ajaxing is always streaky now
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Thu 27 May 2010, 14:03, closed)

Tell me.
Mind you, I had some jumped-up shift runner try to teach me to Ajax, on my last ever shift. Logic clearly wasn't his strong point. Walking off shift made him understand soon enough.
( jim_bob can herd cats., Thu 27 May 2010, 14:10, closed)

?
I never realised McDonald's achieved their special ambience by employing spotty teens to mope the floor. I thought they just moped because they were teens. And spotty.
( shinyshinyscalp less a man, more a way of life, Fri 28 May 2010, 14:26, closed)

and yet
they're still smart enough not to let my ex do anything more mentally taxing than clean tables
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Thu 27 May 2010, 19:01, closed)

the only job i have ever had
which left you with meat flavoured boggies after a shift. mmmmm meat
(imallamallama looking forward to llamageddon on, Fri 28 May 2010, 0:05, closed)

ha ha ha Dear god...
what a thought.
( The magic of chutney Shakes it like an Instagram filter!, Fri 28 May 2010, 9:49, closed)

but have you considered
that these days they have to also try and cook a much larger, more complicated menu to cater for modern tastes? Frying chicken/fish/apple pies/veggie burgers, grilling chicken for deli sandwiches and salads, steaming as well as toasting buns, learning and preparing the flavour of the month, not to mention cooking a breakfast menu which has expanded somewhat since the days of the humble egg muffin.
(Don't tell him Pike i'll probably just stay in, Fri 28 May 2010, 9:48, closed)

gosh.
Anyone would think they were working in some kind of restaurant!
( shinyshinyscalp less a man, more a way of life, Fri 28 May 2010, 14:26, closed)