Year 3 of working at this beautiful place that I cannot name, because on Thursday I signed a form saying I could be fired for anything negative I say about the company. Nothing in this article will bash or make you feel any different about that business establishment. I’m just telling the world some of the struggles all of us fast food employee’s deal with. If you have never worked in fast food you will not understand, any of the pains I share with you. Enjoy.
Schedule
Problems:
Tina, Gene and Louise never know when their dad will need them to help out with the family business the same goes for fast food employees.
There isn’t set days that you will work each week, so planning for something a week before doesn’t always work. One week you’ll work Monday-Friday and off all week end, or you’ll work 30 hours just Friday-Sunday! There isn’t much you or anyone else can really do about it.
Customers:
Teddy and Mort are Bob’s loyal customers and sometimes they get on Bob’s nerves just like any other customer they can really make you mad.
The number one thing that’s gets me while I am at work is when the working men come in and make a bigger mess than any other group of people. They act as if it is against the law to throw away their trays away and I promise their not going to push in their chairs. Even though some people will get your nerves, others will melt your heart. The customers are some of the sweetest people! I will never understand is why you come to eat in your church clothes and cuss me out because you believe the prices are too high. (Little fishy right)
How to order at a Drive Thru 101:
The Belchers may not have a drive-thru but they understand the struggle.
We can’t hear you and you can’t hear me, it’s the biggest struggle of the drive thru. When you can’t hear me I have to yell, I am sorry. In turn ordering a 1,000 things at the window only hurts you and everyone around you! The drive thru is suppose to be a fast thing, not like coming inside where you can take your time, but we are all there to serve you so keep ordering.
Coworkers:
Like Gene having to be in a burger suit, sometimes you feel as if you are putting on a show to help sale food, and Gene can’t do that without his partners in crime Tina and Louise.
When you work in a fast food restaurant you meet some of the weirdest people, but at the end of the day you love them. You work with these people at least once a week sometimes everyday. I have made some great friends; even my best friend and I work together. (I love you boss) I will be forever grateful for the lessons I’ve learned from some of my coworkers.
If you haven’t noticed it takes a lot to work with the public. People will cuss you out and then ask for something for free. You learn a lot about yourself and how to treat others when you enter a fast food restaurant. Be aware of how you treat other, because one day you could be working behind the counter.
Peace out Buttercups.
