Working in fast food is something almost everyone endures at some point in their life. Even if it's your first job starting out in the work force, picking up that second job to help pay bills, or doing it just to have a job, we've all been there. I've worked at my local Dairy Queen for almost 3 years, and being on night shift working 5 nights a week I've definitely met some quirky personalities. Here are some real things I've heard while working at a fast food restaurant.
1. "Can I get a 6 pack of tacos, all soft-shell..?"
Funny as it is, people actually go through our drive-thru and try to order tacos. We are next door to Taco Bell, and it's honestly hilarious how many people get them mixed up. One time a guy actually said "Oops..guess that's what I get for following my GPS...haha."
2. "Put that in your kitty."
An elderly man looks at my coworker and gives her his change after paying for his meal. That's really nice of him, and sometimes customers tip us, which we totally appreciate. Then he says, word for word, "Put that in your kitty" and smiles and winks as he walks off. Still don't have an explanation for this.
3. "Hey what's that kid doing?"
This was pretty recently, actually. An overwhelmed mother was at our front counter ordering food, had a bunch of kids she was babysitting for some friends, and was clearly struggling to keep all of them in line. We are in the grill working hard getting through a rush, and we see one of the kids slip past the woman, past all of our front counter people, and walk back to where we are making food to show us this toothpick he had found on the ground. We were all amused -- the mother was not.
4. "Do you like Elvis Presley?"
So one time when a friend of mine used to work there, we found these odd looking hippie glasses in the office laying around. They looked super old school and of course we were passing them around, the employees laughing. My friend decides he's gonna work in the grill all day while wearing them, and to us it was hilarious. Then I get a phone call on the store phone.
"Hi. Is this the manager?"
"Yes it is, how may I help you today?"
"Do you like Elvis Presley?"
"Um. Excuse me, what did you say, I'm sorry?" I'm so confused at this point.
"Do you like Elvis Presley?"
"Yeah, sure I suppose. He's kind of a legend." Okay definitely a prank call, I'm thinking to myself.
"Oh I was just asking because that kid in grill looks like he's about to jam out. Sadly, he can't jam without a guitar, and he's in grill surrounded by patties, not guitars."
Turns out it was my store owner, watching the cameras. To this day, 2 years later, I still get teased by him for it.
5. "Mop the parking lot lines"
Back when I first started, there was a joke going around that you had to go out and mop the white lines of the parking lot as a nightly chore. I was in grill so I always got around it, but for those who work upfront, nobody was safe. One night they actually convinced a guy to go out and carry the mop out there, and he began mopping the first line, in the pouring down rain, before the manager told the poor kid to go back inside
