h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Burn! BURN!

*ahem*

Why burn them? After all they provide a service to meat eaters of the world! They also fed me when I was skint (brit colloquialism meaning 'not much money') Have not eaten there since I asked for one of their not very nice veggie burgers (incidently McD's vegetarian menu surpasses only that of KFC,but only because KFC don't have one) and they gave me something with bacon in it, cunningly disguised as a veggie burger. I never liked bacon as a meat eater, why they should think I might like it as a vegetarian is beyond me. The only reason I did not eat it was the fact that I hate raw tomatoes, so I check my burger first.

Sadly, I have a part-time job at McDonalds, because, as a student, I have an astronomical debt, and the nearest supermarkets didn't have any vacancies.
The one I work at is out of the way in a small, quiet suburb, and since I've been there, there've been 3 arson attacks. Two were pathetic, in one, a pile of leaves was left outside, in the drain, by the brick wall of McDonalds. In the other, a pile of toilet roll was left in the disabled toilet and lit.
The third involved a petrol bomb thrown at the outside seating.
At all these occasions, young children were in the neighbourhood.

As for Vegetarian options, at the moment, at work, we're doing 2 vegetable burgers - the Veggie DeLuxe and Veggie Naan, plus two side-salad options. Which isn't bad, and not good, but then, if I was a vegetarian I wouldn't touch McDonalds with a barge pole. I wouldn't touch McDonalds with a barge pole if I had a choice other than work in McDonalds or get taken to court for non-payment of Tuition Fees.

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As a student and mother and housewife(God I hate that word) I have never worked in the place. Please do yourself a favour and get a job in your local pub. It may not be as satisfying(if you like frying burgers for a living) but you can meet far more useful people. In a pub, you have a problem with your car, there will be somebody there who knows how you can sort it. You have a problem with your plumbing? There will be somebody there that will make sure you don't get ripped off. Do you get that(and all the goodwill that goes with it) in Mcdonalds? If you do, then fair play, but it is better for a student to make contacts in the scary world. How better to do that than by working in the local pub? I do not agree with the terrorism attacks, but how can it possibly be worse than people in Ireland chucking stones at children on their way to school, just because they are not the right religion? (Oops, bit of the political stuff escaped)

By the way, I missed a bit, about the vegetarian options. They are exactly the same, except for the bun. Not bad promotion though!

The problem: the local pub closed down, and is now McDonalds.

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Did someone say throwing stones at children in ireland is not as bad as arson attacks on mcdonalds? What's that all about then?

I pity he who has a job at McDonald's. In America, it's almost as low as being a guy in a chicken suit...Maybe lower.

Lower, believe me, lower. In my area most McDonalds employees either don't speak engish or are in there 30's and never finished high school.

In the lovely often morally devoid world of business, apparently if you have worked in McDonalds in the past you will often go straight to the next level of interviews as it displays just the kind of sheep like following orders skills they want.
So you may work for a questionable company, but at least you have good prospects in an even more questionable company in the future! (no real disrespect if you work there, I have only just graduated &know the pressures of uni finances all too well)