"McDonald's workers of Reddit, what is the one menu option that you would recommend people never eat and why?"
Less The Menu Than The Location.
"Really depends on store and location."
"In my experience everything is pretty clean compared to other places I've worked."
"And because the food sits in heating trays, even the stale food is relatively safe to eat."
"They are also pretty anal with inventory and food waste."
"With the volume they push out weekly, it would be very rare for a store to have expired food."
"There is a comment in here about the grease vats not being changed."
"Maybe it was just my store, but we filtered the grease nightly, and cleaned the vat before every oil change."
"The fry vats got changed the most, due to their overuse."
"We also had constant secret shoppers and annual corporate patrons who would really judge the quality of the food."
"In all honesty, it was one of the hardest jobs I've ever worked."
"I did it all in the 6 years I was there."
"Cashier, drive thru, dishes, back end, maintenance, inventory, overnights, management."
"Pretty much every job they had, I spent time in."
"Other than the miserable treatment the employees get from the customer and corporate, the overall business and restaurant side of it is impressively streamlined."
"They have quantified almost everything."
"Maybe the only thing I'd stay away from is the birthday cake."
"I don't even know if you can still buy them, but they would be like the only item in the freezer year round until some unfortunate soul bought one."- WalterPecky
Toren C Humor GIF by VPROGiphy"I worked at a burger King for a week, couldn't stand all day plus the sounds caused constant migraines."
"It was clean as you'd expect it needed to be."
"Made me feel better about eating fast food actually."
"They had a simple rule, if you wouldn't eat it or feed it to your mother then don't serve it."
"Well that plus all the other rules."- modsarefascists42
Be Selective When It Comes To Egg...
"Any of the eggs.'
'There are 2 different ones."
"When they make the scrambled they don't even cook the top of them."
"The round egg sometimes has eggs shells in them, and the folded eggs are like fake frozen squares lol."
"The only real egg is the round egg."
"And never eat the fish sandwich at night time, or the fries b4 the places closes they are not fresh and fryers are already shut off, so it just sits until someone orders it."- Bloomoon-2232
Who Cares!
"You know, no matter how many times I see something like this, it will never, ever make me stop eating fast food."- Artemis_CrabLady69
french fries mcdonalds GIFGiphyWhen In Doubt Stay On Land...
"Worked at Subway 2010-12."
"Only thing I have to say is that tuna and seafood packaged used to have a label on it that said that it didn't contain dolphin or turtles in the meat, then that label suddenly disappeared in 2012."- UnitedTrout
Just When You Think You've Picked The Healthy Option!
"I worked at McDonald's this past summer, and I learned a LOT."
"My store hadn't served them since pre-COVID, but I would stray away from the salads."
"They actually often tend to have more calories than the burgers."
"Also, I wouldn't say not to eat them, but I would still be weary about the fries."
"In the two months I worked there, I think the fry oil was only changed once."- inreallife12001
"Worked at Dairy Queen for 4 years.'
"Do not order the salad, ever.'
"No one ever orders them, because it’s DQ, so when you do, it’s probably 2-3 days old."- naganol32
Wet Hot American Summer Cooking GIF by NETFLIXGiphyLiterally, Everything!
"Not a single thing off the entire menu."
"Not because of how it's prepared or sits until it's served, but because I've read the nutrition facts of most of it in paperwork and boxes, bags and things like that."
"I worked at McDs in Canton, OH on Cleveland ave."
"Pretty well-maintained, clean place staffed by competent people, on 3rd shift, anyway, but you cant get away from whats in the food no matter how its cooked or handled."
"But I will say, based on what I saw, if you're intolerant of too much sodium for any reason, STAY AWAY from the fries specifically, and asking for unsalted doesn't make a difference."
"I don't remember a number, but thats always stuck out in my mind as being crazy high whenever their nasty food comes up in conversation."- seventytwosuccubi
We must remember, should we find ourselves eating at a fast food chain or a five star restaurant, health inspectors check them regularly.
Suggesting that everything served was at the very least cooked in a sanitary environment.
What exactly was being cooked, however, might remain a mystery...
The young man in the photo taking a nap on a bench in the dining area of the restaurant was 21-year-old Simon Childs.
Childs is an employee at the fast-food chain and was working a shift at the Fayette County location.
The female customer snapped the photo while he was sleeping on his break and posted it to a group page on Facebook.
According to WSB-TV, she wrote:
"Just another reason for me to leave Fayetteville. I was in the McDonald's in the middle of town and I saw this guy sleeping in the booth."
"I go and tell an employee that someone is asleep in their booth and her response was 'oh yeah, we know hee hee, it's ok' and I said 'not really but whatever'."
The unnamed woman had no idea that Childs had his fair share of hardships. He had been grieving over the loss of his mother and was working overnight shifts in order to help raise his baby son.
He told WSB's Matt Johnson:
"I've been going through a hard time with my mom passing. Everything I do, I want to work for it."
You can watch the full report on Childs' story here.
Woman taunts McDonald's employee for sleeping at work; turns out there's more to story www.youtube.com
After the interview, Johnson took to social media and updated WSB viewers.
A woman took a picture of a man asleep at a McDonalds and complained on Facebook, and how the community responded c… https://t.co/wsapQAPSOA— Matt Johnson (@Matt Johnson) 1561420550
Childs was hurt upon discovering that his photo was circulating around the internet.
"It kind of hurt to see my picture up there, you know? I thought it was something negative and nobody would care about it."
But then, the unexpected happened. Instead of facing perpetual embarrassment for the photo, it elicited empathy from WSB viewers who reached out to the news station and offered support.
Childs returned to work and was pleased to find that a community in Georgia left boxes of clean clothes and fresh diapers for the young father.
"They changed my life in a couple of days."
Since his story aired on the news, things began looking up. Childs updated Johnson, telling him that he got a free haircut and acquired another job opportunity.
He also shared news that he secured a permanent place for him and his son to live.
Childs wasn't the only one moved by the kind gesture.
Chefs Xavier and Theo Thomas who own and operate Fusion Chefs Eatery down the street on Glynn Street South were also touched by Childs' story. They offered to lend him a car for job interviews.
Also...he has a car! The owners of The Fusion Chefs Eatery in Fayetteville have let Simon borrow a car as he works… https://t.co/FWEHPvlbeC— Matt Johnson (@Matt Johnson) 1561505051
Xavier Thomas told the news station:
"It just touched our heart."
Theo Thomas also weighed, saying:
"It definitely will help him get around and give him a better opportunity."
Twitter shared their thoughts on his story.
@MattWSB Such an awesome positive turn to this story. Humanity isn't as doomed as we sometimes think lately,— lebeau32 (@lebeau32) 1561513286
@MattWSB Love seeing such good people coming together to help out this young man and his baby. Maybe the woman who… https://t.co/QIuYSSFPPJ— JenGirl (@JenGirl) 1561518246
@MattWSB @rolandsmartin What the enemy meant for his bad, God had it for his good...#GodIsGreat— Allie the Great (@Allie the Great) 1561497153
@MattWSB There are no chance encounters when blessings & mercy flow! She is the reason he is being elevated! We can… https://t.co/OKtjT03vmb— Burton55r@yahoo.com (@Burton55r@yahoo.com) 1561514530
People asked how to contact Childs to offer additional assistance.
@2BGMEDIA @MattWSB Do you think I can call that McDonalds and make a donation over the phone? If so, could you plea… https://t.co/JCT2E8lJCb— Patriots #1 Fan (@Patriots #1 Fan) 1561510237
As for the woman who tried to embarrass him on social media, Childs holds no ill will.
In fact, he is choosing to stay positive.
"I'm not homeless, not now, thanks to her."
According to the woman, she told WSB off-camera that she meant no harm by targeting Childs specifically in her Facebook post.
@MattWSB I have a good feeling that she learned a valuable lesson and is a better person for making a mistake. But,… https://t.co/rwKUjs1TdB— Laura B Touchstone (@Laura B Touchstone) 1561436290
@MattWSB She’s going to regret this. It’s not cool to shame someone who has been through so much in life. She want… https://t.co/7p1Y4Cs83w— Susan W. Graham 🌊 (@Susan W. Graham 🌊) 1561504091
Childs remains grateful for his recent change in fortune.
"I didn't think the community would even care enough to do that, but they care."
Everyone goes through a rough period in life, and Childs' story is a good reminder that we should show more compassion towards those who are down on their luck.
Besides, Facebook stories should focus on our own experiences, not that of strangers.
If you are interested in helping Simon Childs, you can make a donation on his GoFundMe page, HERE.
Declare your intentions in this shirt promoting kindness available here in a variety of colors and in men's, women's and children's sizes.
A group of Australian friends uploaded a video of themselves getting just that, though: They figured out how to trick a McDonald's self-service machine into giving them a free burger.
A video the friends uploaded to YouTube shows that they selected the $1 hamburger option from the menu and asked for 10 of them.
"We'll have ten of these and we'll customize them so we don't want a regular beef patty so that takes $1.10 off our order, off our dollar hamburger," said a voice behind the camera.
The group then added one regular hamburger to the order.
"10 pattyless burgers, one regular hamburger, oh we get our discounts, that's pretty good," the voice says.
Removing the the hamburger patty from each sandwich discounts $1.10 from each burger. Because the hamburgers themselves only cost $1, this gives them a 10 cents credit for each burger. Do this 10 times, and they get a $1 credit on their order.
The group's cameraman selects a $1 hamburger with the patty and adds that to his cart, a move that leaves him with one free burger.
The group shows off their bounty at the end of the video.
Free Food from Maccas www.youtube.com
A genius move? Or too much work? It's certainly gotten people intrigued, that's for sure.
Ninja coulda ate free McDonald’s forever BUT he HADDDDDD to go viral. Sometimes you just gotta stfu and take the wi… https://t.co/6dzXv6Wl2K— MaliQue (@MaliQue) 1554781342.0
fallout: hacking skill https://t.co/kaay9Jrtd0— EL (@EL) 1554781533.0
Now THAT'S McValue! Friends score a free McDonald's burger by tricking the self-serve computer using a little-known… https://t.co/5OIu85vO7N— The Glove (@The Glove) 1554715086.0
Others were just bummed that this only works in Australia.
@TheSun I'll just buy a ticket to Australia so I can get a free burger then, you tw@s— Lillybeck Rachel (@Lillybeck Rachel) 1554781843.0
Still others felt that McDonald's should pay them for the free QA they had just provided.
@mashable In the same way security experts should be consulted when they discover flaws, McD's should reward these… https://t.co/kBOYQ2Gu5s— Ruby and Riesling (@Ruby and Riesling) 1554733989.0
Two legends https://t.co/Ys86xdCFIx— Victor Muisyo (@Victor Muisyo) 1554731670.0
Sounds about right.
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Too late!
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They're lovin' it.
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So THAT's what it was all about.
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The future is now.
