They’re not lovin’ it.
McDonald’s workers are spilling the tea on bad manners from customers that they’re tired of putting up with.
The fast-food chain is beloved by people all over the world, but it turns out some employees have beef with the gig.
In the McDonaldsEmployees sub-Reddit group, several staff members shared their most frustrating experiences with customers and their habits while working at the Golden Arches.
“I don’t know what’s so hard for people to grasp. If an employee says they are on break, LEAVE THEM ALONE,” the original poster of the thread wrote.
“There should be no ‘But can you grab this?’ ‘But I need a refill!’ ‘I’ll be quick!’ NO! I’M NOT WORKING! I’M NOT GETTING PAID! I’m not your slave. You can wait for a paid employee,” they added. “You’re not going to die if you have to wait 30 extra seconds to get another free ranch.”
They claimed that there’s less respect for fast food employees when it comes to taking breaks and that “if someone told a doctor or plumber to work on their break, everyone would be horrified. But fast food employees? Nah, they don’t deserve breaks.”
Expecting backlash from people who may question why employees are still wearing their uniforms on break in front of customers, the poster said, “there’s nowhere to change in the back. And it shouldn’t matter. We shouldn’t have to strip or hide in corners to enjoy or breaks. We’re human too.”
Many McDonald’s workers in the comments agreed and shared their own bad customer experiences.
“I’ll be standing in the lobby, hat off, bag/belongings in hand, waiting for my crew meal at the end of my shift, and I’ll still get customers who tell me I need to get back behind the counter and take their order/bag their food,” one shared.
“From my experience, making no eye contact and pretending you can’t hear them usually works for me,” someone quipped with advice.
“I was on break and this guy who is a regular said, ‘Don’t look away from me!’ [because] he needed a refill. We were busy, so I was waiting to order my crew meal. I said I’m on break right now,” the user shared. “Then I heard him and another lady talking about me while I was literally standing right there. ‘Why is she standing there then?’ If he was nice, I woulda done it, but not when you act like that.”
“I hate it when I’m sitting waiting for food and they’re waiting for an employee and keep eyeballing me. Or when I’m about to head out and they get ready to order with me…as my jacket is on and my keys are in my hand,” one shared.
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