You have no idea… 
I see kids in McD’s who look as though they’ve eaten beachballs. And a lot of them are rude, steal balloons from other children, scream at eachother, mess up the colouring pads, demand different toys and throw tantrums when we haven’t got other ones…and they’re kids, so to an extent I understand…but then you see the parents, and it says it all really.
We have Adventures of Tintin toys at the moment (anyone here who knows me well will know that I’m literally fangirling this movie but it’s far from the point ), and they’ve sold really well, as did The Smurfs. I put both down to the nostalgia factor because a lot of adults have come in to buy them. Because the toy’s have sold well, we often only have minimal stock, so when we get adults (not even kids, adults!) come up to us to shout at us about the fact that they’ve got Captain Haddock and they wanted Snowy, well I do apologise, but there’s no need to scream at me and throw a tantrum over a piece of plastic.
The kids are only a tiny part of the issues, it’s the adults who think it’s acceptable to act like little kids. There’s a difference between someone who is a kid at heart, who acts maturely but like’s toys and comics and childlike things, than someone who acts immaturely in inappropiate situations. I know it’s not cool when your order is wrong, but it’s easily rectified. I know it’s not great when you have to wait for your food, and you have to wait to be served, but have patience, bear in mind that when there’s only 2 people on the tills and there’s a queue to the door, we are not “lazy”; that is the fault of the floor manager, or whoever rang up sick or worse, didn’t even turn up at all. We are trying to get through the queue as quickly and efficiently as possible, and shouting abuse isn’t going to make us go any faster. Swearing loudly with children around is another thing that angers me, and yet when you try to tell them to clean up their language, they hurl more abuse at you as if you’re the one causing trouble.
A lot of people hate McDonald’s food, but then a lot of people like it, otherwise we wouldn’t get so many customers. I have no issue with people wanting no salt on their chips, or no sauce on their Big Mac, but these are things that have to be done individually and therefore you have to wait; so why kick off? “I’m not waiting 2 minutes, I want it now!”. Dude, we’re only human! A plain double cheeseburger is not on the menu, therefore it won’t be in, so why scream and shout about it? Would you rather have raw food?
And I know there has been, and probably always will be, the stereotype that people who work in fast food are lazy, uneducated and unintelligent. The reality is that for most people it is an inbetween job, a job for extra pennies whist you’re at college or university. The full timers here are people who can’t find other work, you know, because we happen to be in a recession. I’m sure mister snobby who talks to me in a patronising manner when he orders his food has dismissed the fact that I pay taxes and national insurance, and I receive no state help (although that’s mostly because I live with my parents). Or would he rather have me be one of those girls who drop out, are pregnant by 17, and live off benefits for the rest of their life. I enjoy a lazy day with a cup of tea, a blanket and reality TV, but I do this once or twice a week and work the rest; that’s how it should be, right?
I apologise that this has turned into a long rant about the treatment of fast food employees…whoops.
