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jayswin · 05-03-2014, 07:37 PM

I always laugh when I hear people say fast food is easy. It's so a "I've never actually worked in in the fast food industry" thing to say, because their experience with the industry is as a customer, standing at a till saying "I'll take a number 2 with coke", seeing it come out to them and going "nothing to this job".

No it isn't easy, it's just a bottom of the barrel job that requires no education or experience, that's why it pays like crap. The job itself is pushy, sweaty and fast paced and full of customers who don't respect you and think you're a piece of **** for having a job where you flip burgers.

I respect the hell out of fast food employees you run into that take a lot of pride in their job and serve you with genuine pride in their work. Especially when I get back to work and deal with some guy making $80k a year who wants to talk about an email he received in error and how it apparently threw off his whole day and needs to be addressed.

05-03-2014, 07:37 PM	#51
jayswin Celebrated Square Root Day Join Date: Mar 2006 Exp:	I always laugh when I hear people say fast food is easy. It's so a "I've never actually worked in in the fast food industry" thing to say, because their experience with the industry is as a customer, standing at a till saying "I'll take a number 2 with coke", seeing it come out to them and going "nothing to this job". No it isn't easy, it's just a bottom of the barrel job that requires no education or experience, that's why it pays like crap. The job itself is pushy, sweaty and fast paced and full of customers who don't respect you and think you're a piece of **** for having a job where you flip burgers. I respect the hell out of fast food employees you run into that take a lot of pride in their job and serve you with genuine pride in their work. Especially when I get back to work and deal with some guy making $80k a year who wants to talk about an email he received in error and how it apparently threw off his whole day and needs to be addressed. Last edited by jayswin; 05-03-2014 at 08:31 PM.