If you’ve ever worked in the fast food industry, you know how hectic it can get. From dealing with terrible customers to making sure your drawer isn’t short, you put up with a lot to get treated like dirt. There are some workers that manage to keep their cool (kudos to you) and some that…well, show their anger by spitting in your food. These confessions will seriously make you think twice about what you’re eating and how you treat fast food workers.
Fake meat
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It may not come as a big surprise that even a fast food employee admits that the food is fake. One of the biggest reasons people stop eating fast food is because no matter what they order, they feel like it’s too chewy and doesn’t look right to begin with. And if you’ve ever worked at a fast food restaurant, that was probably enough to stop you from wanting to eat there, too.
We understand that some people crave fast food like there’s no tomorrow, and that’s fine! But, take a moment to look at the food you’re given the next time you go to McDonald’s or Burger King. Have you ever wondered why your burger is flatter than a hockey puck? That’s not normal. They don’t get flat as you cook them, either, that’s just how they come in their pre-packaged form. Take a minute to process that everything sits on heating racks to stay “fresh.” Sure, they have 40 minutes or so until they have to make new food, but we wouldn’t want a burger that’s been sitting around for 40 minutes. Would you?
Complicated order on register two!
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Fast food workers get it. With all of the food choices, it can be hard to pick something to eat. That’s fine, but when you change your order every two seconds by adding bacon or extra pickles to your sandwiches, it gets confusing. What’s even more confusing is three minutes later, people will say, “You know what, you can forget about the bacon on that one.” Then, they have to go all the way back to that sandwich and remove it, which isn’t too hard. However, when customers do this to them all day, it becomes very draining, and they sometimes lose track of what food item you’re even talking about.
It’s no surprise that this fast food employee mentally swears at customers. You can only imagine how frustrated they must be—they work there, the food is awful, and they go home smelling like a deep-fryer. Please, just know what you’re ordering before going to the register next time.
You’re on fire!
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Hahaha, this is great! Normally, I hate when people push sauce on me. Yes, it’s completely possible for me to eat nuggets and fries without sauce! No, I don’t need hot sauce to eat my taco. It’s funny because when you don’t ask for sauce, it’s basically forced on you. Yet, if you ask for extra sauce, it’s 20 cents more!
I guess this guy should take this as a compliment. You know, unless he has an incredibly jealous girlfriend in the passenger seat. Things might get a little hot then, and I’m not talking about the sauce either. Then again, he could be offended. A lot of people would rather be called handsome than hot, you know! Either way, this fast food employee is awesome and hilarious.
Do you need extra napkins?
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The worst thing about the drive-thru is that they never seem to put enough napkins in the bag. That is, if they even put any in the bag at all! This fast food employee has a generous way of handing out napkins, though. After all, what other materials can be used so subtly to hand out your number? I really hope this girl made sure she was safe when she hooked up with these random guys. You can never be too careful with who you’re throwing yourself at, even if they’re incredibly good-looking. Not to mention if they have a girlfriend, then you could become the side chick. No one wants to be a side chick, and no one wants an STI. Let’s keep the numbers to a minimum.
Generous soul
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Finally, some good news. This employee, my friends, is a real-life hero. Does anyone else get excited when they see fries left over on the bottom of the bag? Alas, you’re not done eating yet! Thanks to kind-hearted folk like this employee, we have hope in the food industry workers. The only bad thing about extra fries in the bag is that if you don’t notice them for a while, the grease starts to seep through the bottom of the bag, leaving you to clean up a mess you had not intended on cleaning. I think it’s a price everyone is willing to pay, though. Anyway, bless you, fry god. May all fast food workers follow in your footsteps one day.
Don’t test me
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Admit it—you or someone you know has lost it on a fast food worker at one point or another. Or, at least have asked out loud, “Is it so hard to get good service around here?” Imagine being a fast food worker who constantly has to hear that all day. When almost every waking moment of their day is spend catering to rude customers, customers’ rude children, etc., of course it’s going to be hard to get good service.
It must be hard to follow the “service with a smile” guidelines when all they want to do is freak out at customers for being rude to them. It’s best to be nice to them, otherwise you may end up with food that’s been “messed with.”
Thieving for a good cause
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While not disturbing, this just makes me so happy. I know for a fact that when food has been sitting in the bin for too long and no one claims it, it either goes inside a worker’s mouth or inside a garbage can. The fact that this employee is taking burgers and giving them to homeless makes me so proud. I’m sure if their boss found out about this, they would be thrilled to know what kind of people are working at their establishment, though also slightly pissed at the stolen burgers. With all the hate in the world (and all of the starving people), it’s nice to know that there are people who try to help others, even if it doesn’t seem like they’re helping too much (but they really are). Faith in humanity restored.
Educated and feisty
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We all have to start by working somewhere. And without fast food employees, you wouldn’t get your (fast) food. So please, refrain from saying that they’re uneducated just because they forgot to give you sauce. Your order was probably too big and they got caught up in making sure that you got all of your food. Without them, you’d be making your food at home. In fact, if they don’t meet your expectations, maybe that’s what you should do from now on! If that’s not an option, just watch what you say or you may end up drinking more spit-shakes than milkshakes. Yeah, it’s gross. It also makes you wonder how many times you consumed unwanted ingredients, courtesy of angry employees.
I hate all of you
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This is pretty sad, huh? It’s probably really hard to maintain a good attitude when there are so many customers who treat fast food workers like garbage. They don’t get paid well, they smell like french fries all the time, their bosses are strict when it comes to giving them breaks, and half the time they can’t leave their register to go to the bathroom. On top of all that, some of their co-workers are incredibly lazy.
Some say that if they were paid a better amount they would perform better at work. While that may be true for you, it’s not true when it comes to fast food workers. They’re always struggling with something (customers, co-workers, bosses, register malfunctions, the list goes on and on). It doesn’t take much to ruin their days if we’re already struggling.
Suck on that!
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…Or you could tell them the shake machine is broken! That way, they don’t have to consume any more sugar than they planned to. I think everyone who works in the fast food industry has lied about the shake machine (and frappe machine) being broken. I also think that everyone knows it’s a lie.
Funny story, though: you can’t get ice cream if the shake machine is broken. So if they offer you a sundae instead, it’s basically a bribe to get you to stop asking about your chocolate shake for the day. That machine takes forever to clean, and on hot days when it’s super busy, they just don’t want to do it. Be honest, would you want to? Didn’t think so.
I only came in for the fries!
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Oh my gosh, really? I feel sorry the employee that had to see this. It seems that at every fast food establishment, there are rumors about certain co-workers that got a little too cozy with each other in the break room (or the freezer, in this case). It’s rare to find out that it’s the truth, but actually seeing it happen? Good grief! Is this where the workers go when they’re supposed to be taking orders? Don’t they get frost bite? Most importantly, are they ruining the food you eat? I guess you’ll never really know. How disturbing.
I can’t help but wonder what the employee did upon witnessing this. Did they tell anyone? What if it were your managers? Ugh, there’s too much to think about with this one.
Facebook stalker
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Oh, boy. This is scary. I’m glad there’s a new rule in the drive-thru that fast food employees are no longer able to take your cards (you have to swipe it yourself). Can you imagine if this is where those super random friend requests are coming from? You know, the ones that leave you thinking, “I don’t know you and we have no mutual friends. Where did you even come from? Ah, now I remember, you swiped my card in the drive-thru!”
Trust us, no one is going to be happy knowing that they’ve been looked up because they gave you their card. For food. I would say this might be a compliment for some, but thinking about it just gives me the creeps. Maybe ask for their name at least? Don’t just take it.
Take your coffee and go!
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Listen up, ladies and gentlemen. This is unacceptable. We get it, you’re in dire need of coffee. The barista’s working on it. In the meantime though, please feel free to sit down at a table and read the paper, check Facebook or Instagram, text your friends. Do whatever you need to do that doesn’t involve hitting on them. They’re probably well-aware that they look good while making your coffee (those aprons really do add some style points). If you can’t tell, though, the way you’re looking and talking to them is really creeping them out (especially when you’re 30 years older than them, it’s late at night, and the entire restaurant is empty). They don’t need a sugar daddy (or mommy), they probably just want to make your coffee and move on to the next customer (or go hide in the back room).
Suspicious activity
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Why? Honestly, why? Do you have no other time to perform this deed? It just has to be in the kitchen, in front of other workers and cameras? Clearly, the employees that do stuff like this don’t care about their job. And this actually happens in so many places, it’s disgusting. My friends and I once saw people doing this while they were supposed to be making our food. Ugh, it’s sickening. What happens if whatever drug they’re handling gets on a customer’s food? Can you imagine the amount of lawsuits that would follow? Do these people not think? It sure seems that way.
Ain’t nobody got time for that!
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I know this sounds disgusting, but it’s the truth. Fast food workers not washing their hands is something that occurs more often than you’d like to think. Say all you want about how their jobs “aren’t hard.” But, they usually have a manager that’s constantly grilling them to put more food down, stat. And they have to run around doing ten things at once, while customers are yelling at them impatiently. This literally goes on during all rush hours. Fast food workers probably want to wash their hands (they can’t possibly like the feeling of grease and sweat building up on their hands), but can’t find the time to do so. And when they do find the time to do it, they’re usually restocking for the next rush. Maybe fast food restaurants should implement a system where a reminder goes off every so often. Or, maybe they can put more hand-washing stations in the workers’ area. After all, the safety of customers (and employees themselves) are at stake here.
No money, no problem
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If you don’t have an extra two dollars to cover your meal, don’t worry about it! It’s on this Taco Bell employee. Which location does he or she work at, anyway? We all need to visit that place, ASAP! Some customers will tell fast food cashiers to “keep the change,” and by the middle of their shift, they usually have a few bucks laying around. That’s most likely the case with this kind soul. They’ve got you (and your family) covered! In rare cases, they’ll even give you the food for free (usually when the restaurant is closing)! At the same time, don’t take that privilege for granted if it ever does happen to you. Just because they did it today, doesn’t mean they can do it tomorrow.
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