You want fries with that?

I remember the days when I had a Mcjob. I was 16 and looking for gas money so I took a job at Burger Thing.

I lasted there for exactly 3 months. The manager of the store hated me passionately, and I hated the bitch right back.

It was an experience, one that will stay with me forever. I'm sure just about everyone has a Mcjob over the course of their life, most use it as a stepping stone to bigger and better things.

The other day I went to Mickey D's for lunch. No big deal, people do it every day. I didn't see any ominous black clouds looming over this particular location so I was unaware of what was about to occur.

Generally, the staff of most fast food chains are pleasant (in spite of their lot in life), and I'm generally impressed with the customer service. On this particular occasion the "lady" gathering my order was of a totally different sort than I'm used to dealing with at these establishments.

The old bitch as much as threw my food at me, didn't nicely fold the bag closed, didn't say have a nice day or anything. After launching the bag in my general direction she stormed off to get the next order.

I stood there in utter disbelief for a moment, then proceeded to gather my order and exit. At the time I felt like jumping over the counter and ramming the bag down the old hag's throat, but sometimes discretion is the better part of valor and I did nothing. As I drove away, I got angrier and angrier. The fucking fries were half spilled in the bag, and we all know that fries need to be in the container to stay warm. There is almost nothing worse than cold McDonalds fries. They aren't that great when they're hot for chrissakes.

I understand that it can be stressfull when it's busy, but if you can't be even remotely pleasant then you should go home and as Cory is fond of saying "Pull the trigger" you stupid fucking old cow.

My job sucks shit, or put more correctly, I suck shit for a living. My job involves alot of customer interaction and there are days when I would love to tell people to get fucked, but I'm aware that I can't do that. If I did, I'd likely get fired and end up with another Mcjob.

The moral of the story kids is, even if you have a Mcjob, there is a step below that. Being on the dole is lower and not particularily good for the self esteem. So be pleasant and smile because you just may have to serve me and the clock is ticking toward the day that I go postal. I'm sure you don't want to be the one that sets me off because it's not going to be pretty and I'm sure that would just ruin your day and we don't want that now do we?