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From: sgm@rayssd.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Re: Macdonalds counter persons
Message-ID: <327@rayssd.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 3-Jan-84 10:18:59 EST
Article-I.D.: rayssd.327
Posted: Tue Jan  3 10:18:59 1984
Date-Received: Wed, 4-Jan-84 05:04:35 EST
Organization: Raytheon Co., Portsmouth RI
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Someone writes:

	Why does this happen?
	Customer: I'd like a Quarter Pounder, and a Coke.
	Counterperson: Is that a Quarter Pounder with cheese?
	Customer: No, that's a Quarter Pounder.
	Counterperson: Would you like fries with that?
	Customer: No, I would *not*.
	Counterperson: Would you like an apple or cherry pie?
	Customer: I don't recall ordering one...

    Now, I'm pretty certain that counterfolk are instructed to do this by
    management, in an attempt to boost sales.
===
You betcha they're instructed to do this. Management will do just about
anything to increase sales. More sales means more money in their pocket.
I used to work at a hamburger joint (not Macs) and we were told to ask the
customers if they wanted a "regular or small" when ordering soft drinks.
If I asked "large or small?" a majority of the customers asked for small,
but if I asked "regular or small", they chose regular!
The difference in price varied between 10 and 20 cents, and know what you
got for this extra money? More ice!
-- 
Steve Myerson
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