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From: plutchak@uwmacc.UUCP (Joel Plutchak)
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Subject: Re: Those twits at McDonalds have done it to me for the last time!
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Date: Thu, 18-Apr-85 10:33:21 EST
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In article <1671@gondor.UUCP> weiss@gondor.UUCP writes:
>> Why is it, everytime I walk into a McDonalds and order a "Quarter
>> Pounder" they consistantly ask me "with cheese?"
>
>I hate it when they ask (after I give my order) "Would you like fries with
>that?"  I don't like Mickey-D's fries.  I even say at the end of my order,
>"...and that'll be all."  They still ask!  Argh!  Many times if I am in a 
>pissed off (or drunken) mood I will reply (loudly), "If I wanted some goddam
>fries I woulda ordered some goddam fries!"  They usually slink off to get
>my order after that.
>
   At one point in my life (you know-- in high school, working a menial
job for extremely low pay, etc.) I worked in "service" jobs, where I 
had to interact with members of the general public.  Such interaction
was subject to the rules and regulations laid down by my employers, and if
one didn't interact properly (e.g. "Would you like some fries with that?"),
one could find that one no longer had a job.  The most disturbing thing
about working those jobs was not the low pay, long hours, strict rules, and
such, but the morons that I had to interact with.  When somebody gives a
mere employee a hard time for doing his/her job, it may make the hassler
feel better, but it does nothing else positive, least of all getting the
offensive policies changed.  Although I admit to being guilty of impatience
and annoyance in such situations, I try to think back to the times when
jerks hassled me for doing my job, and I find it helps me act more human
towards them (the employees in question, not the jerks).
   I apologize if I've offended anybody who enjoys giving their fellow
humans a hard time, but, like I said, I've been there, and didn't enjoy
it.