Sorry for the lack of updates. I've been working a lot, but nothing too interesting or out of the ordinary. Everyone, including me, is getting ready to go back to school. I'll be transferring McDonald's and going to one near school 160 miles from my current location.
For those that don't understand the finer point of the McDonald's corporation, here's the basis of it: There's two types of McDonald's. There's corporate-owned and operated and then there's Franchise. Franchise is privately owned. My current workplace is a proud, clean, fast-moving corporate store right on the interstate with a 24-hour drive-thru and sans the nasty PlayPlace. We're tastefully decorated and we value our regular customers as well as new customers. The McDonald's I'm going to, hopefully, if Carl gets his butt in gear and calls the new manager, is privately-owned and near a campus, far from an interstate. At my current McDonald's, it's no doubt, and no one will deny me the fact that I'm good at what I do. I'm fast, friendly for the most part, but not overbearing, and I try to be nice to coworkers and get along. Here's the rub: privately-owned McDonald's are not concerned with times and (as far as I've seen) quality of a visit or of the food. I'm worried that I'll be too "high-strung" (as far as running a McD's) for them. Somebody told me I'll scare the crap out of them when I go there. I aspire to be a crew trainer though, so maybe it'll be okay.
I have just remembered something that has been going on at work lately that is worth noting. It has to do with a certain coworker. I don't bash coworkers like I've heard some of my coworker do, occasionally I'll agree with a statement made or go on a rampage because someone made me angry, I'm human you know. But this coworker is the bane of our store's existence. Even the managers can't stand him any more. The issue is that we make it very known. We can't have him fired for being stupid, annoying, and not staying on track, but we've done everything we can to make him feel unwelcome so he'll find someplace he's a better fit. We don't include him in our conversations, we tell him to stay at his register when we're in the drive thru when it's empty, and we've even plotted his murder within earshot with one of our managers. This is horrible, I know, but when I say "we" I literally mean the ENTIRE crew. It's not just me and my cronies. He messes up orders, he's rude to customers, he yells when he speaks, he bosses people around, he doesn't know what on the sandwiches and salads, he doesn't run for himself when he's alone, and he wanders off when he's the only one on counter. This wouldn't be so bad if he had only been there a week. He's been with us over a month. Even my significant other can't stand him. My brother, who is now one of our lobby people and training on counter, can't stand him. There's just a point when you have to look at your job and say "do I fit in here?" If the answer is anything but, "Hell yes, I love my job," it might be time to look for a new one.
Time to get ready for work. I have errands to run. I'll try to write again before I leave for school.
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