In Reply to: Getting fired from McD's is great fun posted by Stu Berwick on August 15, 1996 at 20:29:08:
> As an ex-McD's part-time employee, I would like to recount a
> formative experience in my life so far: the day my
> store manager demanded my resignation.> After much hard-work I had notched up 3 verbal and 2
> written warnings for my conduct. Examples of my errant
> behaviour included:> * While bored, attempting to ring up exactly 99.99 worth of
> goods on my till to see if it was possible to fill the 4-digit display.
> This entailed a lot of
> part-cancelling (deleting one or more items from the till), a
> practice expressly forbidden. Unbeknown to me, my
> failed attempts at combining 20 Big-Macs with 650 McNuggets were
> recorded, leading management to belive that I had attempted to defraud
> the store of about two thousand quid.> * Persistant use of novel acronyms in place of the incredibly
> inane official ones> e.g. WPFAAT instead of FIFO - the customer doesn't want to know
> that the products are undergoing First In First Out rotation;
> he/she should realise they're being sold the Worst Possible Food
> At All Times!> * Ridiculing company mottos e.g.:
> "If there's time to lean, there's time to clean!" which obviously
> became "If there's time to clean, there's time to lean!"> Unable to tolerate such insubordination any longer, and still
> unaware of the basic principle of good management (that having
> respect for your staff engenders their respect for you), my manager
> demanded I resign, which I duly and gladly did.> What a fine institution McDonald's is. An textbook example of
> the equation of 1980's business culture:> Maximum Exploitation = Maximum Profit
> Cheers,
> Stu> "There's nothing quite like a McDonald's" - indeed.
Being fired simply means the fit wasn't right. You knew that
McDonald's was an employer that was hiring in your neighborhood.
They make customers happy and that is why you were able to go
there and not the local hardware store for an instant job.
Your manager did the right thing by terminating you :
HOWEVER did a poor job letting you know you're not a poor
employee it's just a poor fit. I admire your fascination, in an
effort to see how much the registars are capable of, not what
you were hired for though? Look for something that will let you
test limits. You are sharp "GO FOR IT" !!!!