tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814181789754982227.post4766828013440040139..comments2024-03-26T19:09:09.890-05:00Comments on Backsies Is What There Is Not: M is for McDonald's Dyanne @ I Want Backsieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04946323852124525597noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814181789754982227.post-39107220917129418252014-05-16T23:46:04.064-05:002014-05-16T23:46:04.064-05:00Whoops! Never replied to this! THANK YOU for under...Whoops! Never replied to this! THANK YOU for understanding the need to drive clear across Kansas City to work.<br /><br />I think a job where you have lots of people-contact would not be the job for you. No fast food. No gas station.<br /><br />Definitely more grueling.<br /><br />Those cups are from before my time, but it was the only picture I could steal, I mean, use that had the shake machine in it. That's the original McDonald's mascot. I think his name was Speedy. I'm surprised they didn't test us on that.Dyanne @ I Want Backsieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04946323852124525597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814181789754982227.post-9861129501538741282014-04-21T00:54:54.596-05:002014-04-21T00:54:54.596-05:00For an insanely picky eater you sure know how to p...For an insanely picky eater you sure know how to pick some healthy food of choice! McD's diet all the way :p I think I understand the driving so far to work.<br /><br />I don't know why, but I've told myself I wouldn't ever work at any fast food establishment or gas station. I'm not exactly sure what I have against doing so, but then again, I pretty much hate working at any establishment lol soooooooo yeah.<br /><br />Sounds like the work was a lot more grueling back then compared to now.<br /><br />I am not familiar with those cups. What exactly is that character on them?!<br /><br />Jak at <a href="http://crytonchronicles.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">The Cryton Chronicles</a> & <a href="http://dreamsintheshadeofink.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Dreams in the Shade of Ink</a>Jakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05069266783997777691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814181789754982227.post-82110955042047871542014-04-17T06:50:36.048-05:002014-04-17T06:50:36.048-05:00It was totally worth the travel time, at least, it...It was totally worth the travel time, at least, it was then. The McDonald's nearest to my home had baby poop brown uniforms. The green was better by comparison.Dyanne @ I Want Backsieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04946323852124525597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814181789754982227.post-55571623972998711992014-04-16T17:43:38.119-05:002014-04-16T17:43:38.119-05:00I opened the Pheonix Luncheonette every morning at...I opened the Pheonix Luncheonette every morning at 4:30 am... grease would be clinging to my glasses like a fog by the time 8 rolled around and I went to school... I went back after school until until 6.<br /><br />I do remember them... the hamburgler was so lame-o... all that mumbling! How about Mayor McCheese... talk about an impotent legal system! lol!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13864898827831713032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814181789754982227.post-6369743987433368612014-04-16T10:48:25.326-05:002014-04-16T10:48:25.326-05:00That's a long way to travel for vanities sake....That's a long way to travel for vanities sake... I agree there is a lot to be learned from working with foodIda Thoughthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15479961947050289284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814181789754982227.post-38913561055055425572014-04-15T22:51:24.764-05:002014-04-15T22:51:24.764-05:00Oh, yay! Another finger counter! I was really glad...Oh, yay! Another finger counter! I was really glad when we got computerized registers!Dyanne @ I Want Backsieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04946323852124525597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814181789754982227.post-72493984324552837722014-04-15T22:49:18.041-05:002014-04-15T22:49:18.041-05:00Did you work at a meat-and-three?
Do you remember...Did you work at a meat-and-three?<br /><br />Do you remember the Saturday morning McDonald's commercials? They were all about Ronald McDonald and the Grimace and Hamburgler and all that. Clever marketing....Dyanne @ I Want Backsieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04946323852124525597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814181789754982227.post-2063865055742692602014-04-15T22:46:59.414-05:002014-04-15T22:46:59.414-05:00I'd rather do food service than work in a fact...I'd rather do food service than work in a factory! The motivation to stay in college was there for me, too. Especially since the Scarlett O'Hara daughter-of-the-house thing didn't work out so well for me.Dyanne @ I Want Backsieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04946323852124525597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814181789754982227.post-76199409142988510372014-04-15T22:44:35.610-05:002014-04-15T22:44:35.610-05:00I think where they first went wrong was calling it...I think where they first went wrong was calling it "Speedi Spaghetti." Dyanne @ I Want Backsieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04946323852124525597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814181789754982227.post-61405843580469386992014-04-15T22:43:34.536-05:002014-04-15T22:43:34.536-05:00I figure it was character building. I honestly thi...I figure it was character building. I honestly think everyone should have to work in food service just once in their lives. Dyanne @ I Want Backsieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04946323852124525597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814181789754982227.post-81747088519138013662014-04-15T22:41:11.234-05:002014-04-15T22:41:11.234-05:00I agree. That sloppiness is reaching epidemic prop...I agree. That sloppiness is reaching epidemic proportions, not that your uniform was way worse. Pictures or it didn't happen....Dyanne @ I Want Backsieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04946323852124525597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814181789754982227.post-15644194065702612292014-04-15T22:35:03.204-05:002014-04-15T22:35:03.204-05:00Thanks, Shail! And I'm so glad you found my co...Thanks, Shail! And I'm so glad you found my comments in your spam folder! You must be on Wordpress. It HATES me and doesn't publish my comments. Dyanne @ I Want Backsieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04946323852124525597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814181789754982227.post-35917543804372270102014-04-15T22:29:29.518-05:002014-04-15T22:29:29.518-05:00I hope the Missouri McDonald's you went to was...I hope the Missouri McDonald's you went to wasn't the one that used to be on the riverboat in St.Louis. That one was HORRIBLE. <br /><br />Do they still have Roy Rogers Burgers all over NYC?Dyanne @ I Want Backsieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04946323852124525597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814181789754982227.post-39072708229009495492014-04-15T22:27:16.852-05:002014-04-15T22:27:16.852-05:00I don't think McDonald's tastes quite as g...I don't think McDonald's tastes quite as good as it used to, either. They don't cook things the same way anymore. <br /><br />You always make me want friend chicken :)Dyanne @ I Want Backsieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04946323852124525597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814181789754982227.post-63439211020794057242014-04-15T18:36:28.535-05:002014-04-15T18:36:28.535-05:00This is hilarious! Great detail, I can smell the g...This is hilarious! Great detail, I can smell the grease. I'm with you on the finger-counting under the table. Been there. gailAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814181789754982227.post-19666552486707837952014-04-15T15:39:45.176-05:002014-04-15T15:39:45.176-05:00My food service job as on an inner city diner....q...My food service job as on an inner city diner....quite the experience! <br /><br />I remember those uniforms and "You deserve a break today at McDonald's! "Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13864898827831713032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814181789754982227.post-72672865904926133492014-04-15T14:58:20.480-05:002014-04-15T14:58:20.480-05:00Ahh, memories about jobs... Really sounds like har...Ahh, memories about jobs... Really sounds like hard work. The summer after I graduated high school I worked in a factory, because it was the best pay I could get. I hated it the minute I put a foot in it and couldn't wait for the two months to be over. On the up-side: I knew why I was workign so hard in college: never doing any factory work again!!! Stephanie @ Life, Unexpectedlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11787379336749043051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814181789754982227.post-31201603483910444872014-04-15T13:50:29.716-05:002014-04-15T13:50:29.716-05:00In high school, I worked at a place called Speedi ...In high school, I worked at a place called Speedi Spaghetti. I only lasted about 3 weeks. It was too depressing seeing all the people who worked there on the day shift spend their evenings hanging out with the high schoolers who worked evenings. Also, even though I knew nothing about the Board of Health regulations, I could tell that this place was sketchy in their compliance at best. After I quit they were shut down by the BOH a couple weeks later and never reopened. I'm certain I had nothing to do with that...Mrs. Always Randomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05621796911952199649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814181789754982227.post-54901476865101116612014-04-15T12:39:54.882-05:002014-04-15T12:39:54.882-05:00Sounds like a LOT of effort. I had part-time jobs ...Sounds like a LOT of effort. I had part-time jobs in a pie shop, a greeting card shop, a chemist and ... I forget. Somewhere else, while I was in college. Not all at once. <br /><br />Then I got the AWFUL job in the old-people home. Then the nursery and that was me Shanghai'd for most of the next decade. Thank GOODNESS for this here job now.Lizzihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17480448062269641320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814181789754982227.post-62290807497600400532014-04-15T11:04:30.369-05:002014-04-15T11:04:30.369-05:00As I was reading of your experience, I was thinkin...As I was reading of your experience, I was thinking, "huh. Fast food certainly has changed". I get fast food maybe 10 times per year, and I could tell. Then you pointed it out. Sloppiness of all kinds is reaching epidemic proportions. Not just in fast food.<br />I was a waitress at Frisch's Big Boy. My uniform was WAY worse than yours.Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17209807996463889703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814181789754982227.post-54254982769774574742014-04-15T08:50:24.712-05:002014-04-15T08:50:24.712-05:00I quite enjoyed reading this. :) Quite an experien...I quite enjoyed reading this. :) Quite an experience I must say, what with being timed and all. You have an easy style of writing too. <br />Thanks for stopping by at my page. For some reason both your comments had gone to the spam folder and had to be 'rescued'!Shailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07174562168503272243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814181789754982227.post-16463922789365496802014-04-15T08:20:16.924-05:002014-04-15T08:20:16.924-05:00I used to love Mickey D's. The first one I we...I used to love Mickey D's. The first one I went to was in Missouri! I live in New York! I thought I was eating the food of the Gods! Now I never go ( for one thing I am a vegetarian, but for another once you have eaten eight billion of them...you know!). This is a spectacular recollection and a great reflection of you and how you were at that age! Neat! jean xoxJean Katherine Baldridgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12497992193034414806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814181789754982227.post-54102267791472173802014-04-15T07:19:08.675-05:002014-04-15T07:19:08.675-05:00yummy interesting and fun anecdote from ur teen da...yummy interesting and fun anecdote from ur teen days . Loved it<br />Remembered my KFC post too <br />Sadly McD doesnt taste good any more in India. Good to know that u made frnds and U had FUN- the msot imp part :)<br />http://afshan-shaik.blogspot.in/Afshan Shaikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16254121368798290377noreply@blogger.com