Irish in McDonalds

Highsider

Anyone notice the amount of Irish working in McDonalds recently compared to a few years back. Have to say from a personal standpoint i think it's bloody great. Was out the other night and stopped off on the way home and a couple of girls in the line in front of me where taking the piss out of some fella (sounded like he was Dublin 4 roight) behind the counter. Jesus i nearly felt sorry for the lad as they where making his life hell. Anyone know what these poor feckers get paid? Can't be much more than the dole me thinks. Question is if you had no choice would you do it?

SoWatchaWant

If I was looking for a job I'd take it no problem. The minimum wage is good enough, even now.

MJOR

i'd work there not a bother....

Tchaikovsky

"workin' for the Man every night and day"

PirateShampoo

Well i wouldnt.

Nothing wrong with a bit of Pride.

I busted my balls building and mastering my craft you really think im gonna go flip burgers.

dresden8

PirateShampoo wrote: »

Well i wouldnt.

Nothing wrong with a bit of Pride.

I busted my balls building and mastering my craft you really think im gonna go flip burgers.

Get a job, ya bum!

galwayrush

Apparently you need to be an architect or accountant to get a job at Mc Donald's in Ennis.:D

FruitLover

PirateShampoo wrote: »

Well i wouldnt.
Nothing wrong with a bit of Pride.

How much pride do you reckon you'd have if you were on the dole?

ejmaztec

PirateShampoo wrote: »

Well i wouldnt.

Nothing wrong with a bit of Pride.

I busted my balls building and mastering my craft you really think im gonna go flip burgers.

Is bollock smashing a craft? :eek:

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Depends... how hot were the women?

admiralofthefleet

the only thing i do in mc donalds is take a mc shít with lies

mikemac

They're a decent employer in Ireland.
There are far, far worse places to work for that wage.

galwayrush

ejmaztec wrote: »

Is bollock smashing a craft? :eek:

The craft bit is being able to recover enough to smash them over and over again.:P

CamperMan

PirateShampoo wrote: »

Well i wouldnt.

Nothing wrong with a bit of Pride.

I busted my balls building and mastering my craft you really think im gonna go flip burgers.

you don't have to flip burgers, you could work on the tills, do some cleaning, maybe manage the place...

jaffa20

Work in Mc Donalds, i'd rather beg.

Animo

Of course I'd work there! You get free lunch! YUM!

Alessandra

You don't know the value of a euro until you have worked in one of these places.
Good honest work never killed anyone.

ejmaztec

Alessandra wrote: »

You don't know the value of a euro until you have worked in one of these places.
Good honest work never killed anyone.

What about the customers?

asdasd

są przy naszej pracy

CamperMan

I had a job in McDonalds over 20 years ago, the best bit about it was the free food

thethedev

I applied there and got nothing.
Aparently I'm in competition with people with degrees in catering etc.
My brother worked there a while back and reckons theres nothing like the **** the workers put up with from customers and managers

Kenno90

Animo wrote: »

Of course I'd work there! You get free lunch! YUM!

and after a year , you get a free heart attack

Jonty

I wouldn't mind working there, but I don't know if I could take the abuse. They'd be getting a dose of McJonty sauce on their burgers whether they liked it or not

6th

I've got a wife and 2 kids - if I lost my job tomorrow I'd have no problem with it.

CamperMan

Jonty wrote: »

I wouldn't mind working there, but I don't know if I could take the abuse. They'd be getting a dose of McJonty sauce on their burgers whether they liked it or not

is that from the customers??

they can be right pr!cks, moaning about the gherkins, mayo, onions, not enough sauce, baps well done, burgers to thin, not enough fries, apple pies to hot! :mad:

I quit after a month.

Tchaikovsky

thethedev wrote: »

I applied there and got nothing.
Aparently I'm in competition with people with degrees in catering etc.

..from the University of Bongobongostan

friendface

McDonalds..... Do you want a career with that? :D

Was trying to think of the line from that fooking ad for about 10mins.

biddy21

its a wage for a weeks work, would u rather beg than that? No wonder the foreigners had the jobs!!!!!!!

Teutorix

McDonalds allways pay just above minimum wage

li@mo

Why oh why do the but gherkins in their burgers?

I think Ireland is changing rapidly.

5 years ago if you were on the dole you were a waster.
If you worked in McDonalds you were foreign
If you were a bank executive you were plotting the greatest downfall of a nations economy in history bar Iceland.

Now its becoming more acceptable and rightly so.

Whosbetter?

Well, I left college in '89.

The Boat Train was your only option then.
Did all kinds of dangerous/sh1tty jobs that nobody else wanted to do,

I'm 40 now, married, mortgaed, kids etc . & still (luckily) working.

I spose you could be doing worse things. Though, I know, I couldn't hack it.
NO WAY!

I'd easily prefer to work in a coalmine in Bosnia.

But that's just me;)

iMax

McDonalds pay €9.15 an hour on starting scale. I'd flip burgers for that if I didn't have something else.

Teutorix

iMax wrote: »

McDonalds pay €9.15 an hour on starting scale. I'd flip burgers for that if I didn't have something else.

Better than nothing.

exiot

Theres a McDonalds being built in Ennis, they had a sign up for recuriting people and in the space of a few days they had over 500 applicants. Lots of them were accountants, bankers etc...

97i9y3941

i pity the dude behind the counter,the women where prob students,or loud mouthed slags the usual ****e,although its great to see irish back in them places again,alot of snobbiery took place during the boom,people complaining about outsiders doing the job,but not one of them would take a job in them places,now since we are deseperate for work,the tables have turned

marbar

can i get a career with that

sorry but i had to write it because i spell career wrong most of the time

Carlotta

I worked there one summer during college (2002). The pay was crap - minimum wage minus 70c for your lunch. This was deducted even if you didn't eat there!
Managers could be right knobs.
The customers were the worst - very demanding and aggressive. Once they see that uniform they treat you like scum.

97i9y3941

knew someone else who worked there,told me you would had to clock in and out when you went to the toilet!

marbar

is westwood controversial?
i can't figure it out

marbar

i used to sweep the floor like you
now i washing lettuce
few years, i'll be on to frys
that's when the big bucks start rolling in

tallaght01

Worked there many years ago.

Worst job I ever had.

I'd try sellin me arse in the phoenix park before I'd go back there if I hit tough times.

They totally indoctrinate their managers and senior burger flippers. They keep yelling stupid slogans around the place.

Anyone who's worked there will still feel their rage levels rising when they think of the phrases "A time to lean is a time to clean", and "A time to relax is a time to ajax".

Muppets. And we weren't even allowed a full meal for our lunchbreak. Our "meal allowance was like 3 pounds 30p, and a big mac meal costed 3.50 or something, and you weren't allowed top it up with the 20p yourself.

I think I'd feel less weird working for the scientologists :P

97i9y3941

unfortantly with most managers,they act the prick so they can get promotions,god knows i seen it in places i worked the managers cutting services on machines and such so it look good on the balance sheet higher above,often think that if your human you woundnt have hope getting a job as a manager !

marbar

isn't there a micky d'#s qualification now?
as in they are gigving management certs for people who serve long enough and it'w supoposed to help peopel wqithout qualifications?

ejmaztec

marbar wrote: »

isn't there a micky d'#s qualification now?
as in they are gigving management certs for people who serve long enough and it'w supoposed to help peopel wqithout qualifications?

Isn't it a PHMcD?

97i9y3941

i think its just a gloss over to get people to work in the place,how many have became managers from the start?

marbar

dunno what it's called
but they are definitely opffing a type pof trainoing that will count towards other mgmt

Whosbetter?

marbar wrote: »

dunno what it's called
but they are definitely opffing a type pof trainoing that will count towards other mgmt

Sounds like training in a Degree in Prickdom, from what I've read above.

God, if I'd have to work there, I'd have to exercise my Licence To Kill.

I never talk about that though..........

truecrippler

iMax wrote: »

McDonalds pay €9.15 an hour on starting scale. I'd flip burgers for that if I didn't have something else.

Wow really? That's more than the Dunnes minimum wage. Nice indeed.

truecrippler

marbar wrote: »

can i get a career with that

sorry but i had to write it because i spell career wrong most of the time

You also spelled Mars Bar wrong too.

truecrippler

ejmaztec wrote: »

Isn't it a PHMcD?

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Zillah

6th wrote: »

I've got a wife and 2 kids - if I lost my job tomorrow I'd have no problem with it.

Surely if you sold the kids that'd keep yourself and the missus fairly comfy until the recession blew over?