More Working at Wendy's (2632 hits)
Category: NoneRating: 1.89 on 17 reviews (Rate this item) (V)
Submitted by BleedTheSky (View user info) at 2004-09-14 10:17:09 EDT
http://www.ubersite.com/m/29510
------------------------------------
Well Uber, it's been 5 months since I wrote my original post on working at Wendy's but as my year anniversary of working there draws near (I think it's sometime in October) I feel compelled to offer a second installment in the Wendy's chronicles.
A little update:
1. I graduated from grill to cashier.
2. They made that bitch Chrissy a manager.
3. I still haven't received a raise and probably won't because of Chrissy (more on that later).
4. I started a small business selling stolen Wendy's uniforms (believe it or not, there seems to be a market for navy blue t-shirts that say "BIGGIE" on the front and "SEE YOU LATER!!" on the back).
About being a cashier: All I can say is HOLY SHIT. Operating the pick-up-window (PUW) cash register has reinforced my hatred for the elderly. Old people are indeed among the top ranks of the ignorant. Ever notice how slowly they drive their cars? Well apparently they do everything at that same pace, including (but not limited to) ordering food, driving up to the window, and counting out the exact change that old people always pay with. The elderly are also among the ranks of the rudest people in the world.
A sample conversation:
ME: Your total is $2.12, please drive up.
(5 minutes later)
ME: Hi, $2.12 please. (I have to say this in case he forgot).
OLDGUY: Did you give me the senior discount? (As if I knew you were 80 when you were placing your order. I can't see you, dipshit).
(NOTE: The senior discount is %10 off.)
ME: Sir, in order to get the senior discount you have to specify that you are a senior upon placing your order. If I were to give you the discount now I would have to call over a manager to void out your order. Since the manager today happens to be Chrissy, she'll probably mess up and make it look like I stole money out of my register and hence get me fired. It's only twenty two cents, sir. (The register can't do math. That wasn't my reasoning.)
OLDGUY: I don't care about your fucking job! I want my fucking quarter, you sonuvabitch!
See what I mean?
Now for a word on Chrissy. She cost me my raise yesterday. She "wrote me up" (I don't really know what this entails other than you can't get a raise if you've been "written up") for employee theft. The funny thing about that is I wasn't working at the time of said theft and therefor her accusation is invalid, right? RIGHT!? WRONG, BITCH!!! Apparently logic and reason are foreign concepts to all Wendy's managers because those are the concepts that aren't taught in the training videos. Concepts they do teach, however, inlcude both the Dangers of High Food Costs and, my personal favorite, Scapegoating. If she checked my fucking timecard she would have realized that I wasn't even there at the time of the theft. But enough of that.
More pick-up-window pet peaves!!
-When people let me know ahead of time when they are going to use the money from their welfare checks to order exclusively off the dollar menu.
-When people order things that aren't on the menu including: milkshakes, happy meals, whoppers, whopper jr's, big macs, all pepsi products, apple pies, ice cream sunday's, thousand island salad dressing, peppercorn salad dressing, double bacon cheeseburgers and junior bacon cheeseburger deluxes. (We have Junior Bacons and Junior Cheese Deluxes, but they are seperate)
-When people ask for their "military discount" (I have no fucking clue what this is.)
-When people present me with coupons that aren't for our restraunt.
-When people present me with food stamps.
-When people yell at me for asking if they want to pay with cash or with credit (its not my fucking fault you fucked up your credit dialing 1-900 phone sex numbers so don't yell at me if you don't have a credit card. I don't have esp. I don't know what you have in your pocket).
Doing any of these things will probably get you food that isn't spit free. You've been warned.
A friend and co-worker of mine, lets call him Joe (as that is his name), will spit in all food. I like Joe because of his creative way of dealing with irritating customers.
JOE: Welcome to Wendy's, how may I help you?
LADY: I want, um...
JOE: Lady, if you say "junior bacons", I'm going to slit your fucking throat.
Uber, its time to find a new job. Until then, I need to plot revenge against Chrissy. I think I'll start with stealing the Autographed picture of Dave Thomas out of the Manager's office.
Muahahahaha!
(Included is a replica of the picture in the office.)
User Reviews
Submitted by Random Joe at 2004-10-26 22:32:22 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Another great wendy's posting. I can't wait to quit that job. Anyways I enjoy serving old people. And why do people order 50 of those damn junior bacon cheeseburgers? Are they really that good? and no we don't spit in the food at our Wendy's
Submitted by BleedTheSky (user info) at 2004-09-14 18:53:41 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Wow. I guess I hadn't really expected this to fo so well.
I'm pretty sure the spitting in the food is prevalent for any food service worker who has ever seen the movie "Super Troopers".
Submitted by Luckystar (user info) at 2004-09-14 14:24:22 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
or... 'Did you give me my senior discount?'
on a 82 cent cup of coffee. Then they keep the cup for a week. And just refill it every day. And tell you every day, "i'm just refilling my cup." Like you care.
Submitted by Luckystar (user info) at 2004-09-14 14:20:28 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
smirk is the word i was going for
Submitted by Luckystar (user info) at 2004-09-14 14:19:48 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
i worked at Carl's Jr for like a week a few years ago... when the $6 Burger came out. I wore a shirt that said 'ask me about our $6 burger!'... the old people always thought they were so funny, "hey," old person smikr/old man joke coming up. "TELL me about your $6 burger!"
"it's a burger.... it costs $6"
ah memories
Submitted by runninginplace (user info) at 2004-09-14 12:03:47 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by Jack_McCallum (user info) at 2004-09-14 11:59:25 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
+2 for having the balls to admit you are pursuing a career in the fast-food industry.
Submitted by polyamorousaj (user info) at 2004-09-14 11:31:12 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Not bad.
Submitted by Badlands (user info) at 2004-09-14 11:13:45 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Kicker of all ass.
Submitted by gassygirl73 (user info) at 2004-09-14 11:12:52 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Please reassure me that the food-spit thing is not that prevalent. Please.
Submitted by sparkle_pink (user info) at 2004-09-14 11:11:08 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Hahaha. Oh the glorious wonder that is a job in the service industry.
Submitted by ardubs (user info) at 2004-09-14 10:54:35 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Well done.
Submitted by Disco_Inferno (user info) at 2004-09-14 10:53:14 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by Pentameter (user info) at 2004-09-14 10:48:15 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Heh.
Submitted by legallady (user info) at 2004-09-14 10:44:44 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
for bringing back the memories.
Submitted by Kristen (user info) at 2004-09-14 10:26:08 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Yay, you guys got the mushroom bacon swiss burger back! I saw it on a Wendy's sign a week ago and I'm going to go get one! Thanks for reminding me.
Submitted by AshK (user info) at 2004-09-14 10:25:27 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Bwahahahaha!