I'm a Disney nerd and always wanted to work at Disney World. I wanted to talk with guests from all over the world and make magic. When they hired me, they stuck me in the kitchen with no guest interaction. It sucked
Still, I made the best of it. I overloaded the fries and even hide extra nuggets under the fries. My little way of making magic from behind the scenes
I eventually got transfered to attractions and nighttime shows, where I wanted to be, but the first few months sucked. Disney in general kinda sucks to work for. The job itself is fine but the various levels of management is a pain in the ass
The main things I hear from employees who worked at Disney (on the front end) is that they loved interacting with the guests, but that management didn't treat them well and the pay was pretty shitty for what they expected of their staff.
The pay was ok. It couldve been better but its not the worst in Central Florida
The main problem was the various levels of management. Its very easy to get promoted at Disney. If you are in a position for longer than a year, you are basically guaranteed to move up a rung or two. The problem is a lot of these people (or at least the ones i worked with), have very little management or leadership skills. They are just focused on their next promotion. So they treat lower cast poorly and often dont communicate with each other very well. You have a whole slew of bosses and each one has their own agenda and biases. The first time i got fired (yeah, its a long story), i complained about one my my bosses to their boss, who sided with me. The one i had a problem with fired me a week later for a make up reason.
You know how happy you are to get an extra nugget as a kid? Ranks right up there with finding a four leaf clover, or the bottom of your drumstick ice cream being solid chocolate. When you're a kid, it's the little things that are magic. ♥️🤙🌈
Actually if they pay for it, it’s not stealing. If they get a free upsize, then that called promoting one’s business. I bet there is a huge return client base. I would love to look at the figures for that Mac Donald’s.
This happened to me, not a mc donald, just a local food chain.
The one ~30m from my house for the same price has less meat and pickles in the banh mi, while the store about half a km away give noticably more. That's my go-to one going back from campus to home
We have a new (temp thankfully) manager that is obsessed with food costs. Pizzas on his shifts are noticeably "thin" on toppings. Add understaffing to save on labor, and now he's freaking out because customer satisfaction is plummeting. 🙄
The one thing people like that don’t understand is it’s significantly more difficult to regain customers than to get your original customers. So then they go into a cycle of increasing quality again, only to be forced to cut it again because customers didn’t return.
Capitalism believers really don't seem to understand how ephemeral trust is once they get exposed to ludicrous levels of money. It takes a strong-willed and dedicated business leader (and board, for public companies) to resist shareholder howling.
Dominoes did this really well like ~20ish years ago when they rebranded from the cardboard + plastic-cheese pizza they were known for to closer to what we have today. Then they went and jacked up their prices (seemingly moreso than elsewhere), making it only financially worth it even with the redesign if everything is affected by a particularly strong discount/deal/coupon. Their base prices are now like the same as if you went to a local artisinal pizzeria with quality ingredients, so there is really no reason to choose the bulk, mass-distributed, frozen/canned variation they offer even if it is decent when all put together.
At the time of the original redesign though, they were losing customers left and right and it had become a meme how bad the quality was, their one thing they had going for them was that it was cheapish and available for delivery (pre-doordash type models this was very uncommon), as well as open late. But despite those more unique aspects I'm pretty sure they were failing. Then they did a full overhaul of everything from aesthetic, to ingredient sourcing, to the pizzas themselves, paying particular attention to their "cardboard crust". They made a big marketing campaign basically apologizing for the previous quality while advertising the changes, and it actually worked quite well (at least until their more modern problems). One of the best examples of this phenomenon I can think of.
And yet I still hear people talk about how bad dominoes is, and then I ask them when the last time they had any they say like twenty years ago. Trust is hard to earn back indeed. They're decent in a pinch, but the prices are absurd when we have local stores that can deliver consistent top quality pizza for way less.
But the real tragedy for me is pizza hut. I grew up with them being pretty great for a big chain, but ever since they rebranded as wingstreet they've gotten worse and worse. Nowadays I'd rather go to little Caesars or heat up a red baron.
Man, me too. Book-it was one of the best promotions anyone has ever come up with. I read so many books that I wouldn't have otherwise in elementary just for the free personal pan pizzas. Before wingstreet our local pizza hut used to do a pizza buffet thing during lunch hours too that was great.
All that good will sacrificed on the altar of mediocre buffalo wings.
I’m pretty sure they’re using the model of “base price is outrageously expensive but there’s always some kind of massive sale” so you constantly think “oh man there’s a huge sale I should get it, think of all the savings.” I don’t think I’ve ever ordered dominos and not gotten like 35-50% off the total
I had a manager at the pub I worked at, who was mainly in charge of large bookings/events. One day she came downstairs from her office at the end of the lunch rush and complained that the bar was overflowing with dirty glasses. We had 2-3 people working bar that day for ~250 guests. There was no way they could have served customers and cleaned glasses simultaneously. The venue manager always understaffed us and people were stressed. A temp venue manager came in and actually rostered enough people, the work got done, people were more relaxed working was actually enjoyable. That lasted for a few weeks when he got told by head office to reduce staff cost.
The parent company also made half a billion in profits and then cut staff discounts in half to be more sustainable. I stopped charging for drinks at that point. Bunch of cunts.
The local bagel shops by me compete over what a "baker's dozen" entails. The current winner stands at 16. They're already noted for having the best bagels in the county, no small feat for this area. The bonus bagels just add to the glory.
I ordered from a local place on a food delivery app (not plugging the app, they're irrelevant here). At about the time my driver was supposed to pick up my order, it was cancelled out of the blue.
In the middle of lunch rush, the place I ordered food called me and apologized, said the driver cancelled my order and told me to put another order through. He was going to cancel my order so I wasn't charged and then he was going to give me the food for both orders.
So I got an entire extra meal for free because the guy took time out of his day to make sure I got my food and a little extra for my trouble. I get food from there all the time now.
I was a bartender for about a decade and two places I've worked had a running comp tab, every manager/bartender was given a certain amount each shift to "spend" on customers and establish/secure new and existing regular customers (as long as the items were accounted for). Oh, it's your first time here? Let me buy your first drink! Happy birthday, here's a free shot! It was so nice to finally meet your family, the appetizer is on me, I hope you guys enjoyed your dinner!
I also worked at a tourist trap where they weighed the liquor bottles and compared the missing units to the sold units in the computer system so they could narrow down who was overpouring and fire them. Six bartenders started the season and I was one of two to make it to the end. They would make us do blind pour tests every shift to see if we could pour an ounce and a quarter (don't even get me started on the argument I had with management about shot size) without measuring, because it looked bad to the customers when we had to quantify in front of them how much we were ripping them off by using a jigger. Which was a little confusing considering their policy when management pissed off a customer was to say, "We don't have regulars in the tourist industry, it doesn't matter if they come back. We got their dollar today and we'll get somebody else's dollar tomorrow."
All the places I worked are still around, but I can tell you which one SHOULDN'T be.
Happened to me a Boston Market. Our store was the highest money made in the whole large area and people from the company would come by to see what we were doing right. Me and the others would actually fill those plates partitions up to the top like they were designed but was always getting shit from the boss to "only give ONE scoop of sides. Not one and a half. Not two"
Customers got pissed if boss was around and I wasn't filling them as high. I hate saving a penny now to screw us over later.
I took my teenage boys to see the new Spiderman at our local theater. I splurged on 2 large popcorn and 3 large drinks, it cost a fortune. The guy did extra butter on that popcorn perfectly! Then they said if we wanted refills just to come back out and come up to the side. I almost thought he wasn't serious, but then two dudes came out and got a refill on their Icee's! WTF! I've always wanted a refill of my dang Icee! They'll get my repeat business, but I've also got to pay rent so it might not be until the next Avengers movie.
I bring an empty sack into the theater, order a bucket, unbuttered.
I ask if they'll give me the butter oil on the side, and sometimes they will, sometimes they won't.
I pour half the popcorn into the sack and give it to my wife, because she prefers unbuttered.
Then I pour my side of butter oil into the bucket, shake, and enjoy. If they wouldn't give it to me, I take my half bucket back to the desk and ask them to add it. They've never said no to that.
Then after the movie I ask them for my free refill with butter oil.
Theater popcorn's expensive, but that's the best deal - - usually cheaper than two smalls, let alone mediums. And you get the bonus free popcorn.
That's basically the business model for Five Guys. Whatever size fries you order you get a pot filled with them, then they stick another scoop in the bag too.
omg when the first five guys opened in germany the reviews online where full with people annoyed by this. "its unhygienic" "my bag was full with fries disgusting"...I hate it here haha
Actually, yes, containers that are supposed to be in direct contact with food have different standards for hygienic safety than containers for other containers (I believe the relevant standard is DIN 10502, but don't quote me on that.) In fairness to Five Guys, I have no idea whether their bags actually meet the standard, but since overflowing fries are a legitimate part of their business model, I would assume some lawyer made sure to have a look at their quality control in this section when they first started expanding into the EU. I love it here lol
Well, as often as Mcdonald's, Wendy's, Burger king, Rally's, and every other fast food place on the planet just throws their fries in the bag causing said fries to spill all over the inside of the bag, I would hope that the bags are supposed to meet the same standards as the containers.
Never heard of Rally's and Wendy's is to my knowledge legally barred from operating in the EU cause they tried to bully small businesses which blew up in their face, so I'm guessing you're from the US. And I feel confident in assuring you that over here the remaining businesses certainly don't just throw fries around (except Five Guys). I'm not gonna pretend they're airtight sealed in their separate containers, but whenever I got McDonald's or Burger King, the fries certainly aren't just strewn about. Sure, a few end up outside occasionally, but most definitely aren't.
Edit: I just became consciously aware that we're trying to have a discussion about the placement of fries in paper bags. I think it's time for both of us to get off Reddit lmao
If you've heard of Checkers, than that's basically the same as Rallys. They're owned by the same company and have an almost identical menu and branding. If you've not heard of either than its just another burger shop similar to Wendy's, but certainly no where near the same market share.
There's a donut shop in the Mission that would always give us extra donuts. So even though I'm not in the habit of buying donuts we got in the habit of buying donuts when I'm in that neighborhood.
I had a friend named Charlie in HS that would hook us up like this at the local Chick-fil-A. We started calling Chuck-fiilin-A & went there whenever he was working. Fries & soda have ridiculous margins, so it doesn’t really hurt those franchises much
Wage theft is not stealing, but adding an extra chicken nugget that would've ended up thrown in the trash is. People actually go around life thinking like this
I love how dude publicly posts something in a place intended for discourse and then is all "mind your own business" when someone has the audacity to comment on their public post.
Like, dude - YOU put your business out there. No one was minding it until you did that.
I don’t know that “mind your own damn business” actually does “make sense” here, even though I agree that’s what is being said. The man posted this information unprompted on social media…it’s literally an invitation for others to mind his business.
So isn't "shrinkflation" also stealing, then? Why the double standard when it works against the consumer? people are brainwashed into loving systemic capitalism, even when it does nothing but hurt them.
I used to work in KFC and would often put a bit of extra chicken in a meal, didn't mess with the fillets though, they genuinely counted those bad boys.
The corn on the cob was treated like gold as well, if one went missing you better have your alibi straight.
At Taco Bell they had company auditors that would randomly go through the drive thru and check for order accuracy, freshness etc. They also tracked inventory closely and could likely see a “trend” with this and investigate this is why I don’t believe these stories.
I highly doubt they do that anymore or the store by me would be closed by now. They get the order wrong more often than not, foods often times not fresh or poorly cooked, hardly any meat, orders take forever, the list goes on. I've been reporting them every time and nothing's changed. It's been like this for years. I still go there because it's the only one in between the hockey rink and my house and I'm pretty dumb just hoping they'll finally get better.
Not stealing, it's not bait and switching. It's giving customer what they paid for. It's giving them what the actual pictures of the food you are purchasing depicts.
What all places do is actually steal and fraud their customers because they will show an overflowing fry box yet give you 15 fries in a large.
You nailed it. When I worked at a McDonald's 30+ years ago the franchise owner wanted us to leave the fry containers flat when we filled them so not as many fries would fit. Maliciously complied by leaving it flat but jamming it full.
When I received those (and I checked bc $), I would pop them out, let the fries slide to the bottom, and hand them back. You usually didn't have to say anything.
Companies put little bullshits at the bottom of labeling saying shit like "average contents" so that if it's short on size they can point to that and go, hur dur, we never said it was actually that size.
Technically yes. You can take them to small claims. But generally the judge would expect that you give the business an opportunity to remedy (fill up your order).
This would be more applicable to a situation where you got your bathroom remodeled but the contractor didn’t complete the job. You would then sue them.
Always! I worked a cafe and we used to sell coke for ₹20 above MRP. When you pour it in a glass it wouldn’t fill the glass to the top so I would open another can and top it off for free. Most of the time I just payed for the can like im drinking it, and i did in fact drink if there was any left in the can. But usually a single can would perfectly top off 3 glasses.
This was not something I’d tell anyone till this one time a costumer (who had the same glass at home) pointed out that a can doesn’t fill the glass all the way. The moment people found out “you get extra coke if you order a can” the demand went through the roof. We had to get another fridge just for coke.
What I still don’t understand is, coke still costs more at the cafe, instead of making 20 I probably only make 10 on top, but you can go to the grocery store next door and buy the same can 20 bucks cheaper.
People just love the idea of free stuff I guess, even if it isn’t really free.
I used to do that when I manned a cash register. I'd flat out help people steal if I liked them. Of course, if they pissed me off, I'd do the exact opposite... that produce scale was so easy to manipulate.
Where's the likes and reposts and other social media stuff?
Actually, what social media site is this at all?
Why are both of these people's usernames their (presumably) real first name?
Also they both appear to have their real photos posted, along with their real first names. But the handles are censored, even though that's the least personally identifiable info?
In fact, it's not just censored because of the rules of this sub. Every single upload of this that can be seen in Google's reverse image search shows the censoring. Isn't that weird?
Why is that searches for phrases from this (1, 2, 3) ONLY return people reposting this image and NOT the actual social media site this comes from?
Yeah, this is an over-the-top AI fake of a regular twitter post where one dude said that while he was working at McDonald's he'd always add an extra nugget to a nugget order, just to stick it to Ronald.
Somebody saw that the original was a popular post and now we have this over-the-top abomination with lists 3 different things the guy does and an over-the-top antagonist in Brenda who herself is an exaggeration of the everyday corpo bootl*ckers on twitter.
The original post was fine; there is no need for this AI storyslop.
Im gonna assume this acronym ends with "mind your own damn business", in which case its a hilarious thing to reply to someone who replied to you venting your thoughts online.
As much as I hate to say it...Brenda is technically correct.
Don't get me wrong, I support Greg's cause...but I fear for his employment record.
Because as a person who worked for Starbucks 20 years ago, as an exemplary employee in every way...I was audited & truthful about the fact that I occasionally gave free whipped cream, extra syrup pumps or sprinkles & occasional coffee refills to regular customers who spent thousands of dollars a year in our store...I was promptly terminated for product loss.
So Greg really shouldn't be putting this out there.
Lol I worked in McDonalds as a uni student. There was some friction between the lifers and the students because we'd come and work for a few years then fuck off when we graduated.
I had a manager start a disciplinary over me putting a slice of cheese on a Chicken Sandwich for my break. The lifers would have like triple Chicken sandwiches and Quarter pounder Big Macs.
Although once the Franchise Manager found out he was furious. Wasting a bunch of paid hours over a slice of cheese.
The price of food inventory is small compared to man hours. Even at McDonalds. Unless someone really takes the piss it's not worth it.
Who the fuck cares? These employers steal more than you can imagine from peoples lives, and they get away with it because it's in the name of profits. Fuck them.
I mean I think the sentiment there wasn't "won't someone think of the billionaires? 🥺" and more "if you're going to do this, probably don't plaster it all over the Internet or you're going to get fired"
McDonalds is the thief for false advertising and bait and switching.
The McDonalds employee made sure that he didn't participate in the theft of customers by making sure that the product he handed the paying customer matched the picture of the food they intended to purchase.
And the food they intended to purchase is NEVER as advertised. You have a pic of nuggets, what I get is old shriveled dried up crap. Same with the fries (unless I ask for NO SALT, but they salt them anyway)
How do you even eat mcdonalds fries without salt? The salt is the only thing keeping them down for me. Those things are so bland and flavorless without salt.
Future employers might care. Now, whether you even want to work for an employer who cares, or doesn't give you a chance to explain is your business, but that doesn't change the fact that some will care.
Being this afraid of some fake "permanent record" is insane. No one at your office job cares that you stole nuggies back in the day at McDonalds. Steal from corporations as much as you can. They steal from you any way possible
They're not saying he's wrong for giving this stuff away but for snitching on himself. Also don't pretend that black people aren't judged to a different standard than white people especially with regard to theft in the workplace.
As a hiring manager, if I saw someone was fired from another company for “product loss” that would absolutely factor into my decision. Be upset all you want it doesn’t change the fact it absolutely can and probably will affect their future if it happens to them
This is sadly correct. I have been working for a system gastro (like the ones you know of IKEA's "restaurants", full convenient produce), where every piece of grape, olive and whatnot had been counted in purchase. A plate only was allowed to have this exact number of olives, this amount of pasta and so on. Giving out more was not "a mistake", by definition, but an issue for the managers, and a reason to terminate the contract with responsible employee.
We can get away with this in small businesses, but in big businesses, every bit of profit seems to count for them. In small business, we give free (cheap) products or cover a customer's purchase at times. It creates a repeat customer who knows that being 50 cents short won't bother us. We'd rather you spent 9.50 than 0 bucks.
it's also technically stealing to charge disparate rates for the same 5 cent-worth barely consumable objects that are over-franchised by a corrupt multinational entity that profits off of poor individual and societal well being.
U got caught? Lmao I did it at Starbucks for like 6 years and left to get a better job, big corporations created a culture where people do that now, they’ll be fine.
I was working at a very busy McDonald's 2010-2012. Like, pretty much nonstop. Worse at night (college town).
I'm working with a 19 year old assistant regional manager. He was awesome and nice. The kind of guy that knew who his good employees were and didn't micromanage. Some irate customer wouldn't shut the hell up. He tells me "bro just throw him a small fry. It's so cheap for us but they'll shut up and make them so happy, the word of mouth will be free marketing." Like, holy shit this guy knows what people want. He told me I could throw a small fry into any bag without his permission if I need to.
2 weeks later, the 55 year old store manager caught me doing it and threw a hissy fit; "why the hell did you do that?"
Needless to say, he got much farther by the time he was 30 than she was at her age. But overall, I'm convinced this basic lack of common Sense and granting autonomy at all levels of management and capitalism has resulted in basically what we're experiencing right now.
When I worked at McDonald's, they had 16 year old me run the front and Drvie Thru at the same time. Manager just sat in the office. Lucky for the customer, I was running a special where you get one free item from the ice cream machine (we had one that worked) as of way of saying "sorry for the wait."
It's literally Five Guys' business model. I order one large fry for me and my two movers and we usually take some back to the shop with us. They know god damned well we will be back for tasty burgor and ridiculous helping of fries.
They don’t care ? I got a one one with a manager when I used to work at Burger King for putting too many onion rings in the bag, I legit had done it like 4 times max at that point
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u/nowhereman136 1d ago
I'm a Disney nerd and always wanted to work at Disney World. I wanted to talk with guests from all over the world and make magic. When they hired me, they stuck me in the kitchen with no guest interaction. It sucked
Still, I made the best of it. I overloaded the fries and even hide extra nuggets under the fries. My little way of making magic from behind the scenes