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12 Signs You Work In A Fast Food Restaurant

It's not near as bad as people think.

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12 Signs You Work In A Fast Food Restaurant
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Fast food restaurants sometimes have a bad reputation. Orders are often messed up, or sometimes the inside of the store seems to be a little messy. But if you work at a fast food restaurant, you know these things are not all that goes on at a fast food place, but so much more.

1. Minor cuts, scrapes and burns often occur.

Nothing to be alarmed about. We have to open a lot of boxes and make a lot of fries. Sometimes, it just happens when you're in hurry.

2. You don't understand "busy time" until you've worked at a fast food joint.

When lunch hour hits, you better be ready for the storm. Every fryer is loaded and the counter is manned with at least two people, ready to take the hit.

3. You get used to rude customers.

Even if they still make you angry, you get used to them eventually. Unless they're ruder than usual, then it's hard to forget.

4. You are always happy when you have happy customers.

They sort of make up for the grouchy ones.

5. You often go home smelling like greasy food.

Your pet may also follow you around the house until you change your clothes because you smell so good to them.

6. You will often see your friends while you're working.

This is especially true if you work at a more popular food franchise.

7. When you go in on your days off to get food, you try to go when it's not busy.

It's not that you don't want to stand in line. You're just trying to be kind to the rest of the employees.

8. The lobby seems to never really be clean.

No matter how many times you go out and clean it, it'll just be full of fries and ketchup within the hour.

9. Presenting the food at the window has to be one of the worst parts of the job during the winter.

No matter what you do, you just can't stay warm.

10. There's always something that isn't working.

Never has there been a shift when you work that every machine is working perfectly.

11. You love when there's a food mess-up.

Sometimes this means you get to drink that shake that someone else already made before you went to make it.

12. You love your coworkers.

Even though some people may look down at you because you work at a fast food chain, you don't really mind because this is probably one of the best jobs you've had, all thanks to your coworkers and managers.


Working at a fast food restaurant can be fun and challenging, and it's nothing like what outsiders think.

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