5 days we officially began our new jobs at McDonald's, and let me say first that the people who are working in the food industry have to be smart, patient, and fast. They deserve respect because they are actually human beings-shocker I know! So the next time you get angry at BK because you can't have it your way, remember they have been dealing with hundreds of customers just like you all day!!!!!
Since our jobs are our primary ministry we are tasked with developing intentional relationships with our coworkers which will enable us to better share our testimonies and the gospel with them later. I have worked with and gotten to know pretty well about 4 other females at work, all having their own wonderful story. I can't wait to continue getting to know them and hopefully ministering to them.
One downfall at work is that since this is the 3rd year CRU has sent students to work there in the summers they know what we are there for and don't ask too many questions about it. They also sometimes try to shield us from their sin, which is very considerate but I don't feel like I am truly building relationships all the time.
Ok, soo at work I have been shoved into what they call "the hole". This is the first window in the drive-thru where one worker does many things at once-chaos essentially. I take orders on a speaker that people practically avoid speaking into on the other side while punching them into a screen with about a million choices all while cashing people out at the window, being friendly with a smile, and trying to correct any wrong orders. It is by far the most challenging thing I have ever done, and I have not exactly shut myself in my house for the last 22 years.
I have gotten tons of orders wrong and upset a good many people but my trainers have had nothing but patience and kindness for me, they are amazing young women.
Top 5 drive-thru moments are:
1) me saying to a customer: "thank you for choosing WALMART-I mean McDonald's!" (all who heard laughed hysterically for a good 30 seconds)
2) seeing a hoarder's passenger car seat COMPLETELY filled with fast food remnants
3) repeatedly trying to fend off inapropro looks from old men at the window
4) watching people place orders at the second speaker to no one at all (there are cameras back there for anyone curious if fast food people ever watched you)
5) the regular seniors who come through every morning for their cheaper senior coffee and get upset each time I get it wrong
tune in later this week for updates!
ps. for all who wonder what fast food is really made of I really have no idea yet, I stare at the same 2 screens for 8 hours a day.
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