Here I go
Manners, I am so tired of unmannered people and children alike. After 12 yrs of working in the fast food business, I have seen the best and the worst. I am a firm believer that EVERYONE should have to work in food service for a min of 6 months to learn what we go through every day. I have had customers call one of my members a lesbian and other obscenities because she was new and had problems taking the order, toys returned because it didn't work "as well" as they thought it should. Scolded by children who thought they deserved a free something or other, food thrown at me, as well as people that eat all but the last bite of a sandwich and try to make me make them a new one because it wasn't made right (which it was, and he ate all but a half inch of it), eat all but 5 of a 20 piece nugget then return them saying their moldy (dork used a Blue marker). The best I think was all the time some idiot thought that their fries should still be hot and fresh after they sat on their tray for 20 min (in the lobby with them, totally not the crews fault). I have almost been punched a few times for no reason other than the person was having a bad day, been sexual harassed and cleaned up the most horrendous messes (no detail, I would get sick again just typing it).
Where do these people learn this from? Why do some people thing that just because you make 5.15 an hour, that person is "beneath" you and deserving of anger and disgust. If it wasn't for those minimum wage earners, there would be NO fast food at all. And who would get sued for making the youth fat, definitely not the parents that let their kids eat there, or the schools that have fast food restaurants built into the school campus. Where would poor college kids eat or work at?
The teenagers work fast food for job experience, and extra cash (remember 1 in 8 persons in the US have worked at McDonald's, I don't know what it is for all FF is) Elderly work there to supplement their retirement, and every age in between work there for various reasons, it can be a good paying career.
So next time you pickup supper for your family, thank your server, and teach your kids to thank them also. Manners don't stop with friends and family. Thank those employees at any store your in. They will be much happier because of you, and your child will learn from that too.