Would you still eat at McDonald's if

vital

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...everyone that you know that used to work there tells you the same thing about their coworker's work habits? I met like 4-5 people who worked in fast food throughout college and they all told me something similar.. Employees don't wash their hands before food handling, don't care if the food is dropped, sneezes directly onto food area, etc..
 

QED

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That goes on in just about every restaurant to some extent.

I wouldn't cut out McDonalds entirely, though... just that one were they all worked at.
 

Chaotic42

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I worked at McDonald's and we didn't have any of those problems. Our burgers weren't always cooked completely, but we did wash our hands. :p
 

Cabages

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That stuff never happened at the joint I used to work at. The only people that touched bare food, that was all they did touch. They never touched their faces, and they never had stuff coming out of their mouths.

Course, I could imagine a disgruntled employee doing something like that, fast food sucks. I bet that kind of stuff might go on at some places.
 

TallBill

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Fast food tears me up these days. I'll eat it occaisionaly. But that stuff happens at all kinds of restaurants.
 

TruePaige

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Most people don't wash their hands...just don't think about it, the cooking should kill the germs.
 

LtPage1

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McDonald's is the one fast food place I actually refuse to eat at, on the sole basis that it's gross and makes me feel sick afterward.
 

0roo0roo

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to be fair it happens in all restaurants...you think they pay any better at most restaurants?
 

tomywishbone

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When I spend $5 for a complete meal, as long as it is not filled with sliced glass or poison... I'm happy. JFC, it's McDonalds, everybody knows what they're getting when they pay their money.
 

Sunner

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Originally posted by: LtPage1
McDonald's is the one fast food place I actually refuse to eat at, on the sole basis that it's gross and makes me feel sick afterward.

I eat there maybe once every....3-4 months or so, at most :)

Thing about McD is, it doesn't make me feel bad or anything(aside from the fries, they give me fierce fart attacks with some REALLY nasty smell :eek: ), but after I eat it, I pretty much end up in a coma for about one hour, then I need to take a dump, after which I'm just as hungry as I was to begin with.
Seems like my body doesn't want to deal with it, and just flushes it straight through as fast as possible to make room for proper food.
 

0roo0roo

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what i don't do is complain about food. i just don't eat there again:p you don't want your food doctored...
 

tomywishbone

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Originally posted by: LtPage1
McDonald's is the one fast food place I actually refuse to eat at, on the sole basis that it's gross and makes me feel sick afterward.


You must feel special. Perhaps you have "food allergies" :D Perhaps your digestive system is far more sophisticated than the other 5 billion people in the world.

You know what you're getting going in, why complain?

Edit: I guess you're not complaining; just stating your opinion/experience. Sorry.
 
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Interesting...I was just reading this: Amazing Ben

Well in the heat of the rush, my effing manager suddenly revealed himself as the total effing toolshed idiot he was and accidentally dumped the goddamned hot oil all down my arms while I was reaching for an empty popcorn bag. Within minutes both my arms were bright red and covered with little boils, but the effing manager said we were so "slammed" that he wouldn't let me off my shift to go to the mothereffing hospital. So I worked the rest of my shift, running into the back room between customers so I could jam both of my arms into the ice machine. Yeah, that's right. I'm disgusting. If you were at the theater that day and you bought a soda, you had ice that I rubbed on my nasty third-degree-burned arms. Booya.

I don't care. If I fall deathly ill after eating at a restaurant, I will red flag it and stay the hell away from it in the future. Otherwise, I don't particularly care.