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When some customers act all high and mighty simply because you have to take their order.
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When people use the drive-thru to empty out their piggy banks, leaving you with $15 dollars in coins.
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When your chain restaurant adds new items to the menu, and everything’s place on the register changes.
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Playing “rock, paper, scissors” with your coworkers to see who has to take out the trash versus clean the bathrooms.
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When people ask “what toppings are on that type of burger” and you turn around and guess based on what the board’s picture looks like.
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Not being able to hear someone ordering from the drive-thru because their engine is too loud.
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That goes double for the people who speak so softly when ordering, and you basically have to guess what they want.
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When customers complain about their fries being cold despite them just coming out of the fryer.
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Or when they keep changing their orders after you put them in the register.
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Even worse is when they get their food and then complain, saying, “I didn’t want cheese on my sandwich.”
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Having to stand on your feet for at least eight hours at a time and not being able to lean on the counter.
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When the customers forget how to form a single file line, and all hell breaks loose.
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Or when they actually form a line but the first customer has no idea what they want.
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Waiting those painfully long six minutes for the deep fryer to cook that crispy chicken sandwich you need ASAP.
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Always being sticky, sweaty, and greasy when you get home.
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Having to listen to the customer’s wrath when you tell them you’re out of a certain item.
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Trying to sneak a loose fry or chicken finger when your manager isn't around... and failing.
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When someone comes to the drive-thru JUST as the kitchen is about to close and orders a gargantuan amount of crispy chicken sandwiches.
19.
Before working in fast food: smooth skin. After working in fast food: acne galore.
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Always smelling like grease and fast food, no matter how many showers you take.
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The same goes for your work clothes, which are kept in a separate pile so their stench doesn’t contaminate your other belongings.
22.
Emptying your pockets at night and tallying up a whole 37 cents in tips. Wooh!
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And foregoing the daily urge to quit every time you have to clean up someone’s spilled drink or throw up off the floor.
But, hey, at least you have amazing coworkers to go through these ups and downs with.
'Cause someone's gotta do the dirty work, and none do it better than you.
