Showing posts with label McDonald's. Show all posts
Showing posts with label McDonald's. Show all posts

Sunday, May 22, 2011

McDonald's...automated food servers! Cheap robot labor!




 




A few weeks ago, Tattler readers may recall that I was on the rag about the incompetence of employees - and their inability to communicate effectively with customers - the popular eatery.

Consumers who cruise into McDonald's daily have encountered a myriad of problems that range from troubling interactions with rude workers, communication difficulties that arise from the fact many employees don't speak fluent English, and cold tasteless meals that have been slapped togther without any concern for quality or customer satisfaction,

Post: 04/11/2011

http://ijulian.blogspot.com/2011/04/mcdonaldshiring-rude-non-english.html

In response, McDonald's top brass at the executive offices announced over the past week, that the fast-food outlet is about to introduce a fully-automated facility which will not require any contact with McDonald's employees!

According to News reports overseas, McDonald’s will be supplying 7,000 European outlets with a swipe card and touchscreen facilities. The idea is to make ordering a McDonald’s quicker, easier and more efficient for the customer.

Some cynics argue that this is a sly way for McDonald's to rustle up more revenue in a short period.

In tandem with the overhaul at the cash register, McDonald's intends to build a database of the most popular take-out items.

Although the visionary corporation has stumbled on solutions to a couple of dilemmas - the need to lower the cost of labor and increase sales - another problem may rear its ugly head in the aftermath.

Is it possible to turn out thousands of tasty meals daily - with Robots at the helm - and still manage to satisfy customers with menu items that are fresh, tasty, and something to write home about?

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Thursday, April 7, 2011

McDonald's...hiring rude non-English speaking employees! Incompetent servers unfamiliar with Company Policy!







We pledge to insult and mistreat White Americans!






If you're looking for service with a smile - or expecting to be treated with some dignity and respect when you stroll into a restaurant for a meal - avoid McDonald's like the plague.

Used to be, there was a time in America when an individual's daily routine included a jaunt into the fast-food outlet for an egg McMuffin and a cup of java - before heading off to the office.

Now, consumers are turning away in droves (as studio movie mogul Samuel Goldwyn would say), because of questionable hiring practices at McDonald's designed to cut costs and garner bigger profits for the industry giant.

For instance, the company is hiring a multitude of uneducated poorly-trained immigrant workers - who speak little or no English - to wait on their once-loyal customer base.

Unfortunately, McDonald's staff have only been lightly trained to punch in orders on a cash register, and turn over change that has been computer generated.

For starters, that cause problems for hungry customers, who may encounter complaint issues that need to be addressed during the course of the meal.
If a problem arises over an order, for example - nine times out-of-ten - the counter server will not be able to converse in English with the individual intelligently (let alone resolve the complaint at hand).

In response, Latino workers tend to stand awkwardly on the spot with a blank stare on their face, trying to conceal their lack of English skills and their inability to fathom a resolution to a complaint issue.

The fact that the food is always cold and tasteless doesn't even enter the question at this point.

In addition to these glaring problems, last year I began to also notice a prevailing bad attitude among employees at McDonald's, which I originally chalked up to cultural differences.

However, when the Arizona controversies arose last year over a bold-faced effort by politicians to implement laws to stem the tide of  illegal immigrants, it was determined that Latinos were being taught in schools (with U.S. taxpayer monies) that middle-class white folks were not only the enemy (not to be trusted) but also responsible for their alleged oppression on these shores!

Many Mexicans take the position that California was once their land and that U.S. forces "stole" the state from their forefathers!

After that revelation, I trotted into McDonald's less frequently in the future, especially at the outlets where a larger percentage of the workers were disgruntled Latinos prone to mistreat white Americans.

The situation at McDonald's has progressed from bad to worse, I am sorry to say.

For instance, today - when an elderly Caucasian citizen waltzed up to the counter to ask for a refill - the Latino server rudely informed the older man that McDonald's no longer gave a second cup to individuals who purchased a coffee under the "Senior Coffee" discount offered up since the fast-food started up years ago.

Uh-huh!

This retired individual was being penalized for being a Senior!

Forget about any contributions the elderly may have made to society over the years.

Well, that appears to be the way Latino workers view the situation, anyway.

On another occasion, when a customer did not receive a newspaper they paid for at the counter with their meal, a second employee filling out the orders was unable to respond to the individual's demand for their San Francisco Chronicle because their English was so limited they didn't know what a "newspaper" was!

Imagine that!

The disgruntled patron was forced to call upon a supervisor to deliver it up!

McDonald's has fast-become a National joke!

The worst offenders are the outlets in the downtown financial district in San Francisco and in Las Vegas on the strip.

For good reason, I am now boycotting the company to underscore my disapproval over the way they are running their company, which discriminates against decent white folks.

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Sunday, January 2, 2011

Illegal Aliens...McDonald's hiring undocumented workers! No speak, English!



 




At the crack of dawn the other morning a posse of City commuters found out the hard way that McDonald's - one of the Nation's largest employers of day workers - is hiring illegal aliens who can't speak one syllable of English.

The wake-up call rang out crystal clear shortly after a long line began to snake at a fast-food take-out on Alvarado (7th & Westlake).

Inside - at the rear of McDonald's - a worker on duty was taking an inordinate amount of precious time bringing the men's room up to scratch (or so it was first thought) which triggered some nasty banter back-and-forth amongst the patrons and staff.

"How long does it take to swab down and restock a bathroom," one disgruntled guest uttered up pointedly to a Supervisor when she arrived on the scene to calm the troubled waters.

Just as she was about to respond to the question - the door fluttered ajar - and the ugly truth revealed itself.

An employee - with a goofy look on his face - was spied wiping down an interior wall with the flimsy intent of erasing a riot of ugly graffiti. 

When one gent caught sight of the scenario going down he erupted in a fury.

"You shouldn't be wiping down the wall during the busy breakfast hour when customers may also want to use the bathroom."

The young Latino stared back at the middle-aged man blankly.

He obviously didn't understand one pristine word!

Now, the customer was really in a tizzy.

"Doesn't that worker speak English," he angrily snapped back?

Red-faced, the Manager she admitted the obvious.

"No."

Uh-huh!

McDonald's is hiring illegals.

How can I make that sweeping conclusion?

It's elementary, Dr. Watson.

When a foreigner applies for residency in the United States - in addition to filling out forms and paying up-front fees - the individual is required to demonstrate a knowledge of the History of this great Nation and demonstrate an ability to speak the native tongue (English!) of the land.

There is just one sticky issue that remains to be resolved.

Has McDonald's been knowingly and willingly breaking the Law?

That depends.

If McDonald's oversees all hiring halls across the country, the answer is probably "yes".

On the other hand, if individual "franchise owners" rustle up their own day workers without any intervention from the headquarters or regional offices, maybe not.

Which begs another question.

Are wealthy Latinos buying McDonald's franchises with the specific intent of providing a safe haven for their fellow countrymen?

News at 11!

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