# Ask the pimply teenage fast food worker **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 12, 2006, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-pimply-teenage-fast-food-worker/348042 "2006-03-12T14:13:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-pimply-teenage-fast-food-worker/348042/21 "2006-03-13T07:59:01Z")
With a job like yours; How do you keep the chicks at bay? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-pimply-teenage-fast-food-worker/348042/22 "2006-03-13T10:07:28Z")
FlyingRamenMonster writes: \> . . . which is what Burger King is known as over here due to certain copyright \> issues . . . Nitpick: Trademark issues, not copyright issues. ---
**Author:** ![FlyingRamenMonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@FlyingRamenMonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingRamenMonster)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-pimply-teenage-fast-food-worker/348042/23 "2006-03-13T14:20:16Z")
> [@SHAKES](#): > > With a job like yours; How do you keep the chicks at bay? 😛 With my double X chromosomes keeping most of the crowd at bay, all I really need is my trusty taser and a deep fryer full of oil 😉 > [@theloadeddog](#): > > For a horrible, fleeting moment, I read that as porno product… Shush, you’re not supposed to know about THAT. **Amaranta** - never heard the song. Which is good, since it sounds like I’d be humming it now if I did 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-pimply-teenage-fast-food-worker/348042/24 "2006-03-13T14:24:30Z")
Have you enjoyed your numerous uncredited appearances on _The Simpsons_? ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-pimply-teenage-fast-food-worker/348042/25 "2006-03-13T14:40:03Z")
> [@FlyingRamenMonster](#): > > I wouldn’t be _too_ surprised if we had whole heads sitting around out back. :eek: :eek: :eek: 😃 Seriously: have you ever seen anybody do anything gross to the food? I saw a hidden-camera story on television once–was it on 60 Minutes or something like that?–where food service would wipe their nose with their hand and then plunge it back into the food. Or worse … something like _spit_ in the soup? Yee. ---
**Author:** ![wevets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9a140/32.png) [@wevets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wevets)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-pimply-teenage-fast-food-worker/348042/26 "2006-03-13T23:18:31Z")
> [@FlyingRamenMonster](#): > > We do have an Aussie burger - I’m not sure what’s in it, though. Do you Yanks have an American Burger (I’m assuming you are American)? We don’t have an American Burger, but we do have an Aussie Burger - and I am assured that it is made with real 100% Australians. 😃 Sorry. Someone had to say it. No Aussie Burger at US Burger Kings that I know of. How long do co-workers stay there on average? ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-pimply-teenage-fast-food-worker/348042/27 "2006-03-13T23:31:31Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > No, we don’t have the pavlovas, but as a pastry worker myself I know what they are. > > And burgers with pineapple? _Shudder_ We have a restaurant chain called Islands over here, and pineapple-topped burgers are quite popular there. It goes with their general island/ocean/surfing theme. They taste much better than you probably think, though IME a large portion of my sandwich’s contents end up on my fingers and hands. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-pimply-teenage-fast-food-worker/348042/28 "2006-03-13T23:32:46Z")
> [@Spectre of Pithecanthropus](#): > > We have a restaurant chain called Islands over here. That is, over here in Southern California, not necessarily with the lost socks. ---
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-pimply-teenage-fast-food-worker/348042/29 "2006-03-13T23:32:49Z")
In two years, you’ll have saved up a whopping 600 dollars – tops! Are you investing that money, or just saving it in a bank? If you’re not investing it, why do you think you’ll be that much better off than the teenagers buying close and booze?? I think you should be spending that money. You’re young!! Dont get so caught up in the future that you don’t recognize the present. You should spend that money, IMO. ---
**Author:** ![cabdude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@cabdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cabdude)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2006, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-pimply-teenage-fast-food-worker/348042/30 "2006-03-14T02:43:07Z")
I’m keep thinking of the scene from Supertroopers. “It’s for a cop.” ---
**Author:** ![FlyingRamenMonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@FlyingRamenMonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingRamenMonster)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2006, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-pimply-teenage-fast-food-worker/348042/31 "2006-03-14T07:33:57Z")
> [@Ellen Cherry](#): > > Seriously: have you ever seen anybody do anything gross to the food? I saw a hidden-camera story on television once–was it on 60 Minutes or something like that?–where food service would wipe their nose with their hand and then plunge it back into the food. Or worse … something like _spit_ in the soup? Yee. If one of us got caught tampering with food, we’d get hauled out for a good ass-kicking and then fired on the spot. And you can bet it’s going on our records, work AND criminal :eek: Besides, that’s just gross. Our job is just to hand out food, so it’d be reeeaaally hard for anyone to piss us off enough that we’d even think about doing something like that. Too slow for you, sir? Whatever, here’s your burger. Next! There’s only one girl I can imagine doing something like that, but I get the feeling she’s either going to quit or get fired soon, so eh. The other thing is if they bug us enough we can threaten to call security on their asses, which is far more satisfying than spitting in their burger 😉 > [@wevets](#): > > How long do co-workers stay there on average? Not sure, there’s one guy who’s been here 5 years (he’s 19) but most people I’ve met have been working a year or so. > [@bear\_nenno](#): > > In two years, you’ll have saved up a whopping 600 dollars – tops! Are you investing that money, or just saving it in a bank? If you’re not investing it, why do you think you’ll be that much better off than the teenagers buying close and booze?? > I think you should be spending that money. You’re young!! Dont get so caught up in the future that you don’t recognize the present. You should spend that money, IMO. I think your numbers are a little off. At this rate I should be saving about $2000 a year, and that’s not taking into account pay raises/getting a better job and the like. Besides, most of the stuff I _really_ want is only available over the internet, and I can’t get a credit card until I’m 18. So, nothing to spend my money on anyway. ---
**Author:** ![FlyingRamenMonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@FlyingRamenMonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingRamenMonster)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2006, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-pimply-teenage-fast-food-worker/348042/32 "2006-03-14T07:35:16Z")
> [@cabdude](#): > > I’m keep thinking of the scene from Supertroopers. > > “It’s for a cop.” Cops get a 20% discount at Hungry Jack’s 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2006, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-pimply-teenage-fast-food-worker/348042/33 "2006-03-14T09:42:24Z")
> [@FlyingRamenMonster](#): > > Cops get a 20% discount at Hungry Jack’s 🙂 Oh yeah! And they have that special cop password so you know they’re legit. pssst… what was that password again? ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2006, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-pimply-teenage-fast-food-worker/348042/34 "2006-03-14T14:37:55Z")
Thanks for the reply. And … [mom hat on] with apologies to the good Mr. Nenno … please DO save your money, for the future! The younger you are when you start saving, the more time your money has to grow. Put some away and don’t touch it. [/mom hat] ---
**Author:** ![FlyingRamenMonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@FlyingRamenMonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingRamenMonster)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2006, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-pimply-teenage-fast-food-worker/348042/35 "2006-05-14T15:52:07Z")
My store is closed for the next two months while they rearrange the walls :dubious: So I’m at a different store. Because of this I’d like to make a few amendments to what I’ve written. I hope this thread isn’t too old for that. 1. First, a word of advice. The new store has a drive-thru. The old one didn’t. The drive-thru is sloooooooow. From what I’ve seen, service is something like two minutes slower than if you just ordered from the counter. Doing business over a microphone and through two sets of windows is inherently clumsy, and speed isn’t helped by all the bright sparks who think they’re saving time at busy hours by going through the drive-thru. Nope. _If it’s busy in the store, it’s busy in the drive-thru too._ And meanwhile, you’re burning petrol for $1.60 a litre going nowhere - unless you use your noodle and shut off that engine, which NOBODY seems to do. Anyway, unless you have your leg in a cast or a car full of howler monkey-aged kids, it is almost certainly faster to just walk your ass in the store and get your food yourself. 2. Not all stores give 20000 packets of sauce with every meal. Shortly after I posted that bit, our boss went into Soup Nazi mode and decreed that every serving of chips is to be accompanied by exactly ONE sauce packet. And at this store we don’t give sauce at all unless the customer asks. 3. Unlike the old store, the new store has a burger level at all times, not just during busy hours. And sometimes the burger dudes are lazy and don’t mark the times on the wrappers. So we just guess the age of a burger (judged by its hardness, sogginess, and how much oil has seeped through the wrapper) and toss the ones that are clearly ancient. If you don’t find this reassuring you can order a special burger. Just say “light mayo” or “heavy tomato” or something, and we’ll be forced to make one from scratch. 4. This is a question for you folks - every now and then we get people who come in and ask for their meat straight off the broiler - sometimes put through twice - and no microwaving. Do any of you do that? And WHY? :dubious: I always feel funny handing them their burgers with a little charcoal brick in and cold bread and salad. It’s like they’re going out of their way to make fast food taste worse. I don’t get it. ---
**Author:** ![mrald](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3da27b/32.png) [@mrald](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrald)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2006, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-pimply-teenage-fast-food-worker/348042/36 "2006-05-14T20:18:59Z")
Does it really bother you when someone orders something different from how it is tradtionally prepared. i.e. I get my burgers ketchup and cheese only. It has pissed off some people before, (@%#%$ SONIC) I was just curious. %^$&% SONIC ---
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2006, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-pimply-teenage-fast-food-worker/348042/37 "2006-05-14T20:22:47Z")
So, **FlyingRamenMonster** , why are you pimply? Aren’t there various benzoyl peroxide- and salicylic acid-containing face products in Oz? Or do you regard the zits as an important part of your image? ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2006, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-pimply-teenage-fast-food-worker/348042/38 "2006-05-14T20:25:37Z")
> [@mrald](#): > > Does it really bother you when someone orders something different from how it is tradtionally prepared. > > i.e. I get my burgers ketchup and cheese only. > It has pissed off some people before, (@%#%$ SONIC) I’m not the OP, but I can tell you for years Burger King’s slogan was “have it your way.” Their big selling point was encouraging people to customize their orders as opposed to say, McDonald’s where apparently if you try, they throw French fries at you. ---
**Author:** ![Sierra\_Indigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Sierra\_Indigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sierra_Indigo)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2006, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-pimply-teenage-fast-food-worker/348042/39 "2006-05-14T23:01:47Z")
> [@FlyingRamenMonster](#): > > So we just guess the age of a burger (judged by its hardness, sogginess, and how much oil has seeped through the wrapper) and toss the ones that are clearly ancient. If you don’t find this reassuring you can order a special burger. Just say “light mayo” or “heavy tomato” or something, and we’ll be forced to make one from scratch. That part of your post just gives me fond memories of going to Hungry’s before going to an all night movie marathon. We’d pick up fries and burgers to eat before the show, and a burger each for sometime in the middle. Usually by the time we got to the second burger, it had eaten its own wrapper. The best for that was always the bacon deluxe… Good times. ---
**Author:** ![FlyingRamenMonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@FlyingRamenMonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingRamenMonster)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2006, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-pimply-teenage-fast-food-worker/348042/40 "2006-05-15T01:48:22Z")
> [@mrald](#): > > Does it really bother you when someone orders something different from how it is tradtionally prepared. > > i.e. I get my burgers ketchup and cheese only. > It has pissed off some people before, (@%#%$ SONIC) > > I was just curious. Not really. It’s only four more button presses for me and less work for the guys in the back. It’s when people order things like “Whopper with cheese, heavy cheese, heavy pickle, minus ketchup, light mayo, and can you cut it in half?” that I get a little :dubious: But I wouldn’t say it _annoys_ me as such. > [@Scribble](#): > > So, **FlyingRamenMonster** , why are you pimply? Aren’t there various benzoyl peroxide- and salicylic acid-containing face products in Oz? Or do you regard the zits as an important part of your image? It’s like brand loyalty, or like how Ann Landers’ real name isn’t really Ann Landers and the column is written by several people. If I didn’t have pimples, I wouldn’t be the Pimply Teenage Fast Food Worker, and then where would we be? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-pimply-teenage-fast-food-worker/348042.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-pimply-teenage-fast-food-worker/348042.md?page=3)