<p>Greetings CC! I just got a fast food job at Chick-Fil-A. I have a few questions though....</p>
<p>1) Do you have any advice on how to memorize the menu or remember the way things are to be made and put together?</p>
<p>2) Cash register tips?</p>
<p>3) Any other general tips? </p>
<p>Any advice would help, particularly if you work at a fast food restaurant. Thanks!</p>
<p>Um this is more like a forum about preparing for college.
And sorry I've never worked in one of those.</p>
<p>Gah, I just applied to McDonalds and am wondering too, and not necessarily I AM SPONED, this is a forum about high school and the issues that come with it, including getting a job.</p>
<p>CCers don't work at humiliating jobs like fast food restaurants...</p>
<p>Of course, a high gpa and SAT scores are tickets to free-load off of mommy and daddy. Everyone should work a minimum wage job in high school. Colleges should require it.</p>
<p>1.) Once you've been working there for a month or two, you'll have it memorized. Also the register pretty much does everything for you, so you're not going to be on the spot having to add orders in your head or anything like that. For putting things together, they will probably be signs that list the ingredients in case you can't remember
2.) Most registers are set up so they can practically run themselves.
3.) Try to keep busy, it makes the time go by faster</p>
<p>I don't work fast food, but I work a register at a movie theatre and it's (somewhat) similar.</p>
<p>I think that this forum titled HIGH SCHOOL LIFE concerns high school life and jobs/volunteer work are part of a lot of high school students' lives. And for it to be about college, this is something I can commit to and put on my college applications/resumes. I think I am aware of what type of material this forum can be used for.</p>
<p>I wish i could have a job im old enough but parents wolnt allow it..So its between the helan kellar center and down at the barn(Riding and helping out often...it involves the gross stuff but also hosing down horses brushing horses so its fun im starting out tommorow w/ the helping out ive been riding off and on 4 5 yrs well this summer it will be off and on 4 6 yrs!)</p>
<p>I don't have any advice, but I would just like to say fast food is the absolute worst job in the history of jobs. I worked in fast food for a total of 16 hours before I realized how terrible and degrading it was.</p>
<p>Hey, it'll make you a stronger person ;)
I'm looking forward to doing something challenging, and making my own money. :)</p>
<p>lesmizzie, that sounds great! I ride, too, and I'll be working as an assistant instructor at summer camp at my barn starting next week, and volunteering at a hospital in the evenings.</p>
<p>What is with people who keep saying that fast food jobs are humiliating or degrading? A job's a job. You work hard and you get paid. I work at a movie theater and sometimes I work at the concessions. I don't find it degrading at all. Actually, I like it a whole lot better than tearing tickets (>_<) or sweeping the theaters. I think it's actually fun working with food. What's so bad with working at fast food restaurants?</p>
<p>I agree with you in general, but as a vegan, I couldn't work somewhere that would require me to handle meat and other animal products... it would just repulse me beyond belief. I'd work at a vegan fast food place any day. :p</p>
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What is with people who keep saying that fast food jobs are humiliating or degrading? A job's a job. You work hard and you get paid. I work at a movie theater and sometimes I work at the concessions. I don't find it degrading at all. Actually, I like it a whole lot better than tearing tickets (>_<) or sweeping the theaters. I think it's actually fun working with food. What's so bad with working at fast food restaurants?
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<p>What's so degrading? The whole process.</p>
<p>Fast Food usually pay minimum wage with little to no benefits.</p>
<p>There is no sense of appreciation from the general public when you do something right, but goshdangit, if you give them a pickle and they ask for no pickle, you are suddenly worthless and berated by the customer and the supervisor.</p>
<p>The quality of work and the workers around you is usually subpar(not to stereotype...ok to stereotype).</p>
<p>It's a dead end with no real opprotunity for decent advancement.</p>
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It's a dead end with no real opprotunity for decent advancement.
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<p>Well this being the CC forum (hmm, what does the first C stand for?), I doubt he/she (sorry I don't know) is working in the fast-food industry because he/she wants to flip burgers (or whatever Chick-Fil-A makes) for the rest of his/her life and hopefully advance into a management position after a few years. It's working in a "degrading" job for the sake of working in a "degrading" job.</p>
<p>Working in the fast-food industry (or grocery, retail... anywhere making near minimum wage) is more about gaining experience for both college and life, having an appreciation for the money you make (if you make say $7 an hour, you will think differently about buying a $60 sweater than if your parents gave you the money), seeing how hard it is in a labor-type job, and realizing that you should be nicer to the cashier next time you go to a McDonalds or something.</p>
<p>Personally I have never, and will never work in the fast food industry or similar menial tasks. There are much more constructive ways to develop a work ethic, or to earn money. Unfortunately for a teenager, most employers won't trust them with any type of job that requires half a brain, or entails responsibility. So due to that I'd stick to volunteer projects or jobs that may actually teach you skills in a field you may end up working in. Of course for those who really need to work due to financial considerations, there's nothing wrong with it, but I just don't see any point to spending time flipping burgers/running a register if you don't have to.</p>
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Well this being the CC forum (hmm, what does the first C stand for?), I doubt he/she (sorry I don't know) is working in the fast-food industry because he/she wants to flip burgers (or whatever Chick-Fil-A makes) for the rest of his/her life and hopefully advance into a management position after a few years. It's working in a "degrading" job for the sake of working in a "degrading" job.</p>
<p>Working in the fast-food industry (or grocery, retail... anywhere making near minimum wage) is more about gaining experience for both college and life, having an appreciation for the money you make (if you make say $7 an hour, you will think differently about buying a $60 sweater than if your parents gave you the money), seeing how hard it is in a labor-type job, and realizing that you should be nicer to the cashier next time you go to a McDonalds or something.
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<p>The C stands for college and if you're workin for $7 an hour, you are never gonna be able to put money aside to pay off those student loans.</p>
<p>I don't understand how it gives you an appreciation for money, all it does is give me an appreciation for the multiplication system. I think, Hmmmmmm how many hours will it take for me to earn that $60 sweater, nine!....nope, damnit forgot about Taxes.....fourteen!</p>
<p>Why should I be nicer to the people at McDonalds next time? If I ask for no pickle and I get pickle, why shouldn't I be mad? I don't pay my 79 cents, that a fraction of a percentage goes to that person's wage, for that humburger only to have blasted pickle on it. Sally's just gonna have to bite the bullet and take the verbal abuse if she can't get me my burger with no pickle.</p>
<p>Hey guys, calm down. Some people need to get a job to do stuff like pay for a car, gas, fun, etc., that their parents won't hand to them. If they get a job somewhere, what the **** does it matter to you where it is</p>
<p>Doesn't make a damn bit of difference to me what people do with their time, I was simply lending my opinion on the fast food industry.</p>
<p>Alrighty...</p>
<p>High schoolers --> need job experience --> get job (Chick-fil-a is a great place to work, no chances of working on Sundays) --> put that job on resume --> Colleges like that</p>
<p>After a few weeks, you'll get the hang of everything and be able to get orders done in no time. It's just like sports---practice makes it easier.</p>
<p>As for appreciating money, I agree that it does help one appreciate dinero. I know guys who hold summer construction jobs, and they really have learned to appreciate good food (eg, fresh fruit, good meat). One hours worth of hard sweat in the sun can buy one measly lunch. Maybe they'll think again next time they want something.</p>