You are (Hypotetically) working at Mcdonald$ when...

[chinangel]

A young kid (4-5 years) walks into the store. He looks homeless and poor. You´re really on the fence with your boss. One more infraction and you´ll get fired. It´s an infraction to give customers free food, obviously. It´s also an infraction to leave your post FOR ANY REASON. The kid goes forward to you and orders a happy meal.

You ready the meal, but when you give it to him, he doesn´t pay. You take it out of his hands and he begins sobbing quietly. Do you give him the happy meal or not?

heh. I'mma good girl AND I work at McD's IRL and have done something like this before. my boss is never really breathing down my neck and my response would be to fish the money out of my pocket (I carry my changepurse everywhere) and pay for the meal myself. if I can't pay for all of it, I delete teh meeal and give it to him for free.

 

[^=ash=^]

As so many others before me, I would pay for the meal myself and call authorities. What can I say, I hate seeing unhappy kids.

Also like so many others have questioned; what is with the $ I mean come on, so it's a large company but their food is dirt cheap.

xxx

 

[aashell13]

i buy the kid's cheeseburger for him. if mcdonalds wants to fire me for that, they can go right ahead.

 

[Thundero13]

I'd give it to him, go tell my boss to go fuck himself and then leave, why the hell was I working in MacDonalds anyway?

 

[katsumoto03]

I wouldn't give him the happy meal because I'm a decent human being.

 

[CrazyGirl17]

I'd probably pay for it myself... or get him something else, paying for that as well. And then contact the proper authorities.

 

[Kaymish]

step one take kids happy meal tears are not going to melt something that has been frozen for 25 years and had people better than you trying to get me to have a heart im not a vampire so i don't have to watch my humanity
step 2 grab broom beat kid for trying the moral dilemma routine on me or if there are too many customers shoo it way its bringing down the tone of the place

actually i kid i follow company policy to the letter what ever it is probably taking the food and tossing it while asking the manager to deal to it they don't pay enough to think for my self

 

[ruben6f]

I wold think that the kid is faking it because if I was hungry and homeless I wold like to eat not to get a toy, and even if he ordered something else I woldn't give him my job feeds me and I am a selfish bastard.

 

[HentMas]

Well, not really. You would perform an infraction and it is a legitimate reason for infraction. Hell, telling your boss to go fuck himself is good enough to get fired and a good reason too (Public Indecency).

hehe, i really really hope he haves a microphone hidden somewhere because proving i said that is going to be really hard, and there were mitigating circumstances, the law isn´t absolute, and any Jury would realize that there were forces beyond the "contract" at work here

as i said, easy.

EDIT: I live in México by the way, and i know things will work out in my favor, the laws over here tend to tip over to the workers side, not the company, and it doesn't matter how many regulations the company haves they would lose the moment we got into Jury because there would be like a hundred inspections, regulations and fines they would have to pay, i´m sure they would settle before reaching court.

Pretty sure even Mc Donalds has at will contracts at this point...which means if your boss wants you gone....your gone. Doesn't even need any infractions. The days of needing infractions to fire someone are long gone. Now if you just don't like someone...fire em. Just don't tell em why. Could be for many reasons that are illegal but it doesn't matter because it's at will. Fire someone and refuse to say why and nothing can be done about it.

I´m sorry but you seem to be under the assumption that "Mcdonalds" laws are over the country laws, "at will" is not acceptable here in MX, not even if the contract says it.

 

[Herbsk]

I live in Sweden, we've got more than good enough authorities for handling shit like that, so I'd just call the police and tell them there is a lost child here and get on with my job. How difficult was that?

Also, I find it funny how people always gotta show that they consider companies "evil" and "greedy" by desperately trying to find an S in their name that can be changed to a $.

Frankly speaking - I sort of like your response here. The only thing is that, while this is a socially acceptable response, and even in the proper mindset considering the economy and how important any job is these days, it still might not be the best moral choice.

That's the only part that is harder to reconcile.

 

[Schmittler]

I actually had to work at Mcdonald's for awhile. I'd give him the happy meal. Maybe take the toy out, because he doesn't really need that, but I would give him the food. At worst, you get fired from your job. It's not like it isn't difficult to find a job like McDonald's anyway.

 

[Corporal Yakob]

No way! Why the hell should he get a free meal for crying when I'm crying myself to sleep every night because I work at Mcdonalds!?!

 

[HT_Black]

Call the police and report a vagrant. They'll certainly be able to handle it better than I can (whatever that entails).

 

[Naeo]

Well since where I live you have to pay before you get the food, that would get around the having to make he kid cry part, but if they were clearly in distress I'd probably pay for it myself (unless, as the first poster said, that would be an infraction).

Afterwards I'd probably see if I could get someone to contact the proper authorities/take the kid to a shelter or something.

 

[TPiddy]

Yeah, sorry but.... homeless children? They typically don't exist in places where there are McDonald's.... and if they do... then you turn them over to the authorities. Kids shouldn't be in the streets. We have foster care facilities for that.

 

[EternalFacepalm]

I'd tell him the burger is made of feces. He'd never enter McDonalds again (hopefully), and he's so disgusted he doesn't want to eat anymore! Everybody wins!

 

[Kevon Huggins]

Give it and ,if i could, help him find a home.

 

[similar.squirrel]

Why the fuck would I give him a Happy Meal? Is he going to eat the toy? I'd probably tell him to come back when my [hypothetical] shift ends, and give him whatever seems like the most filling thing on the menu. Then I'd go home and cry, because the world is a terrible place and I have a McJob.