Can't even show affection at work without advertising for a corporation. I think this is part of Debord/Baudrillard, that no one can even tell the difference between something like an ad and a private* show of support and that eventually it will truly become no different. Excited for HR departments to send my text messages for me with a warm slogan at the end.
*or 'authentic' but with heavy caveats
(UPDATE) What would happen if I walked in to a random McDonalds and just started working [US] (self.McLounge)
Quick background info: I quit my job at McDonalds and still have my uniform. I decided to go to a random McDonalds and just start working to see what happens.
So I went to a McDonalds in a nearby town around 4:00pm yesterday. I parked at a nearby store were I had a good view of the drive thru. I waited until the drive thru was very full to go to the McDonalds since they would be too busy to pay attention to me.
I casually walked in and pretended to clock in. I washed my hands and put on my gloves. There were only 3 worker's in the grill area. Two of them were busy on line and the other was frantically dropping 10:1s. When they saw me they told me to drop nuggets. I dropped nuggets and restocked the little freezer that was by the fryer, and continued working. One of them asked me if I was new, i just told him it's my 3rd day and he didnt question it.
After awhile once things calmed down one of the workers started teaching me how to do line. I just pretended like I had no clue what I was doing even though I did. I just occasionally made simple mistakes like putting diced onions on quarter pounders.
Things went downhill once the manager started asking us what breaks we've taken and which we haven't. I stayed quiet hoping he wouldnt ask me directly. The manager looked at me and said "and you?". I told him I havent had any of my breaks. He asked if I was new. I said yeah and gave him a fake name, Bradley Johnson.
He looked through his list and told me he couldn't find my name on the schedule. I said "Huh that's wierd, Im scheduled to work today from 4pm to 9pm". He then left to check the system. So i continued working.
Once he got back he said "Who are you, we dont have you in our system". I told him that their must be a mistake since I already had my orientation on Wednesday and I also worked Thursday. He left to double check and once he returned he told me that I wasnt in the system or the schedules. I told him I had no idea what's going on and that I'm as confused as he is. He was already kinda pissed at this point and he called the hiring manager.
As you could already guess he found out I wasnt an employee and he told me to get the fuck out or he was gonna call the police. I left and the crew member's were just talking with each other about wtf just happened.
When employee turnover is so high you don't know who the fuck your employees are or who's handling people's food. God fast food is an awesome industry lol
He died suddenly last Monday
McDonalds killed him with COVID, didn't they
Ronald McDonald: It's a terrible day for rain.
The Hamburglar: What do you mean? It's not raining.
McDonald: Yes, it is.
Hamburglar: So it is. Why don't we head back, it's getting chilly out here?How in God's name is this a real thing that I just read with my own two eyes. I simply do not live in the same reality that i used to live in
made me smile: megacorporation complicit in countless deaths by infectious disease moved their corporate-nationalist emblem as a sign of respect for one of the wageslaves they murdered.
if my cousin werent among the dead, hed be so proud. :capitalist-woke:
Imagining a squad of fucking McDonalds managers folding a fringed McDonalds flag like they do at troop funerals.
they should put a mcdonalds flag in every national building so it can be half mast every time a mcdonalds employee dies this rules
Lemme guess, did he also get a 21 fry salute aswell? This is just pouring salt on the fucking wound.
-7DeadlyFetishes
“This Fetishism of commodities has its origin, as the foregoing analysis has already shown, in the peculiar social character of the labour that produces them.”
