Chapter I: Would you like Fries with that?
June 30, 2008It was another day at the grind. I glance with pride at the wall to my left. The wall reads, employee of the month. Underneath that sign is my face, my name and the month. There are 12 pictures on the wall, one for each month and each picture is mine.
It’s a lazy 230pm at the McDonald’s that i work for, but it doesn’t get my spirits down. I buzz up and down the counter taking orders, greeting my customers with a smile and a “Good afternoon Welcome to McDonald’s”
My mind is empty. Not a numb, mechanical emptiness but a peace, a sense of oneness with the metal counter, the stainless industrial kitchen equipment. The heat and smell and I we are one.
A man stands in front of me cheerfully I greet him. He orders McNuggets with a Coke. And I ask
“Would you like fries with that?”
This is funny
I usually view a lot of stuff on explosm.net
I like viewing it because I find the humor on the comic strip very weird, at times even inappropriate. I really, really like sick jokes. I don’t know why. In any case read, peruse it but don’t hate me for it. I just find it funny. I can’t seem to reconstruct the McDonald’s story just yet.
McDonald’s Story Explanatory Note
I wrote this story while I was in first year college for my literature class. I am in no way connected to McDonald’s Corporation or any of its subsidiaries. I do not intend to injure the reputation of McDonald’s, its employees or any person or entity related to it. This was written as a short story meant to entertain people. The story is in no way an attack on McDonald’s, McDonald’s is in this story but a humorous counterpoint to Jollibee, a local food chain in the Philippines.
