Really Weird Rules McDonald's Employees Are Forced To Follow

[@MashedFood]

Have there ever been any weird rules at places you have worked at?

[@LivingJakob]

Shut up your channel is dead

[@GabrielXDrums]

@@LivingJakob dead with 28k views? Yeah you’re stupidddd

[@MartinGarcia-km4qs]

Yes, in my early years i too worked in fast food. Then i worked part time at a nursing home as a maintainance guy. A housekeeping girl i knew never wore a bra! The company uniform she wore, but no bra, when id walk by she purposly would bend over, giving me an eyeful!

[@gort8687]

not allowed to even say the word "oil" to the customers because we call what essentially fried dough a pastry

[@sistercharliestudios]

Yes. As you don’t know, I ended up quitting my job at McDonald’s and took my head off because there were too much badasses and complaints at the kitchen.

[@raymondohlsen5054]

Finally, a video about McDonalds that won't make the customers more untrusting, and rude to McD"s employees! Thank you.

[@peteytwofinger]

yeah this sucks - lets try to be nice to our food service workers ok - hint they are PEOPLE .

[@notarcadez999]

This video is a lie!!!!

[@ryankrepshaw5480]

@@notarcadez999 as a employee I can say it is almost all facts

[@moana5041]

No free food for the crews but have 30%discount 😊

[@IKEMENOsakaman]

I used to work in McDonald's in Japan. We had to make smiles and act like a clown in front of the mirror for 5 sec before we could go get orders on the counter lol

[@fitybux4664]

Wait, are you saying McD staff smiles are fake? My life has been shattered. 😢

[@taleabriggs2249]

@Fity Bux Yes our smiles are fake, we may have just dealt with a costumer who screamed at us, but still smile and use manners. You never know what we are thinking, our smiles are mostly fake unless you're kind to us.

[@DrunkDuckXD]

Oh fuck no...

[@Ghanaka]

The part where food needs to be tossed every 15 minutes or so is company policy, but at the store I worked at, on off-hours, when the timer went off, especially with quarter pownders and the angus beef and other expensive items, mgmt would just reset the timer and wouldn't throw it away to reduce waste.

[@Victor-tl4dk]

Good. That's so wasteful.

[@mikentosh]

@@Victor-tl4dk - You enjoy paying for food that has been sitting around far too long? STFU

[@glozzomtu]

At my mcdonald’s we really only throw the food away when it’s clearly old, usually it gets shrunken after around an hour. The quarter pounders are all cook to order now so unless there’s an extra made those don’t usually get wasted

[@bakugoubean2924]

That’s the same at mine too I’m a crew trainer and we aren’t told to throw away cause of cost

[@liztrainer895]

I wish they would just give the food to homeless instead of throwing it out

[@Sara-L]

Speaking as someone who's worked at McD's for over 15 years.. 1 - Closed is closed. This isn't weird. 2 - Handwashing in foodservice is mandated by law. Not weird. 3 - This is basic product marketing and PR. Not weird. 4 - Free food? This is a no brainer, not weird. 5 - It's a safety issue. It's a Drive Thru, not a Walk Thru. not weird. 6 - How is this weird? You can't expect someone to call a pizza a pizza if it's made from chocolate cake. 7 - Pulling a customer ahead allows the store to serve other customers who have different orders while that first person's food is being prepared. This keeps lines from backing up. Not weird. 8 - McDonald's doesn't do Monopoly in my area anymore. But employees aren't allowed to participate in promotions due to unfairness to the public. Not weird. 9 - This was only ever a meme and never existed. There was never any hidden 'weird' menu. 10 - Old food is tossed due to food safety issues. Not weird. I thought I was going to see weird things. @MashedFood, care to explain?

[@shighberg]

The rules on hand washing is set by each State’s Health Department. The recommendations on the federal level is once per hour in the USA.

[@krisfrederick5001]

The First Rule of McDonald's Club: Don't talk about the Hamburglar 👀

[@JaneDoe-tc8to]

Not only do our drive through’s get timed, but we’re competing at all times. The man who owns my store, owns the other 4 in the area, there’s an active scoreboard tracking times, cars, and profits

[@Lucas1z]

This is true for me as well

[@cee1458]

Same as Taco Bell

[@glozzomtu]

Mine doesn’t track profits, but it does track average time per car for that day and hour, longest time in that day and hour, and how many cars in that day and hour. Only people working present see it though

[@Victor-tl4dk]

5:30 Where I live my city has a law that fast food establishments must serve pedestrians and bicyclists as well. This is to promote accessibility, especially during COVID when the the insides were often closed. I like it.

[@King-sd5vg]

Hygiene standards are usually set by the country/states health department the one I work at every 15 mins with a board that thoroughly explains step by step how to wash your hands. I like when she mentioned "if you don't want to wait a long time try to order menu items that don't take long to prepare." she is 100% right if you have a 50+ dollars order idk why people expect to be served in like under 1min. You can make and pack everything in a large lets say 70 dollar order super quickly.

[@Joshtheweatherman]

5:10 The main reason why we don’t serve people that walk through the drive thru is because it messes up the times, and a possible chance of burglary, assault, or vandalism. We had a drunk person do that once, and we told him to come into the lobby.

[@patrciaclemons8183]

Worked at McDonald's for a few months, hardly ANY of these are actually enforced.

[@patrciaclemons8183]

At any of the stores I helped at

[@DerekBoldiene360]

I worked at McDonald's from October 2018 to June 2021. I left because I am not a good dishwasher. But over all the job was not that bad for me. Until they used only as a dishwasher then I got a peace of egg stuck in my finger nail. At first I was sweeping and mopping the lobby, taking out trash, cleaning tables chairs everything. Pay at McDonald's where I used pays 15.50 now which is decent. We closed the lobby do to Covid-19. We let use the bathroom until Coivd-19.

[@UncleEbenezer77]

Is there a hidden rule that when I ask for Sweet & Sour sauce, two out of three times I'll receive BBQ?

[@watchinvidzwatchinvidz7691]

Look in your bag if you don't see them then tell the employee & they will give you it.

[@Coffeeratgaming]

no this often just screw usual due to high voltage at that timw

[@TooMuchXoxo]

Weird rules nobody follows is more like it 👍🏾😎

[@JaneDoe-tc8to]

Y’all don’t worry, we follow the hand washing rule and everyone working in kitchen is wearing gloves on both hands. We literally have a timer on the wall that tells us when we need to wash our hands

[@glozzomtu]

Same here, but no one washes their hands when it says to

[@thepastcomesalive2082]

When I was a kid McDonald’s tasted a lot better than it does now, because when we were almost there I could smell the food from a mile away, today you can’t smell it like you used to anymore so you can’t tell but for those who can see they’re able to tell because they can see the sign but I am not able to tell anymore because I go by smell being blind. The only way to know is if I ask somebody are we at McDonald’s and they say yes, but when I was a kid I knew that I was almost there because I could smell the food without having to ask somebody. I wish McDonald’s would taste the way that it used to I miss that, The cheeseburgers and fries tasted very different I don’t know what changed and why.

[@mrgold1e799]

I'm a mc donalds employee, and the hand washing is an actual rule, but not many people follow it lol. they just do it when they switch stations. so for example they go from doing the dishes to making bic mac's.

[@Chef.joyardee]

3:01 why did I think ronald was holding a knife lol

[@firewalker1372]

The Mickey Ds near me, when you order your food, you get a McAttitude with your meal….. Also @ 3:02 3:03 I think Ronnie is getting ready for a home invasion, dudes fixing to stick somebody.

[@JaneDoe-tc8to]

Keep in mind the employees have been on their feet for several hours, probably dealing with very rude customers

[@iwir3d]

Ordering no salt doesn't mean fresh. Fries have a quality span of 7 minutes before the QA goes off on the frier and the fries are no longer quality assured. Technically you order "no salt" they could be any where from fresh pulled to 7 minutes old. If you politely ask them to "cook to order" they have a specific button for that in the grill menu that they can press to make sure the are freshly pulled before being handed to you. Not really a hack, just the correct way to order. Of course when I do fries they are usually gone before QA goes off. Fries take just over 3 minutes to cook, a few seconds to drip the oils back into the frier, and then salt/scoop into the box/bag.

[@JaneDoe-tc8to]

Idk if you worked at one that had a different policy, but if someone orders a fry with no salt, it’s fresh and we shake it right from the basket into the fry box

[@Airflow80]

Has someone that worked on McDonalds i can say some of things in the video dont really happen in real life, someone always break rules.

[@watchinvidzwatchinvidz7691]

I agree worked there too

[@ruebugga4669]

Let's not talk about the fact there's no paper towels in the bathrooms. Do you all realize that when you use hand dryers it literally defeats the purpose?

[@burntbacn]

At mcdonalds in the UK, or at least the ones I've worked in, the food being fresh really isn't a concern. All the food is made fresh when the order is placed, with the only exception occasionally being fries, which do get tossed if they are left out too long. It's probably worse going at busy hours because the cooks have to make food for multiple orders at once rather than focusing on a specific order.

[@zaramarie_x]

No we don’t just toss it we still give to costumers but if they complain we have to give them fresh fries or something

[@treverfarted]

McDonalds fired me for some false allegations regarding stealing chicken nuggets. I issued a public apology video on my channel, but they have yet to respond.

[@shartkey1214]

your the hamburglar

[@watchinvidzwatchinvidz7691]

More like Chicken McNuggetlar.

[@halfacubey389]

Fun fact: If it’s not too busy, just ask for your food to be fresh. We don’t mind.

[@shighberg]

McDonald’s standard is 3.5 minutes from the time the person starts ordering to being served the food.

[@eaglesniper4263]

In the drive thu? Because ours is less than 2 mins

[@peteytwofinger]

@@bkbk4003 the secret to this is DONT SPECIAL ORDER when its busy AF ... but isnt this just common sense ? my rule is dont do that ever , especially at the drive thru . i can remove my own pickle

[@TheRobinRedbreast]

All these rules at McDonald's didn't stop that employee from spitting in a customer's coffee at the McDonald's on Tropicana and Jones in Las Vegas. Something seriously needs to be done about this type of employee behavior. This should be considered Attempted Murder and the employee should go to prison.

[@Camman010]

I was in a McDonald's, a customer was in the next line put a dog on the counter. The worker let the dog lick her hands and sit on the counter. She then continued to serve other people. Please people remember dogs lick their own asses and eat other dogs crap. No matter how cute the dog is they don't belong in any place that serves food.

[@user-zu9yp4xx8g]

Never fixing the ice cream machine seems like it should be on here

[@aaronxgaming4042]

"Especially paying customers who just wanna use the bathroom" Whatarya buyin?

[@CKDSurvivor04]

Rules are made to be broken too. The rule I see with wiggle room is the food times. I highly doubt every store follows those rules. Employees keep food longer I'm sure.

[@izanagigod2185]

As a McDonald’s crew member I can confirm that this true in our store 👍🏾

[@simonstevenson6686]

Worked at McDonald's for 3 days, quit because they were on some BS. Never looking back.

[@vsoym]

Lol

[@HurricaneJD]

there is a gas station near where i live that closed its doors during the pandemic but made a walk up window for people to still grab a few things here and there like beer and smokes and gas. this place literally washed every piece of money that was given to them as it was given to them. one lady took the money while another wiped it down with sanitizing cleaner

[@iwir3d]

What's funny is motorcycles and mopeds can go thru a drivethru. I once walked my moped thru a mcdonalds drive thru because the damn thing wouldn't idle without dying and I didn't want to give it throttle to keep it from dying. I then later went to go work for that same mcdonalds and some of the workers ride mopeds lol.. Ive seen kid's try and come thru on bicycles but our shake machine was down so they left lol

[@JaneDoe-tc8to]

Idk at the one I work at, the vehicle has to have a motor in order for us to allow it through drive through

[@Victor-tl4dk]

5:40 if a driver doesn't notice a pedestrian in the drive through lane they should not be driving...

[@isaiahvargas4040]

I work at mc d we wash our hands every hour n sanitize every hour but i have seen people ignore this rule

[@fitybux4664]

11:13 The UHC's manual states that Quarter meat and Reg meat hold times are both 15 minutes. Not 30 minutes. (Now, this can be changed, just saying that's the default.) Quarter meat is usually cooked to order, because they are more rare for orders. Now... I've been to a bad late night McDs that had cold Quarter meat. NFI how they messed that up.

[@Der_Kleine_Mann]

The thing with that they don't serve to people in the drive-through who come there by foot, I found out about first hand when corona hit. They just decided to not open the indoor dining area anymore, which I didn't know about, but I was fly fishing by foot at a near by river and wanted to do a short burger break. They said no, I said ok If you mean🤷‍♂️ I then asked the next car driver that came to the drive-through to order for me, and he said ok. I gave him the money and he gave me the food👍 Man I was so pissed for a moment when they said, no order by foot here, because I was walking in wading-boots for like 10 minutes in the heat to get to the McD's location😤

[@Chonchey]

McDonald’s gave me free nuggets cause they forgot my mighty sauce

[@arylun9781]

I work at a McDonald’s in the us and the no free food rule is completely untrue. We give free sandwiches to vets and entire orders free to police officers on/off duty

[@saltyfox7056]

I wish they were strict enough to ensure the sandwich patty isn't hanging half way out of the bun.

[@vermontvoice13]

It's called a McGangBang lol

[@kdupuis77]

Haha that's it! Ive never actually ordered it that way... Usually was just the right amount of drunk that I could still figure out how to order both and ganging them together on my own lol.

[@thebobbleheaddiaries6921]

wash hands once per hour - after bathroom- after break. gloves worn if handing food. change gloves when soiled. different gloves for raw foods (blue) vs just food handling (clear)

[@N3ILFRANC1S]

At 3:03, what is he holding?

[@zeanarose4599]

Lmao

[@jessicac5934]

If famous rules can be broken ? 😂 like always good to know

[@cornjobb]

i order fries without salt because they taste better without the incredible amount of salt they add. i think they're inedible when served normally.

[@scottsummerour9483]

No free food? I call BS on that. The no free food policy might be true of corporate/operated stores, but that decision is left up to the franchise owner/operator. Waaaayyy back in the day the McDonalds I worked at always gave the Highway Patrolman, Deputy Sheriff or Fireman (on duty) their order for free. Some did not take the freebie and insisted on paying. I’m just saying.

[@Scorpiomaj27889]

All fast food restaurants have a very specific amount and method of making the food - the order is important. Circa 2004 working at subway a footlong may not have more than 8 pieces of olives unless specifically asked for.

[@watchinvidzwatchinvidz7691]

Its better than most fast food & retail jobs when they finally get 15 dollars an hour I want to get a job there again. So.

[@eloramidori]

I personally wash my hands as much as I can because I wouldn’t want to eat something that has been touched by filthy hands… and also…. I can’t bear the onion/pickle fingers anymore. I have special soap at home I have to use 3 times for 2 days straight to remove the smell

[@zachwhite595]

It’s more to store to store on rules my bosses were nice about stuff when I work there

[@I_am_Allan]

Fresh food, yes. Healthy food, maybe. French fry boxes pinched? 99% of the time...and don't tell me it doesn't happen...

[@zaramarie_x]

At the McDonald’s I worked we didn’t have to wash our hands I saw a lot of people I worked with even coming from the toilets not washing

[@michael2305]

to be fair: if you work in a kitchen an not clean your hands once an hour you're either a pig or not touching a thing imo.

[@mr168866]

Paramedics would come in once in a while for coffee. I dont remeber charging them for anything lmao

[@kaleoy7584]

Franchise McDonald's policies and Corporate McDonald's policies can differ.

[@blackghost6796]

Nobody in the uk washes their hands fron 2 shifts alone Nobody on food washed their hands the whole time I was there and that was 8 hrs

[@sleazy7926]

i dont know any mcdonalds worker i work with cares if we get fired or not 😂😂

[@whendaisycleanseverything]

I hate when the employees from McDonald’s break the rules at their restaurant but as a kid, I asked them to write a joke in the Filet-O-Fish container.

[@ronnato162]

They don't ACTUALLY enforce these half the time

[@michellelogreco3351]

McDonalds in my neighborhood has been closed fir inside dining for a year!!!

[@firewalker1372]

Ours finally opened up, then turned around and closed again to be remodeled 😂. I’m sure Covid had a lot to do with the dinning room closing.

[@whocares0692]

The fired employee NEVER should have been rehired. Amazing how media / peer pressure dictates !

[@user-zu9yp4xx8g]

@@bkbk4003 I don't understand how that's being a nazi

[@bsosmoove]

Is there a rule about being petty af to the customer when they ask for an extra sauce cup

[@stephencook1666]

Yes it's set by managers that get mad when employees don't charge cause higher ups get mad at them thats kinda how the structure works at mcdonalds

[@watchinvidzwatchinvidz7691]

Order it with your food order. They will charge you but that way you can cop attitude when they forget it, when you check your bag for it. Reverse that attitude.

[@firewalker1372]

@@watchinvidzwatchinvidz7691 🤣 😂 Bingo. Except I like to call it an McAttitude….

[@henrycopelandiii4367]

i eat the food on the job and havent gotten in trouble yet

[@pielucas439]

Always fresh at McDonald's? Sure🙄 The last few times I got fries from there, they were old, cold & stale with so much salt on them it was disgusting

[@kathleenhenson5833]

Always order them with no salt. Then they have to make fresh ones. A worker told me that and it works.

[@watchinvidzwatchinvidz7691]

Ask for all your food fresh they have to do it but they will park you if your in the drive thru

[@Lucas1z]

The mc Donald’s I work at will keep half the fries that just came out put them on the right side and fries that have been salted on the other so when they run out of fries on the left side they just move and salt the fries on the right keeping an equal amount of both at all times

[@Mintman83]

I remember meeting Ronald when I was 5 on vacation in 1988. You are not forgotten 🤡

[@harrypotterzoup3886]

Nope the quarter pounder is only aloud to sit for no more then a min at my store

[@shunjojo5593]

Hello everyone how are you

[@erichillyard964]

I don’t know I’ve been served some really nasty fries. They retry them

[@convelsmith6821]

Did they rehire her because it will make them look bad or because they can make money off it?

[@matte5003]

In the past I've heard they've let food sit out for a long time, especially the Filet O Fish. Does this depend on the location or because of COVID they are more good at making fresh batches of food now???

[@watchinvidzwatchinvidz7691]

All fast food has this problem. Go when its busy & you will get fresh food guanteed.

[@christopherbrase5307]

All hot ingredients have hold times, like 7min for fries after they cooked. This means after that time period the food gets tossed into a waste bucket, to be counted later, and is replaced as needed. When busy most items are used before this time expires but when slow some times they last past this time lowering quality (dried out nuggets). Or wait times increase while it's being made fresh. It depend on the strictness of the management and crew of the location

[@clintcountryman4849]

The McChicken inside the McDouble is McStupid.

[@lovebug.8143]

What is really in the meat???? Do your research..

[@michaelclayton7506]

I'm working here now And it's not bad but it pays decent while I'm in school and gives me something to do, but also my feet are unbearably sore after a shift but I'm also overweight so hey...

[@tboss3276]

Jesus loves you! He truly does!😊❤

[@redranger9623]

I work at a McDonald’s and I can confirm most of the rules to have merit

[@harrypotterzoup3886]

McDonald’s won’t put that sandwich together for you

[@kevinhoward9593]

fired because of a slice of cheese? Ok thats just petty.

[@Luxndyr]

The Disney of fast food

[@unkameatgoodbar2315]

I ain’t eaten at rotten ronnies in yrs..

[@steffiewatkins4392]

And here I thought a rule they had to follow was to screw up as many orders a day as possible… I’m sure a chunk of McD’s profit is from charging customers for items they NEVER get. 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@JarrettD12]

never walk through the drive through we will yell at you

[@MrClockworkbanana]

My partner gets free drinks when she shows her blue card

[@genericcamera984]

Walking through the drive through is not a safety risk. Eating this shit is ! People would be better off if they learned how to cook.

[@tye9713]

U think that's crazy u should go to popeyes

[@altheabennett9544]

Don’t go there anymore in& out is less money& better food

[@duncanfirth]

Micky d's sounds wierd it's maccas in australia

[@ShadowkaiYT]

This is cool

[@clintcountryman4849]

Hand washing isn't a weird rule

[@christianbell6423]

corporate death burger ronald mcdonald

[@kevinmckown3193]

Mcdonalds wouldnt let my motorize bicycle in the drive up whitch is stupid because it is by federal law a legal rode vehicle what bullshit

[@caoincoaingamer]

Yay no mean

[@GEENIAH3]

🍔=horse+children

[@jaycebee6857]

Meh

[@notarcadez999]

This is lie

[@gogamermoo9204]

Potato

[@elgrifo3611]

McDonald's should cook food as it's ordered rather than getting cold food .

[@watchinvidzwatchinvidz7691]

Yes.. It tastes better too. Just order it to be made fresh.

[@firewalker1372]

I think the only thing cooked fresh is the royal with cheese. It is at the McDonald’s near me anyway. Everything else sits in a heating tray.

[@HiImCool2008]

howdy lol

[@mikentosh]

I get burgers + fries that have been sitting around way too long, all the time!