I wrote the McDonalds essay but lost it. here is a digest.
Go to work for McDonalds and consider it going to school.
Most McDonalds employees don’t flip burgers, they are in sales. At McDonalds if you apply your self and study what is happening you can develop a good understanding of sales and customer service.
If you clean up, study the various chemicals and cleaners. Read the MSDS documents and learn a lot about OSHA, chemicals and government regulation. Learn what they do and why they do it. Understand the process and hoe it relates to government regulations. Somewhere there are posters. Study the posters and develop a total understanding of what they mean. Learn how the government and business interact and why.
Hang out with the manager and study and learn the flow of goods. Learn the basics of purchasing. study the inventory flow and learn how inventory management keeps the company rolling.
A typical Mc Donalds store is a mega industry on a micto scale They buy raw materials hire labor and manufacture a product to very tight specifications. The process is typical of all manufacturing, only the product, the manufacturing equipment and size are different.
Then there is the matter of human resources. A one year study od the flow of people in and out and retained could result in a master’s degree paper on proper use and abuse of labor resources.
Then there is cash. A study of cash management could provide a detailed insight into cash, banking and the importance of plastic payments to a small business.
It is all there for free. as a matter of fact one can get paid while at this school. All it takes ie a proper frame of mind and a desire. Everything there is something to be learned
An interviewer will be blown out of her shoes when the lessons set out and learned are recounted in extreme detail.
I’m going to save this and continue to expand for the next time the issue is raised.
Brilliant...i love it...
I understand what you are saying. However, what I am saying is you are not going to make a living flipping burgers all your life. Be it McDonald’s or Billy Bob’s Home Style Burgers down on the block.