The McDonalds Thread Mk II

No, no, no. Here is a pic of a blister I got from the grill due to a bit of oil spitting onto my finger, followed by what it looks like now, ~10 days later. It was my fault for getting too close while cleaning it, but I only did that because one of the managers was walking around shouting at everyone to speed up

Bit of an odd question but was anyone afraid of being around really hot equipment or large vats of hot cooking oil before they started? I have a bit of a phobia of really hot things because I try to avoid them as much as I can and I'm worried this will be a problem. Are acidents related to cooking common when working e.g. spilling boiling oil/drinks? And is the workspace spacious so as not to have people walking around being dangerous?

I hate days with no soft drinks -____- And since our shake syrups run off CO2 (don't know if it's the case with other shake machines, but yeah) so no shakes either. And then we ran out of OJ and water since we were selling those to compensate. Then there were times when we lost oasis and BIM drinks. Crappy day.

And I hate people who don't understand when I tell them there's no fizzy drinks.

Yeah that's a good point actually....


But ouch that looks painful :s


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Just realised how aggressive I sounded there haha, sorry!
+I didn't even notice the oil on my hand at first; now I can barely feel a thing on that part of my finger. My mum says I must have destroyed nerve endings or something... Just noticed how weird it looks with all the hair burnt off too

Just realised how aggressive I sounded there haha, sorry!
+I didn't even notice the oil on my hand at first; now I can barely feel a thing on that part of my finger. My mum says I must have destroyed nerve endings or something... Just noticed how weird it looks with all the hair burnt off too

The workplace isn't very spacious, no... There's a lot of squeezing past people when you're in the kitchen. Your profile indicates that you're female though, and at the one where I work the vast majority of female new starters are on drive thru or front counters. My friend's been there over a year and she hasn't even set foot in the kitchen yet!!

No, no, no. Here is a pic of a blister I got from the grill due to a bit of oil spitting onto my finger, followed by what it looks like now, ~10 days later. It was my fault for getting too close while cleaning it, but I only did that because one of the managers was walking around shouting at everyone to speed up

The workplace isn't very spacious, no... There's a lot of squeezing past people when you're in the kitchen. Your profile indicates that you're female though, and at the one where I work the vast majority of female new starters are on drive thru or front counters. My friend's been there over a year and she hasn't even set foot in the kitchen yet!!

Ouch! That made me wince :'( Did it/does it hurt? Seriously, I can't even stand anywhere near boiling oil without experiencing mild panic. Even when my mum cooks with oil and I'm in the kitchen I end up anxiously glancing over to make sure nothing spills over despite the fact she's been cooking longer than I've been alive and is experienced with that sort of suff. I don't know how I'm going to manage haha.



The McDonalds I've applied to doesn't have a drive through

You'll still have a front counter though, chances are you'll get put on there


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They're to let everyone know when the food in front of them should be thrown out, there's a 10 minute 'holding period' in which the food is still okay to be served after it has been cooked and placed in the bin.

Generally it's the kitchen manager who keeps an eye on time cards, as it's their side that is right (red or black number) and matches the clock, and they will tell someone on front to throw the particular food away.

For chicken it's a 20 minute holding period (actually this may vary depending on the chicken product, I'm not quite sure as I've never worked kitchen) but as it's made as its ordered these don't have time cards but have their own timers on the UHC.


I don't see why you'd get shouted at for dropping them, it's not like they touch the food, as long as they get picked up and get put down the side of the production bin I don't see the problem.


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I thought it might be that, but I've never seen a number above 12 I don't think.

And I've not yet been trained on fries, thigh I know hw to pull and box them just out of necessity. We have such a tiny front counter area for our sales volume that we nearly always have someone on fries.

Yeah hopefully

My BM basically told me that I won't really ever go in the kitchen as I am a people person and wants me on front or drive thru just hold eye contact your whole interview and smile loads. Never hesitate when you talk and always sound confident. This is what he told me makes me perfect for front. He didn't make me do my OJE as I 'impressed him enough in my interview I was so polite and friendly that he knows that I will be like that if not more friendly to customers' so literally just act like you're speaking to a friend or your mum lol


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My BM basically told me that I won't really ever go in the kitchen as I am a people person and wants me on front or drive thru just hold eye contact your whole interview and smile loads. Never hesitate when you talk and always sound confident. This is what he told me makes me perfect for front. He didn't make me do my OJE as I 'impressed him enough in my interview I was so polite and friendly that he knows that I will be like that if not more friendly to customers' so literally just act like you're speaking to a friend or your mum lol


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I got told that at my interview too...

9 out of every 10 shifts I'm on grill.

But I'm a girl there were literally no girls on grill at my branch and I can't do a lot of physical lifting bending etc (medical reasons) so depends on the cookers but I'd probs be rubbish at it


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Just because you work in kitchen doesn't mean you have to do a lot of heavy lifting, tbh there's probably more heavy lifting involved on front counter tbh but if you have medical reasons they won't make you do it anyways.



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Agree! Front counter - stocking up fries for the fry hopper, shake and sundae mix, crates of water/juices etc. are all the heaviest things.

Shake and Sundae mix is the kitchens job :P Use the bun tray thing on wheels when moving heavy things, just put another trey on top so you don't damage the buns