What I Learned from Four Years Working at McDonalds

From 18–22 I spent four years working at McDonalds. I worked a mix of part and full time over these years, always failing to find a ‘better’ job. I never advanced up the rungs, never was a manager, never achieved anything of significance in my time there. Basically I was the absolute stereotype of a deadbeat McDonald’s worker. Lazy, stupid, with no initiative. Over the years I saw this stereotype play out in a number of ways. The faces of my parents friends falling when I told them what I did. The snide remarks, ‘Do you still work at McDonalds?’, or ‘I could never work at a place like that.’ Encouragement from my friends, ‘Just don’t show up to work today!’ (because it’s not a real job.) <a href="https://katenorquay.medium.com/what-i-learned-from-4-years-working-at-mcdonalds-f278ad27faee">Click Here</a>