Eric Takabayashi wrote:
> Bryce wrote:

>>But it still doesn't explain why they joined the army
>>rather than working at a McDonald's.
> 
> Military's benefits are better. You claim the military gets "free everything",
> yet does not work when not fighting.
> 
>>McDonald's hires ANYONE.
> 
> Please explain unemployment and poverty, with so many want ads including
> McDonald's, particularly among minorities.
> 
>>And we KNOW they had this choice. So they chose to join the army instead.
>>Well, if this isn't true,
> 
> People who would like to make a living and raise a family, or would like to pay
> for college, might strangely not choose to work at McDonald's.

An oldie but a goodie. Why working at McDonalds is better than working
in the military.....

1. Better Uniform.

2. More medals and you get them for your job proficiency.

3. Free food, properly cooked without added bland.

4. Promotion on ability rather than incompetence.

5. Employee of the month credit rather than witch-hunt of the month.

6. McDonalds is in the middle of town not the middle of nowhere.

7. When children have tantrums you don't end up with extra work.

8. McDonalds don't pretend that they are 'Investing in People'.

9. Superior supply system.

10. There is no requirement to salute Ronald McDonald.

11. Shagging the manageress is not a crime.

12. The arseholes are in the burger, not in charge.

13. Only the customers are called Sir.

14. McDonalds only has one clown.

15. A McFlurry is an ice cream not a panic in the trade manager's office.

16. Ronald McDonald dresses in a uniform appropriate to his role.

17. You can switch jobs to Burger King at a moments notice.

18. The Mountsey trophy is a toy in Happy Meals.

19. Ronald McDonald smiles.

20. Gate guard is waiting for the next drive through customer.

21. There are no McDonalds outlets in the Iraq or Afghanistan.

22. There is no requirement to fill out the 'Chicken McNugget' database.

23. It doesn't take 16 years to develop a new deep fat fryer.

24. The rubbish goes in the bin not in your in tray.

25. The only acronym you have to remember is BLT.




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sands where one helplessly sank, and the roads which ended in nothing.
The slightest reversal would have resulted in a jolt to our prestige
giving rise to all kinds of catastrophe; the problem was not only to
conquer but to conquer again and again, perpetually; our forces would be
drained off in the attempt." - Emperor Hadrian AD 117-138