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those chrome registers have been embedded in my brain for 50 years from 79-80 i used to get lunch at the McDonalds every saturday that i lived 7 blocks away from i used to get 2 plain hamburgers a cheeseburger a large fry and a chocolate shake for like 3 dollars and 20 cents
I remember this from my McDonald's days 30 years ago... I saw the thumbnail and immediately thought, in a panicked voice, "courtesy cup? Courtesy cup!!" Love them all, now to find one called "credibility gap..."
They all looked a lot classier then. One downside was the cigarette smoke as everyone smoked while eating, with the aluminum or orange glass ash trays at EVERY TABLE.
I think the guy who played the role of the McDonald's manager (at 6:42) was Arthur Howard, one of the many ensemble players, on the PBS show Square One Television.
They should train their employes like this today and i think they should bring back the hot dispenser where they have the sandwiches ready in advance so the service is faster.
The production bin could only hold food for 10 minutes whereas now they can hold disassembled products in the kitchen for much longer so I cannot see it returning anytime soon. The new system also gives the impression it's made freshly for each order - when it isn't.
$3.59 in 1974 is equal to $22.40 today. I don’t go to mcdoodles but I would bet at today’s inflated prices a shake, coke, coffee, Big Mac, quarter pounder, regular burger, two regular fries and a pie will cost way more than $22.40.
The reason this would never work today is because sadly these types of attitudes begin in the home. Most of today’s parents today couldn’t even begin to train their kids to behave like this. Instead most are raising their kids to only care about themselves and no one else. Very sad, but I believe that in most part it is true.
These 1974 employees need to train 2024 employees The 1 minute technique happens today, if your lucky, today, they take their sweet time, your lucky to get your order in less than five minutes, the customer service reps are sometimes on their phone screaming or whatever, totally not focusing on the customer, then to top it all off they give you an attitude. And heaven help you if your having a bad day and get upset with the manager because they didnt get your order right, they will deny you service.
Step 4, Present food to customer. Step 5 , Take the money. 3:58 I remember those days. Today it's Step 1, Take the money. Step 2, Ignore the customer. Step 3, toss cold food towards customer and don't make eye contact. 😂
Ha! I worked retail in the 1980s and seeing the folks now who don't make eye-contact or cop an attitude if you ask for help , would send my old manager to the fainting couch.
I don't even know what I'm doing. A gook could be standing three feet in front of me, and I wouldn't know it. I'm so tired. It's scary 'cause nobody tells me how to do anything 'cause I'm new, and nobody cares about the new guys. They don't even wanna know your name. The unwritten rule is a new guy's life isn't worth as much 'cause he hasn't put his time in, yet. And they say, if you're gonna get killed in the Nam, it's better to get it in the first few weeks. The logic being: you don't suffer that much.
