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The fuck!
I worked at McD what of it? If someone’s working and paying bills then don’t judge them.
I’m a software developer now but not only through hard work as I recognise a certain amount of luck played into how I got where I am now and without that I’d still be working minimum wage somewhere.
There's nothing wrong with working at McDonald's.
But it's a fact that people often work in fast food because they can't get a job elsewhere. That doesn't mean they don't deserve a living wage, but it does mean that people who alienate potential employers by being intentionally obnoxious are more likely to end up there.
So you're saying you're unemployed?
Not at all. I'm quite gainfully employed, partially because I'm not intentionally obnoxious to my clients.
So you are able to not be intentionally obnoxious. I honestly wasn't sure.
Just everyone that isn't "your client," huh? Is "your client" in the room with us?
All his clients are in Canada.
Sorry to tell you, but you do appear to be rather obnoxious right now, though whether there is any intent behind it, I am unable to tell.
I appreciate your honesty and straightforwardness (~~here and in your other reply to the user below~~ - sorry, I confused you with another user), but compared to the levels of vitriol being thrown at me in this thread for having the audacity to not just assume that a woman is a horrible bigot deserving of a bafflingly rude customer service interaction simply for asking for a "boy toy" for her son, I'd say I'm doing pretty well here, all things considered.
I'm just not sure how I'm the obnoxious one in this scenario, instead of all of the inflammatory commenters and the really obvious fishing attempts for bigotry that are keeping this sub-thread going?
Am I the obnoxious one just because I'm the one choosing not to go along with the ridiculous circle-jerk, even though my comments are an order of magnitude less antagonistic than the ones I'm responding to? I legitimately don't know.
~~You're~~ the other user is right, though - my mind's not going to change, and the handful of upvotes I'm getting lets me know that others feel the same way, even if they're understandably hesitant to speak up about it with all the personal attacks I'm getting here as a result.
LOL, I don't know what the numbers were when you wrote that, but "appeal to upvotes" as an argument is hilariously bad for someone who's being ratioed as heavily as you are.
It's weird to conclude the story takes place during a recession.
We don't have time for an interview through the McDonald's drive-thru, my friend; you're clogging up the line.