6 months hard labourI did a 6 month stretch in McD when I was 18, after 3 months I was 'promoted' to being a 'night-closer', i.e. 11pm to 7am spent in a team of four cleaning up.
Our team leader was a really nice black guy called Pete who was used to night work being an ex-burglar. We used to piss about a lot, having power hose water fights etc. but always managed to get the work done by 7am when the manager turned up.
One night we spent from 12.00 to 5am playing cards in the staffroom then went mad trying to finish in time. We failed.
7am Roger the manager turns up, 'Hey man, how come you're not finished?' he asked Pete.
'We just couldn't get it together' he answered.
'OK, that's cool'
I don't know, if I'd tried it, I'd have out on my ear!
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Our team leader was a really nice black guy called Pete who was used to night work being an ex-burglar. We used to piss about a lot, having power hose water fights etc. but always managed to get the work done by 7am when the manager turned up.
One night we spent from 12.00 to 5am playing cards in the staffroom then went mad trying to finish in time. We failed.
7am Roger the manager turns up, 'Hey man, how come you're not finished?' he asked Pete.
'We just couldn't get it together' he answered.
'OK, that's cool'
I don't know, if I'd tried it, I'd have out on my ear!