Current Events > Why is fastfood considered an easy job?

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Out of all the jobs I worked in my life, the year I spent on fastfood was up there as one of the hardest jobs I had to work, and i worked outside doing manual labor on most of my jobs.

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I think easy to get equals easy to do to some people.

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Nobody said fast food is easy, it's simply a no skill job that pretty much any healthy, literate person can do.
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Because American culture shits on service workers.

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Condescension. I got a good job, why can't you.

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Easiest to get probably

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Fast food places hire lots of hotties.

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voldothegr8 posted...

Nobody said fast food is easy, it's simply a no skill job that pretty much any healthy, literate person can do.

In that case there are other no skill jobs that are much easier and pay better, the only downside? Harder to get the job.

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It wasn't really "easy" but it was boring during the lulls. Wasn't hard either.

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because you're confusing difficulty with energy consuming.

It's an incredibly easy job, that's why it's low wage and hires teenagers as their first real jobs. You're still on your feet, often working over/near something hot, in an a small area with poor air flow, and dealing with customers which is going to be more physically draining then sitting in a cubicle for 8 hours answering emails or now sitting at home playing video games and answering emails.

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I Like Toast posted...

because you're confusing difficulty with energy consuming.

It's an incredibly easy job, that's why it's low wage and hires teenagers as their first real jobs. You're still on your feet, often working over/near something hot, in an a small area with poor air flow, and dealing with customers which is going to be more physically draining then sitting in a cubicle for 8 hours answering emails or now sitting at home playing video games and answering emails.

That's not how it was for me, do you think I work office work in my life right now or something?

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okay how was your fantasy land fast food job so different where you weren't doing a task that a 14 year old could do on your feet, in a small area with poor airflow, often with a frier and grill putting out more heat and having to deal with customers.

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I Like Toast posted...

okay how was your fantasy land fast food job so different where you weren't doing a task that a 14 year old could do on your feet, in a small area with poor airflow, often with a frier and grill putting out more heat and having to deal with customers.

I worked over night during bar rush, I did grill, front desk, window, gator and make table all at the same a good chunk of the time, considering we only had three people and none were teenagers, things got hectic.

Also teenagers were mostly garbage at the job and barely lasted a few weeks more often than not despite only working five hours a day at most.

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so you did exactly what i said but think it's different. What a shock.

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I Like Toast posted...

so you did exactly what i said but think it's different. What a shock.

How so, you're just saying "nuh uh" without giving any concrete reason, I'm saying that doing all that takes more skill than many teenagers let alone adults are capable of. I know so because I have seen it

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Also the minimum working age where I live is 16 not 14.

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Easy isn't about the work but the knowledge.

Programming is actually quite easy.
Issue is to know how to do it you have to learn.

Cooking a burger isn't much to learn. Just put it on the stove and watch it turn certain color.

Yet programmer can goof while compiling and burger cook is in the heat all day standing and stressed.

Programmer paid like 10 times more.

Fast food is a very difficult job and not necessarily that easy to get although now it is due to a severe shortage of people willing to work these jobs for the pay and benefits provided.

America is full of BS propaganda to crap on various workers and justify low wages and harsh working conditions.

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neverwin posted...

I'm saying that doing all that takes more skill than many teenagers let alone adults are capable of.

it doesn't, that's why they keep hiring them.
neverwin posted...

How so, you're just saying "nuh uh" without giving any concrete reason,

because i already did and you went "nuh uh i don't do any of that" ...then listed you did exactly what i described

Which once again is proving my point over how easy it is to do the job.

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WingsOfGood posted...

Easy isn't about the work but the knowledge.

Programming is actually quite easy.
Issue is to know how to do it you have to learn.

Cooking a burger isn't much to learn. Just put it on the stove and watch it turn certain color.

Yet programmer can goof while compiling and burger cook is in the heat all day standing and stressed.

Programmer paid like 10 times more.

I wish that's all I had to do to cook a burger, did you ever work at burger place that wasn't McDonald's? And even then maybe it's the same for McDonald's...dunno never worked there

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I Like Toast posted...

it doesn't, that's why they keep hiring them.

because i already did and you went "nuh uh i don't do any of that" ...then listed you did exactly what i described

Which once again is proving my point over how easy it is to do the job.

Have you ever worked fast food, I will gladly say you are right if you have and explained your time there.

Also all you said I did was sit in front of a fryer/grill and deal with customers in terrible temperatures. >_>

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neverwin posted...

Have you ever worked fast food,

yup, was my first job at 14 and worked there until i was 17.

neverwin posted...

, I will gladly say you are right if you have and explained your time there.

then scroll up and maybe you'll register it for the first time. Or keep proving why the job is an easy job.

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neverwin posted...

Also all you said I did was sit in front of a fryer/grill and deal with customers in terrible temperatures. >_>

>says is on your feet

YOU SAID I WAS SITTING.

Tremendous reading skills, thank you for continuing to prove how easy of a job it is.

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It's a job that anyone can be quickly trained to do even if they have no experience, that's typically what people mean by easy.

I don't doubt that fastfood employees have tough working conditions but the tasks are not difficult nor do they require any kind of developed skills.

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After working in the food service and retail industries, I have developed too much of a heart to ever get upset with those workers again.

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voldothegr8 posted...

Nobody said fast food is easy, it's simply a no skill job that pretty much any healthy, literate person can do.

Is literacy really a requirement?

It doesn't take much to train someone to do a fast food job, which is why it's considered easy.

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Questionmarktarius posted...

Is literacy really a requirement?

You have to enter orders and/or read them if you're on grill

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I don't think "easy" is the right word to describe the chaos that is fast food work. Maybe "simple" would be a better description. What you have to learn for the job isn't complicated, but you're expected to work at such a fast pace that it becomes too stressful for many people and they quit.

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Easy to train, applicants are churned and replaced a lot , like no requirements. Doesnt mean its not a physically demanding job. Listen, I get what youre saying. I was a server and then a bartender. But I got both by just showing up and trained for like an hour.

my current job took 2 YEARS before I was able to work by myself.

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I Like Toast posted...

>says is on your feet

YOU SAID I WAS SITTING.

Tremendous reading skills, thank you for continuing to prove how easy of a job it is.

Playing semantics is what I expected out of you, you know the context and meaning but because you spotted an error/inconsistency you think you have me on the ropes.

Also it's clear that you're lying, you never worked fast food otherwise you would have described the experience and not saying "yeah I did it".

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Will_VIIII posted...

You have to enter orders and/or read them if you're on grill

fair

Slapping a patty on a bun, dropping fries in a fryer, and pushing buttons on a register is considered hard now?

Questionmarktarius posted...

fair

Also math Is a requirement if you have to pull a drawer to work as a cashier.

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Its very easy tell me one part thats hard? I worked ff in hs we stood around between customers laughing and joking

1234Life posted...

Slapping a patty on a bun, dropping fries in a fryer, and pushing buttons on a register is considered hard now?

lol. Like some countries require military service, America should require every citizen to work one of these jobs for a year or two. It would give them some fucking perspective and maybe some goddamn empathy.

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People dont know what theyre talking about, they never do

hockeybub89 posted...

lol. Like some countries require military service, America should require every citizen to work one of these jobs for a year or two. It would give them some fucking perspective and maybe some goddamn empathy.

Ive worked at Wendys for nearly a year back in high school.

hockeybub89 posted...

America should require every citizen to work one of these jobs for a year or two.

The easiest way to kill good will towards anything, is to make it mandatory.

Honestly what makes these jobs difficult is having to placate unreasonable and sometimes abusive customers.

That and no steady hours. Hard to budget, hard to plan, etc.

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neverwin posted...

Playing semantics is what I expected out of you,

hey look you skipped over the post so you could play semantics. You read a post that described your job then went that's not my experience my experience then list the same things where you were on your feet and dealing with customers.

Thank you for continuing to prove why it's an easy job.
neverwin posted...

Also it's clear that you're lying, you never worked fast food otherwise you would have described the experience and not saying "yeah I did it".

when i listed the heat you deal with, that should have been the first clue that i've worked it. Since people who don't work fast food don't think about it because on their side of the counter it's nice and air conditioned.

Keep digging that hole, keep proving my point.

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Will_VIIII posted...

Honestly what makes these jobs difficult is having to placate unreasonable and sometimes abusive customers.

That and no steady hours. Hard to budget, hard to plan, etc.

Yeah. The job itself isn't hard. You can learn how to do what you need to do in a week or two. It's mostly unreasonable customers and unreasonable bosses that add difficulty.

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Will_VIIII posted...

Honestly what makes these jobs difficult is having to placate unreasonable and sometimes abusive customers.

That and no steady hours. Hard to budget, hard to plan, etc.

in hs they had to plan around our schedule because school events trumped work

1234Life posted...

Slapping a patty on a bun, dropping fries in a fryer, and pushing buttons on a register is considered hard now?

First you have to pull the patties out of the freezer, then move them over to the fridge by the grill, then you set up your other meats and other frozen foods that you cook on the grill, then you put the patties on the grill, usually in a row of four make sure the temperature setting is correct then you score the patties with spatula to make sure they don't fall apart when you transfer them, also make sure to flip at the right time, otherwise one side can get burnt, then once the patties are fully cooked make sure the bread is oiled up and put in the toaster in the right direction , you need to do this before the patties are cooked, then you put cheese if applicable on the patties when it's on the side area, then you grab the bottom bun, put it on top of the patties then slide the patties on the spatula and then slide it off on to the other half of the burger(if you're make person is done on their side).

Tada you made a simple burger.

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1234Life posted...

Ive worked at Wendys for nearly a year back in high school.

And yet you buy into propaganda. How many years ago was that anyway? We don't live in a world these jobs only exist to get 16 year olds some spending money. We live in a world where corporate does the research to stretch their adult workers as thin as possible and reward them for hard work by taking away more hours and piling on more responsibilities. All while you deal with piece of shit entitled customers who can't wait and are always looking for a way to get something out of you.

It's not brain surgery, but it's still a job that will leave you exhausted at the end of the day and take a toll both mentally and physically.

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sabrestorm posted...

in hs they had to plan around our schedule because school events trumped work

Yeah the McDonald's I worked at did this for students, but only students

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Questionmarktarius posted...

The easiest way to kill good will towards anything, is to make it mandatory.

What good will? I'm just being dramatic anyway. My point is no one understands.

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hockeybub89 posted...

What good will?

Exactly. Fastfood jobs will be seen even more as "societal failure" jobs, that you only do because you have to.