Author: Ben Parr |
Business & Politics |
January 5 |
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If you have been following the 2008 Presidential campaign, you now know that Mike Huckabee trashed Mitt Romney in Iowa, 34% to 25%. And if you have been following the campaign, you also know that the next big state in the race, New Hampshire, is a fight between Mitt Romney and John McCain. If Mitt loses New Hampshire, you can expect his campaign to spiral downward into oblivion. His cash and his organization could not beat a campaign that only broke into the mainstream three weeks ago (Huckabee) and a campaign that imploded during the summer and has now been resurrected from the dead (McCain). This is what you get for always changing your stances on issues. Do you have any core values, Mr. Romney?
It’s obvious from just watching the candidates interact that Romney and Huckabee loathe each other. Ed Rollins, Huckabee’s campaign manager, sums up the mood between the two camps very well: Ed Rollins wants to punch Romney’s teeth out. Oh, and he wants to shoot him in the groin. Ouch. The same animosity exists between McCain and Romney’s camps as well, and you will see that come out in the coming days as Romney tries to wrest New Hampshire from McCain’s grip.
If you saw the last debate, McCain and Huckabee were not attacking each other, but were pounding Romney instead. They also have defended one another from Romney’s attacks, praising each other in the process. I’ve been watching the interactions between McCain, Huckabee, and Romney in recent weeks. I’ve been talking to friends I have in Washington (I used to work for Congress), and I’ve been following the commentary. You know what? From all of this, I firmly believe that McCain and Huckabee made a deal: team up together, and if one of us wins, the other’s the runningmate.
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Author: Michael_Gilly |
Business & Politics, Life & Love, Opinions & Editorials |
December 14 |
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This story is just Part I in a series on working in fast food. Mainly McDonald’s, the point of view from which this was written. Take a look.
McChronicles
By Michael Gilly
Have you ever worked fast food? It sucks. Sure, for the first few months, it’s easy for a teenager that can work after school. However, that’s the only time you should work fast food. As soon as I turned 16, I got a job at McDonald’s. I felt so blessed. Out of all applicants, I was chosen. About two months into my job, I learned why I was chosen above all others. I had an I.Q. above 60.
Chapter One:
Fries
Should you ever work at McDonald’s, they might ask you what station you’d like to work at first. Do not ever answer that with fries. I, on the other hand, received no warning. I asked to do fries. For about two months straight, they never taught me anything. They left me there. During the big rushes, I was put on fries. That is like having the devil kick you while castration is occurring.
So you have your three sizes. Small, Medium and Large. Not too hard. A Large is three Smalls, a Medium is two. However, people don’t realize this. They could get a Large for less than $1.50 or get three Smalls for $3.00. What do people do? They get the three smalls. Then, when I tell people this, they try for some bullshit excuse like “Oh, it’s for my three kids!” If you have three kids, then why not dump the fries out and separate them?
Chapter Two:
Coworkers
Coworkers are important to any fast food joint. They decide on what your day will turn out like. If you have bad coworkers, you will probably have a bad day. Example: There was an older woman that would not learn how to shut up for two seconds who always demanded you cook her food. Even worse was when you don’t have the food, and you even mentioned it to her. She’d go ballistic. However, if you have good coworkers, your day might be good. Example: the biscuit maker at my McDonald’s was the sweetest woman in world, not to mention a better cook than my own mother. She even gave me a birthday card once (wasn’t even my birthday(. Every time I worked with her, we’d talk while working and hours turned into minutes. She was so awesome.
Girl coworkers can be a pain though. I had a couple of coworkers that had crushes on me. One time, a 24-year old was leading on a female coworker. Then, he started dating another coworker. Oh, that was the talk of the summer. Turns out the guy had no interest in the girl, he was only using her (he says he wasn’t). Another girl was crazy. She would have sex with any guy that said hello to her. One of my friends thought it would be an easy ride. He had sex with her. Then, she tried to have sex with me. I said to her, “I only buy new products.” Oh, she was so angry. Luckily, her ass got fired for stealing ice cream.
Chapter Three:
Managers and Employers
Just like your coworkers, your managers decide your day. If you have a strong manager that you like, your day will be easy flowing. If your manager has anger issues… like one of my managers, your day will be worse than Hell. This manager would just stand there. Staring and demanding his employees around. He was the worse manager in the world. Somehow. he became assistant manager. However, the other assistant manager was probably the best in the store. Better than the general manager. She would always make sure everything was stocked and clean by the end of the day. Guess who did stocking? I did (See Chapter 7).
Employers, however, usually don’t care about you. If you can comprehend how to do stuff, you could have a job and keep it until you screw up. The owner of my store had a regional manager. She didn’t like me very much. She wrote me up the first time she met me. What did I do? I had cold fries. The owner never came about but a couple of times. I knew her son though. He was sort of a jerk.
