My Life as a Crew

My Life as a Crew

Working as a crew is not the life I’ve dreamed of. Because being a service crew is not that easy, you have to provide fast, accurate and friendly service to your customers, smiling even under pressure, handling customer complains, and still smiling and being hospitable even when under pressure or during rush hours, and still working even if you’re stomach is already churning, you also have to serve complete products to customers, no missing items, and you have to ensure that all products are punched. You’ll encounter different kinds of customers from different walks of life, and various kinds of customer complaints; you’ll experience humiliation from customers, crab mentality and favoritism from the manager. And just receive a small amount of compensation. But nevertheless, that’s life after all, that’s what they call it the survival of the fittest. I’m at the center the one in the yellow uniform, this picture was taken during the Father’s Day promo when we gave free 100 McSpicy Burger to the first 100 customers.

Different Kinds of Crew

(I’m at the left side)

Self-Extend- these are the crews that voluntarily extends there self even if not ask by the manager. They extend their selves for 1hour/ 2hours or 3hours. And sometimes they even extend their self even if it’s unnecessary. (mga nagpapa-yaman)

The Clown-they usually makes the atmosphere full of joy, fun and laughter by being a joker and at the same time as a clown. But it’s a good thing that they make people laugh to remove stress.

The Paparazzi-they are the top 1 when it comes to the hottest and latest gossips. Ask them anything and they will tell you every detail about the latest gossips on the store.

The backstabber-these are the fake friends that you thought are true to you but you never knew that they talk shit behind your back.

The flirt-these are the crews whose main goal at work is to flirt with the opposite sex. Usually they do more flirtations than working. Most of the time, you can see them flirting with their co-crew. (Mga KSP) You could easily notice them due to their flirtatious behavior.

The Juan Tamad-you can always see them standing there doing nothing in short mga taong malakas pumetics (simpleng petix) you cannot rely on them in case of emergencies.

The VIP-they are the ones who are very choosy who cannot even extend their selves just for an hour. And even if they are willing to extend they are very choosy on what station they would like.

The Snorlax-usually you can see them lying at the Stock room taking a nap with the door locked so no one will notice Snorlax is sleeping

The Most Diligent-they are the ones who don’t know the world AWOL (Absence without Official Leave) they go to work regularly without absences because they are so diligent and passionate in working, they are willing to be extended and if you look on their profiles 0 AWOL, 0 Late and No bad records at all.

The CR Monster- they usually spend much their time inside the CR, sitting inside the cubicle with the door locked for minutes and hours (mga simpleng petics) and sometimes even eating inside the cubicle.

The Bad Monster –usually they are hated by their fellow crews due to their bad behavior, laziness and boastfulness. They usually complain about everything, and were so airy so you should beware about this bad monster.

One day Millionaire-you could easily notice them because they are the number1 AWOL or No Show after the pay day. They spend all their money once they got their salary, spending cash like a millionaire and after they’ve had no money left its time for them to go back and start working again.

The Slut-these are the slut and bitches who can’t keep their dirty mouth shut. They usually talk about sex most of the time and worse even at work, even customers hear what their dirty mouths are blabbing.

Feeling Manager-they’re such a pain in the ass because they do act like a manager, they are so irritating and disturbing. They’re so bossy and think that they are ahead and far way better than the others. They are usually hated due to their rude behavior.

Life at McDo

Working at McDonalds is somehow fun. I love my McDonalds Friends “The Bonds” for without them I’d have been sad; I love the joy, the fun, and the laughter.

Different Kinds of Customers

Senior Citizen Monster-these are the customers who argue for their Senior Citizen Discounts. Mga Senior Citizen na handing makipag away ng dahil lang sa SCD na yan po** (pardon the metaphor). I remember once there was this male senior citizen na inaway ako ng dahil lang sa hindi naisali yung .57cents nya t****** lang dba?! He got mad at me just because of .57 Cents! F*** I’m like Hey! Are you gonna die if I didn’t put that .57 cents in your senior f****** discount??!! Is that a big deal?!

Perfectionist- these are customers who get mad when you forget to punch their order; they get mad when you made a mistake because they want everything to be perfect. Yes, it’s true that Customers are always right (very cliché) but I think that Customers are not always right all the time for some reasons. I encountered a rude customer, he got mad at me because I forgot to punch his spaghetti meal then he began to get mad at me he shouted at me and blamed me. He made me feel like stupid in front of everybody around. I was so ashamed after that, humiliating scene. (maano lang ba na mag order ka ulit, mamamatay ka ba if hindi ko na i-punch yun spaghetti meal mo?! My God! )

The By-Standers- customers who only  buy Coke float or Chicken fillet with rice then stays at the store for 3-5 hours until they get tired of sitting. (gawin bang tambayan yung store)

The Croods- customers who don’t know how to order, mga customer na magulo kausap, mga hindi marunong mag order, mga hindi alam kung ano yun sinasabi at inoorder. Customers who acts like The Croods (The Movie) parang mga kalalabas lang ng cave, mga The Croods na customers, mga mahirap kausap, magoorder ng Chicken Mcdo daw then after the order was given mag cocomplain na hindi daw yun, yung inoorder nya Chicken Fillet daw pala (ang p***).

PDA Lovers- these are the lovey dovey customers who are so PDA (Public Display of Affection) they doesn’t seem to care whether they are disturbing and distracting or censored to the eyes of the other customers. They just kept on doing live shows like kissing in public and etc.

Feel @ Home- Customers who talks and laughs so loud. (mga customer na masyadong feel at home, kung makatawa wagas)

Dwarfism- these are the customers who sounds like dwarfs, hindi mo alam kung pinaglihi sa dwarfism or sadyang mahina lang talaga boses. They speak too soft which their nose can only hear.

The SPED- PWD or Persons with disability, you have to waste time figuring out what was their order all about. But the best way is to let them jot down their order if you don’t understand their sign language.

Different Kinds of Managers

The Salesman-usually sells lots of stuff; it’s like a walking convenience store. Name it and you can have it, from foods to accessories, you can already see a human convenience store just by looking at the salesman. If I were to compare, I would compare the salesman to Novo, because it is like an All-in-One Pack you can buy goods, delicacies, and accessories from the salesman.

Coach Ansai-the fellow crews likes Coach Ansai (Slam Dunk) because of his kind, and silent type behavior. He is usually silent and it seems like Coach Ansai doesn’t even know how to get mad, he just smiles.

Mr. Mime-always smiling just like Mr. Mime of Pokémon (a fake one) it was as if a smiley face was written on Mr. Mime’s face, but sometimes it seems so irritating and disturbing to see Mr. Mime smiling because you couldn’t decipher if Mr. Mime is joking or smiling or nangaasar  or nangiinsulto ba?!

Shrek-known to be a terror, kalat sa store na kumakain siya ng crew, so beware. “Shrek” tunog pa lang pamatay na! Titignan nya bawat kilos mo, hahanapan ka ng mali mo, ipapahiya at papagalitan ka ng bonggang bongga hanggang sa nanaisin mong sana naging isang buni ka na lang. Isa siyang Certified Shrek!

Sharpey-loves to have fun like Sharpey of High School Musical, Sharpey is usually nice and loves to hangout, she might be a nuisance sometimes but the crews love Sharpey.