Working at McDonalds

Yes, you get used to it. But it may take weeks. At least if you work so long on your feet mostly every day.

This is good 800 training. Maybe BMart and her Big Bear club will pick you up.

Why does American speech sound so weird?

Wouldn't you say "Working for McDonald's?"

But I've never met Ronald McDonald. However, I do know that I work at McDonalds

I guess you could work at McDonalds as a competitive eater.

Don't eat the fries.

Wage slavery wrote:

Why does American speech sound so weird?

Wouldn't you say "Working for McDonald's?"

Where do you sleep?

At home

Where did you eat?

At a restaurant

Where do you work?...

Where do you work?...

This assumes that work has a location. What if you work in multiple locales (repairman, housecalls)? Or on the Internet.

Wage slavery wrote:

Wouldn't you say "Working for McDonald's?"

I wouldn't say working at McDonald's. Heck...I don't even work for my company...

I am employed though...

Where o where is my Underdog? wrote:

Where do you work?...

This assumes that work has a location. What if you work in multiple locales (repairman, housecalls)? Or on the Internet.

Sure, but in the specific situation called into question, the answer was "At McDonald's"

It is contextual. If you work as a laborer at a single McDonald's restaurant, you would say that you "work at McDonald's", meaning you work at that particular restaurant. "McDonald's" in this case is a location, not a company.

If you work as an executive at McDonald's corporate headquarters, it would be more appropriate to say that you "work for McDonald's", meaning that you work for the company, McDonald's.

Back on the OP's topic:

I once worked 40 hrs/wk in a warehouse where I was standing and walking at all times. I got used to it quickly and was fine running after work. However, this was after my competitive days were over, so I didn't have to worry about the effect on my training. Still, I believe that you will get used to it, and while there will surely be an impact on your training, there's not much you can do about it if you really need the job.

Gulan Rapp wrote:

Hey,

For the past two days, ive worked 8 hour shifts at mcdonalds, on my feet all day. The two runs after that have both been hard. Is it due to being on my feet all day? What can I do about that? Do you bluecollar people get used to it?

Hi Walter Dix, please stop sampling the cooking!

I worked one summer at McDonald's, job sucked, pay sucked, and I was dead on my feet at the end of a shift. In my experience I didn't get used to it by the end of the summer (I was working nights at UPS as well, I'm sure that didn't help).

Training definitely suffered.