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<\/p>\nA WOMAN who worked at McDonald's for five years has revealed some of the secrets of the fast food outlet, including why they weren't allowed to take leftovers home. <\/p>\n
Lorella worked her way up to manager at the restaurant, and has been sharing stories of her time there on her TikTok page. <\/p>\n
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In a recent video she shared some of the "pet peeves" the staff there had to deal with – such as when people shout into the microphone at the drive thru. <\/p>\n
Lorella said: "When you pull up to the drive thru, there are cameras that can see you as you place your order. <\/p>\n
"And one of the biggest pet peeves when working on the headsets to take your order is when the person in the passenger seat is screaming what you guys want.<\/p>\n
"The microphone is only little, so just tell the driver what you want<\/p>\n
"There was one boy I used to know who used to say, 'Sir, can you please get your nan to stop screaming into the mic?' <\/p>\n "When obviously it would be his girlfriend or his wife. It was so funny!"<\/p>\n Staff at McDonald's always get free food on their break, "every shift". <\/p>\n And while regular "crew members" had to queue up with everyone else, Lorella was able to make her own concoctions when she was manager. <\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n She recalled: "So I'd be making a Big Mac with like Big Tasty sauce, extra cheese, 10 pickles.<\/p>\n "I'd have a nuggets box with mozzarella sticks, nuggets and everything else!"<\/p>\n But when it came to leftovers, there were some strict protocols in place that meant it was impossible to take any food home. <\/p>\n She revealed: "When it is closing time, the manager has to count up all the food that is leftover and put it into a little book, which then gets put onto the system. <\/p>\n "So we basically count our waste.<\/p>\n "However, what we used to do was let the crew take home whatever kind of food they wanted to take home. <\/p>\n "Eventually, we weren't allowed to do that any more – they started to become more strict.<\/p>\n "One of my colleagues nearly lost her job for taking home 20 chicken nuggets after the shift finished.<\/p>\n "So all the food waste literally had to be waste. We'd count it, we'd put it into the system and we'd bin it.<\/p>\n "This is because a lot of employees would cook extra food near closing time just so they could take it home.<\/p>\n "So I do understand it but it still just feels like such a waste."<\/p>\n Lorella also revealed that McDonald's staff always have nicknames for the regulars – like "Cappuccino Lady" for a woman who always turned up when they were opening and just ordered a frothy coffee. <\/p>\n And don't expect staff to be thrilled if you're someone who orders fries without salt. <\/p>\n Lorella said: "If you order fries with no salt, I guarantee you that every single person in that restaurant is rolling their eyes in frustration.<\/p>\n "And it will likely mean you need to get parked up, because they need to clean everything in order to do fresh fries, in order to do them no salt.<\/p>\n "If you then ask for salt packets, some crew will say no, just out of principle – although they are meant to give you them!"<\/p>\n One person commented on the video: "Ugh cleaning the salt out when someone asked for no salt was the worst."<\/p>\n Another added: "I\u2019m the person saying we ran out of salt."<\/p>\n Lorella replied: "As you should. Queen."<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/monopoly.jpg\")
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