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So I've just been to McDonald drive through for me and Mrs Ape, I place my order which mine was chicken legend no sauce, the options were mayo-spicy- barbeque
Didn't fancy any so had plain.
Get to the window to pay and I'm greeted by a nervous looking guy in his late 30's, he was obviously new to the role.

Him .. Big Mac meal and chicken mayo legend

Me Big Mac yes but no to mayo legend I ordered chicken legend plain

Him it says on screen chicken mayo no mayo

Me what

Me chicken legend plain

Him that's what I said chicken mayo legend no mayo

Me wtf well doesn't that make it just a chicken legend

Him. What

Me well if it's got no mayo then it's not a mayo legend it's just a chicken legend.

Him, Sorry I don't get you.

Me how can it be a chicken MAYO legend without mayo.

Him it says on the screen chicken mayo without mayo so that's what it is.

Me can I just pay because you're starting making my eyes twitch.

Him yes sir have a nice day

Me I'm sure mine will be better than yours.

Apologies to all the cars behind me.

I cannot believe they can get that amount of stupidity in one pre fab building.

Any of you lads got any similar stories.
 
My favourite, and this was before most of you were born, was going with my father, who was running a pub at the time, to buy a gross of bread rolls for the turkey sandwiches we were doing at Christmas.

The rolls were 1d (one old penny) each and the girl counted out twelve sets of twelve rolls into a tray. Then she had to work out how much...

Now, since there were 12d in a shilling and we had 12 x 12 rolls, this should have been easy, but she had a new-fangled till that added up for her. We stood patiently, with a growing queue behind us, as she rang them all up one by one; losing count at least twice.

When she finally looked up and told us how much, she looked surprised to see that father had a ten-bob-note and a florin in his hand already.

Stupidity is not a modern phenomenon.
 
" a ten-bob note and a florin"...brilliant!
maybe 4 half-crowns and 4 tanners, or 12 bob...

Personally, I think inflation started when the 10 bob note was discontinued, but I'm sure it was a retrograde step, whatever...
 
" a ten-bob note and a florin"...brilliant!
maybe 4 half-crowns and 4 tanners, or 12 bob...

Personally, I think inflation started when the 10 bob note was discontinued, but I'm sure it was a retrograde step, whatever...

The last 10 bob note I used was a Saturday dinner time, me Mam sent me out for fish & chips 4 times and bring the change home. You'd need a fifty now to get any change.
 
The last 10 bob note I used was a Saturday dinner time, me Mam sent me out for fish & chips 4 times and bring the change home. You'd need a fifty now to get any change.

She didn't think that through very well Archy, would've been much easier just to order the 4 portions in the one visit. :D
 
The last 10 bob note I used was a Saturday dinner time, me Mam sent me out for fish & chips 4 times and bring the change home. You'd need a fifty now to get any change.

You must be going to the wrong place... We had chippy tea on Friday. ÂŁ16....
 
Popped into a McD's centre of Glasgow prob about 10-15 years ago. My and my brother -
Simple order
Me - two cheeseburgers two drinks to go, please
Employee - Tills are down sir
Me - Oh dear but I see you have piles of hot steaming food over there behind you...in fact some of the staff are eating and drinking some of the "goodies" cant I just get what I ordered and I will pay and leave
Employee - Tills are down sir
Me - Do you want me to work out the total cost for you as the tills are down
Employee - Tills are down sir
Me - Look I have counted out the exact cash just gimmie the food and drink and you can shove this in the till when it becomes unbroken
Employee - Tills are down sir
Me - Can I have a quick chat with a manager ...............The manager appears from out of thin air
Manager -Tills are down sir.....
Me- But, But, But
I eventually turn to brother and say oh look KFC just across the road so we can still eat some horrid food and drink our year's supply of sugar in 5 mins flat....Off we went.
The whole thing was surreal, Not just the fact that they would not sell anything because of the tills being down but the fact that not one of them said any other word apart from parroting "Tills are down sir" this even included the manager apart from adding "it's company policy, sir".
 
You should of taken an Uzi.
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The whole thing was surreal, Not just the fact that they would not sell anything because of the tills being down but the fact that not one of them said any other word apart from parroting "Tills are down sir" this even included the manager apart from adding "it's company policy, sir".

Not always the employees fault. I bet someone questioned it and the manager came out with your last sentence.... Sometimes it's not worth the hassle of discussing things with a thick manager...
 

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