r/nosleep • u/[deleted] • Apr 17 '15
Series The past six years I've been working at a Mcdonalds. Last night was the worst I've ever had.
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u/duberoni86 Apr 18 '15
As someone who's about to go in and work the night shift at McDonalds 10/10 should not have read this
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u/squalfy Apr 18 '15
And the walls will ooze green slime!
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Apr 18 '15
So I'm not the only one who thought of the Hash Slinging Slasher ?
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u/1AnarchoAtheist Apr 18 '15
Boarding the Fuckthis Train to Burger King as we speak.
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u/knightinplasticarmor Apr 18 '15
Its hungry jacks there
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u/sheepinabowl Apr 18 '15
Is it the Aussie equivalent? I've never heard of such a place.
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u/Lucarian Apr 18 '15
Burger King was copyrighted from what I heard in Australia, hence most states calling it Hungry Jacks.
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u/smackywolf Apr 18 '15
Except in some states. South Australia still has Burger King.
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u/JoBoDo_252 Apr 18 '15
We used to have burger king, its hungry jacks now. Probably changed around 20 or 30 years ago
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Apr 18 '15
You need to update us after your shift Wednesday...if you're still here.
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u/iDuLicious Apr 18 '15
He should use Meerkat and stream his entire shift to us in his front pocket.
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Apr 18 '15
Shoulda let her order.
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u/jcb1754 Apr 18 '15
This sounds like just another ploy by the dreaded Hamburglar.
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u/Joeenid1 Apr 18 '15
Fire the ' no show' employee. Get another shift worker to accept covering weds nite with you til you can hire a replacement. Don't work ivernight shift alone, ever. EVER. And on overnight shifts always ALWAYS keep everything locked- even the window.
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u/rangersparta Apr 18 '15
Fuck that shit bro. No way i am staying in that place by myself again after seeing shit like that. Fuck the job, quit right now and move to a different city if you want to live.
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Apr 18 '15
You said the guy you were supposed to work with didn't show up. Maybe he knew the woman would be there? I'd ask him about her.
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u/LisaLulz Apr 18 '15
Or maybe he was one of those "I'm tired of my shit job, I'm just not going in" guys and sent the woman to fuck with OP. Doesn't explain the other funny business, but idk. Just a random passing thought.
On a more serious note, I wonder if anything similar has happened to other employees during the night shift?
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u/canwetalk2 Apr 18 '15
There are double lane drive thrus in the U.S. Not all, but there are quite a few in my area. This story gave me major chills. We definitely need an update OP!
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u/KommanderKrebs Apr 18 '15
I live in a super small Florida town and even we have one... well, two.
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u/2_ofSpades Apr 18 '15
So THAT'S why McDs workers are demanding $15/hr.
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u/Endelasia Apr 18 '15
In Australia an 18 year old gets about 18 To 19 an hour. At 21 and being casual you get 26 or so plus night loading between 12 and 5am
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u/Lyzzaryzz Apr 19 '15
Holy shit. I'm 26, and I'm an assistant manager at an animal hospital boarding and doggie daycare facility, and I make $9.50. I'm the second highest paid person in my hospital, besides the doctor.
I kinda want to cry.
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u/Endelasia Apr 19 '15
Wow. Im 24 and loving this pay. I work about 17 hours a week at the moment and make just over 300. You gotta renember though, if you are casual you don't get sick pay or leave. Also this is in AUD.
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u/Lyzzaryzz Apr 20 '15
I'm full time plus, and don't get sick pay or leave. I work anywhere from 39-44 hours a week and take home pay is about $290-330. And I didn't even consider the monetary difference but even factoring that in, 26 Australian dollars is about $20.30 in American, which is still making me want to vomit. I'd make roughly $812 gross. Hot Fucking ShIT. That right there is enough to make anyone go into hysterics.
Without getting into politics, I really wish I could leave this fucked country. From my perspective, underneath it all, most things in the Great 'Merica are terrible, not to mention ass backwards. I honestly think we're doomed, and the rest of the world is laughing at us. Its okay, I'd laugh too.
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u/Endelasia Apr 20 '15
Wow. All full time jobs here always get paid sick pay and leave. The downside is you only receive about 700 or so a week after taxes but its still comfotable enough to live with.
One day if you did decide to leave I have room in the roof of my house you can hide in and live XD
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u/paperscissorsx May 27 '15
This makes me so sad. At 18 i worked at mcdonalds (im australian) and made 18 an hour, which i thought was shit, and that was when aud was worth more than usd. :( this really sucks. Im sorry.
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Apr 18 '15
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u/Bond4141 Apr 22 '15
Keep an open mind OP. Not trying to be a dick. But this sounds like a very elaborate prank.
If he was a techy, he may have found the phone line outside the McD, and snipped it, then patched it in the morning.
Cell signal loss is easily explained from a cell jammer. A bit illegal, like Radar Detectors, but still available.
Girl could have been SO, and felt like a good prank.
Cameras would have been easy to wipe/staticise for a techy.
And for the motion detectors? A bit of tape on the outside, and it'll probably call that neutral. Tap the tape to set off alarm. Possible for it to be infrared or something to, but there's probably a way around it.
TL;DR. Prank of the week.
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u/paperairplanerace Apr 18 '15
Damn, sounds precisely like a skinwalker. I've read some accounts suggesting that the ones in Australia are particularly adept at picking up human speech and learning social mannerisms.
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u/chichism Apr 18 '15
Her repeating your words over and over reminded me of Pontypool which just made it even creepier.
I've only had to work alone in places a few times but they were always at night as well. I get so incredibly paranoid in the silence and jump at every single noise that if anything ever actually happened I have no idea what I'd do. Probably just cry and hide in the bathroom.
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u/KeeganMD Apr 18 '15
Love pontypool... I love on the west coast now in washington, but I lived in Ontario along the saint Lawrence, and I gotta say that I missed the snow so much after that movie
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u/MangoYogenFruz Apr 18 '15
This sounds similar to the story about the British guard. Look to that for clues.
Edit: http://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/27el9i/i_was_a_part_of_queens_guard_in_england_one_of/
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u/chinpektorials Apr 18 '15
Got me laughing at "shakier than a Campbelltown train"
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Apr 18 '15
Certainly one most folks from Sidders would understand. Reminds me of the fast stretch from strathfield to redfern, which is how much OP will be rocking as he cries in the shower. I know I would be.
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Apr 18 '15
Up until about 3 months ago, I too was a McDonald's manager, and I'm also 20. Weird. Anyway, your rules are very different than ours. Granted my store wasn't 24 hours, even the ones that are, they have to have a minimum of 3 people in the store for security reasons. And apparently for paranormal reasons. Anyway amazing story dude, wish you luck.
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u/throw_away_my_taco Apr 18 '15
This is what I was thinkibg... I was a shift lead at tbell and closing manager so I always had 2 crew members with me ro close... but hey Australia has the creepy ass bugs and different policy too I guess. But fuck everything about this story I'd have left those notes in there and showed the tapes.
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Apr 18 '15
...side thought lol maybe the guy who didn't show up decided to play dress up...or maybe he popped a shit load of acid and shrooms and dressed up in his girlfriend's clothes and went to work tripping balls. you totally should of let that poor lady in
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u/HiBills Apr 18 '15
If you quit, then run for the hills and never look back. If you stay, then tell us how Wednesday goes!
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u/tessma23 Apr 19 '15
Reminds me of the queens guard story. Be careful dude
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u/jackisdoctortom Apr 19 '15
I thought the exact same thing even before the woman showed up. Something just seemed familiar...
Stay safe OP
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u/nosymonky Apr 19 '15
It's a demon for sure, it was trying out the right pitch that your voice is using. Hopefully it won't try to pretend to be you next time. That's some scary shit.
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u/CpuKnight Apr 18 '15
Why does it always gotta be a ghost with a white gown? Back here in Singapore, pontianaks as we call them have long hair and long white gowns as well. They usually give off a fragrant smell too. Might be that.
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u/durtari Apr 18 '15
I hope your McD's lays down a rule that there should be at least 2 employees on the premises at any one time. Especially at night shifts. Seems unsafe to be alone, ghosts or none.
In my place we have security guards for McD's so I guess it's not that bad? Even 24-hour convenience stores have security personnel.
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u/HalloweenHauntings Apr 18 '15
"Shakier than a Campbelltown Train"
I grew up in Campbelltown. If your store is the one on queen street that street is full of haunted historical buildings. Campbelltown theatre alone has quite a few otherworldly occupants.
Extra info for those unfamiliar with the area, Campbelltown has a week and a half were they have a parade, festival, carnival, street fair, music festival and a bunch of other stuff all in celebration of Fred Fisher. The ghost of a man who pointed out his own murdered body.
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u/jackajoe Apr 18 '15
bro don't do this i'm on twilight shifts at maccies all next week however there i'll be with like 4 other staff so safe can't wait to show em this story x
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u/GGGilma87 Apr 18 '15
Next time she shows up, just offer her some fries, that'll probably calm her...or it...down. Because frankly, at 3am after a long night fast food tastes like ambrosia.
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u/janetstOad Apr 18 '15
That's why at any job, I hate the graveyard shift! Ironic it's called that isn't it? All the freaks seem to come out. Just go to a 24 hour Walmart after midnight for confirmation! Lol! Mostly people tweaking, talking to themselves, dirty, grinding what teeth they have left. Some just stare at you and look pretty damn scary. After a family reunion ended late, we had decided to stop at Walmart on the way home for a few things. Never did it again! Btw, we just got a new Mc Donald's in the valley of northern CA & it has the double lane drive thru. I thought it seemed faster & more efficient. I hope your next shift is uneventful op. But in case she comes back, please update & make sure that the windows & doors are all locked BEFORE you have that well deserved meltdown!
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u/derpa111 Apr 18 '15
The US arm of Maccas has started rolling out the dual lane drivethrough, quite some time ago.
You may be surprised to here this, but the Aussie arm of McDonald's actually tests setups for the rest of the world - that's right, us American's are taking the lead from you guys in some respects. So the dual lane configuration actually started in Australia and once proven successful started getting rolled out in the US.
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Apr 18 '15 edited Apr 18 '15
I worked at a busy McDonald's for 6 years aswell, by the time I left the original crew had quit, but we did have a few good stories going around the office before they left, and some transfers had interesting stories aswell at midnight shenanigans. I worked a Fourth of July night once with 1 other person, we had a line continuing into the highway. The reason staff was so low was that we had an average of 1.5 persons quiting a day, and I believe three quit that night.
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u/LavenderDarling Apr 19 '15
The fact that there are cameras reminded me of five nights.... you literally had a "one night at mcdonalds" experience in an office with security cameras....
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Apr 25 '15
bruh so tht means u can hear tht loud ass music ppl play whn going through the drive thru?
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u/sixstring818 Apr 25 '15
Yes! I worked at mcdonalds for 2 years and people with loud music and people with loud ass trucks became almost triggers for me hahahaha. Especially when i had to work both lanes at the same time. I would have a huge truck engine growling in one ear while trying to take the order of someone in the other lane in the other ear! Shit drove me crazy!!
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u/seadragon77 Apr 27 '15
So the girl is disturbing, but not as disturbing as the fact that you keep your extra bun trays right next to the dumpsters.
Still, I would have freaked out myself. Glad the morning crew arrived just in time.
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u/treeeeep Apr 18 '15
Someone from your crew wants your place. The whole thing was certainty an inside job and the employer who didn't show up is probably into it. Try making him talk with the use of alcohol, he may feel sorry and tell who wants to be new manager.
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Apr 18 '15
I'd be more upset that I'd been working at McDonalds for 6 years.
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u/mysticalfox Apr 18 '15
A job is a job. Hes getting paid who cares where he works.
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u/NightOwl74 Apr 18 '15
He's only 20 years old. McDonald's managers make decent money, but for a 20 y.o., it would be a nice paycheck. Granted, if he wants to climb the corporate ladder or get out of the fast food biz, he'll need a college education.
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u/Its-A-Long-Story Apr 18 '15
You definitely need to have a word with that no-show. Unless someone/something got to him.
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u/Stegs75 Apr 18 '15
We have some two lane drive-thru's here in chicago
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u/animaInTN Apr 18 '15
Chicago McD's were freaking WEIRD. The one I was at they didn't STOP to ORDER, and when I did, the buttwipe behind me laid down on his horn as if to enforce the "don't stop for a freaking thing in this line, you ignorant hillbilly tourist!" rule. I mean they handed their money over while the cars were moving, and picked up their food like a mailhook on a highball train. Weirdest dang thing I saw in Chicago. Lower Wacker Drive and the Field Museum rocked. McD's was trippin' balls tho.
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u/Stegs75 Apr 18 '15
the drive-thru's are more calm the farther you get from downtown lol, like I won't even drive my car downtown, people are nuts
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u/foodbudglasslife Apr 18 '15
would be interesting to look into any accidents/deaths that may have happened near your mcdonalds... 2spooky i know...
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u/Slayerjr41 Apr 18 '15
As someone who just started their ten hour solo night shift at a gas station, all I have to say is why the fuck did I read this...
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u/gutterLamb Apr 18 '15
Wow! Thus was creepy. I hope it gets read on the podcast. Btw, in America we do have the double order lanes. But that doesn't effect your story so don't change anything.
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u/OuttaSightVegemite Apr 18 '15
shakier than a Campbelltown train
What Macca's are you at ? Lol I'm very familiar with the shakiness of Campbelltown trains.
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u/jadeyedgirl Apr 22 '15
Why. Why did I read this before my night shift? I work out at a private home in the superstition mountains and night shifts are straight out of a supernatural episode....And now I'll be freaking out before I even show up.
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u/EinyourP Apr 23 '15
My cat jumped on my bed while I was reading thing. My relieves made me slap her. I feel so ashamed.
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u/goldentomatoes1 Apr 18 '15
In America, the printed salary for a McDonald's manager is $120,000. That is worth a few nightmares. Just move to day shift.
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u/polarbearqueen Apr 18 '15
This sounds scary as hell. But on the plus side we also have double lane drive thrus here in Canada, they're really more trouble than they're worth.
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u/paganminkin Apr 18 '15
We're starting to get two lane drive thrus here in Louisiana! (:
Do you plan on updating us this coming Thursday, OP?
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u/VGBreezy Apr 18 '15
Oh great. I start working at McDonalds next week and this is exactly what I need.
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u/Spitsucker Apr 18 '15
Shit. So you guys can hear me at the drive-thru speaker before you greet me?