Doing Time At McDonald's

Way back in the day when I was a much younger Dave-El, I did my time working for McDonald’s. 

 

It was admittedly not a long time.  I worked about 2 weeks. 

 

A presumed gig working at a local radio station did not pan out while I was on break from college one summer. 

 

I had to find something somewhere to earn some pocket money before the fall semester and that quest led me to a McDonald’s.  

 

It wasn’t near my home, almost an hour’s drive. 

 

Really? I couldn’t find a McDonald’s closer than that?

 

It’s been more than a few years and my memory’s a little fuzzy on the details.  

 

It was hard, hot, sweaty work but I might’ve endured it longer than I did except for that stupidly long commute.

 

Current Democratic candidate for President Kamala Harris did her own time working at McDonald’s while she was in college.

 

And current Republican candidate for President Donald Trump refuses to believe Harris ever worked at McDonald’s. 

 

But now he has worked at McDonald’s.  

Kind of. 

Sort of. 

Not really.

 

OK, sparky, here’s the deal.

 

A McDonald’s in Pennsylvania shut down for the day. 

 

Trump supporters were brought in to play the part of customers going through the drive through.

 

There was a rehearsal for those supporters going through the drive through before Li’l Donnie showed up.

 

Then Donald Trump shows up in his usual suit and tie.  He says he wants to work the “fry counter”.  

 

He puts some fries in the fryer, he boxes up some fries and then distributes food to the “customers”.  

 

This takes about fifteen minutes.  

 

Donald brags that he worked at McDonald’s 15 minutes longer than Kamala ever did.  

 

As a person who worked in a  McDonald’s 2 weeks (less 15 minutes) more than you, I’m not sure I would call what you did as work, Donnie.

 

• Try working that damn French Fry deep fryer for longer stretches of time.   
• During a lunch rush. 
• With a bunch of customers who have not been pre-vetted wanting different things.  

I'm not sure what the McDonald's photo op was supposed to do.  It doesn't prove that Kamala Harris did NOT work at McDonald's.  

I suppose it bolsters Li'l Donnie's appeal to the little people he is supposed to be the champion of.

Except when someone asked if he supported increasing the minimum wage, he did what he does with all questions relating to policy that might actually help people: he didn't answer it. 

I mean, he said stuff that had nothing to do with wages, minimum or otherwise.  

Standard operating procedure when it comes to Donald Trump.

Wearing a McDonald's apron for 15 minutes changes nothing.