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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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Published since 1869 by the students of the University of Kansas
April 13, 1987
Vol. 97, No. 131
(USPS 650-640)
Kansas House, Senate recess
By CHRISTOPHER HINES Staff writer
The state Legislature took a two and a half week recess Friday without finishing some of its homework, including several bills concerning money and programs for the University of Kansas.
"This year is exceptional in that so many bills are in conference and that so many issues are unresolved," said State Rep. Jessie Branson, D-Lawrence. "This is becoming more so every year."
State lawmakers did, however, approve a state lottery, liquor by the drink and a bill prohibiting nuclear waste disposal in Kansas, before going into recess. Two weeks ago, the Senate threw out by four votes the death penalty, despite strong support from Gov. Mike Hayden.
Alan Hagman/KANSAN
The city hall in Mound City was built in 1868 and houses the old city jail.
Mound City retains small-town values.
My McDonaldland adventure
I spent the summer explaining to tired, cranky vacationers why we didn't have the McRib they could get at a McDonald's in Illinois. And I tried to figure out why little kids like to mash up their french fries and put them in the potted plants.'
They handed me an employees' manual, a blue polyester uniform with white pin stripes, and a visor.
"Welcome to McDonald's. We're glad to have you with us. You'll have a fun summer," said Lori, my manager. "I'll be back in just a minute."
First Person By Jane Zachman
I sat in the employees' lounge waiting to begin my first job. I was 17 and ready to face "the real world."
Lori came back with a videotape.
The tape started with a commercial about how great McDonald's was. Children were skipping around behind Ronald, Grimace and their buddies as they all sang. "You deserve a break today so get up and get away to McDona-a-da'ld!"
"This will show you the proper way to wait on a customer and prepare his order," she said.
The girl behind the counter said, "Hi! (big smile) Welcome to McDonald's. My name is Susie. May I take your order please?"
Then there was a picture of a lobby at a McDonald's restaurant. A smiling man and his two smiling children walked up to the counter.
The tape ended after about 45 minutes. It covered everything from the Hamburgler and Mayor McCheese to the exact amount of ice to put in a drink cup and how not to make McDonald's ice cream cones look like Dairy Queen's ice cream cones. If I'd had more time, I could've watched the rest of the tapes: How to sweep the floor, How to put ketchup on a hamburger (you know, just a drop in the middle so you don't get any in that first bite), How to put mustard on top of the ketchup, etc.
The girl was blonde, about 16 years old and had clear skin and nice, white teeth. I think she was the only person who ever looked good in one of those polyester uniforms.
That was enough for one day. I went home and tried on my uniform and the spiffy-looking visor that accompanied it. Neither made much of a fashion statement, but I conformed.
When I went to work the next day, I met the rest of my coworkers: McAmy, McTodd, etc.
I lived in a small town, so I knew most of them. Some McWorkers were like me, trying to make some money before college. Another was a housewife, and others were flipping burgers because they didn't have a goal in life and there was little else to do.
"Hi, Jane!" Lori said with a big smile. "Clock in. You'll be on register three."
The woman made me nervous.
I was going to the University of Kansas in three months to major in journalism. I had made all A's and B's in high school, and I was worried that I might put too much ice in a cup or ask, "What do you want?" instead of "May I help you?"
After a few days, I became a whir at the register. During rush hour we were whipping customers in and out as fast as the cooks could burn the burgers. Four minutes a person was our limit. If we went over four minutes when we were tested, we might not get that big 15-cents-an-hour raise.
Later, I had to wrestle with moral questions, but at first I had a conscience. If the fries had been sitting under the heat lamps for nine of their 10-minute life span, but were getting a little cool, I wouldn't serve them. I'd "waste" them, as they say in the fast-food world, and cook some more.
I kept my eye on the waste clock. When a burger sat for 10 minutes and five seconds, it was tossed out. I couldn't believe how much food we wasted, and if you try to find out, you probably won't get an answer. It's a trade secret.
Another term for waste was "quality control."
After about a month, I lost my spark of enthusiasm and had learned a few short cuts from my co-workers. If the fries had been sitting 11 minutes, we served them. If a burger had been sitting 12 minutes, we used it. Why should we waste a good burger when people were starving elsewhere?
I had an interesting summer. I made some money and learned a little about the fast-food business.
Most importantly, though, I made it through my first job. But only after serving truckloads of little league baseball teams wanting 20 cheeseburgers, 15 Quarter Pounders, 30 large orders of fries and 40 medium Cokes. all in 5 minutes.
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