McDonald’s employee’s Facebook post about preconceptions goes viral for a great reason

Fair play to him for speaking out. The world today is full of prejudice and assumptions. People tend to judge others at first sight and draw all sorts of conclusions. Some of the people who are worst affected by that are those working in the fast food industry. Mike Waite is one of those people and recently vented his anger on Facebook after having 'enough of the judgemental criticism' because he works in McDonald's. In the post he said:

"Today I have had enough of the judgemental criticism. Let me be clear. YES I work at Mcdonalds and do it nearly 50 hours a week. Why? Not because I have no aspiration, motivation or intelligence...but for the opposite...because in a few months time like a great number of people I work with I will be going back into higher education."

He continued to explain about the backgrounds of the people working in McDonald's and how helpful the company is to those who want to excel in life.

"McDonalds has this reputation which is quite unfounded in the recent age, every person I work with has a story and every person is working their ass off in what can be a very tough job for their own reasons...be it they are in school, uni, have family, have kids, saving...etc. The one thing McDonalds is is a job which is extremely (extremely) flexible, has opportunities for growth and can allow you to do what you want to do. There are people becoming pilots, lawyers, designers, architects, and people who are at a point in their life that they will do whatever it takes to look after their family."

He continued by praising his colleagues for their strength and determination.

"I work with people I would aspire to be like, who have strengths in areas I wish I had, who have overcome situations I never could and who have the determination to not fade away on handouts but rather step up and work for their living unlike a huge number of people in this country. In the past I have known and worked with very rich folks in very high end jobs, and a few of them could never match the resilience and work ethic of some of the current lads/lassies."

He spoke about his personal story and how McDonald's has helped him to work around his schedule to save for college and how he can see a career path within the company that will help with his studies.

"After the ending of a big part of my life McD's is not only letting me save up for University, but setting me up with flexible work I can continue over the next years to come. Not only that but I intend on eventually progressing into the management side of things, something which ties in directly to my degree and will enhance my future job prospects. Dam right McDonalds will be on my CV, this job has pushed my limits in so many areas!"

He admits that it's not all positive but appreciates that all jobs come with their downsides.

"Yes it has its downsides, yes the wages can be bad and yes it can be difficult, but every job has is negatives and McD's is no different. As someone who has nearly walked out of a shift a few times...I can say despite the difficulties the greater picture is not always that terrible."

He finished with a note to the readers asking everyone to get rid of their prejudgements:

"Overall please just take your preconceptions and be rid of them because I work with some amazing people, and like many of them McDonalds is not a "dead-end" of my working life but rather part of the beginning. Now, what drink would you like with that order?"

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