And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
I worked at McD's in 1970 age 15 for $1.25 an hour and glad to have it. Burgers were 19 cents. No Big Macs, no female employees. 60 second service.every.time.
I worked in one around then also. I recall they used to sell roast beef sandwiches but they took those off the menu. We were allowed to have an item for lunch and would eat in the basement.
I remember working at McShit in 1978, at a corporate-owned store and the burgers were $0.42 as were the small fries. We had to add up everything by hand on paper, find and add the tax from a table, and count back change. Today, most couldn't find their ass with both hands, let alone count back change. Disgusting how much inflation (all FEDERAL RESERVE-CAUSED) has climbed.
Worked at a Burger King in 1963 in Jackson, Tennessee. I think burgers were about 15 cents. They were cooked over a gas flame as they mover over the flame on a chain conveyor belt. Had a automatic mustard and ketchup dispenser that put two dpst of each on the bun. If some customer was a real jerk we soaked tha burger. After work I would drive out the the McDonalds and buy a sack of fries before they closed then cross the street and by a quart of real Root Beer. Great days for a 16 year old kid!
At Jacksonville (FL) University in '76, there was one just like this up the street on University Blvd, no room for drive around or drive thru or dining room so they kept it walk up!
Those old basic cheese burgers were the bee's knee's, with fries of course. It sure was cheap eats at that point in mickey d's history, i remember 40 cents a cheese slider, fries where two dimes. And the sign, millions sold. Heh.
Like many of my vintage, my first job (besides mowing lawns in the summer) was at a McDonald's very much like this one. As I remember, there was an inside lobby where you'd place your order, but no interior seating....only a couple'o concrete picnic benches out front. Of course, drive-up ordering and a drive-through window were years in the future. There was plenty of parking, and many would eat their meals in their cars, and then toss the bag into trash cans nearby. This meant that some employee, usually the manager's least favorite or the newest guy, was sent out every hour or so to change out the trash bags and deposit the trash into the dumpster.
The place I worked at made their own french fries. There was a peeler contraption...a big, abrasively-lined drum...into which big Russet potatoes were dumped. After a few minutes tumbling in the drum, out came peeled potatoes. These would then be pushed through a slicer and Bob's-Your-Uncle, you had fries ready to be fried.
I had enough mad, mad, math skilz that I worked the counter. I could write the order down on a paper ticket, apply the required state tax*, take the customer's money and make the correct change, and do the 4th grade math quickly and accurately.
* At 16, I didn't question why tax needed to be collected from a fast-food meal. I have since corrected that oversight and not just with fast-food meals.
I wonder where this vintage McD's is located - really cool. Not to be the "oh look it's not an old photo" guy but the car is Obama's last term old.
ReplyDeleteI believe it’s in the suburbs near Chicago
DeleteWorked at McDonald's around 1967. 90 cents and hour. I constantly smelled like a French fry.
ReplyDeleteI worked at McD's in 1970 age 15 for $1.25 an hour and glad to have it. Burgers were 19 cents. No Big Macs, no female employees. 60 second service.every.time.
ReplyDeleteI worked in one around then also. I recall they used to sell roast beef sandwiches but they took those off the menu. We were allowed to have an item for lunch and would eat in the basement.
DeleteI remember burgers for $0.15... including at Mac's
ReplyDeleteThree burgers, fries and a shake for a buck.
DeleteI remember working at McShit in 1978, at a corporate-owned store and the burgers were $0.42 as were the small fries. We had to add up everything by hand on paper, find and add the tax from a table, and count back change. Today, most couldn't find their ass with both hands, let alone count back change. Disgusting how much inflation (all FEDERAL RESERVE-CAUSED) has climbed.
ReplyDeleteI used to work at a burger place - not McDonalds. I, too, used to always smell like french fries after work.
ReplyDeleteLakewood Boulevard in Downey, California
ReplyDeleteI had my first Big Mac there when they were big. Bob’s Big Boy was further south near Lakewood.
DeleteWorked at a Burger King in 1963 in Jackson, Tennessee. I think burgers were about 15 cents. They were cooked over a gas flame as they mover over the flame on a chain conveyor belt. Had a automatic mustard and ketchup dispenser that put two dpst of each on the bun. If some customer was a real jerk we soaked tha burger. After work I would drive out the the McDonalds and buy a sack of fries before they closed then cross the street and by a quart of real Root Beer. Great days for a 16 year old kid!
ReplyDeleteI'd forgotten those BK conveyors, Flagg. Interesting process.
DeleteAt Jacksonville (FL) University in '76, there was one just like this up the street on University Blvd, no room for drive around or drive thru or dining room so they kept it walk up!
ReplyDeleteThose old basic cheese burgers were the bee's knee's, with fries of course. It sure was cheap eats at that point in mickey d's history, i remember 40 cents a cheese slider, fries where two dimes.
ReplyDeleteAnd the sign, millions sold. Heh.
Like many of my vintage, my first job (besides mowing lawns in the summer) was at a McDonald's very much like this one. As I remember, there was an inside lobby where you'd place your order, but no interior seating....only a couple'o concrete picnic benches out front. Of course, drive-up ordering and a drive-through window were years in the future. There was plenty of parking, and many would eat their meals in their cars, and then toss the bag into trash cans nearby. This meant that some employee, usually the manager's least favorite or the newest guy, was sent out every hour or so to change out the trash bags and deposit the trash into the dumpster.
ReplyDeleteThe place I worked at made their own french fries. There was a peeler contraption...a big, abrasively-lined drum...into which big Russet potatoes were dumped. After a few minutes tumbling in the drum, out came peeled potatoes. These would then be pushed through a slicer and Bob's-Your-Uncle, you had fries ready to be fried.
I had enough mad, mad, math skilz that I worked the counter. I could write the order down on a paper ticket, apply the required state tax*, take the customer's money and make the correct change, and do the 4th grade math quickly and accurately.
* At 16, I didn't question why tax needed to be collected from a fast-food meal. I have since corrected that oversight and not just with fast-food meals.
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There was a burger joint in Danbury,Ct. called Val's on route 7. They sold a hamburger for 15 cents in the 1960's.
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