Getting A Job At McDonald's

While some of you may think getting a job at one of the most popular restaurant chains in the world is as easy as pie... think again.

Do you remember when I mentioned that I might have a job back at the beginning of August? Well guess what? I STILL don't have the job! I put my application in at McDonald's of Piedmont back in June or July and never got a call from anyone. That's when I took it upon myself to start calling and asking if they were hiring. To my surprise, the first time I called they said that they were hiring and that they would try to set up an interview for me within the week! Good news, right? Wrong! I think 3 weeks went by before I had to call THEM back! Being the desperate, middle-class American in desperate need of a job that I am, decided to call them back.. again. I asked for the same manager that I talked to last time and he said that I needed to talk to a different manager. I know this will get confusing, but I don't want to mention names at the moment. Anyway, he said that the other manager would call me and set up the interview within a couple days. Big shocker there, they didn't call back. I waited until the following Monday to give them a ring. When I did, the first manager that I talked to was shocked that the other manager didn't give me a call and set up an interview for the next day! He even went as far as saying that he knew I must be desperate for a job because I had called so much. Um, obviously! It's not like I was harassing them just for kicks!

I was very prompt when going to my interview. I showered, wore nice clothes, groomed my hair properly and looked like I was heading to a business meeting. Well, something like that. I got there and asked for the manager that I had to meet. I was told that he was outside taking a smoke break and that he would be in shortly. About 3 minutes passed before he came inside and asked me to sit and talk. He went over my application and asked me very normal questions. He said that he needed to set up an interview with the other manager because they were the ones that did the hiring. I was fine with that. He said that he would give me a call by 5PM that day with a date and time for the second interview. I went home feeling pretty good about myself and the fact that I maybe, just maybe would have a job by the end of the week. Well 5PM came and went like a bandit in the night. I decided to just wait and call the next day so that I didn't appear as desperate as he thought I was. The next day I called as soon as I woke up. When I talked with the manager, he said that he completely forgot about call and that he was terribly sorry. He rambled some stuff about their boss saying that if I didn't have reliable transportation to just forget about it. I assured him that transportation was NO problem. He said he would talk to him again and get back with me as soon as possible.

I'm sure you all know what will happen next. That's right! Not one time did my phone ring! I waited for about a week I believe and then worked up the energy to call them back, yet again! He told me that they had hired a couple new people and that he would see what the hiring manager said. The fact that they hired new people was a pretty big slap in the face. Actually it was more like a punch to the face. Again, he never called back so I decided to call him. He asked me to come in the next day at 2PM for an interview with the hiring manager. This excited me a great deal! I got there and, to my surprise - it was the first manager that I had been talking to all this time! He sat me down again and started with, "I'm sorry I had you come in when this is something I could do over the phone." He then began to tell me that she couldn't meet with me today and so on. He started telling me that they had a pretty strict  hiring basis and that they were only allowed to hire one person a week. Considering Piedmont, Missouri is a small, small town - I didn't think it was that strict at all! He said that they had a new guy coming in today and one coming in next Monday, but if I could wait until the following Monday (which would have been September 10th) that I got the job! This is stellar news, right? WRONG!!

I waited for two weeks, all the while being as happy as a clam. Well, the 10th came and went with no phone call. I was kind of pissed, but thought that maybe he just didn't have everything ready. I know, wishful thinking. I decided to call on the 12th and see what was up. I got to talk with him and he said that I needed to talk to the hiring manager on Monday. Well, I called and talked with her on Monday and she told me that they weren't looking for any new people at the moment. It took me a while to comprehend what she said. In fact, I think I'm still trying to comprehend. I didn't call back until later in the month. When I did, I asked for the hiring manager. I got to talk with her and asked if they were doing any hiring. Wanna know what she told me? "We just brought on a few new people and are still training them at the moment, but try back next week because things always change here." My jaw was on the floor. I was walking around in shock ALL week!! I called her back the following week and explained that the original manager said that if I waited two weeks, I was hired! She just kind of let it go in one ear and out the other and said that they couldn't bring on any new people at the moment and to keep trying back.

I didn't even bother calling for a few weeks. Then one day I decided to call. I asked if they were doing any hiring and the lady that I talked to said yes! Since I knew the hiring manager so well, I decided to call her on the days that she does interviews, Monday's! I called and said the following, "Hi, I was just wondering if you guys were doing any hiring?" she replied with a super nice and happy tone, "Yes, can you give me just a minute?" I could tell that she was walking back to her office. When she got there, she asked if I had my application in. Of course, I said, "Yes!" She then proceeded to ask my name. When I replied saying, "Megan Pritchett." I could tell a sudden change in her tone. She followed with a, "Oh okay, let me talk with the other manager and I'll try to set something up for Monday and give you a call." I could tell JUST by the tone of her voice that she was completely sickened to hear from me! I'm sure you all know what happened next... there's was definitely no call the following Monday!

Well yesterday, I decided to call - just for kicks to see if they were hiring and what they would say if they heard my name. When I called, I asked for the first manager that I had talked to. I figured I would give him a try, considering the other manager didn't do a damn thing to help me out. I asked if they were doing any hiring and he said that it would probably be the middle of December before they would. He said to just keep calling back and trying. Heard that before! I then asked him who I should ask for and he said to just ask for him. I explained that I tried to call her and that she wouldn't call me back - yadda, yadda, yadda. I'm not sure when, but he did manage to say at one point, "You're that desperate for a job?" No silly, I'm not desperate! I just like calling and talking to my two favorite McDonald's workers! Why the hell would I call SO MUCH if I wasn't desperate?!?!  I mean, seriously? He really said that?

You all may even be asking yourselves why I call them so much or why do I want a job at McDonald's so bad. Well to answer that question, McDonald's is one of the only places in the small ass town of Piedmont that is ever hiring! Believe me, if I actually had other options, I would look elsewhere. I have learned one thing from all of this... McDonald's of Piedmont Missouri is one of the WORST places in all of the United States to get a job! I've never dealt with such rude, unorganized people in my whole life! Not only do they not call people back, set up interviews or just genuinely care about potential employees, but they apparently don't associate amongst each other. One manager would tell me one thing and the other would tell me something different. I guess between the pair of them my name has never came up. As much as they seem to hate me, you'd think I'd been the talk of all the board meetings. "That Megan Pritchett sure is one relentless and determined potential McDonald's employee." Potential... yeah right.

Love & Peace

-Megan

Who doesn't love a chili dinner under a funeral home?

I guess I'll start by addressing the title of this blog so that no one is confused. LaVaughn and I had to go to Fredericktown earlier today to do a little grocery shopping. As we were driving through the shady little town, I couldn't help but notice there were signs all along the road that read, "Chili Dinner Under Wilson's!" I figured it was just some type of fundraiser, but oh how wrong I was...

Just as we left town square and approached the stoplight, I glanced forward at Wilson Family Funeral Home only to see 3 people with signs waving their arms like crazy at all the passing cars. As we drove closer, I was able to read the sings... "Come join us at the chili dinner under Wilson's!" What!?!? They're having a chili dinner under the funeral home!?!?! I seriously couldn't believe my eye. I tried like hell to get a picture, but was unable to pull the camera out fast enough. Hmm, I wonder if they were serving beef chili or chicken chili...  :O)

Well, I suppose that's all for now. Just wanted to share with you yet another jaw dropping experience from the one and only... Fredericktown, Missouri. Until next time, you know where to find me...

Love & Peace

-Megan

Song of the day: Doctor My Eyes by Jackson Browne

Here are the kind of pretty, kind of boring pictures from today:

 The lovely view of HWY 67.

 Sunset through the trees.

 More sunset through the trees.

 Washed out sunset.

 This totally reminds me of a washed out picture from the 70s.

 This one too.

 This would be Fredericktown.

And lastly, the moon.

Bonus Gallery!

I managed to get some really cute pictures of the gliders Thursday night, but didn't want to upload them to yesterdays blog because that was mainly focused on our new cage. So... I decided to add them at the end of this blog. Without further adieu, here are the pictures (and videos):

Logan having a snack.

Sugar glider profile, lol.

 Stand proud, stand tall. ~Logan the Sugar Glider

 "Did I do that?"

 More like, "Please don't beat me mom!"

 Kira with her big, crazy eyes!

 She's such a pretty girl.

 Look at her beautifulness... is that even a word?

 Peeking sugar glider...

 "May I help you?"

 Pip having a snack.

 "Do I have something on my face?"

 Gotta get the stuff in the corners too!

Messy sugar glider profile, lol.

Crazy eyed glider!

"I swear I'm not a pig."

 "May I ask why you're in my personal space?"

 "Oh God, she has the camera again."

 "I feel sick now."

 Pip diving in behind Sadie.

What a lovely sugar glider couple. <3

And now for the videos:

Reynolds County Fair or bust...

Yesterday was host to a great event. And yes, I'm talking about the annual Reynolds County Fair. A place filled with lots of rides, food stands and homemade crafts. But that's not all, the Reynolds County Fair is also home to a rodeo and apparently a racist clown, but we'll get to that later.

LaVaughn and I were invited out to the fair by our aunt and uncle. Of course we said we would go, and we did. The fair grounds are located in Redford, Missouri. A ghostly little town located in Reynolds County. I think the entire population of Redford was at the fair and about 500 more than that. I didn't expect to see such a magnitude of people, that's for sure.

The rides, stands and so on we're pleasant, but the heat was definitely not in our favor. We spent the majority of our time walking around and gazing at all there was to be seen. It was just after 6PM when we arrived, so we had a couple hours to burn before the 8PM rodeo. I spent the majority of my time taking photos and a few not so attractive videos. I managed to grab a lemonade before we headed to the stands at a little after 7PM. I'm glad we got seated early because the stands filled up fast!

We hadn't been setting for very long before they started bringing the sheep and bulls into the shoots. It's always entertaining to watch amatures try to handle livestock properly. Too bad I didn't get any videos of that. After that, they brought some huge speakers up by the announcer stand. And what do you think they were playing? That's right... country. Not my music of choice, but it seemed to please the crowd. I was hoping they might start the rodeo early, but they didn't. In fact, it was a little after 8PM before they started anything.

The opening rides were, correct me if I'm wrong, mutton busters? It's a simple little thing we're younger kids ride sheep. Apparently they allow infants to partake in this even now, which I thought was a little crazy. If a child can't hold its own head up, how is he supposed to hold himself onto a sheep? Anyway, that's what kicked off the Jr Rodeo. After that it was the calf riding I believe. That's where kids 10 and up ride calves or small cows, not exactly sure. We only watched a couple of those before we called it a night. It was already after 9PM and there had only been about 10 kids ride all together.

In between the rides, the announcer and the "headlining" clown, Gusher, talked and talked and talked some more. The announcer would announce one of the kids that was getting ready to come out of the shoot and then start talking/arguing with the clown. Then about 3 minutes later when the kid would actually depart from the shoot, the announcer wouldn't even notice and would still be arguing with the damn clown! They were completely unorganized and just awful.

At one point in the night, the announcer starting talking about Barack Obama and how much he didn't agree with him and so on. At the time, everyone was trying to catch a runaway bull. And of course, the bull was black. That's when the clown started his racist stint. He started by saying, "You know what this bull has in common with Barack Obama? Other than the color, he has a point over here and a point over there and a whole lotta bull in the middle." I'm not a woman of color and I was royally offended! As was LaVaughn. I mean, I don't agree with what Obama does most of the time, but why bring race into it? Small town equals small mind I suppose.

Like I said, halfway into the rodeo we decided to leave. We walked around for a bit more after than, but only for about 10 minutes. I was definitely relived to be home. You would think I had just did a 10K run after the event. I was completely wore out, lol. Anyway, that concludes our day yesterday. All in all, it was a good experience and something we'll remember for years to come. Just exclude the rodeo and the heat. Until next time, you know where to find me...

Love & Peace

-Megan

Song of the day: Are You Ready by AC/DC

Here are the pictures from the event:

 Yeah, we missed the demolition derby and the mud racing!

 Looks like it was fun.

 It's true. Every single person there had a bright orange wrist band.

 A hat and pillow stand? So strange...

 This was Gene's favorite place of the day. :)

 The Heart Flip Ride.

 This was just hair clips. This place seriously had some of the most strange stuff.

 The band.

 Not sure what this ride was.

 Giant dolphin slide.

 The Columbus.

 Haha, check out the guy with his leg all stuck out.

 Knit hats anyone?

 No clue...

 Is that really kids clothes for sale?

People were also selling jams and jellies. This is also probably one of my favorite pictures of the night.

 I don't even know...

 Hey, at least there was WiFi.

 Check out the guy staring at me, lol.

 The lone ranger without his woman.

 There were loads of kids with chaps on.

 It's a tough life...

 What a punk.

 She seems real enthused, doesn't she?

 I had serious beef with this kid.

 More chapped kids!

 Love this picture.

 My lemonade.

 It's almost as if the sheep is saying, "Help me."

 They're lovin it.

 And they caught me, lol.

 This kid had such pretty hair.

 Runaway balloons.

 Bugs!

 Gusher the racist clown...

 Love this picture.

 I don't even know, lol.

 I also love this one.

 And this one...

I think they need to fix some of their letters.

And now for the videos: