Please, Black Off
“I worked in a small Maccas during the Sydney Olympics, I was about 15 at the time. There was a series of big screens at Circular Quay showing live Olympic events. There were always large crowds down there.
This store was around 500 meters or so away from my store and because of the demand, we occasionally had to take things down there.
Our store was closing and they were running out of buns at the busy store so they sent me down with a big trolley of buns (those pre-split ones). Easy right?
I got about 20 meters from the store and there was a giant crowd between me and the store.
So I started asking people to move and most people were nice until one guy ripped open the bag of bags and started throwing them up in the air, screaming out, ‘Free burgers, free burgers!’
The crowd moved towards me and some police/crowd control noticed this and came over and told everyone to back off.
Then they had a few heated words with the free burger guy. They guided me through the crowd and to the store awaiting the buns.
I got grilled about arriving with one less tray of buns but once I told them the story, it’s all good.
Bonus story: because that store was so busy, I picked up a shift after my normal shift that totaled 20 hours. I was the richest 15-year-old I knew at that time.”