Shadowing Practice: I Secretly Worked At McDonald’s - Learn English Speaking with Video
Les maken...
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how long could you secretly work at a mcdonald's in order
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to find out i'm going undercover in cia level makeup to see
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if i can survive a 12 -hour shift before anyone realizes i'm an imposter
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and my first day on the job starts right now
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all right i'm gonna try and get behind the counter here we go
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oh my god hello how's it going I think we're staring, I need to find somewhere private,
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okay this is not going to work,
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excuse me, sorry Hey, I think this might be my only option Alright somehow nobody has stopped me yet,
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my disguise is working which is a good thing
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because I'm not only going to be face to face with these employees But they're all expecting me to know this job,
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because Patrick, the owner, told every single employee that I'm an experienced fast food worker.
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I get a lot of work with chicken.
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Which meant nobody here knew I was secretly working with zero training, and to stay undetected, my new alter ego is Ricky Filet.
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Ricky Filet.
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I'm gonna go back out there and start doing stuff.
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I have not been trained at all.
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However, the managers must have smelled blood in the water because suddenly, they were closing in on me.
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You're going to be working with us?
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That's right.
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Yeah?
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I'm Ricky.
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Hey, Sidney.
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Hey, Sidney.
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Good to meet you.
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And that's when I made eye contact with the big boss himself.
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Hey.
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Nice to meet you.
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Great to meet you.
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Ricky Filet.
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What's your name?
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Hiran.
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Hiran.
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Yes.
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All right.
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Nice to meet you.
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Great to meet you.
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We want to go directly to the position.
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Okay.
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And since Hyron thought I was an experienced fast food worker, he put me straight to work on my first job.
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Alright, here we go.
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Oh yeah, no problem for Ricky Filet.
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Should we do these as well?
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Yeah, let me bring another one because that one's already dirty.
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Yeah, what about that?
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I mean, I'll go back with you right now, okay?
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Yeah, yeah.
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Now, Hyron would only be gone for a few minutes, which meant I had just enough time to explain my goal to you guys.
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Now, there's a reason why I am trying to be the greatest employee on planet Earth.
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I am trying to become the employee of the month here.
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Managers like Hyron decide the employee of the month based off of the four original McDonald's values.
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So I've cooked up the most genius plan to check off all four of these values while remaining completely undetected.
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Starting with cleanliness.
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And what says cleanliness like hiring a professional team of cleaners to pose as regular customers
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and secretly clean this entire restaurant for me without a single employee noticing?
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Starting with the tables.
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for my plan to work i just had to keep hyrone distracted
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and hopefully impress him with some cleaning skills of my own oh it looks
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so much better what do you think oh basically uh you
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can see right here you see mm -hmm oh yeah you see yeah yes
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so it's a little like details uh -huh turns out i am terrible at cleaning tables
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and i was leaving a horrible first impression on my new boss.
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Meanwhile, on the inside, my crew had just finished cleaning tables without getting caught.
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But their next task wouldn't be so easy, since there's not really a sneaky way to mop the floor.
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That is, unless some genius gave them the perfect tools.
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Mop shoes.
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I found these myself, it's like a mop and a sh - And to keep Hirone outside,
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I pointed out all the trash in the parking lot yeah look at this yeah you see trash already
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and my plan worked perfectly because he didn't hesitate to put me to work
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which allowed me to keep him exactly where i wanted him
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and to keep his mind as far away from
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that lobby as possible i asked him for some advice
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so what do you think the key to cleanliness is
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but i was not ready for what came next you see
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the detail you want to find out a lot of things to details you know what i'm see
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This man went on about details for a full 30 minutes Makes sense why you're the manager Attention to detail,
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attention to detail And my distraction bought the cleaners just enough time
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Because they had scrubbed that floor
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so clean You could eat a Big Mac off of it
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While I was taking my sweet time cleaning this parking lot Until Jairoan threatened to ruin my entire mission All right,
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so we're going back to the lobby.
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Okay.
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I panicked and sent my cleaners to the one place Jairoen would never be able to find them.
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The women's restroom.
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And Jairoen walked right by the restroom without suspecting a thing.
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But right after we hung up my broom for the day, he wanted to talk to me outside.
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But right now, like I said, take a 10 -minute break.
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Just come back to me and we're going to continue.
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Okay.
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Here we go.
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Employee of the month right here.
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You are.
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All right.
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But a true employee of the month would never stop grinding.
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He thinks I'm going to take a break, bro.
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So I spent my 10 -minute break working with my crew harder than Ronald McDonald himself.
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And after making sure this place was completely spotless, the cleaners walked right out the front door without any of the employees suspecting a thing.
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Which meant the only thing left to do was to take credit for their work.
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I did some cleaning out here on my brick.
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It looks really really good.
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Yeah, it looks good, right?
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Oh, yeah
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Now that I had proven myself they decided to give me a little bit more responsibility This is the chicken fillet yeah,
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I was named after the fish fillet
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Working the register was the perfect job for me to provide value
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Which basically means giving the customers the most amount of food for the least amount of money
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and my Genius plan was to give every customer their food for free,
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but to pull this off I had to lie my way into taking control of the register I have yeah, yeah, yeah, not exactly this at a different place But yeah,
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but in case you forgot I had a zero training at this job
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but I couldn't let them know that I was an imposter
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so I harnessed my inner iPad kid
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and within 30 minutes I was ringing up customers so well
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that homegirl left me alone at my station which was perfect
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because I have the mainframe in front of me
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and I will use this to deliver value to the people by giving them these fake McDonald's coupons
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which they could use to get Literally anything for free and that's when I saw the first customer.
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I wanted to give a free meal to it boss boss
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Actually have one of these you can literally get whatever you want on the menu.
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What would you like?
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Literally anything
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Chicken Caesar now I was trying to keep this whole operation low -key
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because technically I was not allowed to be doing this What kind of drink you want?
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Say look anything else
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anything you want whatever this is yeah yeah easy
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but then out of the corner of my eye i spotted
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miguel one of the head honchos of this place beelining it
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straight towards me to investigate what i was doing just like how i'm going to investigate you for not hitting
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that subscribe button already listen every 1 million subscribers this channel
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gains i have to do whatever the top comment says i've
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already snuck into the white house next up is area 51 i have to legally change my name to Diddy
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and the new one climbing Mount Everest.
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I'm so cooked.
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It would mean the world if you hit subscribe for Ricky Filet
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and drop a comment below because your idea might be the next thing I'm forced to do.
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Thank you.
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No problem.
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Yeah, there you go.
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Have a good one.
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Somehow Miguel completely bought it.
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I think my coupons look so official
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that he just decided to play along this is a free meal thank you
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and it didn't stop there i kept giving all of these
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customers free meals delivering value better than any employee ever had
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and to make sure mcdonald's didn't lose any money i covered every meal myself
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because that's what an employee of the month would do
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and before i could even blink i was thrown into my
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next job the burger line this was no place for an employee with zero training
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and somehow i had to check off quality here
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which meant getting every customer's order 100 right
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and unfortunately for me a mcdonald's kitchen is exactly as confusing as it looks there's drawers
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and buttons everywhere not a single label on anything oh one mustard one ketchup oh no
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and i had to pretend i knew how all of this worked in front of Anna, the general manager, who by the way has the power to decide who gets employee of the month.
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How hard is it to be employee of the month here?
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Okay, and there were tons of real paying customers waiting on their food.
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If I messed up a single order or took too long, it could be the end of Ricky Filet.
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Oh my god, they're leaving me alone back here.
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I'm so cooked.
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I'm so unbelievably cooked.
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Want McChicken?
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And it took me less than 10 seconds to ruin everything.
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Plain.
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Plain means no condiment.
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I'm doing a bad job over here.
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I was single -handedly slowing down the entire McDonald's and everyone in the kitchen knew it.
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No onions.
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Okay.
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I'm gonna start over on these.
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Yeah, that was silly of me.
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There was a line of customers waiting and the other employees knew I was to blame.
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And that's when Jairoen came up to me and told me the words I never wanted to hear.
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What'd you say?
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Okay, okay, okay.
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Uh, is it possible to try a couple more?
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I'm like so close.
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They're trying to kick me out of the kitchen right now.
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It's not gonna happen.
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I am dying out there on that line.
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So it's a good thing that I've planned for some backup.
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Clearly I couldn't make these burgers myself, so I called the guy who basically invented them.
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Mike Horrocks was a McDonald's corporate chef for years, so if anyone knew how to make the perfect McDonald's burger, it was him.
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I helped develop some of the menu items that are served at McDonald's, so you called an insider to help?
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Very smart.
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The plan was simple.
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Mike and Joshua Weissman, one of YouTube's biggest chefs, were going to watch what I was doing and coach me through this earpiece,
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He's telling me exactly how to make the highest quality food this McDonald's has ever seen.
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Oh, and it's prime time, so you're in the middle of service, so we cannot mess anything up or it's bad news.
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I was praying these guys could save me from looking like an absolute imposter.
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Two cheeseburgers?
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Yes.
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Okay.
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All right, get your paper.
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Two of them.
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Get those buns in.
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Regular cheeseburgers.
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You got the heel and you got the crown.
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The crown goes on the top, heel the bottom.
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All right, yeah.
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All right, ketchup, mustard, done.
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Just a little bit of boink.
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Another boink.
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And the employees quickly started to notice.
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Ricky Filet could suddenly cook.
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All right, here we go.
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Pickles.
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One pickle.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
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Time, it's taken way too long.
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Boss is gonna get mad.
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They're already mad.
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No, sorry, I'm just talking to myself.
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And with the help of my new senseis, I had officially made my first quality burger.
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There we go.
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Oh my gosh.
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But then immediately came an order for the most complex burger on the menu.
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Okay, one big next.
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One Big Mac.
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Oh, this is the Big Dog.
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Oh, I've never met a Big Mac before.
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I can do this, though.
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If they were ever going to find out I wasn't a real employee, it was going to be right now.
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And while I try my hardest not to get caught, I wanted to let you guys know how easy it is to buy and sell on Whatnot,
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who's giving away 20 Nintendo Switch 2s to you guys.
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So we're gonna go Big Mac sauce.
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What else would I do?
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The bottom is the one slice of cheese.
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The top is the pickles.
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What not is the number one live stream shopping app where you can buy sell
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or auction literally anything You won't be finding this beautiful Big Mac on there
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But you can buy a Pokemon cards sports cards Funkos electronics Legos candy
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and more literally people are selling meat and seafood Oh brother, this guy stinks!
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And then what else?
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Meat Okay, so I put one of these here?
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Yeah Oh my gosh, okay.
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They're trying to kick me off the line.
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I'm too inefficient You've got this.
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I do not give up.
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So with my job on the line, I had to prove I knew what I was doing.
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Deluxe crispy.
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Yep.
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You got to make the noise when you deposit the thing.
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So pop, pop, pop, pop.
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Unironically, I've been buying a ton of sports cards on this app, but I've been thinking about adding to my Pokemon collection.
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Three tomatoes.
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You got to say I'm McLovin' these tomatoes.
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I'm McLovin' these tomatoes.
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It's so easy.
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We're going to bid on these cards.
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Here we go.
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Here we go.
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Here we go.
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Here we go.
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Bang, bang.
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I'm going to try to win some candy.
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It's so easy.
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Bang, bang, bang, I won.
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I literally got all of that for $9.
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I need you to hide, like, six or seven pickles.
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Yeah!
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You did the thing!
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Now, to win one of the 20 Nintendo Switch 2s, all you have to do is download WhatNot and follow WhatNot on the app.
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Boys, that might have been the greatest sandwich I've made the entire time.
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You're getting employee of the month, minimum.
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Wait for this reveal, boys.
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You ready?
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But every single person who scans the QR code on screen and uses my link gets $15 off your first purchase.
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15 dollars in your account and a chance to win a switch to just scan the code show it
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rick -fil -a's got the sauce i was cooking literally
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and finally feeling like employee of the month material
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and i wasn't gonna stop until someone dragged me off
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that line 30 minute break yes okay how did i do
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uh did i do a good job okay okay okay okay ricky flay
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but right as i was about to take my break jiron stopped me
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and i knew something had to have gone wrong i leave
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me in a couple minutes okay okay he still didn't know i was an imposter
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but my mentor the man who taught me everything i know
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about this place was abandoning me i want to say thank
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you for coming you've done an amazing job for you to be
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so patient i really appreciate it 10 out of 10 jiron might just be the greatest manager of all time.
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But with him gone, I was on my own.
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And Anna was about to assign me my most difficult job of all the night.
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We're going to be presenting now.
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Oh, presenting.
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Okay.
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In other words, I was going to be working the drive -thru, the biggest responsibility you could possibly have at McDonald's.
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You've been here with me for a while.
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Yeah.
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But this was also the perfect opportunity to check off service, meaning giving customers the fastest and friendliest experience possible.
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And my plan was to completely over deliver on service.
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But first I had to learn this job so I wouldn't get caught as the imposter I was.
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I do.
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And let me tell you, I was trying my hardest to fake it till I make it.
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I think it's this way.
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Yep.
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Got it.
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There's the coffee.
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Working this drive -thru, I basically had the same amount of aura as a default skin from Fortnite.
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And even though I have zero idea what I was doing, the drive -thru seemed pretty simple at first.
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Okay, don't worry.
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We'll hold this down.
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But the second my next order came in I realized this
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was genuinely the single most exhausting job in this entire McDonald's
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because not only do you have to remember Every order and memorize hundreds of different drinks,
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but the more I messed up the more the real employees started watching me No No, that's what it goes just like that.
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That's it.
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Yeah.
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Okay.
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Great.
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Glad you stopped me.
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Here you go.
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Put in the drink.
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I think this is the right button.
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Okay.
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Thank you.
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Enjoy.
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And things only got worse.
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Easy brother.
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Have a good one.
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What happened?
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We were missing the cookies.
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I was getting cooked by this job and employee of the month was starting to feel impossible.
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But if you know Ricky Filet, he always has a plan.
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You see, in every movie that has a fancy restaurant scene, they're always handing out luxurious hot towels to give that five -star experience.
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So for level one, I secretly brought in my friend Will, who's posing as a butler to hand out hot towels to every customer in the drive -thru.
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Hello, madame.
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I don't want to delay you too much, but tonight we're giving out hot towels.
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Here is your hot towel complimentary on Ronald McDonald.
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And to the both of you, have a macktastic evening.
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Will was giving excellent service outside, but at the window, the same could not be said for me.
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So on this one, I said no cheese.
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Four McNuggets.
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Four McNuggets.
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One McDouble.
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There's food.
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Okay.
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But while I was trying to not get fired, every employee suddenly came to the front.
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And that's when I realized my drive -thru butler was in their crosshairs.
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What's happening?
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I seen that guy with a tuxedo on.
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I thought he was like, look at him, get on sappled.
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They said he's giving away hot towels.
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And while every employee in this McDonald's stared at Will.
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I want to talk to whoever's been staring at this screen, because I want to give one of you a six -figure opportunity to edit some of the biggest projects on YouTube.
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So if you are obsessed with YouTube and a certified sauce god at video editing,
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hit the link in the description and apply to join the SEAL Team 6 of video editors.
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I'm excited to see what you cook up.
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That's kind of nice for the customers, I guess.
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Please don't kick him out.
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Now that Will was the center of attention for the real employees, I needed him to lock in and take this experience up a notch before anyone could stop him.
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27, 57.
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47, 57?
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No. 27.
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Let me assist you.
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She's saying 2757.
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That'll be it.
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Thank you.
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First of all, thank you.
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Thank you, sir.
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No problem.
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Will the butler was providing the definition of a five -star experience so good customers couldn't believe it Yeah,
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we're handing out towels now Is it nice didn't enhance your experience?
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Okay, meanwhile will only had one towel left and he saved it for his favorite employee.
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Hello, madam I've got one hot towelette left and I figured you've earned it more than anyone.
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Would you like it?
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There you are
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Somehow, I wasn't unemployed yet, but my butler had officially run out of towels, which meant it was time for level two, hiring a professional car wash crew to clean customers' cars
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and deliver s -tier service boys catch whoa whoa whoa got a spot on the roof here
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if you can see right oh yeah perfect
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and these boys started hustling immediately washing Every car
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that pulled up to the drive -thru and pretty quickly people started to love the service All right,
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give me a raise more like give me that employee of the month
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because suddenly I was serving this drive -thru like I'd worked here My whole life.
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We got a McFlurry and we have a small coke.
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Is that right?
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All right.
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Have a great night I have four McNuggets a hot and spicy McChicken.
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There you go Thank you so much, you have a good night.
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You too.
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And while I was handling business in the front, Hi, what's up, what's happening here for you? there was a party in the back.
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Hello, can I get an orange green, please?
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Yeah, what's that?
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Let's do the medium.
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I am telling you guys, we were turning this into the best McDonald's in America, and nothing was stopping me from employee of the month.
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Or, so I thought.
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What's going on today?
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What do you mean?
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This is such a weird day here.
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What's happening?
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I don't know what we know what the wind has to need and all that.
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Did it increase your service?
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Increase my service.
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I don't know what that means.
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Very hard.
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I'll come another day.
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I wasn't allowed to check off service until every customer drove away happy.
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I couldn't figure out what else I could do to provide excellent service.
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But while I was on my final break, I realized the answer to amazing service was standing in front of me all day.
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Details make the difference.
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It doesn't make sense why you're the manager.
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Attention to detail, attention to detail.
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Jiron had been giving to me all day.
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Giving me his time, giving me his lessons, and literally giving me my meals.
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It was genuinely the best example of service imaginable.
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Which meant on my 12th hour of working, I decided to give back as well.
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Yo, are you guys Dodgers fans at all?
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Yes sir, yeah.
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For being great McDonald's customers, I want to give you guys two Dodgers tickets.
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What?
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For free oh my god wow yeah are you serious i'm
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dead serious enjoy enjoy thanks for being great mcdonald's patron thank
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you have a good one i think my manager was
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so caught off guard by my giveaways he genuinely didn't know whether to stop me
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or not that's the food i have one more thing for
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you brand new pair of airpods for one of you guys for being amazing mcdonald's customers Enjoy Okay,
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have a great night, but to lock in employee of the month.
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I got this.
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I got one more thing for you I saved the best
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for last you guys look like you might like them in Nintendo switch Yeah,
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this guy looks like you might like that dead serious Ricky Palais just wants to make sure you got the best service.
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You know what I mean?
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enjoy it have a good one enjoy it
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and looking back at what i accomplished today i had shown
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this mcdonald's exactly what ricky fillet was made of hopefully it was even enough to become employee of the month
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because i don't know if it was the giveaways
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but the manager immediately put an end to my shift all right i appreciate all the training guys
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but i still had unfinished business
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because the only question left is am i employee of the month
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so to find out i had the owner meet me somewhere
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nobody would think to find us patrick how you doing ricky how's it going how did i do
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so i've had some uh conversations with various crew trainers
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because it was up to them to vote on the employee of the month he was good as employee
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but like at first not not that Albeit you had some great feedback, and given all things that we discussed about today.
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What about the Employee of the Month?
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Do you think you'll be Employee of the Month?
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We've decided as a team that, yeah, you're not getting Employee of the Month.
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He put a lot of ketchup on the stomach too.
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One ketchup?
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Oh no!
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What do you think of his overall skill level?
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I think it will be like a high.
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Turns out my job didn't go so well.
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I may not have one employee of the month this month, but I'm not stopping until I do.
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So the next time you get fast food, you might want to look closely, because Ricky Filet could be working anywhere.
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Behind the Scenes: Learning English Through a Secret McDonald’s Adventure
Imagine sneaking into a McDonald’s with zero training, pretending to be an experienced worker, and trying to avoid getting caught—all while navigating fast-paced conversations. That’s the scenario in a video where the creator goes undercover as “Ricky Filet,” offering a goldmine of real-world English for language learning. The dialogue is packed with casual phrases, workplace interactions, and quick thinking, making it perfect for practicing speaking and listening skills.
Top 5 Phrases for Daily Communication
- “I think we're staring, I need to find somewhere private”: A natural way to express discomfort and seek space, useful in social or work settings.
- “Nobody has stopped me yet, my disguise is working”: Great for updating someone on a situation, combining past and present tense smoothly.
- “We want to go directly to the position”: A clear, direct phrase for workplace instructions—ideal for understanding professional communication.
- “Should we do these as well?”: A polite way to ask for clarification, common in collaborative environments.
- “Managers decide based off of the four original values”: Learn to explain decision-making processes with this structure, useful for discussions about rules or goals.
Step-by-Step Shadowing Guide for This Video
The shadowing technique is a proven way to boost pronunciation and speaking fluency, and this video’s energetic dialogue is perfect for it. Here’s how to practice:
- Watch once for context: Focus on the story to understand the scenario—this helps you follow the language naturally.
- Listen and repeat in real time: Pause after short phrases (like “Hey, Sidney. Good to meet you”) and mimic the tone, speed, and pronunciation. Pay attention to how “Ricky” sounds confident even when nervous—this is key for natural speaking.
- Focus on connected speech: Notice how words blend, like “gonna” (going to) or “I'm” (I am). Repeat these to sound more like a native.
- Practice role-play: Pretend you’re the undercover worker and respond to the managers’ lines. This builds quick thinking and conversational skills.
By using this video for shadowing and speaking practice, you’ll learn to handle real-life conversations with confidence—just like “Ricky” tried to do (even if he was a little nervous!).
Grammatica in deze video
De structuren die de spreker het meest gebruikt, met de exacte woorden uit de video:
| Structuur | In de video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — iets dat eerder begon en nog bezig is | I've been buying · whoever's been staring |
| Present perfect have/has + voltooid deelwoord — iets uit het verleden dat nu nog telt | has stopped · have not been trained · I've cooked |
| Lijdende vorm be + voltooid deelwoord — het gaat om wat er gebeurt, niet om wie het doet | have not been trained · was named · was not allowed |
| Betrekkelijke bijzinnen who / which + zin — extra informatie over een persoon of ding | working which is · station which was · guy who basically |
Wat is de Shadowing-techniek?
Shadowing is een wetenschappelijk onderbouwde taalleermethode die oorspronkelijk is ontwikkeld voor professionele tolkentraining en gepopulariseerd door polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. De methode is eenvoudig maar krachtig: je luistert naar native Engelse audio en herhaalt het onmiddellijk hardop — als een schaduw die de spreker volgt met slechts 1–2 seconden vertraging. In tegenstelling tot passief luisteren of grammaticadrills, dwingt shadowing je hersenen en mondspieren om echte spraakpatronen tegelijkertijd te verwerken en te reproduceren. Onderzoek toont aan dat het de uitspraaknauwkeurigheid, intonatie, ritme, verbonden spraak, luisterbegrip en spreekvaardigheid aanzienlijk verbetert — waardoor het een van de meest effectieve methoden is voor IELTS Speaking-voorbereiding en echte Engelse communicatie.