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This is my fake McDonald's that's way busier than an actual McDonald's down the road.
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And this is the story of how it happened.
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I was sat on my laptop one day when I received a random email from a stranger that said, Nico, I need your help.
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I've opened a drive -thru restaurant and we're struggling to get customers.
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If you could think of a plan to help us, that would be a dream come true.
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With regards, from Zach.
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Now, this definitely piqued my interest.
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So I decided to go down and visit Zach myself in Glasgow, Scotland.
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So, Zach, why did you contact me?
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Food is a very, very difficult industry.
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A lot of costs, a lot of competition, especially the big guys.
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We've got loads of big branches around here.
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There's not enough people are trying it yet because we've not got a big name to us.
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We need to make you the big name.
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We need to make us the big name.
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And what's the inspiration behind the name Zachs?
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I'm Zach.
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We wanted to make Zachs one of the big dogs, but that was going to be easier said than done.
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See, while big chains like McDonald's continue to grow every year, 61 % of independently operated restaurants actually closed within their first three years.
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And I was adamant not to let Zach's suffer the same fate.
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But at the end of the day, there was nothing I could do for Zach's if their food was meaty.
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Here we go.
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Time to try a Zach's burger.
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That's good collie.
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Mmm!
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Tastes the collie.
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That is very good.
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The beef comes to us fresh every day.
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Our butcher is literally two minutes around the corner.
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The world needs to try this.
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Help us get it out there, Nico.
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I know what I need to do.
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There are many different reasons independent restaurants close down, but one of them is people are reluctant to try new restaurants.
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But how could we make Zach's drive -thru familiar to the public?
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By rebranding it for the day to an old idea, we're doing one final time.
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Actually, let's just change that O to a U.
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Not McDonals is here!
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And we'll be giving away free meals all day so everyone can try the amazing food Zax has to offer
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And then once they've tasted it hopefully they'd be a customer for life meaning Zax would be here to stay
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So after a serious renovation overnight this beauty was ready for opening day
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We're just pulling up for the Nut Mcdoodles now.
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Oh My goodness
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This was perfect, we'd completely transformed Zach to let everyone know he was in a league of his own.
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Despite keeping Zach's building, staff and ingredients, we'd entirely reinvented its appearance to completely obliterate the competition.
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We now had our own logos marked in and most importantly, our very own menu.
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The big nax is back, the shush burger returns and proudly introducing a brand new product, the shades flurry.
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But that's not all.
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We've revamped the happier meals so they all include a stunning pair of shade sunglasses.
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And all of this is being given away for free.
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I was buzzing but I needed to know what the man himself thought of all this.
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Oh Zach, what are we thinking?
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Oh mate, incredible.
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This is amazing.
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What's it like seeing your baby turn into this?
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It's a dream come true.
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So today is the day we take down McDonald's for good.
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Absolutely, let's go.
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The only issue we have is we have no customers right now and I have the perfect solution for that problem
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So I'll be right back
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Seeing as independent restaurants have it
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so hard I saw it is only fair to attempt to steal customers from the biggest titan of them all
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McDonald's But as a McDonald's fugitive, I'll be hiding out in this van while George does the sneak in Oh McDonald's we're coming for your customers
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The ice is starting now.
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The plan was simple.
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Deliver a fake booth, customers order, and tell them about Not McDonals.
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But sometimes things fall apart.
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Oh, nice.
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Oh, my God.
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I nearly...
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Oh, I did it down to myself.
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Real to screen.
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Oh, my God.
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That's how we do it with McDonals, though, man.
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Well done, George, man.
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Everyone, in the comments down below, please comment.
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George is genuinely Mr. Mission Impossible.
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But our chaotic heist turned out to be a big success
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as people were stopping by the booth only never where they were supposed to.
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Reverse a bit, reverse a bit more, reverse a bit more please.
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Yeah okay that's great, we can take your order now.
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Hi, please reverse, reverse a bit.
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There we go, alright mate what would you like?
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I've got a code ordered on the app.
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You've got an order on the app?
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Yeah I've got a code.
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What's your code?
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NT25.
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741. Sorry, NT25.
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Okay, 8325.
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What's the next part of the code?
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It's NovemberTango25.
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November, so N -O -V -E -M -B -E -R -T -A -N -G -O.
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2 -5.
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So that code's too long.
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Unfortunately, months don't work in our system.
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It's a small code.
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It's not like a long code at all.
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Somehow McDonald's had found out about our secret mission and even though I tried to stop them
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Sorry, this guy's actually a fake.
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I implore you right here
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They scared away our possible customer, but at least we were well hidden
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You will not find me.
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You can't find me mate
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Hi Hello He's coming
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You're the last place Huh?
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He's coming shift us
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Oh yeah that was us, sorry Sorry Sorry yeah, we'll come shoot him now
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And we didn't even get the guy
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Wait, where's the guy?
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We need to tell him to go to Not McDonnell's at least.
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Where is he?
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My friend, sorry.
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I just want to say we're opening a restaurant called Not McDonnell's down the road, and we're giving away free food.
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But absolute pleasure to meet you.
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And yeah, the people here at McDonald's, they don't know what they're talking about.
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They're stupid.
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Have a great day.
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Big up, my friend.
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Oh, amazing.
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I've got a customer.
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Now that Paul Scoles was on his way to our drive -thru, it was time to collect our booth,
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as the McDonald's managers felt threatened by our clearly better drive -through.
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It's nothing personal.
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I just want Knott McDonals to be the biggest restaurant in the world.
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That's not the way you make more about it, is it?
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Sometimes you just have to do things in a different way, you know?
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Nah, I need a good buck.
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You know, it's done now, but we'll report me in the registration.
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Please, not the police.
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All we wanted was to have more customers.
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Is that a crime?
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Maybe it's best now we go back.
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So I headed back to meet the special people who are going to make this crazy idea possible.
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The Zax employees who've been transformed into not McDonald's soldiers.
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Guys, we're all here for the same reason.
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We want Zax to be the greatest drive -through the world has ever seen.
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And we don't have to worry about McDonald's because we've got our security team.
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And you guys really have to be on job today.
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They may be trying to find a way to strike back.
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So as long as you guys are ready, have you guys got weapons?
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Oh really?
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What weapons?
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Secret.
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Secret weapons.
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That's the secret.
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But it doesn't matter because today we win.
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Do we believe that
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Not McDonals can be the greatest drive -thru ever?
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Yes!
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Is there anything you want to say, Zach, before we get started?
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Let's take McDonald's down.
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Let's do it.
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Everyone, bring it in.
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One, two, three.
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Not McDonals!
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We were open.
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Our team were ready to turn this place into the greatest drive -thru ever seen.
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But we still had no customers.
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Someone needs to believe in our project.
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All we need is the first domino.
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Hello?
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Hello?
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Hi, excuse me, we're serving free food.
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Could you be my first customer?
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It's just there on the left.
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Could you wind the window down?
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Oh no, he thinks I'm going to rob him.
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Hi, sorry, sorry.
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Why won't anybody stop for me?
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This was harder than I thought, but luckily for me, a bit of traffic had formed, meaning people were trapped and couldn't ignore me.
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Listen, mate, it looks like you've been working very hard and you'd like food,
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and maybe you'd like to be my first ever customer at my drive -through, which is opened right there.
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Would you take a chance?
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Hey!
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Thank you!
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It's just here!
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It's just here!
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We've got our first customer.
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Hello, my friend.
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What's your name?
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Greg.
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Welcome to Not Mook Dunaus.
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It's a free food experience.
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We believe we have the most quality food there is, so I would really like to see what you think of our experience.
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Alright, well, come in, Greg.
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They'll serve you here at the first window.
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It was a pleasure to meet you.
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They'll serve you right here
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Hi, dude, I'm nice to meet you my name's Nicko.
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All right, what would you like to eat?
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I would recommend the big knacks burger, but we also have a chicken burger if that's more up the street
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Um could we get a chicken burger would you like some chips with that?
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We also get some chips, please someone will be there to give you your food at the next window great nice to meet
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Nice to meet you.
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Quick.
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Go, go, go, go.
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Back to Jim and T.
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Sorry.
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Hi.
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Nice to meet you.
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Nice to meet you.
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Nico, what's your name?
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Someone should make a chain around your name.
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That would be great.
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Deja vu.
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Ah, deja vu.
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Ladies and gentlemen, round of applause for Greg, our first ever customer.
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Could I watch you eat it?
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Is that weird?
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If you could pull up for a review and someone will be there to interview over there.
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Thank you.
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Thank you so much.
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Thank you.
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This was a big moment.
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I was nervous.
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I love Zach's food, but that means nothing if the customer doesn't like it.
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You like it?
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Yeah.
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Would you come back?
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Yeah.
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Thank you so much.
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Our first ever customer.
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Thank you, Greg.
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Wow.
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How was it?
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That went great.
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He liked it.
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Maybe Greg will tell all his friends and then we're gonna be packed in five minutes.
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And I was right as five minutes later along came two of Greg's best friends.
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They both opted for the happier meal, nuggets, chips and of course a toy.
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Thanks Nico.
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Two more happy customers but this was only the start.
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If we want to be the best drive -thru of all time, we have to pass this important test.
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I've got a question for you.
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Yes, of course, of course.
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Is that better than I got?
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How about you try it right now?
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Can I watch you try it or is that a bit weird?
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It's a bit weird man.
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I don't like people looking at me.
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Guys, guys, guys, we all just say please.
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Please, please, please.
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Please.
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Please.
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Come on, please mate.
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Yes!
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The positive feedback about our food kept on delivery.
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That is great.
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There you go.
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Oh my, you look great.
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The drive -through was gaining popularity, but we were attracting the wrong type of customer.
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Can I possibly have two happier meals, please?
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Happier meals? For who?
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For colleagues at work.
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How old are these colleagues?
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Okay, he's definitely kidnapped people.
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Look at him, yeah?
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I definitely feel like he's hiding someone in his boot.
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If we could check, I guarantee he drives off.
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We've got to check your boot.
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Thank you.
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If you could just pull up and then we'll have an interview and check your boot.
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Stop there, yeah?
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If you could just stop here, mate.
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Listen, mate.
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Yeah, he's a wrong one.
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There's something wrong with him.
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Now business is up and running we're gonna be helping Zach grow his business into the biggest in the area
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Just like Shopify help entrepreneurs grow their businesses when they don't know how to I think someone's here.
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Orders started rolling in our business was on the way to be a number one
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With Shopify it'll be easy for you to start your business venture as well.
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Shopify is a set of tools that power your business whatever it is and I use it for my business shades
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And that's helped me become the fastest growing sweet brand in the UK.
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Running a business can be extremely tough.
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Luckily, Shopify has a helping hand for you.
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Let me tell you about Shopify's new secret weapon, Sidekick.
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Sidekick is like having an expert business partner back at Shades HQ there to help whenever I need it.
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It knows all about my product.
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Watch this.
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Sidekick, what's Shades' best -selling product?
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Let me confirm the all -time best -selling product for you.
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Here it is.
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The top product of all time is Shades' straight -up strawberry.
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That's sick.
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This is a really useful feature and can be used for promos, sales analysis, strategy, planning and more.
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So everyone watching right now, go to shopify .com slash Nico to start the business you've been dreaming of.
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You won't regret it.
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Now let's go back to serving people.
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How we doing?
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We're good?
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Now business is starting to move a little bit.
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So we're serious time.
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It was about time we locked in.
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That's right, I'm sending the Shades mascot
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Shady to the streets to advertise for us while I test the team.
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Business is starting to move.
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Could I get a big Naxx, please?
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Of course you can.
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By the time I reach that window, will it be there?
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Yeah.
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Let's find out.
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Big Naxx!
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Big Naxx!
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Big Naxx!
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Big Naxx!
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Big Naxx!
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Thank you very much.
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Big Naxx, fair enough.
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Good work, guys!
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Good work, good work, good work, good work!
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Shady has started to bring in customers, and before we knew it...
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We have four cars in our drive -through now.
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We're packed.
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This check -in feels really nice.
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10 -10 mate.
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That's amazing.
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It's so good.
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On the house, on the house.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah, this is what we do at Not McDonald's.
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We give back.
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This is difficult.
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Running the driver is tough.
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So the employees do all the work and you get sent a hand off, yeah?
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Cut that out.
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We were working as a great team and the customers kept on coming.
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We're almost at those.
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Well, that's because of you, mate.
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And we sold our very first Shades Flurry.
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Can I get
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Shades Flurry, please?
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Yeah, is it just everyone or the regular ones?
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The regular.
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See, it's good service.
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You notice that.
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Just have an honest review.
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That's the best way to go.
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OK.
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So just over there, yeah, someone's going to go with you.
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Cheers.
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Thanks.
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So who's going with him, eh?
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Oh, yeah.
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10 out of 10.
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Well, what did you think?
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Five stars, oh great, great.
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Thanks man.
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The people of Glasgow were loving
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Not McDoonals so we kept on delivering.
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We found our rhythm and reached our first 50 orders.
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And while we were working a bunch of posts were circulating around social media about Not McDoonals.
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And it wasn't just the customers.
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Even some news channels were reporting on what we were getting up to.
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Because of this, we got them much busier, which was great.
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So with that came security issues.
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Get them, get them, security.
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Grab them.
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No one comes on this drive -thru if they're not in a car.
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Yeah?
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Yeah?
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Hi, guys.
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How you doing?
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I respect the fact you guys have got e -bikes.
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I respect that a lot.
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Okay.
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Well, I'm what would you like?
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I had no choice but to serve them.
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However, this is still a drive -through
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So I wasn't gonna be serving anyone on foot.
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You'd have to be on wheels.
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One shades Flory, one shades Flory sour, Shush Burger meal and then the hot one of them, he wants the whole menu.
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Got you.
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I couldn't believe what I was seeing.
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The queue just kept growing and the customers were becoming restless.
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Okay, oh my gosh.
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Oh, what's happening over here?
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What are you doing?
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Security's on you next.
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I'm not afraid to admit that even a veteran like me was struggling with the increased demand.
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One beef burger, three nuggets.
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Big time.
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Two milkshakes and a burger meal, please.
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Oh, that's too much.
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Two milkshakes and a burger meal, please.
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I got a burger and a burger and a burger.
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Milkshake, three milks, five milkshakes.
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Brother, come on.
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Two strawberry, five...
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How about this, yeah?
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Know your order before you say it down.
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If you keep changing it, you're making my job hard.
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Could we get 11 shush burger meals?
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This is too many orders for one human.
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Oh my gosh, how are we going to deal with all these customers?
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I don't know what else they ordered.
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Just give it to them, I'm sure they'll work it out.
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This was all getting a bit much for me.
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What is going on?
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I can't take this anymore.
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I can't take this.
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It felt like half of Glasgow were in the queue.
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Everyone is occupied.
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It's just getting busier and busier outside.
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I was so happy for Zach.
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This is exactly what he wanted.
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Queues and queues of customers.
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McDonald's was surely gonna be begging for mercy now, but I wasn't gonna give it to them.
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Foot on the neck!
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Went to the real McDonald's to see if anyone was still there.
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And it was a complete ghost town.
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And I was gonna take all the remaining customers they had.
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Excuse me guys.
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Hello.
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We've got our own drive -through.
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I'm called Not More Do Now.
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You shouldn't go in there, are you?
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I know, I know, but we're trying to get more customers and...
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Right, we'll take one then.
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Thank you.
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You're very welcome.
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Thank you.
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I think it's a bit naughty what I'm doing.
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It is a bit me mature.
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Yeah.
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If you get caught, you throw me out.
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Oh, ho, ho, ho.
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Sorry, guys.
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Free food all day and not moved to an ounce down the road.
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It's a wonder they're letting you give these up.
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Yeah, they don't.
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All right, is?
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Because I'm wearing this similar uniform, they think that I work here.
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You want to tell them, please?
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You're not going to tell them?
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Have you already told them?
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No. Go, I think if she sees you sitting there, I'm actually going to say, no, you're ugly, something.
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And me being a policeman, I would know that you look a bit suspicious.
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Are you a policeman?
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Yes.
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I'm not doing anything against the law though.
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Okay, I've tried to remain undercover.
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I handed out some more leaflets to soon -to -be -not -McDonough's customers to fully clear this place out.
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But when we were leaving, a worker with some wise words stopped us.
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I do, but what would you say when it gets busy in here, what would you do?
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Keep calm and just...
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If you're unsure whether you're...
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Don't rush them, because when we start rushing, that's when we start making mistakes.
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So don't rush.
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Don't rush.
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Just have conviction in what we do.
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If you're unsure, ask the customer, and the customer's always right.
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Can I tell you something?
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What you're doing for us now is priceless.
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Have good luck.
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With those wise words from that kind lady, I was ready to head back and inspire the team.
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And we're back.
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Oh my gosh.
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There's even more people here now.
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Oh gosh.
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Team talk, guys.
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Team talk.
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Guys, I know you've been smashing it so far, but this is a very stressful situation.
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I spoke to a wise lady and she told me some advice.
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Number one, don't rush.
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If you're unsure about something, don't worry.
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If you've got a question, just ask the customer.
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We've got to keep our quality.
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And finally, the customer's always right.
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So we just got to make sure that they feel good in this experience as well.
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Everyone bring it in.
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Three, two, one.
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I'm liking it.
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Let's go.
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With those words of wisdom, we were much more prepared, which was ideal because all day we'd only been serving people in vehicles.
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But now customers were starting to get weirdly creative.
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Next.
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Now, what is happening here?
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What have you pulled up in a What is it you like?
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Anything.
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Hair check in office, please.
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See, that's conviction, yeah?
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You've got someone right here who knows what he wants in life, and then you've got you, slewless, in a trolley.
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Joke bath.
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What's going on here?
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Where'd you get this bin from?
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Did you sell someone's bin?
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Where'd you get the bin from?
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Your uncle's house.
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How far is it down the road?
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It's like five minutes.
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OK.
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All right, say no more.
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That team talk clearly worked because we were serving so many customers with efficiency.
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So now I was desperate to chat to Zach.
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Zach, how does it feel seeing your drive -through this busy?
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It's very surreal.
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Are you hopeful that people are going to stick around?
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I think so.
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Once they taste the food, they taste the quality, they'll definitely be back.
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Well, my brother, you've smashed it so far.
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You smashed it.
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Absolutely mental.
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Let's keep it going.
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We've got to keep it going.
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We're now doing a express...
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I was taking orders on the keypad but it became clear that it wouldn't be fast enough.
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The line was much longer than I'd realised.
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I mean just look at this insane queue.
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Just look at it.
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It's genuine poetic justice as it stretched all the way to McDonald's.
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We have truly embarrassed them.
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Even Shady is dancing on their downfall.
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It was incredible having this many people want to try our food
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But the demand was beyond our limits
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We had to find a solution
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You're probably thinking Nico, what crazy genius plan have you cooked up this time?
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Well, here it is Give me the burgers, I will give them to the car
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This was a foolproof master plan
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Built entirely around my speed Hello!
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Despite the slow start my food delivery service idea was working perfectly.
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Hello, I'll be back, I'm getting bags.
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Fwah.
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The queue was significantly lowering and customers were still enjoying the food.
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Beautiful beef burger, double patty.
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Wow, incredible.
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Mmm, that is really good.
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See all that meat?
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Perfect.
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I'll come back next week as well.
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Ten, ten.
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Ten out of ten.
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Can't be better.
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The food is good, the service is good and I love the atmosphere.
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MDL, MDL, MDL!
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Felt like I was handing out food forever.
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I was truly exhausted, but finally I was at the back of the queue on the road.
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Ah, yeah, yeah, I can't walk anymore.
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Here you go, guys.
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Thank you, guys.
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Enjoy your food.
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How have we done it?
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Now the queue had almost completely gone, the team were working hard to finish the final few orders.
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Let's go.
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Oh, my gosh.
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I just want to say thank you so, so much.
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Thousands of people have tried their food because of you, because of what we've done here.
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And hopefully it's going to give us a really good start.
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Thank you.
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No, thank you, man.
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Thank you, thank you, thank you for letting me help.
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Yeah.
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Zach's appreciation meant a lot to me and I had a moment to reflect
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We'd fed over 1 ,000 people and hopefully these are going to be customers
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that come back to Zach's again in the future
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So we know we'd filled their stomachs, but I feel like we filled their hearts as well
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But it wasn't over just yet.
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We had one more person to feed.
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Okay, my friend.
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You are the last car
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Okay, what would you like?
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So two shush burgers?
561
And what drink?
562
Okay, chocolate milkshake.
563
Thank you very much.
564
Your food's waiting
565
Here you go.
566
Enjoy.
567
Oh my gosh.
568
Thank you.
569
Thank you.
570
Have a good day.
571
Oh my gosh.
572
Oh my gosh.
573
We've done it.
574
We've done it.
575
High five.
576
Oh my gosh.
577
Oh guys.
578
Guys, guys, guys.
579
Okay, well done guys, well done, well done.
580
We put the shift in, we made it work.
581
Big up, big up, big up, big up.
582
Smashed it, smashed it, smashed it.
583
After such a long day, I had to talk to the team one final time.
584
Guys, I just want to say, the way this is run, I find so admirable.
585
And I am a specialist in this field, but this is the best time I've ever ran a restaurant.
586
And it's because of the people working in it.
587
So honestly, thank you very much.
588
Thank you.
589
Thank you.
590
And Zach also had something you wanted to tell me.
591
We're gonna bring on the Nikko burger, which is your special.
592
Oh, amazing.
593
And the Shades Plurry is staying on the menu.
594
Thank you, guys.
595
Oh, you're tearing up.
596
I am as well, to be honest, for the good old times.
597
Let's bring it in.
598
But this time, we'll say Zach's.
599
Three, two, one.
600
Zach!
601
Everyone headed home with their heads held high after what we achieved here today.
602
I couldn't help but stick around for a few moments longer.
603
It's been a long time since I opened my first fake McDonald's.
604
And even though every time I've done it, I've enjoyed it, I can safely say this will be the last dance.
605
And I just hope it helps Zach's in the long run.
606
So if you're from Glasgow, there's no need to go to McDonald's because there's a place called Zach's and you'll love it.
607
A few weeks later, I ended up getting an update email from Zach.
608
Hi, Nicole.
609
We just wanted to let you know ever since NotMcDoonals, We've been getting a lot busier.
610
We have so many more regular customers and I'm a lot more hopeful for the future.
611
Kind regards from Zach.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “I Opened A FAKE McDonalds”. This video has 610 sentences and 4407 words to shadow. The speech runs for 24:21. The speaker talks fast, about 181 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. 85% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| burger noun | /ˈbɝ.ɡɚ/ | A hamburger. |
| shade noun | /ʃeɪd/ | Darkness where light, particularly sunlight, is blocked. |
| meal noun | /ˈmiːl/ | Food that is prepared and eaten, usually at a specific time, and usually in a comparatively large quantity. |
| gosh | /ɡɑːʃ/ | A mild expression of surprise or enthusiasm. |
| queue noun | /kju/ | A line of people, vehicles or other objects, usually one to be dealt with in sequence (i.e., the one at the front end is dealt with first, the one behind is… |
| smash verb | /smæʃ/ | To break (something brittle) violently. |
| rush verb | /ɹʌʃ/ | To hurry; to perform a task with great haste, often not properly or without thinking carefully. |
| reverse noun | /ɹɪˈvɝs/ | The opposite of something. |
| chip noun | /t͡ʃɪp/ | A small piece broken from a larger piece of solid material. |
| beef noun | /bif/ | The meat from cattle or other bovines; especially, that from adults. |
| menu noun | /ˈmɛn.juː/ | The details of the food to be served at a banquet; a bill of fare. |
| boot noun | /but/ | A heavy shoe that covers part of the leg. |
| booth noun | /buθ/ | A small stall for the display and sale of goods. |
| unsure adjective | uncertain, ambivalent. | |
| regards noun | /ɹɪˈɡɑɹdz/ | A greeting to pass on to another person. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| come back verb | To return to a place. | |
| give away verb | To make a gift of (something). | |
| hand out verb | To distribute; to give out, either by hand or as if so (figuratively). | |
| close down verb | /kləʊzˈdaʊn/ | To stop trading as a business. |
| drive off verb | To force to leave or go away. | |
| end up verb | To bring to a conclusion. | |
| fall apart verb | To disintegrate, to break into pieces. | |
| find out verb | To discover, as by asking or investigating. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- What's it like seeing your baby turn into this?
- You've got an order on the app?
- Why won't anybody stop for me?
- You shouldn't go in there, are you?
- You're not going to tell them?
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — an action that started earlier and is still going on | you've been working · you've been dreaming · you've been smashing |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | I've opened · they've tasted · We've revamped |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | was sat · being given · who've been transformed |
| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | people who are · through, which is · busier, which was |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 148 contractions and reduced forms, such as we're, I'm, we've. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: booth /buθ/, bath /bɑːθ/, rhythm /ˈɹɪð.əm/, threaten /ˈθɹɛt.n̩/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: shade /ʃeɪd/, gosh /ɡɑːʃ/, smash /smæʃ/, rush /ɹʌʃ/, conviction /kənˈvɪkʃən/
- Long words — get the stress right: inspiration /ˌɪn.spɪˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, efficiency /ɪˈfɪʃ.ən.si/, registration /ˌɹɛd͡ʒ.ɪˈstɹeɪ.ʃən/, popularity /ˌpɑ.pjəˈlæɹ.ə.ti/, appreciation /əˌpɹiː.ʃiˈeɪ.ʃən/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like burger, shade, meal.
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.