r/mildlyinfuriating • u/PureKin21 • Jun 22 '26

I just wanted a hot dog Tried applying to McDonald's wtf does this even mean

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I guess things happen to me?????

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u/TheBadGuyBelow Jun 22 '26

I had the reverse reaction when working for Lowe's. I tore my ACL on an appliance delivery, and other than the 9+ months it took to finally get the surgery to fix it because of workers comp insurance, they were awesome.

Not one person gave me shit. After the surgery, they were very helpful and supportive, and let me take my time healing up. Never had to go back to deliveries and cruised along on easy mode until i left the company.

Management let me take as many breaks as I wanted and was always friendly, never making me feel like an asshole. The pay was not the greatest I ever had, but it was genuinely the best place I have ever worked in my 40+ years as far as how I was treated.

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u/Phyrnosoma Jun 22 '26

A lot of chains it really depends on your stores management quality

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u/Jin_Gitaxias Jun 22 '26

This x100. Every franchise location can be run completely different depending if the management sees it's employees as human beings or numbers on a spreadsheet

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u/Mountiebank Jun 22 '26

I'm happy for you.

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u/riveramblnc Jun 22 '26

Odds are the workers comp claim was already costing them...they knew you'd likely have standing to sue in your state if they didn't.

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u/quickus_footus Jun 22 '26

You had to wait 9 months to get insurance money so that you could afford to pay to have your torn ACL repaired?...

I'm assuming you live in the US. If my guesses are correct, then that is fucked up. The health care system your government runs down there is literally some Third World type shit.

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u/TheBadGuyBelow Jun 22 '26

Correct, except nothing was out of my pocket and was covered by the workers comp. The insurance stuff was wild. One of the dumbest things was having to drive 60 miles for an appointment to make sure my ACL was still torn 6 months before surgery.