Learn to Properly Season McDonald's Fries on Your DS

[blarghblarghhhhh]

it seems like a good idea to me. I work at mcdonalds now and the old training videos they used to have were ridiculous. they involved intergalactic spies, enough said.

also I worked at home depo as a cashier for awhile. the computer training there was phenomenal. when it was time for me to actually man a cash register I was confident that I would be able to operate it without issues, and I was.

 

[VanQ]

So what happens if the new guy/girl doesnt have a DS? Are they automatically out the door or will it be a pre-requisite to working at McDonalds now? I can see it now...

Hiring new staff to work flexible hours - must be motivated, a team player and have Nintendo DS.

 

[Ikuraut]

So what happens if the new guy/girl doesnt have a DS? Are they automatically out the door or will it be a pre-requisite to working at McDonalds now? I can see it now...

Hiring new staff to work flexible hours - must be motivated, a team player and have Nintendo DS.

If you noticed the DS in the video had a MCdonalds logo on the back, so the store owned it as a training aid.

I can see the view point of the Franchise owners, however; this kind of menial labor doesn't really translate that well from game to RL. I've worked plenty of fast food jobs, and making food like that is less topping memorization, and more muscle memory. Sure you try to memorize as you go along for the first 2 weeks or so, however the chart above your work center is always there as a fall back. I could see this kind of program used for bureaucratic/sales jobs, as for Mcdonalds... I don't foresee it dropping trainee mistakes that well.

 

[MR.Spartacus]

Finally! "Pour Salt on It: The Game" It's definitely a different approach. I suppose a couple DS's might be cheaper then one PC.

 

[Danpascooch]

This has got to be the dumbest thing I have ever heard, how could hands on training be WORSE than using a FREAKING STYLUS TO LEARN HOW TO GRILL BURGERS.

Not to mention, for a company that is based on fast and cheap food, it seems like a pretty big expense to train everyone with portable gaming systems, especially when there is no way it's as effective as hands on training

 

[MelasZepheos_v1legacy]

I mean I worked in fast food one time (the horror), and I doubt a game is gonna depict the surge of heat that strikes your hand when you toast a bun, or the sweat of rush hour, or the cold hitting you in the chest when you stay in the freezer for just a few seconds looking for something...

Dear lord, that sounds more like you're writing for Rorsarch's journal than about McDonalds.

Maytember 12th, 2010.

Hair in deep fat fryer. Curling round chip and sticking. This joint is afraid of me, I've seen it's true ingredients.

Anyway, that divergence aside, this is one of the silliest things I've heard for a while. This game will not teach people how to work cooking apparatus.

 

[Aeshi]

Wait a minute....Are DSes grease-proof?

 

[Gaderael]

Wow unbelievable. OMG she called it the NDS because apparently she doesn't know everything about everything like the rest of you.

But see when you're a journalist or a reporter, it is part of your job to make sure that you get all names and pronunciations correct, be it a person's name or a company name.

 

[squid5580]

Wow unbelievable. OMG she called it the NDS because apparently she doesn't know everything about everything like the rest of you.

But see when you're a journalist or a reporter, it is part of your job to make sure that you get all names and pronunciations correct, be it a person's name or a company name.

But see when you are a human sometimes you make mistakes. Like confusing the word outed with ousted.

 

[Gaderael]

Wow unbelievable. OMG she called it the NDS because apparently she doesn't know everything about everything like the rest of you.

But see when you're a journalist or a reporter, it is part of your job to make sure that you get all names and pronunciations correct, be it a person's name or a company name.

But see when you are a human sometimes you make mistakes. Like confusing the word outed with ousted.

But they should have fact checkers on these programs, so they should have gotten something as simple as Nintendo DS, correct.

 

[squid5580]

Wow unbelievable. OMG she called it the NDS because apparently she doesn't know everything about everything like the rest of you.

But see when you're a journalist or a reporter, it is part of your job to make sure that you get all names and pronunciations correct, be it a person's name or a company name.

But see when you are a human sometimes you make mistakes. Like confusing the word outed with ousted.

But they should have fact checkers on these programs, so they should have gotten something as simple as Nintendo DS, correct.

Which they did. The guy was very quick to correct her. It was a simple mistake not some grand conspiracy against gamers or gaming. Jesus if we can't learn to fight smart the battle is already over.

 

[Gaderael]

Wow unbelievable. OMG she called it the NDS because apparently she doesn't know everything about everything like the rest of you.

But see when you're a journalist or a reporter, it is part of your job to make sure that you get all names and pronunciations correct, be it a person's name or a company name.

But see when you are a human sometimes you make mistakes. Like confusing the word outed with ousted.

But they should have fact checkers on these programs, so they should have gotten something as simple as Nintendo DS, correct.

Which they did. The guy was very quick to correct her. It was a simple mistake not some grand conspiracy against gamers or gaming. Jesus if we can't learn to fight smart the battle is already over.

Fair enough, the correspondent corrected her, saying it was called the DS, or DSi. That never should have had to happen on air.

The way she said "NSDS or something," really showed that she put almost no effort in to the segment, which was unprofessional. If she had done something like this during a political segment, she would have been given shit for it, like say forgetting a politician's name, or who they are representing, etc.

 

[Pigeon_Grenade]

0.o... riiiight

 

[squid5580]

Wow unbelievable. OMG she called it the NDS because apparently she doesn't know everything about everything like the rest of you.

But see when you're a journalist or a reporter, it is part of your job to make sure that you get all names and pronunciations correct, be it a person's name or a company name.

But see when you are a human sometimes you make mistakes. Like confusing the word outed with ousted.

But they should have fact checkers on these programs, so they should have gotten something as simple as Nintendo DS, correct.

Which they did. The guy was very quick to correct her. It was a simple mistake not some grand conspiracy against gamers or gaming. Jesus if we can't learn to fight smart the battle is already over.

Fair enough, the correspondent corrected her, saying it was called the DS, or DSi. That never should have had to happen on air.

The way she said "NSDS or something," really showed that she put almost no effort in to the segment, which was unprofessional. If she had done something like this during a political segment, she would have been given shit for it, like say forgetting a politician's name, or who they are representing, etc.

Which part are you saying shouldn't have happened on air? Are you saying he shouldn't have corrected her? Because that is exactly what he should have done IMO. Just like when a newspaper prints a retraction. I mean sure shit happens but to induce this kind of nerd rage over a simple mistake in a filler piece seems very paranoid. I could understand if she called it a useless piece of plastic or made some reference to Columbine or something. It is funny because we are the first to defend gaming yet we are also the ones who are ready with our guns drawn ready to take down any percieved "non gamer" like they are all trying to take down the industry and ban all games. We expect non gamers to treat us with respect but we don't want to offer the same courtesy in return. Just because a person doesn't game doesn't mean they are anti gaming. There is a difference. And it sure would be nice if every once in a while our media outlets remembered that.

 

[Gaderael]

Wow unbelievable. OMG she called it the NDS because apparently she doesn't know everything about everything like the rest of you.

But see when you're a journalist or a reporter, it is part of your job to make sure that you get all names and pronunciations correct, be it a person's name or a company name.

But see when you are a human sometimes you make mistakes. Like confusing the word outed with ousted.

But they should have fact checkers on these programs, so they should have gotten something as simple as Nintendo DS, correct.

Which they did. The guy was very quick to correct her. It was a simple mistake not some grand conspiracy against gamers or gaming. Jesus if we can't learn to fight smart the battle is already over.

Fair enough, the correspondent corrected her, saying it was called the DS, or DSi. That never should have had to happen on air.

The way she said "NSDS or something," really showed that she put almost no effort in to the segment, which was unprofessional. If she had done something like this during a political segment, she would have been given shit for it, like say forgetting a politician's name, or who they are representing, etc.

Which part are you saying shouldn't have happened on air? Are you saying he shouldn't have corrected her? Because that is exactly what he should have done IMO. Just like when a newspaper prints a retraction. I mean sure shit happens but to induce this kind of nerd rage over a simple mistake in a filler piece seems very paranoid. I could understand if she called it a useless piece of plastic or made some reference to Columbine or something. It is funny because we are the first to defend gaming yet we are also the ones who are ready with our guns drawn ready to take down any percieved "non gamer" like they are all trying to take down the industry and ban all games. We expect non gamers to treat us with respect but we don't want to offer the same courtesy in return. Just because a person doesn't game doesn't mean they are anti gaming. There is a difference. And it sure would be nice if every once in a while our media outlets remembered that.

No no, he was in the right in correcting her when she called it the NSDS. I'm saying that before they went to air, she should have known what the proper name was. Wither by checking it herself, or having someone find out for her.

As for lack of respect, well, I think people like us, who play a lot of video games, see something as small as knowing the name of an extremely popular gaming platform and not even bothering to find out, is a little disrespectful. It would have taken her ten seconds to find the name. That's all.

Now, I'm not calling her an anti-gaming nut or anything. She probably indifferent and just doesn't give a monkey's fart about games. That's fine. Still could have got the name right, seeing as it's the centerpiece of the article.

 

[Ikuraut]

Wow unbelievable. OMG she called it the NDS because apparently she doesn't know everything about everything like the rest of you.

But see when you're a journalist or a reporter, it is part of your job to make sure that you get all names and pronunciations correct, be it a person's name or a company name.

But see when you are a human sometimes you make mistakes. Like confusing the word outed with ousted.

But they should have fact checkers on these programs, so they should have gotten something as simple as Nintendo DS, correct.

Which they did. The guy was very quick to correct her. It was a simple mistake not some grand conspiracy against gamers or gaming. Jesus if we can't learn to fight smart the battle is already over.

Fair enough, the correspondent corrected her, saying it was called the DS, or DSi. That never should have had to happen on air.

The way she said "NSDS or something," really showed that she put almost no effort in to the segment, which was unprofessional. If she had done something like this during a political segment, she would have been given shit for it, like say forgetting a politician's name, or who they are representing, etc.

Which part are you saying shouldn't have happened on air? Are you saying he shouldn't have corrected her? Because that is exactly what he should have done IMO. Just like when a newspaper prints a retraction. I mean sure shit happens but to induce this kind of nerd rage over a simple mistake in a filler piece seems very paranoid. I could understand if she called it a useless piece of plastic or made some reference to Columbine or something. It is funny because we are the first to defend gaming yet we are also the ones who are ready with our guns drawn ready to take down any percieved "non gamer" like they are all trying to take down the industry and ban all games. We expect non gamers to treat us with respect but we don't want to offer the same courtesy in return. Just because a person doesn't game doesn't mean they are anti gaming. There is a difference. And it sure would be nice if every once in a while our media outlets remembered that.

No no, he was in the right in correcting her when she called it the NSDS. I'm saying that before they went to air, she should have known what the proper name was. Wither by checking it herself, or having someone find out for her.

As for lack of respect, well, I think people like us, who play a lot of video games, see something as small as knowing the name of an extremely popular gaming platform and not even bothering to find out, is a little disrespectful. It would have taken her ten seconds to find the name. That's all.

Now, I'm not calling her an anti-gaming nut or anything. She probably indifferent and just doesn't give a monkey's fart about games. That's fine. Still could have got the name right, seeing as it's the centerpiece of the article.

If you guys keep quoting each other in your replies eventually the quote boxes will become so numerous as to compress my screen into a singularity.

 

[Low Key]

Who needs a friggin' video game to know how to put salt on fries? Besides, since we all ate McDonalds as a kid, who doesn't know how to make their food either? I guess we are talking about Japan here, the mecca of anything electronics. Anything that can be turned into a game will be turned into a game. I guess that would be rule 34 subsection b?