I work in Fast Food. I've noticed differences between black people and white people who come through

I worked at a Mickey-d's ages ago. When being trained, everybody warned me about a mythical discontinued beverage:

The Shamrock Shake.

You see, dear readers, McDonald's only offered this in a saint party's season over a decade before and yet...

Employees warn one another about it's legacy due to the fact that indeed, certain "folks", to that day still request it with unrivaled predictable rate of demand.

I believed this was a joke, a hazing for the new guy until, wouldn't you know, I got my first black customer.

"I'll have a mc-d-lt (also discontinued) some of this, some of that and...

You be gotten any of they... Shamrock shakes?"

It was surreal. I thought I was on candid camera. "a what?" I asked.

"a shamrock shake"

This happened with the routine of old faithful. It was unreal. A decade gone product still very much in demand with a cult like following of but one demographic. The rest of us had absolutely no idea what this was. An inside joke? A code word for "hook it up".

But on my life I swear: folks were desperate for this thing, whatever it was. Often pleaded with me to axe the manager.

This is coming from me, a biracial guy (half white/half black), and my personal experiences in working fast food.

Our drink options are: Coke, Diet Coke, Sprite, Root Beer, Dr. Pepper, Hi-C Fruit Punch, and Light Lemonade.

- Majority of black people order Hi-C Fruit Punch.
- Majority of white people order Coke/Diet Coke.

The rest of the drink options are a random toss up between the few that don't fit into the majority.

We also carry a few non-fountain drink options: Sweet tea and Un-sweet tea.

- Majority of black people who order tea order sweet tea. In fact, I can only recall two black people, in the time that I've worked there (and I always work drive-thru where the majority of the people come), order un-sweet tea.

- Majority of white people order Un-sweet tea. Although, there is more leeway within the white fast food test subjects in their selection between sweet or un-sweet tea.

Easiness of orders: (Despite the fact that anyone can be rather irritating)

- White people: Seem to be able to order more quickly and more precisely. Tend to say "Thank you" more often. Tend to complain less, and, if they do, they seem more reluctant as a sign of respect to not make a big deal of something petty. Although, are more likely to not come back if we forget a pretty obvious item; such as a drink with the combo. White people have a more pleasant ordering voice (and this makes a difference when you've had a slew of rude orders). I always feel more appreciation from white people compared to black people.

- Black people: Slow, slow, slow orderers! You may think that I'm racist but, after many encounters I have had in fast food, these are the conclusions I have made from the majority of orders I have taken. Sometimes I sense that they are intentionally taking their time just because they know they can. Also, they ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS change their order. Here is a typical conversation I have with them:
Black customer: "I'll have number.......................................................​..........................Fo---Fi--NO! number 8 combo. WAIT. I'll just go ahead and get number 4 combo."
Me: "Alright, what size would you--"
Black customer: "NO! Scratch that. Keep the number 8 combo!"
Me: "O..ok. What size?"
Black customer: "Small."
Me:"What kind of drink would you like?"
Black customer: "Fruit punch"
Me:"Anything else?"
Black customer:" Um...........................................................​.............................................................​.............. (1 minute later I hear them on the cell phone talking about something unrelated to ordering)......."
Me: "H-hello?"
Black customer: "Yeah that's it!
"Me: "Okay, your total comes to $7.56, thank you!"
Black customer:"$7.56?!?! Hell no, lemme just get your dollar menu chicken sandwhich and value fries, and that'll be all for me (they pull up without me even giving them their total)"

Black guys mumble too much. I'm constantly asking them to repeat themselves. When I ask them to repeat themselves they immediately assume I just said, "Fuck your mom!" and get all pissy. Other times, they won't even TRY to speak louder or more clearly. Then when their order comes out wrong they get pissed off. The women ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS have something wrong with their food. Our fries will have just came up and they'll honk their horn and say they want fresh fries. The meat doesn't taste right. Their soda doesn't taste right. Their fries are too salty. Their fries aren't salty enough. The sandwich bun doesn't taste right. Their chicken nugget are cold. Their chicken nuggets don't taste fresh enough. The list goes on. This goes on all night for 8 hrs, and by the time the night is over I'm ready to jump off of a cliff.

If they order a shitload of food, they will sit at the window and open every single sandwich and inspect it while there is a line of cars behind them. I rarely witness a white person complaining about their fries. Our fries are usually always fresh, so no wonder. It is like black people are never satisfied. If they order a flavored tea (that we make with un-sweet tea) they will complain that the tea isn't sweet enough.

This is only grazing the surface, if I told you everything you would be mentally worn.

What validates my experiences even more is that my manager, whom is a black man married to a black woman, agrees with me completely. He's a preacher and he's always talking about how difficult black people are. His famous line is, "Who's holding up the line? You already know!"

I swear I'm not a raciest, I respect everyone equally (at first) and try not to pass quick judgements.

So it pains me to say that after years of fast food and server experience all of what OP says is 100% true. I've noticed all these and more in my time.

Ugh. We got a watermelon drink once as a new menu item at a place I was waiting tables. You can guess when most of that went.

'African Americans' also tend to come later and night and - oh this is terrible and I'm sorry - but MOST of them don't tip hardly anything... if that. That's after asking for a million things that are sometimes totally ridiculous. The only worse tips I get are from middle eastern men who won't even look me in the eyes and teens.

And please stop playing your nasty R&B music out loud on your phones, that goes for you teens too. It's rude.

They are also the WORST people to get hit on by. Getting whistled at is not something I look forward to when I get gas. Or my favorite, "Hey there *insert annoying 'compliment'*" As the look you up and down like a piece of meat. Gross. Really classy.

I dunno what happened because the older generation is much more polite and they don't seem like they learned English from urban dictionary. Between 9 and 15 is the WORST age for black boys. I've been called everything under the sun by black children trying too hard to emulate their parents. Once a gang (like 6) of black kids told me they would wait outside with their brother for me to get off work and 'beat my cunt ass up'. This was because I refused to return shoes (at Journeys shoe store) that had been worn out of the store. That was after he refunded some socks so he could get lunch. One of them even tried to spit on me. It was weird.

On the flip side white people have a ghetto version as well. They are called red necks. Usually smell, dirty clothes, leave mud under booths, have 8 children and leave a wake of destruction in their path. They are not to be confused with hill billies though - the less socially awkward and kinder of the white country folk. The tend to be louder and crack tons of odd jokes. They usually tip pretty good though. Old trucker guys are another white group. My least favorite. They are the most likely to touch you or say something NASTY and totally out of line. This is because most of them seem drunk as all hell. Usually come with their son or a male friend. If they are with women they treat them like shit on a shoe. Missing teeth tweeters. Gross gross gross. Not all, but like 75%.

Then their are the teens. They are rude, expect the world of you, leave unnecessary messes (torn up napkins, wads of paper they throw, salt of pepper EVERYWHERE, ect), and they will hardly ever leave a tip and sometimes will even tell you sorry that they don't have enough money to tip. But hey, the service was awesome so that's kinda a tip? Riggggght? So it was totally worth working for compliments.

Best customers are between 25-50, well groomed married couples that will have a chat with you. These couples are sometimes black people, but usually white. The women will have on jewelery that's not gaudy but not fake. If they have kids; the more kids the lesser the tip. Dressed professionally but not fancy.

Mexicans tip good sometimes. Usually they order some larger more costly meat dish. When they pay it's almost always cash and large bills, no change.

Old people almost always count out the correct amount to you, even change. Most the time your tip is change as well...

Middle-eastern, Asian, and white usually pay with a credit card.

European(like from Europe recently) people are few and far between but they usually tip well and are great for conversation. They tend to have a dry sense of humor and often times are happy perky people. This goes for Australians too.

The best advice I can give you though is... Don't EVER tell a black woman her weave looks pretty. I guess your not supposed to be able to tell it's a weave so it's actually an insult. Who knew?

How many solid family groups do you see of each race? What would the ratio be?

The sheer amount of butthurt in this thread is unfathomable. As a black male who with a college degree (paid for thanks to Federal Aid, fyi) I literally can do nothing but laugh at the immense retardation from the vast majority of posters in this thread. I will vote for Obama, and, to be perfectly honest, hope he actually becomes this socialist president MSM paints him as. Do white men really feel so threatened by the alpha race? I don't blame you guys, really. If I was white, I would constantly be paranoid that some alpha, black, animal of a man would ravish my white female loved ones in bed. Hell, I've never even slept with a black woman, FWIW. Only whites and Asians.

How does it make you white supremacists feel that I am a successful black man (thanks again Federal government for the education, honestly, and it's funny hearing all these white people bitch and moan yet all the white people in here work in the food service industry, that's basically as low as you can go on the food chain) that never had to get a job until my early 20s and am now a small business owner after only 3 years of working?


I will say this: white people sure know how to grow weed. Thank God for medical marijuana, otherwise I don't think I could honestly deal with the bigotry in the world.

One last note: maybe if other cultures didn't judge other cultures, there might be just a bit of peace. Try it some time.

So white people are easier to treat as a heard of sheep, whereas black don't do as expected or behave in a manner deemed 'reasonable'?

Seems a good reason to put a black man on the throne...maybe he can control them better and then the whole populace will be more docile and manipulable.

So white people are easier to treat as a heard of sheep, whereas black don't do as expected or behave in a manner deemed 'reasonable'?

Seems a good reason to put a black man on the throne...maybe he can control them better and then the whole populace will be more docile and manipulable.