Payback @ McDonald’s

September 20, 2007 - 8:36 AM by

A group of Tel Aviv high school students got tired of waiting in line at their local McDonald’s and decided to do something about it.

Although the well known chain claims to serve up “fast food”, locations in Israel are often understaffed and service is generally pokey to downright s-l-o-w.

The ten students chose revenge with a capital “R” and exacted it by saving. Change. Lots of it. 5 and 10 agurot (equivalent to penny and nickel) coins.

It took a year of stockpiling but once the group had a suitable coffer, they traipsed on over to one of Tel Aviv’s busier branches and ordered up 600 shekels ($150) worth of grub.

When it came time to pay, they plunked down their bag of change. As this story tells it:

…at first, the cashier laughed because she thought they were just kidding. “Soon, however, she realized what was happening and started sulking. She called another employee to help her count the money. The branch lost an entire workday and had fewer workers because of us. Long lines were forming and they had to apologize to those who waited.”

Do YOU think things will speed up now that the group made their point?

Me neither.

Tags: • Category: Business, Food, Israeliness, Life 

Comments

2 Comments on Payback @ McDonald’s

  1. Nicole on Thu, Sep 20th 2007 9:48 AM

    2. It was with 10 and 5 agorot coins, not 10 and 5 shekel coins – now it makes more sense :-)

  2. Stephanie on Thu, Sep 20th 2007 11:09 AM

    3. Tks for the correction, Nicole. Wow, that ABSOLUTELY makes the difference…

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