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PostPosted: Thu May 24, 2007 10:46 am 
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http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200705/s1932679.htm
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McDonalds insulted by dictionary definition of 'McJob'

The fast food chain McDonalds has launched a petition to change the dictionary definition of the word McJob.

The Oxford English Dictionary describes a McJob as "an unstimulating low-paid job with few prospects".

McDonalds says that is out of date and insulting.

British MP Clive Betts agrees.

"The description is really derogatory of the employees themselves," he said.

"It's indicating that the jobs they do are worthless, that anyone could just walk in off the street and do them, that all the workers are untrained."

Wow... It's true, yet it is rather derogatory.


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While mean, it's really quite true.

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I think it's probably more the compnay trying to polish it's public image than any actual employees trying to feel better about their job.

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I think it's probably more the compnay trying to polish it's public image than any actual employees trying to feel better about their job.

I have worked there five time, in many different roles....

and I could never take the job too seriously...

even when they were getting help up one day...
i just shrugged and went about my business.

Mcjob...hehe

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I'm gonna give Spools a McJob!

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I've heard McJob referenced for everything from Wal-Mart to Foot Locker.

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I've heard McJob referenced for everything from Wal-Mart to Foot Locker.

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McHandjob: an unstimulating low-paid hand-job with few prospects of orgasm or win.

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McStevejobs: DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS!!!!!!!!! ...and unstimulating.


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I've heard McJob referenced for everything from Wal-Mart to Foot Locker.

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You fail at smartmaking.


There was no smartmaking.

You fail at postreading.

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Parallax wrote:
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I've heard McJob referenced for everything from Wal-Mart to Foot Locker.

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You fail at smartmaking.


There was no smartmaking.


My point exactly.

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How can it be insulting if it's right? I have friends who work at those shitholes (That is, fast food restaurants), and there's really no chance of getting somewhere. It's kind've sad.

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I've worked at a KFC, delivered pizzas and the like and honestly the title of McJob fits just fine. The only problem with Mickey D's is that no matter how much they want to change the definition, it's still the same as trying to polish a turd...it's still a turd. Just because it wouldn't necessarily be in Oxford doesn't mean it won't show up in Wiki and will be used until something comes along to replace The Golden Arches for dead-end labor.

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Maybe McDonalds feels like they are getting singled out as the worst when they are merely very bad.

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Maybe McDonalds feels like they are getting singled out as the worst when they are merely very bad.


They're ubiquitous, psychologically engineered to be catchy and to embed themselves in the collective commercial unconscious, and to be the most widely recognised brand in the field. Of COURSE they're going to be the brand associated with that type of job.

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McJOBS was first registered as a trademark ...... and was declared 'Retarded' by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

lol!


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Are you telling me the signs that McDonald's, Jack-in-the-Box, and Taco Bell post on their windows about how you could start a bright new future with their company are just LIES???

I mean, sure, the sign only mentions those jobs that are over 70K a year, but surely Johnny Sweatypimple will qualify for that quickly as he trains to be...I dunno...fry-wiper.

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I love those signs. So full of life and hope, promising the sky yet delivering the dirt below your toes.
I wouldn't mind my job as much if there weren't so many people who're gung ho about getting ahead and working their way up the ladder of success. Considering the people who've moved up there I wouldn't want to be rushing to follow them anytime soon.
Summary: McJobs isn't going to go away because you sued someone.

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The only way you will get a good job is to go to COLLEGE!!!

I wonder if my parent saw this place, would they have changed their minds.

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