Burger King Pahoa

[TomK]

How about discussing roundabouts? A new Costco might need one.

[HiloJulie]

Only if the Hilo Costo becomes a union shop!

[TomK]

I can't remember proper etiquette, is this thread supposed to derail into the 2nd amendment or minimum wage laws now?  Is it acceptable to combine them?

Maybe standardized testing?  So many ways to get off track!

P.S.  You said mid 70's and forgot to mention the shamrock shake.  Nice try.

I did not know my life was subjected to a test on PunaWeb.

Yes, McDonalds sold the shamrock shake. It was created in 1967 by a McDonalds franchise owner in Connecticut. It was introduced nationwide in 1970. It was ONLY SOLD during the months of February and March.

I'll allow you to devolve this thread into any piece of garbage you desire. You seem well versed in doing that.

Derailment suggestion(s): serving alcohol to minors? puke? cut fingers? bottle boys?

Relax, HiloJulie, I think terracore is simply posting banter.

[HereOnThePrimalEdge]

posting banter.

Colt45 on the menu of Pahoa fast food restaurants sounds like an improvement to the fat salt and sugar already available, if they have a preexisting urinal in the men’s bathroom.  

[Wao nahele wahine]

I worked at McDonald's on the Eastside in Seattle in the early 80's. We had just moved to Seattle a week after I graduated high school. McDonald's was the only place that would hire me. The best jobs were working drive thru. The worst was working the grill. After working grill you couldn't get the stink off of your skin for several days, and your uniform reeked.

We had quite a few housewives working morning shifts with the high school grads. It was a fun place to work if you were a teen for the most part. Our store manager was 32, and had worked at McDonald's since he was 16....yikes!

I still cringe at thinking how much fat and salt I ingested during my time working there. As for beer....very easy to get since many of the assistant managers were 21 and sometimes hung out with us younger employees.

[AaronM]

'Burgers around Seattle' sparked my taste buds memory of Dicks after last call and Kidd Valley for lunch.

[terracore]

I worked at McDonald's on the Eastside in Seattle in the early 80's.  We had just moved to Seattle a week after I graduated high school.  McDonald's was the only place that would hire me.  The best jobs were working drive thru.  The worst was working the grill.  After working grill you couldn't get the stink off of your skin for several days, and your uniform reeked. 

We had quite a few housewives working morning shifts with the high school grads.  It was a fun place to work if you were a teen for the most part. Our store manager was 32, and had worked at McDonald's since he was 16....yikes!

I still cringe at thinking how much fat and salt I ingested during my time working there.  As for beer....very easy to get since many of the assistant managers were 21 and sometimes hung out with us younger employees.

I never worked in fast food but did work in restaurant kitchens.  Lots of good memories and definitely more fun than a career.  If they had paid a living wage I might have stayed in that line of work, but alas, I used it as the stepping stone that it was.

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[wecelli]

I order about once a year from chain fast food restaurants but thought I'd just call both the Pahoa and Hilo Burger King places this evening to see if the rumors were true. The Hilo one was definitely open but the person I spoke to had no concept of what I was asking, so just told me how late they stayed open. Things were better with the Pahoa place and they told me they were renovating but the drive-through was open and, I think, you could still go inside with some areas closed off. They were also open when I called them. Perhaps the Hilo one is 

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A dead end job?
When I was a kid, I worked at Burger beginning in 1982. I started at the minimum wage which was $3.35 an hour. Within 6 months I was promoted to management with a $5 wage increase. 2 years later I was assistant manager with a $10 wage increase.
I left Burger King because I wanted a M-F schedule and started working at a national Bank branch.
The skills I learned along the way, at that dead end job, helped me into a career and a full pension.

Hi wecelli. I'm not sure why you quoted me and then went on to complain about someone posting about dead end jobs, I never wrote such a thing. In fact, I went out of my way to answer your OP and find out if the Pahoa or Hilo BKs were going out of business, which they aren't according to the employees I spoke to.  I don't mind being quoted, but it would be nice if you could make it clearer who you are responding to.

Sorry about that.

[HiloJulie]

I can't remember proper etiquette, is this thread supposed to derail into the 2nd amendment or minimum wage laws now?  Is it acceptable to combine them?

Maybe standardized testing?  So many ways to get off track!

P.S.  You said mid 70's and forgot to mention the shamrock shake.  Nice try.

Relax, HiloJulie, I think terracore is simply posting banter.

And I offer my apologies if I overreacted.

[leilanidude]

Dead end corporate jobs barely qualify as jobs.  

Instead of giving your money to the Burger King shareholders, how about you do as suggested above, and support locally owned businesses whose profits are reinvested locally?

Both are franchises, owned locally...