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'This reeks of desperation': Internet mocks 'Donald McDonald' for fast food campaign stunt (www.rawstory.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by just_another_person@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world

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I guess he thinks he's one upping Harris or something? Weird.

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[–] dadarobot@lemmy.sdf.org 199 points 3 weeks ago (15 children)

Trump's campaign sent him to McDonald's because of Harris having worked there in college. Trump has repeatedly accused his Democratic opponent of lying about working at McDonald's, in large part because the job wasn't listed on her later resume for a legal job.

I don't often get jobs with a resume, but is it uncommon to drop low level and irrelevant jobs from your resume?

I dont think the IT firm i'm applying to cares if i worked at walmart in high school....

[–] CobblerScholar@lemmy.world 145 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

It common practice to curate your resume to the job you're applying for, you can smell the bullshit drifting off this one

[–] Bdtrngl@lemmy.world 46 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

That's just Donny's overfull diaper.

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[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 81 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

You absolutely want to drop irrelevant jobs from your resume. You're spot on.

Trump's just mad because she's actually worked real jobs before, and he hasn't.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 31 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Cut out any experience that isn't relevant and is too old.

That being said, I did hire someone for a tech support position because he'd done five years at a McDonald's, which meant he was used to dealing with people.

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[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 29 points 3 weeks ago

I've had around 15 jobs since i was in high school, across multiple states with moves, some of them pretty brief when i found better opportunities, several in fast food, retail, and factory labor. I do not list any of them on my resume as a data engineer.

Nobody cares or wants to see your entire work history as a student. They want to see your professional work experience that is relevant to your desired roles. Hell I have even made multiple versions of my resume with different jobs listed or delisted depending on the field I was applying for.

But on none of them do i put that in worked at Burger King at 16 years old for 4 months, nor the better paying job I got at a Steak n Shake as a server where I worked until I left for college. I don't list my shitty campus dining court dishwasher job, or my Sam's Club Cafe job I had at College either. Now I have listed my programmer internship from this time though, even though I don't list the seasonal Gamestop job and the chicken processing jobs i had afterwards, because programming is relevant... chicken cutting is not. Just because there are gaps doesn't mean I wasn't working. I was far too broke not to.

[–] Squorlple@lemmy.world 27 points 3 weeks ago

It is common to omit short-term or less relevant experience from a résumé and to prioritize including jobs that are longer-term or more field specific to what you are applying for. Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. If McDonald’s corporate was not directly involved with this stunt, perhaps they’ll clarify if Harris did indeed work for them in order to lessen the negative perception of Trump using their franchise.

[–] fluxion@lemmy.world 19 points 3 weeks ago

Your pre-career jobs become less and less relevant as you get more experience. Once your career experience is sufficient for the jobs you are applying for all those pre-career jobs do is take up precious space on your resume and distract from the skills that actually set you apart from other job candidates.

I stopped putting McDonald's on my resume as soon as I stopped being a "college new hire".

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[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 125 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Trump has repeatedly accused his Democratic opponent of lying about working at McDonald's, in large part because the job wasn't listed on her later resume for a legal job.

This man doesn't know how resumes or jobs work.

[–] cabron_offsets@lemmy.world 29 points 3 weeks ago

Why would he?

[–] JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl 19 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

He also couldn't get hired at McDonalds for real.

They don't hire convicted felons IIRC.

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[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 78 points 3 weeks ago

A group of Republicans and conservatives who have consistently opposed Trump, called the Lincoln Project, also added, "Good practice for his next job in the prison kitchen."

Well, dayam.

[–] Squorlple@lemmy.world 73 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Did McDonald’s corporate agree to this political stunt? Or was it just one specific location that agreed for him to come in?

[–] JaymesRS@literature.cafe 96 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

One specific franchise location and they were closed to customers during the visit with the staged customers all vetted by USSS and having gone through a rehearsal ahead of time to practice what they were going to do.

[–] JaymesRS@literature.cafe 83 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

Someone else I just read compared this to a make-a-wish® activity.

[–] teft@lemmy.world 34 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

More like that time Michael Jackson paid to have a grocery store shut down for the day and filled with his friends and family as customers just so he could feel what it's like to be a normal person.

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[–] adarza@lemmy.ca 23 points 3 weeks ago

trump is dying, and it was his last wish to see where the hamberders come from.

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[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 67 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

I feel bad for the workers there. You see so many examples in the past of people meeting the President in "normal" situations and how it's an experience of a lifetime to remember. I guess this still will be something to remember, but not in the way others have been.

"I once helped this old guy through a shift in fast food."

"Yeah, how was that?"

"Terrible. He couldn't understand basic stuff like cooking fries. I had to help him do everything. Oh, he was a former President too."

I doubt even a few years ago when Carter was still building houses for people, no one had to walk him through stuff even more complex than cooking fries. Granted he's had experience working for decades. Can you imagine Trump with a hammer or a power tool?

[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 53 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Totally. He's mocking them on a number of different levels, and it's extra fucked up:

he's been wealthy his entire life and never worked a job
he's doing this to mock Harris
it's not an actual representation of all the bullshit and hard work the people working there have to deal with
it's a campaign stunt
he's probably never even ordered in an actual McDonald's before
he has absolutely no clue what those people get paid
those workers won't even be eligible for the "no tax on tips" bullshit he's trying to win people over with

There's like a dozen more I could pick out, but these are just the most egregious.

[–] Myxomatosis@lemmy.world 25 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It was entirely staged. Apologies in advance for the Reddit link:

https://old.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/1g88apd/it_was_all_staged_trump_did_not_work_mcdonalds/

[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 22 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Of course. They're all staged. His barbershop bullshit last week was the same thing.

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[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 18 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

it's not an actual representation of all the bullshit and hard work the people working there have to deal with

This is the one thing from the list I think many* people don't understand. Unless you've worked in some sort of retail environment, it's hard to relate to the shitshow they can be.

*I say many because I have no idea how many people have had a touch of the wonderful world of retail. Maybe a lot have, and some people just are assholes anyway afterwards.

[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 15 points 3 weeks ago

If you've ever seen someone like a reality TV personality or aging pop star try to start a restaurant, this is that exact same thing. There's always some SUPER awkward PR footage of these folks working someone else's job at this new business and trying to show they understand it. They have zero fucking clue. Most recent I can think of was the Eminem fried chicken restaurant he started. So bad.

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[–] WoahWoah@lemmy.world 54 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

He's really fixated on the Harris/McDonald's thing. I honestly think with his cognitive decline, he can't comfortably conceive something he loves and something he hates overlapping like this. I know that sounds insane, but let's remember who we're talking about.

He mentions it all the time.

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[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 53 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

HOW IS THIS A CLOSE RACE

[–] BruceTwarzen@lemm.ee 17 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

How is he even in the race?

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[–] GluWu@lemm.ee 53 points 3 weeks ago (11 children)

He couldn't even make fries. The kid walked him through the easiest thing ever, clearest instructions ever, has obviously been teaching people. Trump still fucked it up. Kid tells him to put them slowly in the oil and trump tries to put it on the hanger. The kid had to grab his hands and pull him away to get him to actually put the fries in the oil.

[–] Reyali@lemm.ee 24 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

Even worse than putting it on the hanger—which I could excuse as a first-timer mistake—he was told like 5 times that you don’t need to shake them when they’re done cooking, you just drain them. He took some out and shook, and the trainer corrected him and showed him again how to drain them, then just 10 seconds later Trump is shaking another basket and dumps it out without draining it.

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[–] ResoluteCatnap@lemmy.ml 44 points 3 weeks ago (8 children)

Doing fast food work when your are famous as a publicity stunt is desperate. One day as a pampered trainee with someone shadowing you all day is no where near the same as living day in and day out working a minimum wage fast food job, serving up shit food for customers that treat you like shit.

If i pulled up to someone doing this id laugh and ask "wtf is this" and tell them how it is. You fundamentally can't live the fast food experience when you have billions and fast food employees are trying to figure out how to get by when they make minimum wage and never get enough hours to get any benefits.

[–] lohky@lemmy.world 36 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

But that wasn't even what happened. The store was closed lmao. He made a batch of fries and fucked off. I honestly can't believe he even agreed to this outside of that he probably got free McDonald's.

[–] ziggurat@lemmy.world 23 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

This mcdonald's was not owned by mcdonald's. It was a franchisee who owned the restaurant. One that has actively publicly campaigned against increasing the minimum wage. Now you know why it was allowed to happen there

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[–] Trilobite@lemm.ee 35 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm just going to go ahead and avoid McDonald's now

[–] sndmn@lemmy.ca 36 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

I used to avoid McDonald's, I still do.

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[–] BeneGesseritWitch@sh.itjust.works 31 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

He will forever be McDonald Trump to me now, what an excellent PR backfire

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[–] Suavevillain@lemmy.world 31 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

This is one for the history books that people won't believe is real lol.

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[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 25 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Rage and reaction .... it's the only thing he's got going for him at this point

Just keep shit posting to the world and keep everyone talking about him in whatever context or situation ... it doesn't matter as long as we're talking about him.

And we are .... the campaign is working ... expect more shitposting, stupidity and insanity in the weeks to come.

Turnip may be dumb ... but we're all equally stupid for putting up with him and watching this dumpster fire and endlessly talking about it.

And yes ... I am guilty of it all too.

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[–] Snapz@lemmy.world 24 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Dress him up in a fireman hat, let him honk a truck horn, unwrap and rewrap a cheeseburger at a closed restaurant.

Grandpa is all gone

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[–] makyo@lemmy.world 21 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

Yeah this just reeks of desperation

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[–] MTK@lemmy.world 19 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

"So why do you think you would be a good fit for a vice president?"

"Well, I worked in McDonald's three decades ago so..."

Because sane people definitely put a McDonald's job from their youth in their political career resume

[–] mightyfoolish@lemmy.world 18 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I already don't eat there and now I wish I could eat there less; that man is gross.

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 17 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Fake, like his fake union workers ad and his fake-patriotic chinese-made merch.

[–] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 17 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

One of my great regrets from this past year or so was not coming up with a Ronald McDonald meme for DeSantis and Trump.

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[–] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 16 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

He looks tired in the photo. And sad

Tired. SAD!

Anyways...

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