Something I've noticed in Europe (this excludes the UK and Italy) that makes no sense:
In takeaway places, e.g. MacDonald's, they do not use rubbish bins. You don't take your tray up to the receptacle, dump your rubbish in the bin and then leave your empty tray on top.
No, here you simply slide your tray, rubbish and all, into a small cart with shelves. When the cart is full of trays it gets taken out the back and emptied.
In theory. What actually happens is the carts fill up too quickly and the mess spills over onto the floor. Then you can't put your own tray into the cart and there is nowhere to put it on top without stacking it awkwardly and running away before the avalanche begins.
It bothers me. It doesn't make sense. They're just making more work for themselves. Also, a "combo" in Europe is called a "menu". Or "menü". Which is like saying "men-eww" in english.
In Greece they called them McValue Meals - you cant order a big mac combo you gotta order a big mac mcvalue or they look at you like you're retarded.
ReplyDeleteThe differences in MacDonald's...s... around the world are quite fascinating. We talked about it a bit in anth of food. All the little cultural ajustments they make (I wouldn't know, since I avoid MacDonald's both here and overseas).
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