The trick McDonald’s workers use to ‘make sure you get fewer fries’… but bosses deny claim
PEOPLE claiming to work for McDonald's have alleged that there is a sneaky trick they've been using to make sure you don't get as many fries.
The fast food giant is a favourite for millions of Brits, but these claims may end up leaving a bad taste.
Over on Reddit, McDonald's employees got stuck in to a which asked: "What did your job ask you to hide from customers?"
A user who claimed to have worked at McDonald's chipped in to claim that there was a common practice staff would use to short change customers on the fries.
Apparently, staff would pinch the base of the cardboard carton which fries are served in before filling them up.
This would leave the containers slightly under-filled, giving out fewer chips per order.
An said: "I worked at McDonald's and they taught me how to pinch the fry carton just right while putting the fries into them so that it looked full, but actually wasn't."
The alleged McDonald's worker claimed that customers barely noticed the trick, adding: "I only had 1 customer call me out on it."
The poster continued: "He shook the fries out into his bag and poured them back into the fry carton himself and it only filled up half way, so I had to give him more fries.
"I was impressed and embarrassed. It's been 7 years and I can still see his face."
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And this person wasn't the only one to refer to the alleged practice in the thread.
said: "I f*****g hated that practice and basically refused to do it.
"Never got fired, but managed to have a few customers ask me when my shifts were the next week so they could have me filling their fries."
A McDonald's spokesperson told The Sun Online: “We believe these claims to be fictional, there are no ‘secret tricks’ and we have strict operational procedures in place to ensure that fry portions are not under-filled.
"Without a verified source we are unable to investigate this further.
"Our employees work hard to ensure our customers have the best experience possible in our restaurants, and we strongly refute any claims that suggest otherwise.”
Previously, we revealed the ingredient which makes McDonald's fries so delicious.
We also told how customers had been dipping fries into their McFlurries as part of a bizarre new trend.
