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   McDonald's UK unveils Mad Men-inspired employee uniforms, featuring muted polo shirts, pencil skirts, and skinny ties. No more baseball caps, because they're too American and connote "sport and petrol pump attendants"

22 Jun 2012 05:45 AM   |   11365 clicks   |   Telegraph
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Mugato    [TotalFark]  
they're too American and connote "sport and petrol pump attendants"

It's McDonald's. Get over yourself.

21 Jun 2012 09:45 PM
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Darth_Lukecash    [TotalFark]  
Drab, just like the dead souls of all U.K. members...

21 Jun 2012 09:47 PM
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The My Little Pony Killer     
"Yes, when we first started working with McDonald's we got a lot of comments and eyebrows were raised," but he added that he was impressed by the company's environmental credentials, the use of only free range eggs, and its use of chip fat oil to power its lorries.

And I'm the Queen of England.

21 Jun 2012 10:08 PM
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Benevolent Misanthrope    [TotalFark]  
Mugato: they're too American and connote "sport and petrol pump attendants"

It's McDonald's. Get over yourself.


It's McDonald's, and you're worried about the uniforms being too American?

/PS - Mad Men is set in the US. Just so you know.

21 Jun 2012 10:13 PM
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TheOmni    [TotalFark]  
Why do they have a different uniform for men and women? Not just a pants (or what do they call them, trousers?) vs skirts thing, but a whole different color. Fark your gender binary.

21 Jun 2012 10:17 PM
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Walker    [TotalFark]  
You have to wear a tie to work at McDonalds now? The f*ck is this sh*t?

21 Jun 2012 10:18 PM
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Mugato    [TotalFark]  
And they're called FRIES, GODDAMMIT.

21 Jun 2012 10:20 PM
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Darth_Lukecash    [TotalFark]  
The My Little Pony Killer: "Yes, when we first started working with McDonald's we got a lot of comments and eyebrows were raised," but he added that he was impressed by the company's environmental credentials, the use of only free range eggs, and its use of chip fat oil to power its lorries.

And I'm the Queen of England.


I hear you are a pretty nice girl, but don't have a lot to say.

21 Jun 2012 10:23 PM
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Darth_Lukecash    [TotalFark]  
Mugato: And they're called FRIES, GODDAMMIT.

Don't ask what they call cookies...

21 Jun 2012 10:24 PM
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MaudlinMutantMollusk    [TotalFark]  
Does anyone actually notice what corporate worksuit the drone handing you your pre-formed, pre-cooked grease bomb is wearing?

21 Jun 2012 11:10 PM
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Wangiss     
TheOmni: Why do they have a different uniform for men and women? Not just a pants (or what do they call them, trousers?) vs skirts thing, but a whole different color. Fark your gender binary.

It's weird, but now that you mention it, I guess most people are either men or women.

21 Jun 2012 11:51 PM
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The My Little Pony Killer     
TheOmni: Why do they have a different uniform for men and women? Not just a pants (or what do they call them, trousers?) vs skirts thing, but a whole different color. Fark your gender binary.

They also have different colors for managers, but I don't see anybody crying about classism.

21 Jun 2012 11:57 PM
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Lionel Mandrake    [TotalFark]  
Will they start putting bourbon and cigarettes in the Happy Meals?

22 Jun 2012 01:21 AM
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Fark Me To Tears    [TotalFark]  
Ah yes... Poorly paid McD's workers now having to wear ill-fitting costumes to work... That should go over well.

22 Jun 2012 01:44 AM
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zeronewbury    [TotalFark]  
Darth_Lukecash: The My Little Pony Killer: "Yes, when we first started working with McDonald's we got a lot of comments and eyebrows were raised," but he added that he was impressed by the company's environmental credentials, the use of only free range eggs, and its use of chip fat oil to power its lorries.

And I'm the Queen of England.

I hear you are a pretty nice girl, but don't have a lot to say.



changes from day to day

22 Jun 2012 02:43 AM
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propasaurus    [TotalFark]  
...but if they called them 'Sad Meals' no one would buy them.

22 Jun 2012 03:37 AM
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OregonVet    [TotalFark]  
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Disagrees.

22 Jun 2012 05:28 AM
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AverageAmericanGuy     
Not the most attractive models I've seen today...

22 Jun 2012 05:52 AM
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thisone     
can't stand silly corporate skirt policies for women. It's a fast food job where lifting, bending over, and walking fast are required.

Knee length skirts, especially pencil skirts, prevent a few of those.

/tiny fists of rage

22 Jun 2012 06:12 AM
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Bungles     
I'm not sure how practical a knee-tapered skirt is for scrubbing the underside of a chip fryer. You'd have to hike the dress up to your waist.

There's going to be vagina everywhere.

22 Jun 2012 06:17 AM
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SurfaceTension    [TotalFark]  
The My Little Pony Killer: "Yes, when we first started working with McDonald's we got a lot of comments and eyebrows were raised," but he added that he was impressed by the company's environmental credentials, the use of only free range eggs, and its use of chip fat oil to power its lorries.

And I'm the Queen of England.


They forgot too mention the reclamation of grassland for grazing in Brazil from what used to be useless rainforest.

22 Jun 2012 06:32 AM
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thamike    [TotalFark]  
F*ck this Mod skinny-tie noise. Yoga pants and nipple clamps. It's the only answer.

22 Jun 2012 06:37 AM
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mekkab     
Wangiss: TheOmni: Why do they have a different uniform for men and women? Not just a pants (or what do they call them, trousers?) vs skirts thing, but a whole different color. Fark your gender binary.

It's weird, but now that you mention it, I guess most people are either men or women.


Not in the circles I run with...

22 Jun 2012 06:57 AM
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gmoney101     
Darth_Lukecash: Mugato: And they're called FRIES, GODDAMMIT.

Don't ask what they call cookies...


The language called English for a reason...

The Middle French word bescuit is derived from the Latin words bis (twice) and coquere, coctus (to cook, cooked), and, hence, means "twice-cooked".[1] This is because biscuits were originally cooked in a twofold process: first baked, and then dried out in a slow oven.[2]

This term was then adapted into English in the 14th century during the Middle Ages, in the Middle English word bisquite, to represent a hard, twice-baked product.


/Simpleton

22 Jun 2012 06:59 AM
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gmoney101     
gmoney101: Darth_Lukecash: Mugato: And they're called FRIES, GODDAMMIT.

Don't ask what they call cookies...

The language is called English for a reason...

The Middle French word bescuit is derived from the Latin words bis (twice) and coquere, coctus (to cook, cooked), and, hence, means "twice-cooked".[1] This is because biscuits were originally cooked in a twofold process: first baked, and then dried out in a slow oven.[2]

This term was then adapted into English in the 14th century during the Middle Ages, in the Middle English word bisquite, to represent a hard, twice-baked product.

/Simpleton


I need tea...

22 Jun 2012 07:01 AM
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Tat'dGreaser    [TotalFark]  
Way to really stick it to us with your American inspired uniforms in an American restaurant because America is so bad until we give you money.

22 Jun 2012 07:08 AM
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Walker    [TotalFark]  
Tat'dGreaser: Way to really stick it to us with your American inspired uniforms in an American restaurant because America is so bad until we give you money.

Oh snap!

22 Jun 2012 07:12 AM
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Tat'dGreaser    [TotalFark]  
Walker: Oh snap!

I think there needs to be some unnecessary "u's" in there.

Ouh snaup!

22 Jun 2012 07:14 AM
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AverageAmericanGuy     
Seems like it could just figure out what song was playing and just look up the details about the samples on their website. It would certainly take less battery life.

22 Jun 2012 07:26 AM
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Hoboclown     
They look ok on the models, but will probably not so much on the average McD's employee.

Also apparently covering their head so they don't get hair in the customers' food is an American thing. Can't have that.

22 Jun 2012 07:27 AM
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gmoney101     
AverageAmericanGuy: Seems like it could just figure out what song was playing and just look up the details about the samples on their website. It would certainly take less battery life.

Wrong comments, Dude ha ha

22 Jun 2012 07:27 AM
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AverageAmericanGuy     
gmoney101: AverageAmericanGuy: Seems like it could just figure out what song was playing and just look up the details about the samples on their website. It would certainly take less battery life.

Wrong comments, Dude ha ha


This is the second time in as many weeks. Senility is finally rearing its ugly head.

22 Jun 2012 07:28 AM
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flyinghouse99     
I'm embarrassed for this. Kind of like those tweekers dressed as the statue of liberty during tax time.

22 Jun 2012 07:34 AM
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Balchinian     
Pencil skirts? On a McDonald's employee? Better make that a Jumbo Sharpie skirt, McGenius.

22 Jun 2012 07:35 AM
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stupiddream     
Those uniforms look like they were designed by the designers for Chess King.

/Is it 1985 again?
//get off my lawn?
///Wanna buy some onions?

22 Jun 2012 07:36 AM
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mscleo     
As a female who worked fast food in my younger years, my first thought is that pencil skirts are impractical for fast food and look terrible on overweight women.

22 Jun 2012 07:39 AM
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dittybopper    [TotalFark]  
Tat'dGreaser: Walker: Oh snap!

I think there needs to be some unnecessary "u's" in there.

Ouh snaup!


That's actually Shakespearean. Well done!

22 Jun 2012 07:41 AM
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wombatsrus     
mscleo: As a female who worked fast food in my younger years, my first thought is that pencil skirts are impractical for fast food and look terrible on overweight women.

www.pasazz.net

22 Jun 2012 07:45 AM
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gmoney101     
wombatsrus: mscleo: As a female who worked fast food in my younger years, my first thought is that pencil skirts are impractical for fast food and look terrible on overweight women.

[www.pasazz.net image 475x640]


www.metalsucks.net

22 Jun 2012 07:48 AM
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rjakobi     
thisone: can't stand silly corporate skirt policies for women. It's a fast food job where lifting, bending over, and walking fast are required.

Knee length skirts, especially pencil skirts, prevent a few of those.

/tiny fists of rage


I approve of tiny miniskirted uniforms for females, but not exactly for the same reasons.

22 Jun 2012 07:56 AM
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mekkab     
Balchinian: Pencil skirts? On a McDonald's employee? Better make that a Jumbo Sharpie skirt, McGenius.

I LOL'd!

22 Jun 2012 07:56 AM
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TheNyquilKid     
I think they are confusing Mad Men with the NBC page program.

22 Jun 2012 08:06 AM
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Zap_Rowsdower     
Thinly veiled PR release is thinly veiled.

Also, poorly written. I'm excited to go see my local crew wearing "green dark green trousers or skits."

22 Jun 2012 08:13 AM
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Type40     
Great, Now Mcdonalds workers will be better dressed than I am when I work.

/going to drink bourbon ind fark my secretary now.

22 Jun 2012 08:21 AM
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Dear Jerk     
Wait until someone gets his tie caught in the burger conveyor and has his head pulled slowly down into the boiling oil.

22 Jun 2012 08:23 AM
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JasonOfOrillia     
I am in love with a McDonald's girl
She has a smile of innocence so tender and warm
I am in love with a McDonald's girl
She is an angel in a polyester uniform

22 Jun 2012 08:32 AM
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vwarb     
Came here to say that these will slowly and quietly disappear after about two weeks, when Mickey D's realizes that fashion designers don't make clothes that are good for anything except looking pretty. (And this one didn't even do a half-way decent job of that.)

Sorry for the run-on sentence. I'm hungover.

22 Jun 2012 08:40 AM
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DjangoStonereaver    [TotalFark]  
I'm not really that hungry, maybe a salad -

www.skinnyvscurvy.com

On second thought, gimme a double quarter pounter with cheese.

22 Jun 2012 08:43 AM
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Pinko_Commie     
Mugato: they're too American and connote "sport and petrol pump attendants"

It's McDonald's. Get over yourself.


It's also a weird comparisson from a brit, as we don't have petrol pump attendants over here.

Darth_Lukecash: Drab, just like the dead souls of all U.K. members...

My souls not dead, I never had one in the first place, I'm a Ginger :-p

22 Jun 2012 08:43 AM
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sephjnr     
At least we won't have Mayonnaise on our chips.

22 Jun 2012 08:50 AM
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