In a viral TikTok video, McDonald’s staff members celebrate serving 141 cars via drive-thru, sparking debate about fair wages. A popular TikTok account known to share McDonald’s-related content, Funks McDonalds (@funksmcdonalds), posted the video on May 1.
“Celebrating 141 cars in one hour,” the overlay text reads. In the video, a mostly Hispanic staff cheer after serving more than 100 cars. The TikTok has gained more than 405,000 views and 1,000 comments as of publishing.
@funksmcdonalds ♬ original sound – Funks McDonalds
Many viewers praised the staff for being efficient and for their teamwork.
“That’s actually insane. That’s almost 2 every minute. The fact u got that many customers and that efficient is amazing,” a top comment with more than 10,000 likes read.
However, other viewers argued the TikTok was not meant to be celebratory, but a critique of food service workers not getting paid enough.
“All that for 10$,” one viewer responded.
“Now properly compensate them,” another user wrote.
“Made the company thousands just for them to be paid 7.25 what a joke,” another viewer commented.
According to an Insider article published April 22, nearly one-quarter of McDonald’s workers make less than $10 an hour. This makes McDonald’s employees some of the lowest-earning workers in the fast-food industry.
The Daily Dot has reached out to McDonald’s via email and the TikToker via TikTok comment for this story.
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