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everything that is wrong with reddit mods
re: allowed post…?
to: r/McDonaldsEmployees•Mod mail
Yesterday
payfrit 8:32 PMi’m working on an app called Grubflip that allows restaurant workers to flip their employee meal for an employee meal from a person that works like at taco bell. doesn’t appear to obviously break any rules but i wanted to check, thanks!
MOD 11:59 PMIt goes directly against the UK Hourly Paid Employee Handbook ‘When you’re working, you are allowed a free meal during your break. You’ll need to check how this works in your restaurant with your manager. This isn’t a friends and family offer: free food and drinks are just for you and you must have them in the restaurant. Free meals are for team members only and it’s not okay to give to anyone or take without permission.’
so, even though it might be applicable to all other McD employees worldwide…?
Grubflip doesn’t encourage anyone to violate workplace policy. It helps employees who are allowed to exchange their earned meal discover nearby people and coordinate the trade. one country’s outlier policy shouldn’t spoil that for all the McDonald’s workers worldwide.
MOD 8:01 AMCanadian mod here. It would be against Canadian policy as well, and I would have to assume it’d go against policy for most international McOpCo/franchised stores as well.
payfrit 8:12 AMjust out of curiosity and for my own knowledge, does it violate the US handbook? i’ve been getting a very positive response in general to the app and i’m really hoping mcdonalds employees can participate. regardless i really appreciate the insight!
MOD 8:21 AMMost stores are franchises with their own rules regarding employee meals so there is nothing we can provide that will coverage nationwide. At the base, what you are proposing is fraud by misrepresentation. The employee meal/discount is exclusively for employees of McDonald’s. So say a McDonald’s employee uses your app to trade their meal/discount with an say a Taco Bell employee, then the Taco Bell employee is committing fraud against McDonald’s by posing as an McDonald’s employee. Have you not run this by your legal team first?
absolutely not! there’s no reason to consult legal for an issue like this. did you consult your legal team before you provided that opinion? are you an attorney? i’m not asking for legal advice. i’m asking about posting in your sub.
from your own message, “Most stores are franchises with their own rules regarding employee meals” so honestly gtfo with that opinion and stay in your lane.
MOD 8:31 AMSuch a strong response when asking for advice. Following that, it’s a strong no – we will not allow you to post about this.
payfrit 8:32 AMlmfao i never once asked anyone for advice. have a nice day on your power trip.
MOD 8:36 AMThere absolutely is a reason to consult legal since what you are proposing is literally fraud. Regardless we will not approve your post. Have a nice day
payfrit 8:37 AMagain, giving me startup advice. a reddit mod thinking they can give qualified startup advice. seriously, your what’s wrong with mods.
tf is wrong with you
can’t wait until we have 100k mau in mcdonalds employees alone lmfao
you aren’t an attorney. you’re committing fraud by giving legal advice.
have a nice day.
MOD 8:42 AMWell i was trying to do you a solid before you got your ass sued into oblivion, but you do you. Again have a nice day.
Lol at your delusion.
payfrit 8:43 AMagain, i didn’t ask for your advice, and it’s quite obvious you know NOTHING about startups.
my delusion??? omfg you’re just amazing.
dude you’re a reddit mod, you’re an unpaid intern, nothing more. tf do you know about anything in the legal arena?!
just imagine a mcdonalds suing an employee for fraud for simply trading their hard-earned min wage employee meal. go ahead, picture that. picture the fallout. delusion indeed.
imagine the feedback for firing a person for such.
you have absolutely made my day with that combination of naivete and delusions of grandeur.
MOD 8:52 AMYou have been permanently muted from r/McDonaldsEmployees. You will not be able to message the moderators of r/McDonaldsEmployees.
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just another prediction
i believe trump will figure out a way to transfer his campaign war chest to himself and/or his family and businesses. it will be over a billion dollars once it happens. -
so last night
i wanted a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. i pay a lot for a brand of peanut butter that has zero additives and preservatives, and that the only ingredient on the label is literally “Peanuts.”
i’m thinking about making the sandwiches then it hit me
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wow
i had forgotten how great Better Call Saul is. watched the first two eps just now. gotta do this again.
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progress report
so this weekend the apps will have new release versions at the app stores. minor bug fixes, and a new necessary feature, notifications. we kept them slim, only when a customer’s order is finished in the kitchen and headed to delivery/takeaway expo, and then also when a user/payfritter are in a chat, if a new message comes in and the chat is not focused, the user gets a notification. really cool how firebase integrates all this, it was exciting to get the feature worked out and shipped in less than 48 hours.
on the marketing front, have a new target first customer, a pizza restaurant. owner has had the intial intro to Payfrit, they need something to help them now. she asked about pricing which is a huge lever. once august is over and off season begins (or even prior to) i’ll have a meeting with her to demo the full Payfrit system, really blow her away. here’s the exchange that potentially tips it all into starting the avalanche:
- Tue 09:36 AM Message from you, so, how is tomorrow at 11am for you?
- Tue 10:00 AM Message from D, We have traditional dining service. Not changing that. Because then we become “fast food”
- Tue 10:05 AM Message from you, I understand. I’d really appreciate you at least hearing me out at the end of the interview, though. I’d love to get your perspective as an owner.
There’s a big difference between servers constantly interrupting customers on the restaurant’s schedule, and being 100% available the moment a customer actually needs something.
Payfrit doesn’t eliminate table service – it organizes it. Ordering goes directly where it needs to go, and things like running food, refills, extra sauces, bussing, or customer requests become clear tasks that can be handled by whoever is available.
Everyone wins: customers get faster food and service, the whole flow is smoother, your staff spends less time checking tables that don’t need anything, and you’ll naturally end up saving a lot on front-of-house labor, probably around 40%. - Tue 10:07 AM Message from you, not to mention bringing all three order channels into one simple system, takeaway, delivery, and now dine-in. without those huge fees you’re paying. can’t hurt to take a look!
- Tue 10:10 AM Message from D, What are the costs
- Tue 10:13 AM Message from you, what’s your typical monthly GMV? just a rough estimate is fine, annualized?
based on what i know about your restaurant, it will be 2% - Tue 10:25 AM Message from D, Let’s do this another time. I’ve got my hands full this week after being away.