人們真心想要成人開心樂園餐,這給麥當勞(McDonald’s)的餐廳員工帶來巨大壓力。
上周一,麥當勞開始向成年顧客出售原本僅提供給兒童的開心樂園餐。與兒童版開心樂園餐一樣,成人版也提供一款與潮鞋品牌Cactus Plant Flea Market聯名的玩具。此次促銷活動將持續到這個月底。
然而,盡管顧客對這次特別促銷和限量版玩具感到興奮,但麥當勞員工對大量涌入的顧客卻并不熱情。一名員工對Kotaku表示:“我能感受到同事們所承受的壓力。”
員工紛紛在TikTok和Reddit等社交媒體上吐槽。一位員工在TikTok上發視頻稱:“各位,別再點開心樂園餐了。”還有一位員工在一條顯示開心樂園餐訂單數量的視頻旁寫道:“人們瘋了一樣點開心樂園餐。”
一位員工在Reddit的麥當勞員工子論壇上寫道:“我被新出的開心樂園餐害慘了。”
有人在子論壇的其他帖子上評論說:“我們第一天就用光了盒子,第二天送光了玩具,到第三天我們只能跟顧客說卡車明天才能到。這一點都不好玩。”
美國麥當勞的發言人告訴《財富》雜志:“早在推出這款套餐之前,我們就預料到餐廳客流量會增加,因此對員工進行了培訓,并提供了資源。”這位發言人還表示:“餐廳員工是最優秀的,我們非常感謝他們在這段限時促銷期間,為服務顧客所做出的所有努力。”
這并非麥當勞的促銷活動第一次引起員工不滿。
2017年,作為與Adult Swim頻道動漫《瑞克和莫迪》(Rick and Morty)的聯合營銷活動,麥當勞宣布恢復供應四川辣醬,僅限一天。瘋狂的粉絲們涌入麥當勞餐廳,希望領到限量供應的蘸醬,導致餐廳前排起長龍,在顧客當中引發了混亂,甚至驚動了執法人員。而由于麥當勞沒有說清楚參加此次促銷的餐廳位置,導致局面更加混亂,有許多顧客去了不提供這種蘸醬的餐廳。
2021年,為了慶祝視頻游戲《口袋妖怪》(Pokémon)發布25周年,麥當勞重新推出《口袋妖怪》開心樂園餐,其中包括可以收藏的卡片,結果再次引發了混亂。很可惜,這次促銷活動發生在《口袋妖怪》卡片的泡沫時期,一張收藏卡的價格可能翻350倍。
為了防止黃牛買光所有開心樂園餐,并在eBay上高價出售收藏卡,一些餐廳不得不限量銷售。
不止麥當勞出現過這種情況。去年,一個據稱是星巴克(Starbucks)員工的人發布的一條推文被迅速傳播,這名員工抱怨顧客在其飲品中加料太多,引發許多咖啡師紛紛抱怨為了完成這種類似復雜的訂單所面臨的壓力。(財富中文網)
譯者:劉進龍
審校:汪皓
人們真心想要成人開心樂園餐,這給麥當勞(McDonald’s)的餐廳員工帶來巨大壓力。
上周一,麥當勞開始向成年顧客出售原本僅提供給兒童的開心樂園餐。與兒童版開心樂園餐一樣,成人版也提供一款與潮鞋品牌Cactus Plant Flea Market聯名的玩具。此次促銷活動將持續到這個月底。
然而,盡管顧客對這次特別促銷和限量版玩具感到興奮,但麥當勞員工對大量涌入的顧客卻并不熱情。一名員工對Kotaku表示:“我能感受到同事們所承受的壓力。”
員工紛紛在TikTok和Reddit等社交媒體上吐槽。一位員工在TikTok上發視頻稱:“各位,別再點開心樂園餐了。”還有一位員工在一條顯示開心樂園餐訂單數量的視頻旁寫道:“人們瘋了一樣點開心樂園餐。”
一位員工在Reddit的麥當勞員工子論壇上寫道:“我被新出的開心樂園餐害慘了。”
有人在子論壇的其他帖子上評論說:“我們第一天就用光了盒子,第二天送光了玩具,到第三天我們只能跟顧客說卡車明天才能到。這一點都不好玩。”
美國麥當勞的發言人告訴《財富》雜志:“早在推出這款套餐之前,我們就預料到餐廳客流量會增加,因此對員工進行了培訓,并提供了資源。”這位發言人還表示:“餐廳員工是最優秀的,我們非常感謝他們在這段限時促銷期間,為服務顧客所做出的所有努力。”
這并非麥當勞的促銷活動第一次引起員工不滿。
2017年,作為與Adult Swim頻道動漫《瑞克和莫迪》(Rick and Morty)的聯合營銷活動,麥當勞宣布恢復供應四川辣醬,僅限一天。瘋狂的粉絲們涌入麥當勞餐廳,希望領到限量供應的蘸醬,導致餐廳前排起長龍,在顧客當中引發了混亂,甚至驚動了執法人員。而由于麥當勞沒有說清楚參加此次促銷的餐廳位置,導致局面更加混亂,有許多顧客去了不提供這種蘸醬的餐廳。
2021年,為了慶祝視頻游戲《口袋妖怪》(Pokémon)發布25周年,麥當勞重新推出《口袋妖怪》開心樂園餐,其中包括可以收藏的卡片,結果再次引發了混亂。很可惜,這次促銷活動發生在《口袋妖怪》卡片的泡沫時期,一張收藏卡的價格可能翻350倍。
為了防止黃牛買光所有開心樂園餐,并在eBay上高價出售收藏卡,一些餐廳不得不限量銷售。
不止麥當勞出現過這種情況。去年,一個據稱是星巴克(Starbucks)員工的人發布的一條推文被迅速傳播,這名員工抱怨顧客在其飲品中加料太多,引發許多咖啡師紛紛抱怨為了完成這種類似復雜的訂單所面臨的壓力。(財富中文網)
譯者:劉進龍
審校:汪皓
People really want their adult Happy Meals, and it’s stressing out McDonald’s frontline staff.
On Monday, McDonald’s started selling Happy Meals—normally targeted to children—to adult customers. And like the child Happy Meals, the special offering comes with a toy, as part of a collaboration with Cactus Plant Flea Market, a streetwear brand. The promotion runs until the end of the month.
But while potential customers were excited about the special promotion—and the limited edition toys—McDonald’s employees were less enthusiastic about dealing with a rush of customers. “I can see the stress among my coworkers,” one employee told Kotaku.
Employees are venting on social media, like TikTok and Reddit. “Y’all, please stop ordering these,” posted one employee on TikTok. Another employee wrote, “They going crazy with the adult Happy Meals,” over a video showing the number of Happy Meal orders.
“New Adult Happy meals are killing me,” said one post on the McDonald’s employees subreddit.
“We ran out of boxes the first day we had them, ran out of toys the second, and on the third day we had to say the truck doesn’t come till tomorrow,” wrote one commenter elsewhere on the subreddit. “It’s been…not fun.”
“Leading up to the launch, we prepped crew with training and resources in anticipation of higher traffic in restaurants,” a McDonald’s USA spokesperson told Fortune, continuing to say that “our restaurant crew members are the best in the business, and we appreciate everything they’re doing to serve customers during this limited-time promotion.”
This isn’t the first time a McDonald’s promotion has caused hassle for the staff.
In 2017, McDonald’s revived its Szechuan dipping sauce for one day as part of a marketing exercise with Adult Swim show Rick and Morty. Desperate fans swarmed restaurants hoping to get some of the limited supply, leading to long lines, disruptive customers, and even calls to law enforcement. The chaos was worsened by poor communication from McDonald’s as to which restaurants were taking part in the promotion, meaning customers flocked to sauce-less restaurants.
Customer chaos happened again in 2021, when McDonald’s revived its?Pokémon?Happy Meals, complete with collectible cards, to celebrate the video game franchise’s 25th anniversary. Unfortunately, the promotion occurred during a bubble in?Pokémon?trading cards, in which cards could be flipped for a 350-times return.
Some restaurants were forced to restrict sales of the Pokémon Happy meals to stop scalpers from buying up all the available Happy Meals and flipping the included trading cards on eBay.
It’s not just McDonald’s. Last year, a tweet from a purported Starbucks employee went viral after the worker complained about customers adding too many modifiers to their drinks, leading to many other baristas complaining about the stress of completing similarly complex orders.