Surprise at McDonalds, Singapore.

What do you think of employees of McDonald's restaurants? Are they paying attention to the world or is it all a blur to them?

The other day, I got to find out.

I queued at a McDonald's restaurant that I had not visited for six months. As I got to the front, I recognized the staff member as someone who used to serve me. I wondered, then, if she would remember me.

She looked up at me, smiled and said: "Will that be coffee to go?"

I was quietly impressed: among all the other customers she had ever served, and across a gap of six months, she had remembered my accustomed order.

I rather get the feeling that some of the staff who work at such places could handle more complex jobs, if only they were given the opportunity: she certainly could.

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