Tbh, a person who is genuinely invested in working at McDonald like you is rarer than an unicorn. You can work and success anywhere with your mindset but i am glad you are happy here. This channel is a hidden gem, hope your channel bloom, dude.

i gotta say, fast food workers who take pride in their job and want to deliver good products are highly under appreciated. seriously you guys are sometimes the only place to get food after grueling shifts and making food well for the people who work in our country is not the easiest job. i really want america to get rid of the stigma that working at a fastfood place somehow indicates a low job. many people use it as a stepping stone in their lives and should really appreciate all the hard workers in our country who provide us a service that keeps us from having to cook and clean especially for those of us who suck ass at cooking lol also great job man for posting this to encourage americans again that you can love a work field and truly make it your strength as long as you work hard. it's true for everything in life and this is a great example of determination. well deserved

Weird that I hardly ever see my owner/operator in a given year even once, yet you're on the line doing stuff with your fellow crew.

I feel like it makes such a difference to have management that is active and involved (in any restaurant) and it gives all the employees a sense of pride and a real reason to care on a day to day basis when they feel like they can communicate openly with their boss. Thanks for sharing your story

People really do give the fast food industry and their workers a bad rap... but the hard workers like yourself inspire!

Watching your videos I'm amazed at how laid back everything is. No one is yelling or banging things. I worked at mcdonalds for almost 15 yrs and I would ha e never left if it ran like how this one runs

Way to go Stephen! You guys definitely deserve it. And so proud to be a part of the team. Congratulations Again 🎊 👏

Food service really deserves more respect. That respect pays off big time and hopefully all workers will be able to bear the fruits of their labor. Thank you for the story!

Please post longer videos, it’s so satisfying and motivating to see you work nonstop… great channel my man 🙌🏻

I'm happy I stumbled on your channel. McDonald's was my first job and I worked there for 6 years. During that time I became a manager and watching your videos brings back great memories of working the grill. I always loved the grind during rush hours and trying to be as efficient as possible while having a positive attitude.

Congrats Stephen! I follow you on TikTok and KZfaq and fell in love with your passion for McDonald’s. Can’t wait to see what the future holds in store for you

Never in my life did I think I'd be watching POV's of a McDonalds worker, but here I am. Awesome channel keep it up

Great to see someone be able to move up the food chain like this. When I got hired at McDonald's it was by a guy who had been a shift manager for only 2 weeks, now as a friend of mine I got to see him work his way up to a store manager, which was a big deal for him back then. Definitely takes time and a lot of hard work but is possible with the right crew, management and support staff.

Wow ! Amazing! I love that you found something you love and your giving it your all. Some people look down on mcdonalds being a career, but i think it's awesome what you've made it to be for you and your family. I myself work in food, different franchise but i can see we have the same work ethic and ambition. I love that so much. Not many people appreciate the field, but when you love your job, it will love you back. I started my way at the bottom and have now worked my way up to running and operating my very own store myself. So keep doing what your doing friend!

Congrats on your acceptance. Do what makes your heart happy, and takes care of your family. With your attitude you will be sucessful.

I have worked as a salaried manager for the same restaurant in Canada for 28 years. There is nothing like the McDonalds brand. Yes, it can be challenging at times, but we for and with a phenomenal brand!

Man, I really enjoy your videos. Not sure why but I keep coming back again and again. Who would have known such entertainment would come from something as mundane as line work. I wish you the best of luck in your business and know you will succeed in spades! Keep up the good work.

Stephen, that is wonderful news, congradulations sir. You are an inspiration to others and you seem to be a good family man. May God Bless you on this journey and bless your family as well. Good luck brother. I would to hear about the whole journey and very much enjoy your videos.

Your passion doing what you do is so inspiring. Obsessed with your vids!

Always awesome to hear about hard work and dedication paying off. Major W for you and your family, thank you for sharing.

That's awesome. I just found your channel yesterday and I love to just space out and watch your vids. I always wondered how you were allowed to make this videos but turns out you're the owner. Congratulations and good luck in the future

I got treated like shit at my local McDonalds glad not everyone is like that. Awesome that you made it and living your dream.

Just found this channel and subscribed! My first job was ncdonalds straight out of high school. My best friend and I applied together. I HATED IT!!! My best friend, LOVED IT!!! He now is the franchisee to 3 mcdonalds! RESPECT FOR THE PASSION!

Thank you for this video! Love the motivation!!

Awesome, Stephen! Keep it up and continue to grow!

Congrats my guy, you deserve the McDonalds recognition you shoudl absolutely be a owner operator. Good on you.

Love the channel and the insights into your journey! Keep it up :)

Congratulations Stephen and hope your business thriving.

Congrats man I watch your videos you have one heck of a staff and well working machine. I bet your employees love you.

Would love to see more when the time comes about what it's like to buy a franchise, etc. Congrats!

This guy is like the milad of McDonalds. Just good wholesome content.

Congratulations Stephen, hopefully you're journey becomes a success and continues to be a success, keep up with the great videos 👍

In 1985, when I was 15.5 years old, I started as crew at a corporate owned McDs (a very large and busy store on the east coast). By 19, I was in the Ops training program studying all of the SOPs, learning shift management skills, yields, inventories, etc. At 20, I was a salaried manager transferred to a smaller inner city store where I learned even more! By 22 I had moved on and kind of changed fields (hotel management), but I will always credit my experience with McDs for setting the foundation and helping to lift me to where I am today (Director of IT for a major global company based in NYC). Congratulations to you on your successes.

This is awesome I been working for McDonald's for 10 years can't wait to get into this program much love to you

Good for you, fella! Hard work pays off.

you're on the right career path - McDonald's is a solid brand. You'll have a secure future with this company. All the best!

Way to grind it out man. #Respect

Awesome that you accomplished your goal ! Congrats

SHORT STORY: Parents are McDonalds owner/operators, started making him save at a young age and boom, the magic happened.

Keep up the grind brother!!!

I worked at McDonald’s while in high school and university. I never want to empty a grease trap ever again 😂😂😂

Keep grinding Steve! You'll get that Donalds of your own someday soon!! Thanks for the vids I respect the work 🙏🏻👊🏻👏🏻

Love these videos! They bring me back to my first job working at McDonalds. I'm sure you've heard this a million times, but is it purely a coincidence that your name can make the abbreviation S. Patula?

McDonalds was the best job I've ever had. I met most my best friends working there almost 20 years ago! Some days i honestly wish i could just quit my 40$/hr job and go back...great memories and total respect to you for pushing through and making a real career out of it.

I worked at a McDonald's when I was 18 as a grill cook. I was astounded at how hectic it was. Now, when I go through a drive-through, I am very appreciative of what they do, even if I have a request like "no onions please." And, yes, I say please. This is a job an 18 year old can do, but it's not a walk in the park - it is stressful and a lot of attention to detail. They (we) got a lot wrong sometimes, and it still happens, but please don't think it's because we didn't care or that we're young and stupid. There is a lot going on. You're ordering once that day, but we're fulfilling hundreds of orders. All of that being said, yes - there are people in every job like this that don't give a shit and your order will be wrong, but mostly it's efficiency that dictates accuracy.

That's awesome to hear your passion and drive.

Congratulations young man! Your magic my brew

Good for you. working hard and Bettering yourself. Hard work gets you to all sorts of levels some never see

Never ever stop grinding. Kick ass buddy

These videos are oddly relaxing haha

Love these videos!! I’ve always wondered how McDonalds worked (since I was a kid and the restaurants had Golden Arches)!!

I'm from Paducah KY!!! Congratulations on the success!!

Super dope dude love watching the videos lol my girl says i be watching random stuff but idk its relaxing to see lol

lovin the vids patula

Also I love the content keep it up

Ah, McDonald's. 1985. Peoria, AZ across the street from a high school with an open campus. That was back when the grill was...just a grill, with no moving parts and a timer mounted above it. I had the pleasure of the 4/1 grill. Quarter Pounders and McDLTs. You put the patties down, hit the button, and turned around to drop the buns in the toaster. About that time the "SEAR" tone went off, so you smashed them a bit and hit the button again, then turned around, snagged your buns, and started prep. Somewhere in there was a "TURN" tone, so you turned all the patties and hit the button again, then finished prep. When the "PULL" tone sounded, you pulled the patties, dealt them out, wrapped them, and tossed them in the chute. When all the kiddies started coming out the door of the school, I actually got a 2nd person for buns and prep, and could focus strictly on the grill...This was a good thing, as the 4/1 grill automatically went to a "12 TURN", which meant that I would put 12 patties down, and when I turned them another 12 went down. The folks over on the 10/1 grill were just as busy, and the fries were flowing as fast as they could fry, with baskets of fries stacked and ready to go in...no dispenser, just fill the baskets 1/2 full by hand. For breakfast, the 4/1 grill became the bacon/sausage grill, and the 10/1 grill became the egg/pancake grill. Round eggs went in the rings, then the rings were pulled and they were turned. Scrambled eggs were pre-broken before opening, mixed up and ready to be dipped onto the grill and scrambled by hand. It says something that I still remember my McD time after 35+ years. I eventually transitioned into a working as a short-order cook in cafes and truck stops, then joined the Navy and learned Telecom. I now pay the bills sitting at home remotely playing around in large phone systems...I rarely touch anything with less than 500 phones hanging off of it.

You are an awesome leader!

That’s badass bro congrats!

I can’t wait to hear more about it! I love McDomalds!

This is the video that made me subscribe. I worked at a McDonalds from 93-95 while going college. Just seeing the way the food is done now compared to then is shocking. We had a person that was toasting buns, one on the grill, one doing the assembly and the final wrap person who was in charge of the grill area. This is in the day where the food would be made and out in the bin for up to 10 minutes before disposal. When you were making burgers it was 12 at a time and heaven forbid a bus full of kids pulls up. Load the bin. This was also the era of the q machines aka microwaves. They would heat it up just a little bit more for the bin. The most amazing thing is seeing how the fries are done know. We had a rack of about 16 fry bins that would be filled in the back and brought up to fry. No refrigeration while they were waiting. Looking back that is the worst food safety thing you could do. Also when we closed for the night which it seems like most don’t now we had to clean those baskets. Those were the worst because the amount of grease that was on them. I will say that even back then the company tried their best to keep up with food safety and cleaning. The branded ready to go packets of McGreaser and sanitizer was actually nice. No need to measure. Fill this bin and add one pack type of deal. The store I worked at was a corporate store so we got to test out some of the new items and get feedback. Be glad the grilled chicken didn’t come out the way they planned it. Hard as hades bun, red onions that you had to soak and still were nasty, and a sauce that everyone said was nasty.

just stumbled upon a couple of your videos, congrats man. Also, how many "Mc" puns do you hear in week? you know like "That burger is Mcwrong"

your channels growing fast

Congratulations buddy that’s awesome

Wishing you the best man

I was a floormanager once, I congratulate you. Have fun doing it.

Congrats! I hope your social media revenues help you make that franchise purchase! Maybe you could pioneer a new business strategy that incorporates videos like this, or even other creative uses of social media. Good luck with everything!

I came for the oddly satisfying assembly line, stayed for the uplifting story.

Wen u see 50-60 hours on your check it feels so fucking good to see hard work literally be paid off

Good job. Keep it up!

Sweet, congratulations!!!! I had no idea you were in Ohio, what city?! I’d love to come by your restaurant on day, it seems like one of the best McDonald’s I’ve seen!🙌🏾 Please say you’re in Cincinnati somewhere!

i love people who specialise in their craft... i would totally go to the macdonalds where you work because i know it would be the best. i have a feel fast food is going to be like this in the future more craftsmen ship and care into work opposed to fast made slop as it was known for in the 80s and 90s

i swear, if you just keep on improving in your job, you will eventually become a owner and or manager. I was out of work, moved back to my parents, started working in a general store, and now - 6 years later, i am one of the owners, i got the possibility to purchase 25% ownership for 95.000$, and i did, i do earn well over 6 figures a year now. And future looking bright. I had no goals of achieving this, but eventually i was called by the boss and got this opportunity, and man, it changed my life.

I just had McDonald’s for lunch for the first time since I started watching your videos. I carefully unwrapped my cheeseburger and briefly removed the bread to see how similarly made and wrapped it was. 😄😄

You really need to record you making more food. It's really interesting I was just watching you make food than hearing your story. I was focus on you making the food lol

Shorter version, pride in work. Biggest take away I have for being in the workforce for over a decade now is that it doesn’t matter where you are, things can always get much better or worse depending on your mindset. I seen people with a ton of opportunity throw it all away over a poor attitude and I seen people pull a 180 by changing it. Have a little faith and persistence, you will be surprised in how many doors open to you.

a little skimpy with the mustard and ketchup great content

I went to college with a guy back in NYC who was a McDonalds dreamer. He had worked in a McDonalds for years and when he got done with his BA degree he was going to go to Hamburger U. We were in Public Speaking and we had to give a 15 min dissertation on a subject. Naturally he chose McDonalds. He was so commited to the dissertation that he started ranting and the whole class started humming either The Star Spangled Banner or the Marine Corp Hymn I cant remember know but it was like a scene from Animal House. I heard he owns a few in the NY area...

i hope corporate approve of these videos because they put a really good face on the company, and get people interested in working there of course

HOLD THE PHONE. Kentucky?!? I've noticed so many lil details in these videos that remind me of the quality training that I had years ago, also in KY. The "friends not lovers" line about the pickles, the attention to detail, total commitment to the Golden Standards, just so much. Is there any chance that the names "Bob & Tom" have anything to do with your beginning?

Mcdonalds is the best place for a late night snack when gaming all night with my friends. We get random mac attacks

I love your videos, you got me, I give a like an subscribe

hes like the mcdonalds final boss lmao!

oh snap you from Kentucky, nice I gotta go to your McDonald's soon. I used to work at Dq got bigger ideas for future.

I like your channel which I saw a week ago.

I could literally watch you preparing Mickey ds food all day

Good luck on your mcjourney 👍

W working man

Well done!!

Good job brother...

Real American dream..Keep it up

I have to say nice job!

O so your parents got you this… just say that next time ❤

I must say: You are a hardworking individual. Not only do you own a McDonald's chain(s), but you work in their 2... impressive.

Sling that beef dawg

I'm glad it worked out for you. With me, it was the opposite. My first job was a company owned Taco Bell. The one thing that taught me is this is one thing I do not want a career in. I could write a book here of all these wrong, but won't. I might eat fast food, but want nothing to do with working in fast food. I finished college, went into I.T. where I can work literally my own hours without working like a slave and standing on my feet all day. The pay? ...Let's just say it's beyond comparing. I certainly wouldn't go back.

You rock.

Why do I want a McDonald's watching this lol

Can you also do a video of you doing back office duties (if you also do that yourself and didn't have someone else do it) but with the computer screen blurred out?

Great story. I didn't know mcdonalds was such a good career choice, glad I know now. For some reason I always thought working at McDonald's was a nightmare, but my view has changed now

At some point I am hoping to get your expert advice on how to get the steak egg and cheese bagel sandwiches back on the menu. You should do a video on them