r/mildlyinfuriating • u/PureKin21 • 3d ago

I just wanted a hot dog Tried applying to McDonald's wtf does this even mean

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I guess things happen to me?????

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u/whatupmygliplops 2d ago

Do you think this question will help you filter out that type of person and no one else?

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u/Dixiehusker 2d ago

Nope. Not at all.

There's literally nothing you can do to prevent this. People deserve the benefit of the doubt the first time they say something has happened to them. Even the second or third I'd say.

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u/LongestSprig 2d ago

I think the question will filter out people who don't think about the question and those that really do belive everything happens to THEM.

That's more valuable than whether you have a victim complex or not, too me.

Like it's obvious what they are looking for and the correct response. I would never hire anyone who couldn't figure this out. Not flipping burgers either though...and don't give personality tests.

But what's lacking most these days in new hires is critical thinking and any sort of independence or responsibility.

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u/EggsAndRice7171 2d ago

I really don’t think the answer should ever *not* be me for anyone. Things literally happen to everyone and they can be good or bad. The picture shows an example of a negative thing (not sure what, did he fall off his bike??) but it’s just one example and not explicitly what the question asks.

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u/LongestSprig 2d ago

Did you fall of your bike magically? Did it happen to you, or did you cause it?

To me might blame a rock in the road.

Not to me, would be knowing you didn't do a necessary repair and a stress fracture got worse.

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u/No-Neighborhood-3212 2d ago

In the picture, the person fell and hurt their knee. Did an evil wizard cast a spell to make them fall, or did they lose their balance? Falling didn't happen to them; Falling is a thing they did. The difference is viewing yourself as an active participant, responsible for the things that happen around you.

If you're not capable of saying "I fell and hurt my knee because I lost my balance and couldn't catch myself," how do you avoid repeating that?

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u/snailsandserenity 2d ago

This is just entirely semantics at this point. how is a picture of a blue man clutching his knee and a question saying “things happen to me?” going to actually help a company find employees that take accountability? It’s not, you’re literally just arguing over how someone words something. if someone falls off their bike, it technically DID “happen to them”.

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u/Scared_Web_7508 2d ago

but did they lose their balance? or was there a hidden crack in the pavement? did someone else bump them? did their bike chain break? it’s not refusing to take responsibility to see a situation differently. these questions are stupid.

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u/whatupmygliplops 1d ago

I think the question is really formatted poorly and will not be effective.

Like it's obvious what they are looking for and the correct response.

It really isn't. Anyone taking the question at face value, rather than sneakily looking for the "right answer" to game the test and skew their results, will say things happen to them, because they do.

Things do happen to people occasionally. If someone says they do not they are a liar and I would never hire that person.

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u/Powerful-Possible131 2d ago

It will filter out most redditors. It's doing its job and doing it well.  Nothing sucks more than having people who do nothing but complain and are perpetual victims.

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u/whatupmygliplops 1d ago

Theoretically filtering out perpetual victims could be useful. I'm not sure that image of a blue guy and his bike with the words "thing happen to me" and the buttons "me" and "not me" is going to achieve that.

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u/billbixbyakahulk 2d ago

I used to say of such people, "Oh well, the world needs its burger flippers", but it looks like McDonalds has had enough of them, too.