So Bad It's Good
It is currently Tue Mar 19, 2024 7:24 am




Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 1 post ] 
 Guantanamo-based McDonald's seeks applicants 
Author Message
Veggie Fridge
Veggie Fridge
User avatar

Joined: Fri Mar 24, 2006 2:59 pm
Posts: 21656
Location: Fuck You! GoodBye!
Reply with quote
Post Guantanamo-based McDonald's seeks applicants
MIAMI - Out of work and willing to relocate? McDonald's is advertising for an assistant manager for its sole franchise in Cuba - serving up burgers and fries that sometimes feed detainees at the prison camps at Guantanamo Bay.

The help wanted ad popped up recently at the McVirginia.com careers Web site featuring the Golden Arches, a headline "Find a Career (at) McDonald's" and this enticement: "Enjoy the perks."

It didn't specify salary but said, "Candidates must have restaurant management experience, possess a valid United States passport and be willing to relocate to Cuba."

Other incentives include half your rent paid and, potentially, tax-free status for year-round residents.

Apparently no special security clearances are necessary for the job that requires you to both live and work on the 45-square-mile base of some 6,000 residents. Customers include sailors and their families, at last count 215 war-on-terror captives and their guards, as well as hundreds of Jamaican and Filipino guest workers.

"This restaurant has been there since 1986 and is independently owned and operated by a McDonald's franchisee," McDonald's USA spokeswoman Danya Proud said by e-mail from Oak Brook, Ill.

Frozen fries and burgers arrive by barge from Jacksonville, Fla. Early on, prison camp commanders said they allowed interrogators to bring Big Macs and fries as incentives for cooperation - a kinder, gentler concept than the screeching heavy metal music that was blasted at times to soften up suspected hardened al-Qaida fighters.

Now, with the goal to empty the place, captives cleared by the courts and segregated in a special compound called Camp Iguana can get takeout orders, brought by guards.

In one noteworthy omission, the ad does not mention Guantanamo by name.

"The job listing states this restaurant is located on the United States Naval base in Cuba, which is where this restaurant is located," Proud said.

How many had applied so far?

The spokeswoman would not say.

From:
AZCentral.com


Thu Nov 12, 2009 6:23 pm
Profile
Display posts from previous:  Sort by  
Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 1 post ] 


Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 8 guests


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot post attachments in this forum

Search for:
Jump to:  
cron