I wouldn't say it's a detestable selection of music, It's just that the playlist (or radio station) only changes its song selection about every 6 months❦, and there is something about hearing classic songs such as Barracuda by Heart, Don't Stop Me Now by Queen, and Thriller by Michael Jackson every day that slowly and painfully murders your love of them.
The thing is, when people don't work at said Mickey D's, they don't hear the songs everyday, and thus still love them dearly, as one should. This can lead to all types of renditions that are sung in (or out) of time with the original. We have also had several people lip synching, a few lyricists who think they could write the words better, and every now and then, we will get someone who is brave (or crazy) enough to dance to the music✪.
This night, was one such night. The thing was, we had been especially busy, so our lobby was just about full. In walks this very homeless looking man❤. He ordered, paid for☆, and dutifully waited for me to hand him his double cheeseburger. I gave him his requested morsel, and then grabbed a towel to wipe down my counter, as I had not had a chance to do that in over an hour, and it was needing it badly❄.
This was a good thing in two ways. It gave me a chance to rest from a strangely timed dinner rush, and it put me front and center for the first rate show that was about to begin. The next song that came on after the man sat down just so happened to be Thriller by Michael Jackson.
Just about everyone ever loves this song, and will make some reference to the T-rex arms dance move that goes with it whenever it plays. This man, however, took the cake on performances of choreography to this song. I have seen people try and do their own renditions of the Thriller dance, but this man was fantastic. Mainly because of it's originality. The only similarity it had to the original was the T-rex arms, and that was about it.
It only took him about to the first chorus to have been noticed by every single person in the restaurant. Even the Mexicans back in grill came up to see him∝. By the second verse, he had the entire place clapping and cheering him on. He alternated between dancing around the restaurant, and playing some rocktastic air guitar.
Sadly enough, the song came to an end, as do all good things. The thing was, he didn't even go around asking people for money after his performance. He just grabbed his half eaten burger and walked out the door, happily munching away...
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❦ They did have a very tasteful "Holiday" playlist for the month of December! I was surprised to hear songs by Nat King Cole, Billie Holiday, and other such great artists that did songs other than "It's beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas!" (Which would have made me want to kick homeless people sleeping in our benches, because the loud music seems to not effect them).
✪ I myself have been included in this category several times. What can I say? You have to keep a boring work day exciting SOMEHOW!!!
❤ Or as Glee calls them, "Urban campers," that, "smell like adventure!"
☆ In all pennies and nickels, I might add. This job has made me extremely efficient at counting and sorting money. This is also how you tell who the true homeless people are. The fakers pull twenties out of wallets. This guy pulled his change out of a beat up coffee cup.
❄ I would have loved to take a breather, but as my boss always says, "if you have time to lean, you have time to clean."
∝ There is one Guatemalan lady, but we generally refer to the entire group as "The Mexicans." It's probably terribly politically incorrect, but they've never said anything.
¤ One lady thanked me for the dinner AND the show. We also were really tempted to ask the owner if we could pull the tapes and send them into America's Funniest Home Videos, but then realized that it was too much effort, as we would have to do some editing because he danced around the entire restaurant, and probably in and out of several camera's views.
that's pretty cool, I have to admit. almost like a one-man flash mob.
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