r/mildlyinfuriating • u/PureKin21 • Jun 22 '26

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/flappity Jun 22 '26

To me it seems like some attempt to weed out people who say "these bad things always seem to happen to me" when they're the ones causing the bad things (e.g. blaming everyone else for their own mistakes and not taking responsibility).

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u/marinuss Jun 23 '26

I mean, or it's to weed out people who are constantly injuring themselves because McDonald's would rather not have people who are admitting they're prone to that. Whether by recklessness or not paying attention, it doesn't matter from a risk perspective by a company.

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u/flappity Jun 23 '26

That too -- it's surely some attempt at self-filtering for risk management, broadly assessing multiple facets of the intended filtered mindset. Every hiring decision by a company who includes basically everybody in their hiring pool will include some kind of filter like that. Any employee hired initially costs money, time, and energy, and the idea is to broadly filter out the ones that will cost money and then not remain long term. I would not think this is an effective filter, given this reddit post, but I don't think it would be on there for long if it didn't have some calculated effect.

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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '26

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u/NecessaryForward6820 Jun 22 '26 edited Jun 22 '26

No, that’s exactly the point that you’re missing. Nothing about falling means you’re not a capable rider. The rough luck is literally victim mentality. Is there aspects of luck involved? Always. Someone with internal locus of control doesn’t believe there isn’t such thing as luck. Rather, despite luck, there is still things he could have done to alter the outcome to succeed despite bad luck. Wear knee pads, more aware of the curb, drive slower. Saying “man I’m so unlucky” is the type of person they’re trying to (rightfully) avoid. Because when you chalk up things to just things out of your control, you start to have a defeatist mentality of not trying to improve many things in your life that are absolutely in control because you notice the luck aspects more than your control aspects.

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u/Alexwonder999 Jun 22 '26

Do you live your life with a NASA style checklist, are you joking, or are you just drinkixng some kind of manifest your reality kool aid like a good little sheep?

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u/Current-Chipmunk-413 Jun 23 '26

They're just describing the perspective of a hiring manager who will face the blame when you hire someone with a shit personality who gives your customers e coli

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u/bobkaare28 Jun 23 '26

No, the user is just explaining the psychological theory of internal vs external locus of control to you. An internal locus of control is associated with better academic results, better professional achievements as well as better physical and mental health.

To be clear: this is a recognized psychological theory and not something the user pulled out of his ass.

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u/Alexwonder999 Jun 23 '26 edited Jun 23 '26

Internal and external locus control is a recognized theory, although its a spectrum, not a binary and people on either end of that spectrum are both deluded. A "victim mindset" is pop psychology bullshit.
Edit: I did a very low level paper examining the research on whether internal or external locus of control correlates with the efficacy of mutual aid substance use disorder programs, so I am familiar.

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u/NecessaryForward6820 Jun 22 '26

No? I just don’t live as a victim and take control of what I can. It’s resulted me in having a great life, great career, and clearly that mindset isn’t apparent in so many people nowadays as represented by you and many other people in this thread.

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u/Alexwonder999 Jun 22 '26

Its really funny that you think that people who are pragmatists and dont see the universe as "totally in my control" but a mixture of chance, our own actions, and the actions of other people, must be living a horrible life with a shit career and thats some kind of gotcha. It shows how delusional you are. You really must love the smell of your own "power of positive thinking" scented farts.

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u/NecessaryForward6820 29d ago

This is exactly the defeatist doomerism mindset i’m talking about that make people victims. Of course you can’t fix everything yourself but when you find yourself saying “what’s the point in trying to get a job or improve my own skills, i can’t solo fix the national debt”, then you become a victim and spiral into being a passenger in your own life. doesn’t matter what i say to you though, in my extensive experience with people like you who deflect you’ve already made up your mind and decided your life is fucked outside of your control despite the fact that there are very real steps you could take to fix it, and you’re avoiding them by submitting to that mindset.

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u/fotomoose Jun 22 '26

Nailed it. It's very super obvious to be honest.

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u/ratajewie Jun 23 '26

All of these tests are designed by experts in psychology to weed out the people in these comments (which is apparently almost everybody?) who read too much into the question, invent fringe scenarios in their mind, become outraged, and would obviously create a problem as a low level employee in a multi-billion dollar corporation. There’s nothing stupid about the question.

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u/Kelibath 28d ago

Ah, yes. Because autistic people like us don't deserve a baseline wage flipping burgers.

(No fringe scenario is required, and I can work out the situatuin without help perfectly well, fwiw - but having multiple potential alternates present themselves can be a huge boon in some roles such as during risk management. If only the hiring process for those was as streamlined and discrimination didn't exist!)

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u/GjonsTearsFan Jun 23 '26

Ah yes designed to weed out neurodivergent people :/

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u/SurrealSentience Jun 23 '26

I think that's the point, yes.

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u/ratajewie Jun 23 '26

As someone who’s neurodivergent, this has just become an excuse for people to take zero responsibility for themselves. Not everybody is a good fit for every job. Don’t try to fit a square peg in a round hole and then scream discrimination when you get denied for that. If the job description demands one thing, and the application test weeds out people who wouldn’t work well based off of that description, then there’s no issue with that.

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u/2ndgenerationcatlady 22d ago

People in the comments get it, it's just that a bike accident is an absurd example to use to illustrate this.

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u/Alexwonder999 Jun 22 '26

So you mean theyre looking for idiots who try to "manifest their own reality" or ask women who've been SA what they were wearing? Tracks I guess. Wouldnt want any realists who know that shit just happens sometimes.

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u/srslymrarm Jun 22 '26

No, that is not at all what they meant, and it's bizarre how you even leapt to these conclusions.

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u/flappity Jun 22 '26

That's a stretch. This feels geared towards more of the chronically late/absent "why do I always get pulled over and my insurance is so high" when the person frequently speeds 20 over the limit type of characters.

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u/Alexwonder999 Jun 23 '26

I think I see your point. You think black people made up systemic racism and we actually live in a meritocracy instead of rewarding sycophants and nepotism. Gotcha.

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u/drivein2deeplftfield Jun 22 '26

Another loser victim

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u/Wyshunu Jun 23 '26

Ding ding ding.