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A number of McDonald’s employees have claimed that we’re all being cheated out of our true portion of fries.

According to a Reddit thread called ‘What did your job ask you to hide from customers’, a number of people purporting to work for the burger giants say that they have a way a sly way of making sure you don’t get your rightful amount of chips.

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‘I worked at McDonald’s and they taught me how to pinch the fry carton just right while putting the fries into them so that it looked full, but actually wasn’t,’ says one whistleblower.



And if that sounds like it’d look pretty obvious, they say that only one customer has ever called them out on the practice.


‘He shook the fries out into his bag and poured them back into the fry carton himself and it only filled up halfway, so I had to give him more fries.’

But they’re not the only ones who claim that pinching the carton is a tried, tested and encouraged method at McDonald’s.

‘I f***ing hated that practice and basically refused to do it,’ writes another employee.

‘Never got fired, but managed to have a few customers ask me when my shifts were the next week so they could have me filling their fries.’

But, obviously, McDonald’s refutes the claims.

A spokesperson for the chain says: ‘We believe these claims to be fictional, there are no “secret tricks” and we have strict operational procedures in place to ensure that fry portions are not under-filled’.

‘Without a verified source, we are unable to investigate this further.

‘Our employees work hard to ensure our customers have the best experience possible in our restaurants and we strongly refute any claims that suggest otherwise.’

There’s only one way to find out: head to your local Maccies and watch them like a hawk when they fill your carton.

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