my life will never be the same because of one night i was driving home from a friend's house located on the outskirts of the city as far as my eyes went i could only see vast cornfields on both sides of the road my house was still 40 minutes away and i could hear the angry rumble of my stomach but i couldn't see any sign of a house or people until i took a left turn for a shortcut the scenery was different after this turn now the cornfields were substituted by deep woods hooting owls and howling
coyotes reminded me that i'm too far from home in the middle of the night i didn't want to stop no matter how hungry i felt so i kept on driving for a few kilometers straight but then i saw this mcdonald's drive through and i knew i had to stop i drove straight into the queue passages which had no other cars and stopped right next to the window a skinny teenage boy was dozing off sitting on the counter i honked my horn twice and he woke up with an awkward face uh i'm sorry sir i i
was just relax man no problem i get it it's okay to be tired he smiled and asked for my order i'll have a big mac with one small fries and an iced tea okay give me some time to get back with your food saying this he went inside the restaurant to prepare the meal i figured out this outlet is short staffed so the boy is in charge of everything tonight i sat quietly waiting for my meal but then the urge to pee hit me right away i came out of the car and went to use
the public toilet located in the corner of the drive-through i was about to close the door when i noticed a guy dressed as ronald mcdonald sitting on a bench at some distance he had a sad face and was staring at the ground like he was about to cry suddenly he looked up and our eyes met a weird smile appeared on his face his teeth were broken in places making his smile way more horrible his eyes were big yet drowsy he had a hypnotic stare that made me very uncomfortable his face was so bony that i
could see his cheekbones gushing out of his skin i couldn't move and he just watched me for a few seconds and then he stood up retaining that same creepy smile and started to jog standing in the same place what a creep saying this i closed the toilet door on his face i was doing my business when i heard a muffled sobbing sound the sound wasn't very loud but it was shortly spooky enough is that guy crying what the hell is wrong with that dude suddenly the sound stopped and silence prevailed i turned towards the door
pondering what i would see when i opened it and a loud bang took place almost giving me a heart attack followed by a familiar voice sir sir are you in there i opened the door and saw it was that skinny teenager standing outside with a big packet in his hand your food is ready i cut out to you but yeah i i had to take a leak he handed me the food and we both walked my car i was taking out the cash for my wallet to pay him when i noticed the bench where that
ronald guy was sitting a few minutes back it was empty and the guy was nowhere to be found seeing me checking out the bench the boy asked is anything wrong sir nothing like that it's just your ronald mcdonald guy is pretty creepy he would scare the kids away what ronald mcdonald guy the man who is sitting here a few moments back wearing your mascot costume i have no idea what you're talking about sir we don't have anyone like that here i'm all this place is god a cold shiver ran down my spine as he said
that i paid him quickly and without much ado got back on the road the confused boy watched me drive away in a hurry i rolled the windows down to get some fresh air some crazy man creeped me out and looked at me and i was being all childish about it i felt humiliated by my cowardly behavior the boy must be laughing on his own now seeing a guy double his age get scared of some stupid mascot i want to turn on some music to take my mind off of everything but before i could press the
button on my music player a squeaky laugh came from the back seat i could feel my heartbeat getting faster drops of sweat appeared on my forehead as i slowly looked at the rear-view mirror a dark shadowy figure was sitting in my back seat it was a man with a curly red wig on his head he slowly surfaced from the darkness and the passing street lights illuminated his face that same wide but drowsy eyes a red painted big smile that was watching me i was so freaked out that i forgot to scream a cold sharp metallic
thing touched my neck as the creepy ronald leaned close to me you shouldn't have closed the door on me mate what what what do you want i want to show you how sharp this knife is hand me your iced tea come on do it do it okay okay i handed him my cup of iced tea the situation was tense i couldn't speed up fearing that he would definitely slit my throat and none of my loved ones would ever discover my body so i decided to handle the entire situation very carefully i didn't want to do
anything reckless to make this psycho snap he placed the cup right on my shoulder and then moved the knife swiftly the knife was so sharp that it cut the bottom of the cup like butter and the cold tea spilled all over my clothes oh my god he laughed his heart out while i almost shat my pants i said in a fumbled voice look mister uh i am call me ronald yes yes ronald i'm sorry for disrespecting you earlier please please forgive me that's a good start so just tell me where to drop you and i
will no issues are you trying to get rid of me no no no no no drive quietly i'll tell you where to stop okay okay whatever you say good boy i kept driving and ronald watched me while smiling like a lunatic the entire time when he came near a right turn and ronald screamed that's it stop right there and then we will both get out of the car it will be a night full of so much fun i slowed the car down near the turn i knew deep in my heart that if i got down
there with this psycho i'm probably never going back home i have to do something to save myself i kept trying to think of a way to fool him and get away with my life when he yelled again are you going to stop or should i make you no no i'll stop i slowed the car down but didn't turn off the engine he opened the back door and as soon as he stepped outside i put the car in gear to speed away but instead of the first gear i put the car in reverse out of panic
as i pressed the accelerator hard the car moved backwards at a sudden speed and bumped into the man standing there not expecting this sudden turn of events he fell to the ground and i couldn't stop myself from hitting him once more the left tire ran over his leg breaking all the bones in his limb i could hear the cracking and his dying scream all together eat [ __ ] you freak i screamed at him and drove away without wasting a single more second the guy was so evil that even after losing his entire leg he
still got up and in a very freaky way tried to chase my car supporting his body on his one good leg his smile grew even bigger as he chased me before my car went away from his sight i heard his loud voice echoing in the night screaming i'm ronald mcdonald no one gets away from me i can't explain how i got home that night but after that day i stopped going to mcdonald's forever working in customer service is not easy since i've been working at mcdonald's i've encountered all kinds of customers many of them take
a long time to order and delay the line others get angry for the craziest reasons from the first day we are taught to deal with all kinds of people but nothing could prepare me for what i experienced that day it was a tuesday afternoon and my shift had just started i had to work in the drive-through which is usually much quieter so the day had not started badly customers were coming in very slowly and i was a bit bored until i heard a request that caught my attention good afternoon sir may i take your order
yes i want three hamburgers very well sir what kind of hamburgers i don't care i just want a hamburger this person seemed a little angry about my question he seemed desperate for those hamburgers okay sir how about three big macs yes that's perfect do you want them in a combo no i told you i just want the burgers i need them some of my co-workers were laughing hard at this guy but i couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable as his car moved forward i did my best not to grimace the man was short and
slightly overweight but his appearance was disgusting his whole face was covered in sauce his hair was so long and greasy that he chewed his bangs with his teeth i could see how his clothes were shredded and parts of his body were showing through the disgusting man opened the window and a horrendous smell almost made me vomit i thought he might be offended by this but he didn't pay me the slightest attention and spoke to me take the money and do you have my food with some distaste i took his money sir this is much more
than i want my [ __ ] food uh i'm sorry sir take it handing him the burgers he almost didn't take the paper off them as he began to devour them savagely on the spot a part of me wanted to turn away but i couldn't help but watch mesmerized as he smashed the burgers into his mouth and proceeded to chomp down on them at an impressive speed sir can you eat somewhere else please another car may come he ignored me and just kept eating sir uh i'm talking to you would you please move your car
forward and leave when i found no answer i quickly went to my manager who told me that since there was no security that day i should go with two more colleagues to knock on his window i was a little hesitant but my boss was somewhat authoritarian so i knew i had no choice i told two of my colleagues and we went out to the front door so we're gonna have the privilege of meeting the hamburger maniac what do you mean have you met him before everyone on the night shift knows him the lunatic just comes
in eats his burgers in the car and leaves looks like he got hungry a little early today well is he dangerous he gave me a really bad vibe nah he's harmless when i got to his car i didn't even get to knock on his window the man was gone when i said he was leaving after lunch he usually takes the car with him seems like today he was in a hurry we started to check his windows but there was no sign of him confused we went back to our manager who said he would handle things
from now on i figured he would send a tow truck if the owner didn't show up but to tell you the truth i wasn't interested i was just glad not to deal with that lunatic anymore i was on my way back to my post but on the way i heard something that caught my attention some very strange noises were coming from the storage room i recognized that noise as that of an animal eating so i went through the door with some curiosity what i saw would leave me shocked the man in the car was behind
the door he was sprawled on the floor with his shirt off eating medallions of raw hamburgers when i saw him i felt like i was gonna throw up a maniac grabbed four hamburgers at a time and stuffed them all together in his mouth the raw minced meat joined in his hand forming a mass of food that he swallowed desperately no matter how much of it landed on his hairy body i couldn't stand the urge any longer and threw up on the floor falling to my knees when i was finally able to recover i raised my
head again and the lunatic was in front of me staring at me and concentrating on my presence for the first time you're coming to eat too i couldn't answer him as i was still shaken after the vomiting i tried to get up but it was useless the man pushed me to the floor and sat on my belly what the [ __ ] man get off of me without answering me he started smiling with a devilish look on his face and just as he did he revealed that he had more medallions of raw hamburger in his
hand what are you doing with that get away from me easy there's enough for both of us having said that he stuck his hand full of raw meat in my mouth i was choking i moved my hands desperately trying to hit him to get the food out of my mouth anything that could free me from that situation the man lunged at me and proceeded to bite my face like i was one of those hamburgers i frantically punched him but he didn't react he just kept pressing me with his teeth i felt like i was going
to die that lunatic was going to eat me alive and i would never even know why i heard a scream behind me and as fast as it started the man stopped biting me and fell to my side wounded i looked up and one of my co-workers was behind me breathing heavily with a broken broom stick in his hand the maniac recovered from being hit by the broomstick and lunged at me again but my partner had already pulled me out of the storage room and closed the door somebody help us luke is hurt man is that
the hamburger maniac are you all right without answering him i spit all the raw meat out of my mouth and breathed easier again within seconds all our co-workers were there helping me and looking for a way to cover the wound on my face while the ambulance was coming i managed to stand up on my own and while i was covering my face i noticed that many of my colleagues were looking at the window of the storage room what's going on what are you doing dude you have to see this i looked out the window and
the man was at the back of the storage room eating a raw hamburger the difference was that now he had a lot of hamburgers wrapped around his body and as he was eating them he was looking at the window suspiciously as if the employees were trying to steal them shortly thereafter the police took the man who was behaving more like a wild animal than a human shortly after leaving the hospital i went back to work but i wasn't there for long every time i saw a hamburger medallion i wanted to vomit in the short time
i was there i heard all kinds of rumors the calmer ones said he was a lonely man who was extremely stoned but other rumors said he was a cannibal who escaped from a satanist ritual with a hunger for human flesh i was never interested in hearing any explanation of who this man was it was enough that every time i saw myself in the mirror i would remember the marks he left on me for life most of the time it's the big deliberate decisions that change your life but sometimes the smallest situations those that you considered
insignificant end up having an impact you could have never imagined when i was a teenager i lived with my parents since they both worked i usually stayed home alone until late so they gave me money either to buy food and prepare it or go out to eat somewhere one afternoon i decided to go eat at mcdonald's the closest fast food place to my home as always i walked to the restaurant on this occasion i was alone but sometimes my friends accompanied me the truth was that i didn't mind being without them since i had gotten
used to being alone once i got into that mcdonald's i realized that for some reason it was quite crowded so the line to order was very long still i decided to stay there and wait since i wasn't really that hungry i want a big mac combo please i heard people order their food while waiting i'm a double with hash browns but at some point i got bored so i took out my earbuds connected them to my cell phone and started listening to music on spotify still i was alert after a few songs it was finally
the turn of the girl in front of me as she started to order her food i noticed something out of the corner of my eye i saw a huge person stop right next to me on the left side of the line but i didn't really care hey you boy since i wasn't paying attention and was listening to music i didn't hear the man i'm talking to you kid this time he spoke louder so i took off my left earbud and turned my head to see him huh the person was a tall man overweight but with
arms that seemed strong his beard was long and unkempt as was his appearance the man looked at me for a moment and then demanded move what i told you to move uh it's my turn sir you i don't care boy don't you understand move or i'll move you i stood there still for a few seconds a bad feeling began to grow inside me as i realized the man's fists had tightened was he trying to threaten me why me just because i was a teenager no wait your turn like everyone else i won't let you take
mine i'm hungry suddenly the man grabbed one of my arms tightly and moved closer to me if you don't move i'm gonna rip your guts out kid his breath smelled so horrible that i wanted to pull away immediately but he wouldn't let me as he held me tighter i could even feel his nails hurting me being close to the man i could see his rotten teeth as well as the remains of food in his beard it was disgusting was i clear his eyes which had red veins were wide open what the heck at this point
i couldn't help but be scared it sounded like the man was really going to do what he said just because of me not letting him cut in line sir what are you doing i turned my head to see who had spoken the cashier finally my turn aren't you ashamed of taking so long the man let go of me so i could see what he had done to my arm it was red and had purple marks where his fingernails had been excuse me sir but i think it was the boy's turn it wasn't was it i
i want a big mac combo of course i wasn't going to let that man get what he wanted after he hurt me okay and sir please don't try to cut in line again kidding me the man turned and passing me by said piece of [ __ ] i ignored him paid for the food and waited for it to be ready once the order was handed to me i went to sit down already very hungry i grabbed the big mac and started eating but i couldn't help feeling a sense of discomfort when i looked in front
of me i realized why that man was staring at me he didn't seem noticeably upset but the look on his face it seemed as if he was going to lose control any second i felt a chill run down my spine i couldn't continue eating like that so i sat on the chair in front of me and that way the man could no longer see me directly i continued eating quietly until suddenly some complaints began to be heard this is not what i ordered it was that man's voice i'm sorry sir we sorry you did it
on purpose [ __ ] you did it because i tried to cut in line didn't you you [ __ ] [ __ ] unsettled i turned around to see what was happening all because of that piece of [ __ ] the man was pointing at me sir we won't tolerate insults oh so now this is a goddamn church [ __ ] [ __ ] i should beat the [ __ ] out of you get out of here i didn't want this [ __ ] anyway the man threw his burger at the woman and then walked
out of the mcdonald's almost immediately people started whispering about what had happened i looked at the cashier who was being helped by one of her co-workers i am glad he left he was out of control did you hear him that's when i realized that i was hyperventilating i was terrified and it hadn't even happened to me but just thinking about the threats the man had told me uneasy i finished my burger it was 5 32 pm when i left the place so it was already beginning to get dark i started to walk in the direction
of my house but soon i began to hear footsteps behind me you took your time kid when i heard the voice i stood still frozen like a statue it was that man again did you enjoy your food my heart was beating fast he was totally out of his mind had he really waited for me i didn't because of you piece of [ __ ] i started hyperventilating again my vision became blurry i was terrified are you scared [ __ ] kid suddenly a strong punch to my back made me fall the next thing i knew
that man had turned me around and was starting to hit me i told you didn't i i'm gonna rip your [ __ ] guts out over and over the man punched me in the face i tried to push him away but he was too heavy soon i began to feel my face swell the blood coming out at one point i even heard a crack and a strong pain in my nose luckily that afternoon some people who were in the surrounding area managed to help me otherwise i would have died at the hands of that man
of course he left my face smashed and swollen he managed to break my nose my lips that was a key point in my life because i realized that there are brutal uncontrollable people out there you
