Fries vis ut?

[davywavy]

Back when I was eighteen I finished up at school and went off to a second rate university to do a psychology degree. Why psychology?, you ask? Well, it had the highest female:male ratio of any course in the country There were only five hours of lectures a week and I figured I could spend the rest of my time drinking as those who know me are aware, I have a deep and caring nature and wanted to learn to help my fellow man.
I got a certain amount of ribbing about this: a psychology degree from a former polytechnic (that's Manchester Pretend University) is about as useless an academic qualification as you can get. "What's the first thing a new psychology graduate says?" was the joke. "Do you want fries with that."

I was reading the paper the other day that the McDonalds Management School in London - which they call McDonalds University - has just started offering a degree level qualification. And to my dismay it's accredited by my alma mater, Manchester Pretend University.

I know that I went to a university whose degrees only qualified me to flip burgers, but I must say I wish they hadn't formally recognised that.

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[(Anonymous)]

"What's the first thing you say to a new psychology graduate?" was the joke. "Do you want fries with that."

Is this a subtle comment on the dietary habits of psychology students, or did you get the setup wrong?

[davywavy.livejournal.com]

Blame my inability to tell a joke correctly on lack of sleep and lots of work.

I've edited so it makes sense now...

[robinbloke.livejournal.com]

So all this time you've said you're co-running a business, what you actually mean is that you're deputy manager of McDonalds?

[davywavy.livejournal.com]

_yes.

[crocodilewings.livejournal.com]

It could be worse. They could be working with Disney to accredit the Mickey Mouse Business Management Degree

[davywavy.livejournal.com]

It was a common assumption that "MMU" stood for "Mickey Mouse University" (rather than Manchester Metropolitan University) even when I was there. Apparently it's gone downhill since then.

[(Anonymous)]

You sponging layabout! I hope tuition fees for the likes of you go up to a million pounds each.

H

[davywavy.livejournal.com]

Funny you should say that...

[janewilliams20.livejournal.com]

Don't knock flipping burgers. My husband's cousin got a first in Maths from Cambridge, and used it to get a job running a pub.