have you had in your life?
Oh, my God. Probably like 10 pl.
Yeah, mine's got to be a dozen at least.
But you know, in this case,
you love your job so much that u
stay in it for a very long time.
On average, workers stay at a
company for under three years.
But this right here is a different story.
Yeah, One woman
in East Athens is staying put.
She ain't going nowhere.
Caitlin Ross explains how she's
cooking up her own recipe for success.
I have two make double s,
large fries with a unsweet tea.
The food comes out in a flurry.
A large vanilla shake at the
McDonald's in East Athens.
Put some of these that baby ple.
The fast pace baked in,
but it's the pulse of this place
that makes it special. Like to
see you girl ma'am is like a
heartbeat at a restaurant. You t
a small hot. We got you for 50 years,
Let you catch up in your back, .
Britain has been keeping the be.
Yeah, I got me doing the work
on its best day. It's controlled chaos,
but she's a stabilizing force.
Everybody's doing their job.
And they and they laying franche
owner Paul Messer is celebrating
Emma's half century of employme.
Thank you so much.
See you tomorrow. At 68,
she's determined to make it a lot more.
If I'm 100 years old and I'm abo
come up in here
in a wheelchair, whatever
it work, I want to do it.
This is where Emma wants to be.
It's a privilege to have a job,
to be able to be respected on i.
That respect creates a rhythm at
the restaurant that only Emma c.
Keep that make sure I get a small hot fry.
OK? She's a leader.
You're good. A doer.
I do fries. OK.
A cheerleader. Stop,
Mr. DA. Don't stop. And a name.
Emma's loving it.
Lightly salted, crisp, hot.
She brought her own babies to the job,
working shifts with her
granddaughter at the counter.
What's that baby?
And decided to step down as General manager.
Love you too, baby.
Appreciate it so she could go
back to working with her people.
I just fit in really well.
I learned everything as much as I possibly
could and I just love what I was doing.
I love you very.
She treats them all like family.
I know you missed.
She knows their orders. Big Mac.
Quarter panel with cheese.
A hot order. Fries. That's righ.
They must be hot. They must be .
They know her heart.
You eat a side, right?
OK, we're gonna have you find y.
See, she wants to show people is
not a drive through y'all famil.
We family. It's a place you sta.
I love what I do.
And I love my people to teach te
crew the lessons they will carr.
I will ask you to do it,
but I will make you to do
right doing it for Emma.
That's the special sauce.
I have a double quarter meal with no onion.
So now when you drive up
it was breathtaking. I mean, it was tears of
joy. Emma's 50 years of service
are on display and he unveiled,
he signed my name on. I go like.
I sit there and I couldn't say
anything at the center of it al.
It mean that they respect me.
They love me.
A permanent marker of the mark she makes
at some point.
She deserves to retire.
And even when she retires,
that'll be her spot
in her heart. This will
always be home. I love
you. I love you.
Well, you just love that Emma. I mean,
her laugh just brings you so much joy.
And I think it's such a great ln
to find the joy in every day, you know,
whether it's at work or, you know, at home.
It's just to find the joy in
little moments is so beautiful.
And you know what?
And I don't know about y'all,
but I need to take a drive to see Miss Emma.
Yes, right in my day.
And get a side of fries. Hot fr.
Just don't park in her spot.
Don't park. That's her spot.
Oh, no.
Forever.
Love it.
Amazing story.