![\"Https%3a%2f%2fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2fuploads%2fcard%2fimage%2f198529%2f9d1adb03e16a421680bd7426ff3dc411\"](\"http:\/\/i.amz.mshcdn.com\/duSlf0IXaQ4nQ-o23bTqCcR2fGU=\/575x323\/https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fcard%2Fimage%2F198529%2F9d1adb03e16a421680bd7426ff3dc411.png\")
<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
![\"Feed-tw\"](\"http:\/\/a.amz.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-tw-f7c0a094d16b7ee7c91a1e50839a8e00.jpg\")
<\/a>![\"Feed-fb\"](\"http:\/\/a.amz.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-fb-c0a21e8841794479b8086c32c6f24ba1.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>\nI have to thank Facebook’s wacky algorithm for this one. I was surfing the social network this week when a trending local story caught my eye. The abbreviated headline was something like, “McDonald’s throws retirement party for longtime employee in Needham, MA,” which is my hometown.<\/p>\n
I clicked on the link, wondering who could possibly merit a retirement party from the biggest fast-food chain on the planet, and when I saw the employee’s face, it made a lot more sense.<\/p>\n
Freia David has worked at the McDonald’s in Needham for 32 years. She started behind the French fry machine, a.k.a. the Fry-o-lator, back in 1984, which also happens to be the year I was born. That means she has been making delicious McDonald’s French fries for as long as I have been alive. Read more…<\/a><\/p>\n More about Needham<\/a>, Freia David<\/a>, Mcdonald S<\/a>, Entertainment<\/a>, and Film<\/a> I have to thank Facebook’s wacky algorithm for this one. I was surfing the social network this week when a trending local story caught my eye. The abbreviated headline was something like, “McDonald’s throws retirement party for longtime employee in … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":115,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/115"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5444"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5444\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"