The Strangest (And Most Hilarious) Employee Training Videos (VIDEO)

In the early 1990s, when workers at Wendy's showed up for their first day on the job, they were shown a series of instructional music videos that even those outside the food industry must see. (h/t thisblogrules.com)

"Pour it in until the coffee reaches the line, pop a top on it, and seal it every time -- Wendy's coffee tastes so fine! Hot drinks really gets you going," sings a Bobby Brown look-alike in a Wendy's three-minute tour de force investigation into the rigorous art of how to pour coffee into a cup.

Below, we've compiled some of the strangest -- and most unintentionally hilarious -- training videos out there. Which is you favorite? Check them out and vote below:

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Wendy's "Hot Drinks!"

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The sine qua non of embarrassing employee training videos, Wendy's 'Hot Drinks' has become something of an internet sensation, drawing over 400,000 views on YouTube.

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[Aluminaste]

11:13 AM on 11/04/2010

Oh damn it..I almost choked on my coffee watching "Hot Drinks"...I really did...

Thank you for that lovely feeling of dying but laughing at the same time...

[Ryan Connelly]

05:39 AM on 10/07/2010

"Spray Lysol Disinfectant to keep it fresh"

I wonder how many brain cells "keeping it fresh" costs?

[zenju2]

02:36 AM on 10/06/2010

The people who think of these lame videos, create them, produce them, and think they're 'quality training materials'...I'm in the wrooooong racket...

[roadwobbler]

07:44 AM on 10/03/2010

About 45 seconds into the McDonald's film - is there a voicw saying "What an @$$hole?"

[oneofthemasses]

03:46 PM on 10/05/2010

he did! he did!

[Red45]

03:12 AM on 10/03/2010

Made me want to get up and shake my groove thing. But I didn't.

[ColinStevens]

02:38 AM on 10/03/2010

Oh, GOD - I watched these imagining I was an employee having to take it seriously.

They take on a whole new level of lunacy.

The "McC" ad is horrifying. It's good to have a job, of course, but I just don't think I could muster up the gumption to be THAT enthusiastic about washing a McDonald's parking lot.

[Brautigan]

01:15 AM on 10/03/2010

Everything was anti-climactic after video #1; Wendy's Hot Drinks.

Man!

[arneader]

01:04 AM on 10/03/2010

I worked at Wendys and we never had anything training that was fun--30 years ago. Secondly, the Chuck. E. Cheese video was cool.

[AirForceWx1701]

10:11 PM on 10/02/2010

http://spoonyexperiment.com/2010/09/21/tse-riff-theater-wendys-training-videos/

This is what first drew me to the Wendy's hilarity. Watching them again brought back memories of actually being shown them circa spring 1997, when I regrettably worked at Wendy's for a few months. Great food, and I can say that their practices are pretty efficient and VERY clean, but it was the Job From Hell. Fast food workers have it ROUGH.

[Mr Anonymous]

11:48 PM on 10/02/2010

Yeah, I used to work at McDonald's in my early college days. It was pretty rough. Sidenote,I won't eat fast food to this day.

[Bruckley]

09:52 PM on 10/02/2010

These are stupid, no doubt, but I bet anybody who saw that Wendy's one will remember forever how to make a Wendy's cup of coffee.

[Rasalom]

09:43 PM on 10/02/2010

You'd be lucky to get paid to dress up as a rat in today's economy. Luckily everyone is a rat in the world of working slave wages to at least afford food!

[Boobuzuela]

09:19 PM on 10/02/2010

This is the funniest faux training video you will ever see. German forklift training film.

It starts off dead serious, and goes downhill from there.

I guarantee you will be in tears by the end.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkMDGC2d5mg

[MilliniumJane]

11:04 PM on 10/02/2010

Oh my god, thank you! That is the most hilarious video I've seen in a long time.

[Sievehead]

09:02 PM on 10/02/2010

Yes, after painstakingly buffing windows, scrubbing toilets and spending half-an-hour face down in a filthy garbage can reeking of ketchup and cow-flesh for a paltry $7.00/hr., there before your astonished eyes will appear the beaten-down image of a thoroughly whipped McC-hump. Now back to work, peon, before Ronald has to take you down to clown town.

[bynddrvn5]

08:55 PM on 10/02/2010

What about the Southwest airlines, "Just Plane Fun" video? Maybe because it is not instructional? Come to think of it, I have no idea what the heck that video is for!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gH6Nz-uiBhU

[Alahna Robinson]

08:00 PM on 10/02/2010

ok, i love the casual male one, but why does that guy keep holding his belly like he's pregnant?? it's AWESOME! and the wendy's one, well, that's just beautiful beautiful humor

[Bike Commuter]

08:47 PM on 10/02/2010

The funniest training video I had to watch wasn't from an employer. I was going to work for a fast food restaurant in high school and the city requited a health department certification. To get certified, every food service worker had to watch a video with Jack the Germ. It looked like something you would show to 1st graders.