I like the idea of this story based off of the description. I'll look forward to more chapters

Huh. Alrighty then.

You have my curiosity!

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Edit: Why do I have the feeling that this will end similarly to Django Unchained?

I thought of writing a story about humans being enslaved by ponies but never could think of a good plot or genre.

You, my good sir, have given me a bitch slap of truth and I will read this no matter what.

I think i have found a reason to work at Mc Donalds .

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Lol, the best part is that he hasn't realized that he's not actually in the desert, he's just experiencing the natural feeling of walking from the freezer directly to the grill.

Shoulda bought an Android...

Planet of the Apes...
With Ponies!!
...Do they ride monkeys?

walking in the desert with bare feet is a fast way to burn your feet, that sand is HOT. Throwing away the driver's license probably wasn't the smartest, but eh, he's probably not all there right now.

I wish to see how far this rabbit hole go's

84 people loved this story so much that they turned there laptop upside down and liked again

Okay, so this looks interesting. I think I'll add this to my read later list. Looks like a freaking Planet of the Ponies Apes crossover or something. Not a bad thing. Story has to have those likes for a reason after all....

3720795 Shoulda atleast kept the socks

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That profile pic will haunt me for the rest of my days T-T

pretty good

Sounds like Max works at McDonalds, or somewhere like it. That was the first thing that I thought when I read the first paragraph, cos I work there too.

First chapter and you got the McDonalds grillman down so perfectly I'm having horrifying flashbacks from working at that s#!thole.

THIS. IS GENIUS. I shall read more now.

FUCK YOU RONALD MCDONALD!!!!

3809001 Ugh, tell me about it. Three months was all I needed to realize I did not want to work in fast food ever, Again.

He can't talk.

He could speak fine before, but now the Plot Convenience Fairy waved her magic wand and now he's mute. Of course he can't! If he could speak, there would be no story. Can't have things that make sense happen, now can we?

2000 songs?! Dude, I have like 40 songs on my phone and that's more than enough...

It was pretty much useless to me now, as it had only my driver’s license and my debit card in it.

Only your driver's license? The ONE THING you have on you that can be used for identification? Who needs that, right? Anyway, interesting to say the least. I shall continue reading.

How to tell you chose the wrong job: You get randomly teleported to new, foreign and exotic locations with slaving ponies and magic.

From one paragraph in I knew it was McDonald’s, I was already starting to feel nauseous and have horrible flashbacks. Only someone who's worked there can describe it in such awful detail, I feel ya.
This is a nice break from the usual run of the mill HiE fics. The only thing about it that I could criticize right now is the fact that Max losing his shoes, wallet, and anything else yet to be mentioned, seems like a obvious plot setup for him being mistaken for a "Animal-human" in a vary Planet of the Apes style. Same goes for his lack of speaking ability I guess, although I do kinda like that. The less dialog there is that we've all seen 10,000 times before, the better. This will give a new and interesting method for our Human to interact with Ponydom.

3853211 yup, grease, sweat, and labor... and I am a fricking vegetarian

I gave silent thanks to Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and the poor little Chinese kid who had been forced to make it.

You just made me wake up my puppy with your funny words.

Poor bastard, definitely an original start. The fucker'll probably make love to the next sink or whatever the fuck he finds that happens to have water in it. Probably not, but it would be funny as fuck.

I knew that ditching his shoes to walk barefoot through the burning desert was a mistake. A mistake I doubt a Boy Scout would make.

Pot-heads thats who. And the guy seems to be working at mcdonalds although they didn't lock the freezer at the one I used to work at.

And there I was thinking he was going to appear in the middle of a summoning circle with a case-full of frozen meat.

All of those poor customers who didn't get their meals. Max should be ashamed!

So, after trying to read this story I can say one thing: The main character is an idiot. He sees how humans are treated, but doesn't do anything to show his intelligence at first. After his intelligence is revelead, he says he doesn't want others to find out but bitches about how they treat him as an animal (Make up your mind, idiot). Celestia even offers him to send him back to earth, but noooo he loves being treated as an animal. Conclusion: This boy doesn't know what he wants, gives zero fucks about his family and loved ones and decides to live the life of an animal (which he enjoys to be treated as)

This guys life is the worst ever.

McDonalds.

Training advertisements = "an excellent working experience with friendly co-workers which will give you great work experience"

Real life = slave labour for shit pay, working with cocksuckers who like to yell too much and gives you experience in walking around in circles for five hours, with an occasional detour to the freezer.

Go fuckin' Macca's

“I’ve got an order for 25 cheeseburgers coming up!”

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“Who the hell orders 17 Big Macs?”

i thought it was 25

oh gods this needs to be a radio play of sorts!

4112897 First, he doesn't know what they'll do to him, also as we see in a few chapters, his communication attempts get misinterpreted. Second, he doesn't know how the public will react to him being intelligent, there may be mass hysteria there may not. Third, after he is revealed Twilight does not treat him like an animal, well a couple screw ups but meh, and everypony else that is not involved with Max generally leave him alone. Fourth, when he is offered to go home they say they can't teleport him to a specific place on Earth, so who knows where he will end up? Like he said he may end up in a goddamned ocean! Anyways those were just me justifying what you were complaining about . Have a good day fine sir!

For whatever reason, I was now mute as well.

My scream of frustration echoed across the barren wasteland, unheard by any living creature. All that I achieved was to sap what little strength I had left.

Hello! I have returned to start this story anew!

“I’ve got an order for 25 cheeseburgers coming up!” one of the order-takers in the drive-thru yelled

Buses can't fit in the drive-thru!

Reaching the freezer door, I began sifting through the keys, looking for the right one.

This is why you put the key in the sandbox next to the freezer

I grunted in pain as I landed on my back with a thud... Reaching out my hand to push myself up

The sky is solid now?

Wait… I’m stuck in a bloody desert!

It's amazing how long it takes people to realize things. Also:

One of the things Ford Prefect had always found hardest to understand about humans was their habit of continually stating and repeating the very very obvious, as in It's a nice day, or You're very tall, or Oh dear you seem to have fallen down a thirty-foot well, are you all right? At first Ford had formed a theory to account for this strange behavior. If human beings don't keep exercising their lips, he thought, their mouths probably seize up.

After a few months' consideration and observation he abandoned this theory in favor of a new one. If they don't keep on exercising their lips, he thought, their brains start working.

…eeeeewwwww! The bottoms of the shoes were coated in a mixture of sand and grease.

...really?

You ever reach the point where you’re pretty sure that you’ve totally lost it?.

Multiple times a week

big ball of fire

*gas. Yes it is a big deal.

10,000 songs loaded onto their phone

I don't think that's even possible, I have 1345 songs on my phone and it's abou half full with just that!

new best friend

You say that as if it wasn't already.

How the hell is it that low already?

Turn the brightness down, it helps a lot.

The universe was apparently out to screw me today.

If only...

The sun was only a few centimeters from the horizon, making my shadow long.

On the bright side, it's about to get pretty cold.

4090059 I like to think there was a riot and it got burned down.

4714577 It's not a big, ball of gas. It's a miasma of incandescent plasma.

4743471 if I could only be so GROSSLY INCANDESCENT!

4112897 Uh... Maybe you should read more into the story because
1. He is a human. Humans have this stereotype about the government dissecting anything they are unfamiliar with.
2. Going back home is basically a 90% chance of DEATH, because he has no idea where he'll end up
3. Look at number 1 for the "Enjoying being treated like an animal" thing.

4748386 the same applies to A&W, though some naming changes, ie. nuggest to strips, and no need for keys to get into the freezer, waste of time that is, i mean who steals meat....

4789910 we dont talk about those people...

2,000 songs?

I have a little over 600 in my whole music library!

4864504 wiredo. you have an iphone.

I am LOVING this story so far, good work. I actually found myself thinking on what I know of survival situations, and mentally kicking the main for some of his actions. First of all, he had a wallet, which ( if made of leather, as so many are, can be an all so important source of protein in an emergency) Secondly&, he took off his shoes? In the middle of a desert... I can't even make it from the beach to the ocean without it hurting like a #<^€%

These aren't criticisms mind you, in fact I applaud you for not making your character mr Gary Stu survival.

Another Excellent Chapter. Good show.