food, but every once in a while I'll go there. I went there a lot
while pregnant. I craved it.
Anyway, while I was pregnant, they introduced the "EZ Combos" - which
were f'ing huge! The drink for the small was something like 20 ounces.
And, that was the small. I haven't eaten there in the last 16 months,
and this time, my husband got a combo and the drink was back down to a
12 ounce. I thought it was interesting how they'd jumped on the
supersize bandwagon late, and had to immediately jump back off.
Hm....how much is it what people want and how much of it is what the
media tells people that they want?
On Sat, 31 Jul 2004 00:17:08 -0400, Jim Davis wrote:
> I dunno - this whole thing just irks me. The inference that McDonalds is
> somehow conspiring to make us all fat is just annoying. McDonalds sells
> exactly what people want to buy - that's all they do.
>
> People want more food and so we get "supersize". Catholics didn't eat at
> Micky D's during lent and so the McFish was born. A lot of people were
> asking if they could get a regular meal with a happy-meal toy for their
> older kids, so the "Mighty Kids Meal" appears. People want to eat healthy,
> enter the salads and yogurts. You can attack them for being whores, but not
> for having some secret unhealthy agenda.
>
> For what it's worth I spent my teen years working at McDonalds. Everybody
> should work there for a while, I think. Cooperation, cleanliness and
> quality are huge parts of their philosophy. There are manuals and schedules
> for cleaning every single thing in the restaurant (instructions for cleaning
> door lintels twice a week such that the dust doesn't fall for example).
>
> I remember "Founders Day" - every year on Ray Kroc's birthday all management
> and corporate offices close and the upper management work for a day in the
> restaurant cooking food, taking orders, etc. Now that's something I'd like
> to see a few other companies mimic.
>
> And since I was working there I did pretty much eat there every meal. for a
> lot longer than a month. I didn't turn into the fat bastard that I am today
> until much later. ;^)
>
> (Oh, and as an aside: I've also worked at Burger King. I won't eat there at
> all - take that for what it's worth. ;^) )
>
>
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