????? I'm absolutely flabberghasted by this response from McDonald's. I beg your pardon??? Good golly, dismissing potentially great ideas because of volume of submissions (lazyness!!!) or because they're 'external' (a HUMONGOUS SSSSIIIICCCC!!!!!)?? 20 thumbs and toes down to McDonald's management. @!#$^@$% Bunch of idiots (with all due respect...)! ARGH...
Marcus On Wed, 26 Jun 2002 09:35:48 John Woelflein wrote: > >Here it is: > >Hello John: > >Thank you for contacting McDonald's recently with your idea for a >product or service that you >believe would be of interest to us. We appreciate your interest in >McDonald's, but it is our >company's policy not to consider unsolicited ideas from outside the >McDonald's system. > >It's not that great ideas cannot come from people outside of >McDonald's. Each year, however, >McDonald's receives thousands of unsolicited ideas and proposals for >products and services >from individuals as well as companies. Because of the volume of >unsolicited ideas and the >difficulty of sorting out what is truly a "new" idea as opposed to a >concept that has already >been considered or developed by McDonald's, we must adhere to a strict >policy of not >reviewing any unsolicited ideas that come from outside the McDonald's >family of employees, >franchisees and approved suppliers. We realize that we may be missing >out on a few good >ideas, but we have had to adopt this policy for legal and business >reasons. > >As a result, we must decline your invitation to review your submission >and hope you >understand the reasons for this decision. > >Again, thank you for thinking of McDonald's. > >Rodrigo >Home Office Customer Satisfaction Department > > > > >John > > > >--------------------------------- >Do You Yahoo!? >Sign-up for Video Highlights of 2002 FIFA World Cup Is your boss reading your email? ....Probably Keep your messages private by using Lycos Mail. Sign up today at http://mail.lycos.com
