Read and remember the next time you "dine"? at McDonalds

[malachi]

Some get burger, some a whopper

Irony.

Webster's New World Dictionary defines it as "a combination of circumstances or a result that is the opposite of what is or might be expected or considered appropriate." It lists, for example, a firehouse burning down.

Now, compliments of McDonald's Corp., the world's largest purveyor of fast food, Webster's can add a bigger, better example of irony.

It goes like this: A multibillion-dollar corporation that fiercely resisted paying even a pittance of a death benefit to the family of a low-paid restaurant manager killed on the job turned around and happily paid more than $5 million in after-death bonuses and perks to the families of two of its top executives.

"... the opposite of what is... considered appropriate."

http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/news/11370202.htm

[tridim]

1. I haven't eaten at McDonald's since they raised their prices

by about $1.50 for a extra value meal (from $2.99 to $4.49). I can get real food for less than that.

[BrainRants]

2. See the movie "Supersize Me"

You'll never eat at McD's again.

Here's a scene from the movie: :puke:

[Q3JR4]

5. Me either.

:puke:

[Lone Pawn]

6. LOL. That movie actually made me hungry for McDonalds by the end.

The dude was obviously enjoying the food for the first week.

[BrainRants]

13. I think some guy named Pavlov explored that phenomenon.

He called it the "Big Mac Attack" theory.

(But of course, it's only a theory)

[fryguy]

10. read Fast Food Nation also

will turn anyone off from fast food for good . . .

[thinkingwoman]

16. saw it. won't eat

fast food anymore.

Maybe ever.

It's been more than a month since I saw it and I'm still disgusted.

Great documentary!

[SouthernDem2004]

3. Probably eat there today. I will eat a fry for ya.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

18. Please don't eat this guy. He's a dolt but fun:

[quinnox]

4. they have a new burger I gotta try

just saw the ad today

[Iris]

7. Will you and SouthernDem2004 be shopping at Wal-Mart first?

[quinnox]

9. not me

I don't like Wal-Mart

[SouthernDem2004]

19. Nope, I do not do Wal-Mart.

[Iris]

25. Good!

[Maru Kitteh]

26. So you won't shop at Wally but you're proud of the garbage you swallow

at the feet of an evil corporate leviathan like McDonalds? Interesting.

[SouthernDem2004]

30. Please... Just because it is a large Corp. does not make it evil.

[fryguy]

8. haven't "dined" at one since reading Fast Food Nation

between their use of disgusting tainted beef, the poor sanitary and working conditions, not to mention their greedy anti-worker/anti-union mentality, and leadership role in the systematic corporatization of the country, I haven't passed through the golden arches in over four years . . .

[quinnox]

12. where do you get your fry's?

fryguy

[fryguy]

14. restaurants

not fast food dispensaries

fyi - fryguy is nickname from my last name, not my affinity for the ad characters . . .

[stubertmcfly]

11. i haven't set foot in a mcdonalds...

...for probably close to 8 years. haven't eaten anything from one in more than 14.

mcdonalds serves rotten food and is a rotten corporate entity that should not be encouraged.

[teenagebambam]

15. Haven't eaten at McD's....

....since I ordered a chicken parmesean sandwich (limited time only, you know), and I got a raw chicken patty covered in tomato sauce. And I don't mean "pink in the middle", this baby hadn't SEEN heat.

[seg4527]

17. here is my personal testimony, since i'm a fast food worker

i work at wendy's.

i could write for paragraphs. but that would be boring, and i've done it before, without getting much interest. so i'll sum it all down into two sentences:

Don't eat fast food. For god's sake, don't do it!

[SouthernDem2004]

20. Um, Wendy's... Love the number 4 value meal!

[seg4527]

23. haha

well, sometimes we do get a good chuckle out of people eating our food...and not always knowing what they are eating.

once late at night we through the bacon out...and someone ordered a junior bacon. so we got that bacon out of the trash can, and gave the man what he wanted.

i guess i kind of feel bad about it, but you don't know the kind of shit we have to deal with. especially really late at night.

[Publius_Syrus]

21. McDonald's

Apparently in my area McDonald's is now paying their employee's a higher wage....$6.50 an hour. However now their employees have to wear ties. Well I guess that counts as a high paying job now.

[donheld]

22. Welcome to DU Publius_Syrus

:hi:

[seg4527]

24. i started at 6.50 at wendy's

that's one thing about wendy's, they pay a little bit higher.

i'm asking for a raise soon though. i've been working there for nearly a year, and the policy is a review and raise every 6 months, if you deserve it. i always show up on time, never call off, always work extra hours when they ask, and really work my ass off for the company. i work at the number 1 sales wendy's in our district, and one of the top wendy's in the country.

[tjwash]

27. I have not walked into a fast food place in a long while.

Except to take a leak.

[Melynn]

28. Just one more reason not to "dine" at McDonald's

Like I need one.

[mohinoaklawnillinois]

29. The only thing I order on the McDonald's menu

is a diet Coke.

I haven't eaten any of their food for at least 10 years.

[slaveplanet]

31. dont't drink the diet Coke

it contains Rumsfeldertane...