Mcdonald's celibrates 12 straight years of not knowing what Americans want

April 27, 2018, 01:03 PM

synthplayer

I know exactly what bendable means.

I went to a Target a few years ago at Christmas time, and was shocked to see signs everywhere saying, "Happy Winter Solstice" while there were absolutely no "Merry Christmas" signs anywhere. I asked the clerk about it, and she said it was corporate's idea - not wanting to offend anyone, etc.

So, I wrote an email to Target's Corporate headquarters. I was very nice, not hostile, etc., and I explained that if the only people who shopped at Target around December were people who were buying gifts to celebrate Winter Solstice, Target would go out of business over night. I said the only reason Target and most brick & mortar stores are able to stay afloat is because people celebrating Christmas buy Christmas gifts for Christmas. I then asked why they were willing to offend the very people who keep them in business.

The reply email was as generic as all get out, and it was the libtard pablum about their efforts to include everyone, etc. Yep - they were definitely too stupid to see the point I raised in my email.

So, they did the same thing the following year. Well, for some reason, the second time around really raised the ire of most denominations of the Christian church, and they announced that everyone should boycott Target. The third year came, and for some reason, Target decided to go ahead and offend the non-Christians by posting "Merry Christmas" signs everywhere in their stores.

Bendable is correct - businesses get too big, and they bring the ideology they were indoctrinated with in college to their new jobs in corporate positions, and think they know better than their very own customers!

April 27, 2018, 01:03 PM

Crom

This whole thread seems like a bit of an over-reaction to what a hamburger stand decides to sell.

April 27, 2018, 01:07 PM

bendable

I think the SigForum standard for over reaction is 13 pages of posts,
we have a long way to go

April 27, 2018, 01:52 PM

HRK

I hope they have a Roy-Al with Cheese...

April 27, 2018, 02:08 PM

fpuhan

I think the last time I graced the presence of a fast-food joint was when McDonald's was selling hamburgers for 15 cents.

My heart, cholesterol levels and belly have been thanking me since.

April 27, 2018, 02:39 PM

Rey HRH

quote:
Originally posted by synthplayer:
I know exactly what bendable means.

I went to a Target a few years ago at Christmas time, and was shocked to see signs everywhere saying, "Happy Winter Solstice" while there were absolutely no "Merry Christmas" signs anywhere. I asked the clerk about it, and she said it was corporate's idea - not wanting to offend anyone, etc.

So, I wrote an email to Target's Corporate headquarters. I was very nice, not hostile, etc., and I explained that if the only people who shopped at Target around December were people who were buying gifts to celebrate Winter Solstice, Target would go out of business over night. I said the only reason Target and most brick & mortar stores are able to stay afloat is because people celebrating Christmas buy Christmas gifts for Christmas. I then asked why they were willing to offend the very people who keep them in business.

The reply email was as generic as all get out, and it was the libtard pablum about their efforts to include everyone, etc. Yep - they were definitely too stupid to see the point I raised in my email.

So, they did the same thing the following year. Well, for some reason, the second time around really raised the ire of most denominations of the Christian church, and they announced that everyone should boycott Target. The third year came, and for some reason, Target decided to go ahead and offend the non-Christians by posting "Merry Christmas" signs everywhere in their stores.

Bendable is correct - businesses get too big, and they bring the ideology they were indoctrinated with in college to their new jobs in corporate positions, and think they know better than their very own customers!

Spot on.

What gets me is that McDonalds used to bring the America to the world. Now, I understand this strategy is just for one location but it sounds upside down to me.

It used to be that McDonalds was the first stop of sailors abroad just to get a taste of home.

On the economics side, the price of McDonald Big Mac was used as a metric to compare economies of different countries. Comparing the local prices for the same constant was another way to check the currency exchange factor.

"It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life – daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual." Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning, 1946.

April 27, 2018, 03:45 PM

Rightwire

quote:
Originally posted by jhe888:
Can someone translate and tell us what it is that Americans have wanted for 12 years that McD's has not given us?

Fast Food. I want to talk into McDonalds at 9pm, order a Combination meal, pay, an walk out with it in 2-3 minutes. If it is lunch/dinner hour 5 minutes. I don't want to stand there for 15 minutes when I can get faster service at the sit down diner down the street.

April 27, 2018, 04:11 PM

satch

quote:
Originally posted by Lord Vaalic:
Its time for McDonalds to take their clown food and piss off and take their place on the ash heap of history.

They are the worst fast food place of them all, the food isn't great, and I defy you to get what you actually ordered.

100% true, last Saturday my wife ran out to get some McD's for breakfast. She ordered a bacon egg cheese biscuit. There was no egg on it. I refuse to eat there any more, there are just way too many other choices with better food and better services.

All the new ones have 3 windows now.... one to pay, one to pick up your food, and one to return it and get your proper order.

Id rather order from a place with syphilitic monkeys making my food in a dumpster

April 27, 2018, 04:25 PM

mikeyspizza

McD's is ok by me. I can still get a ketchup-only hamburger for less than $1, and it doesn't look like it has shrunk any.

April 27, 2018, 04:49 PM

synthplayer

When I contemplate going to a fast food restaurant like McDs, I remember that "100% beef" means entrails, lips, assholes, and everything else you can get from a cow other than choice cuts of beef. IOW, if someone asked, "Hey synth, wanna go to McDs and get a hamburger?" what I actually hear is, "Hey synth, wanna go to McDs and get an entrail burger?" I'm inclined to answer, "Uh... no thanks."

April 27, 2018, 05:08 PM

they need to go back to making their fries with tallow, and get rid of the veg oil.

April 27, 2018, 06:15 PM

Gustofer

Chain fast food is hit or miss. It all depends on who's working where.

I've had Whoppers with cheese that were better than sex and others that tasted like greasy dog poop.

Nowadays, I'm a minimalist. McDonalds basic cheeseburgers and McNuggets with BBQ sauce. I always order both. If both are fresh, then I hit the home run. About half the time though, either the cheeseburger tastes like plywood, or the nuggets were fried in the same grease they've been using for three days and drying out under a warmer for about eight hours.

Usually, they get at least one of them right.

It's pretty hard to fuck up a Filet-O-Fish though. That one's a pretty safe bet.

What really pisses me off about McDonalds is that they changed from Hi-C orange soda to Fanta orange soda. Fanta is WAY too carbonated and isn't nearly as good as Hi-C.

Bastards!

And I agree, fries in real grease can't be beat. McDonalds still has the best fries though, even with the canola.

April 27, 2018, 06:39 PM

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Originally posted by Gustofer:
And I agree, fries in real grease can't be beat. McDonalds still has the best fries though, even with the canola.

speaking of canola, a vegetable oil, The Big Fat Surprise: Toxic Heated Oils - from Nina Teichol's excellent book

In late 2012, as I was researching the latest news on trans fat replacements, Gerald McNeill, vice president of Loders Croklaan, which is one of the country’s largest suppliers of edible oil, told me something scary. He explained that fastfood chains including McDonald’s, Burger King, and Wendy’s have swapped out hydrogenated oils and started using regular vegetable oil instead. “As those oils are heated, you’re creating toxic oxidative breakdown products,” he said. “One of those products is a compound called an aldehyde, which interferes with DNA. Another is formaldehyde, which is extremely toxic.”

Aldehydes? Formaldehyde? Isn’t that the stuff that’s used to preserve dead bodies?

He went on to tell me how these heated, oxidized oils form polymers that create “a thick gunk” on the bottom of the fryer and clog up the drains. “It’s sticky, horrible! Like a witches’ brew!” he exclaimed. Partially hydrogenated oils, by contrast, were long-lasting and stable in fryers, which is of course why they were favored. And beef tallow, McDonald’s original frying fat, was even more stable.

April 27, 2018, 07:08 PM

Gustofer

April 27, 2018, 07:12 PM

Gustofer

quote:
Originally posted by f2:
quote:
Originally posted by Gustofer:
And I agree, fries in real grease can't be beat. McDonalds still has the best fries though, even with the canola.
speaking of canola, a vegetable oil, The Big Fat Surprise: Toxic Heated Oils - from Nina Teichol's excellent book

In late 2012, as I was researching the latest news on trans fat replacements, Gerald McNeill, vice president of Loders Croklaan, which is one of the country’s largest suppliers of edible oil, told me something scary. He explained that fastfood chains including McDonald’s, Burger King, and Wendy’s have swapped out hydrogenated oils and started using regular vegetable oil instead. “As those oils are heated, you’re creating toxic oxidative breakdown products,” he said. “One of those products is a compound called an aldehyde, which interferes with DNA. Another is formaldehyde, which is extremely toxic.”

Aldehydes? Formaldehyde? Isn’t that the stuff that’s used to preserve dead bodies?

He went on to tell me how these heated, oxidized oils form polymers that create “a thick gunk” on the bottom of the fryer and clog up the drains. “It’s sticky, horrible! Like a witches’ brew!” he exclaimed. Partially hydrogenated oils, by contrast, were long-lasting and stable in fryers, which is of course why they were favored. And beef tallow, McDonald’s original frying fat, was even more stable.

Do you really want to scare yourself? Do some research into all of the shit you put into or on your body. It really is amazing that we don't all keel over from some type of cancer in our 30s or 40s.

While the manufacturers of some of this shit will deny it until the cows come home, I am absolutely convinced that a lot of these chemicals contribute to the rise in various cancers, Alzheimers, diabetes, obesity, etc....

If for no other reason, how does one explain the logarithmic rise in these maladies over the past 50 or so years?

Google endocrine distrupting chemicals and hold on to your hat. You screw with hormones and they'll screw with you. Look at breast cancer rates since the advent of birth control pills for example.

I know that I'm going to croak someday and sooner than I'd like, but for the past few years, and going forward, I've gone as organic as I possibly can for this reason. Unfortunately, with all of the precautions that I take, I'll likely get run over by a bus with my luck.