This thread should probably be titled: "Too Many People Eat At Damn McDonalds" If so many people didn't eat there, then there wouldn't be so many of them. Blame the American people for this. They love their McDonalds.
Actually if you'd get over your jadedness toward my enlightenment for a couple seconds and actually review the facts, you would know my views on McDonalds have more to do with their corporate fascism than their overall poor quality food. Perhaps you feel threatened by the truth and cannot face it because you enjoy the quality of Grade F, Hormone-enriched "Beef". That is your prerogative, I do not wish to condemn you if you eat it, but the facts are that Americans are now suffering the health risks of force-feeding themselves this cheaply produced "food". Of course people can easily eat poorly even at so-called "healthy" restaurants. McDonalds is simply an organization that benefits from the desperate plight of unskilled minorities and unexperienced young people. They show no mercy when it comes to things like employees demanding some sort of benefits package or wages higher than the bare minimum. In-N-Out actually has a full benefits package and starts most workers off at 9-10 dollars per hour, those who climb the ladder to mid-level managerial positions could end up making 80,000 a year within 4-5 years in the company. If you want to call me thinking In-N-Out's higher quality standards and a sense of responsibility to the American public is hypocrisy because of my hatred of McDonalds then you have a very simplistic view of what is really going on in the grease-trap business.
someone from arkansas calling out walmart???!!! someone other than my wife from arkansas calling out walmart???!!! actually we were driving home from Little Rock one time and stopped at a mcdonald's. my wife found piece of blue plastic cooked into her burger. she showed it to the manager who said, "sorry about that. next time you're driving through here, come find me and i'll get ya a free burger." that guy was a captain of industry, no doubt.
I've called out Walmart before in a D&D discussion. I shop there but only when I have to. I really do not like the place. I had something like that happen to me at Cracker Barrel. I found a broke piece of bowl or plate in my grits. The manager basically said the same thing.
This is a common argument I see when people feel like they are being judged for eating habits. I'm just stating facts, Fast Food will kill you quicker just like alcohol and cigarettes. Just like I don't condemn those who drink and smoke I do not point my nose up at people who eat at McDonalds. You're just not even being given a choice. Eating healthy in America these days takes extensive research and sadly often times a larger pocketbook. I think its a crime against humanity that our Government keeps things that way.
Wow, nothing gets by you, does it? I haven't eaten at McDonalds in years, but that's just my personal taste. If I do fast food, it's going to be the Italian BMT at Subway or the #2 at Whataburger. My eating vice is Tex-Mex. I would eat it 7 times a week if I could do it without going broke or gaining 50 pounds. As far as location goes, can anyone drive for 10 minutes without seeing a Starbucks?
Same here. I would eat fajitas on monday, burritos on tuesday, tacos on wednesday, fajitas again on thursday, maybe enchiladas on friday... oh it would be glorious.
I ate at JCI last night. I've been eating better of late. Exercising too. Good changes. But I'm still going to cheat with a Whataburger or a #1 JCI combo some. And like you, I loves me some Tex-Mex. It's starting to feel like Lupe's weekend approaching.
Research? I dunno - I guess that might be the case if you are trying to eat healthy at restaurants or pre-prepared food items. Definitely agree on the pocketbook though. It can be exorbitant compared to quick, cheap, and ridiculously unhealthy standard fair.
I ran 3 miles yesterday to work off the guilt from the 5 dollar footlong I ate the day before. **** Fast Food for being cheap, convenient and delicious.
I'm talking about reading labels at the grocery store, learning how to decipher the mostly useless claims on the colorful side of the label and reading the fine print.
Maybe you should do your own research, rather than believing a fringe movie. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19918347/ <object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/EGWqwYP1dcA&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/EGWqwYP1dcA&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object> Regarding the Okinawa article? I completely agree that you need to eat this stuff in moderation. But the same thing would've happened if In-n-Out had spread there. This is like Papa John's vs. Pizza Hut. They'll both make you fat, better ingredients or not, if you eat it excessively.
Y'all need a Trader Joe's in Texas. ...and how much healthier, relatively speaking, is Whataburger than McDonald's?
Yeah, thus the "pre-prepared food items" bit in my post. If you're buying broccoli and (organic) chicken, there ain't much research required - that's all I'm saying. The more I think about it, the more I agree with that long article Mrs. Valdez posted - if you want to quickly eat healthier, don't eat anything you don't make yourself.
We were at IHOP one day, and my mom ordered the same Harvest Nut pancakes she usually orders. She said they tasted funny this time, and my dad and I both tried it and it was indeed sour. The server went and got her manager. The manager then stood there and said they are supposed to taste sour. We said we've had them many times before, and they have never tasted sour. The manager looked nervous and just walked away without saying another word. Manager of the year. Or maybe it was the BK manager that handed me my food and when I said "thank you", she told me "whatever".
