Hm... ccunning's
write-up seems mainly to attack the
McDonalds advertisements. What is
advertising? Advertising tries to
1. Make
you desire a product or service.
2. Give information on a
product or
service in the hope that point 1. will come to fruition.
If we accept advertising in this way, then surely we should take it all with a
pinch of salt. McDonalds
restaurants are often
franchised, meaning McDonalds don't always have
ultimate control over their
day-to-day running.
So McDonalds advertising, which is an
obvious benefit to the
franchisee, is trying to make their product
desirable. What do you expect them to do, show
pictures of unwholesome looking food and
angry,
bitter staff? No, because then they wouldn't
sell burgers.
If your experience in a restaurant is bad, then sure, do what scoopa suggested and stop
eating there. In time, McDonalds will learn their
mistakes and try to
fix them due to lost custom from people who are
pissed off. But don't expect them to change their advertising to show
unhappy diners!
As for selling more
nutritious food... people who go into McDonalds aren't
looking for
nutritious food, they're looking for something
fast and
tasty. It isn't in McDonalds interest to provide
nutritious food, and I
personally don't expect them to do it.