Why do you want to shut down McDonalds?

[Celyn]

Hardly a story. Probably just a junior manager on shift who did not grasp the gravity of the situation.

I assume that the local MP was down there buying drinks for the emergency services?

Local MP might not know of fire. Local MP probably not working in a place that has tea and coffee and water right there.

I agree that it might have been a manager on shift who might have been scared to do things not quite by the book. Well, do some managing, then. Quick executive decision. Free stuff for fire brigade. Knowing that if the bigger boss shouts at you later, you can give reasons why it is important to be hospitable to fire fighters.

 

[klang]

Local MP might not have been on fire

ffy

 

[Saul Goodman]

I suppose suppose there was no need for generosity and had the staff given owt away, they may well have been sacked/not asked back for another shift Exhausted firefighters refused free McDonald's drinks after tackling giant blaze

Some jobsworth cunt. There's no way they would have been sacked. Imagine the headlines?

 

[Badgers]

Local MP might not know of fire. Local MP probably not working in a place that has tea and coffee and water right there.

I agree that it might have been a manager on shift who might have been scared to do things not quite by the book. Well, do some managing, then. Quick executive decision. Free stuff for fire brigade. Knowing that if the bigger boss shouts at you later, you can give reasons why it is important to be hospitable to fire fighters.

So hardly news then

 

[hash tag]

Bad publicity and Mac's apologise. Thats ok then. B&M fire crews denied free drinks at McDonald's

 

[skyscraper101]

It always amazes me how management in places like McDonalds and so on manage to lack even the basic common sense to not forsee a PR disaster for the literally pennies it would cost them to hand out some free soft drinks.

This country.

 

[hash tag]

chicken in a veggie burger Chicken in a veggie wrap: McDonald's apologises for mix-up

 

[Pickman's model]

chicken in a veggie burger Chicken in a veggie wrap: McDonald's apologises for mix-up

It stops being a mix-up when it continues to happen

 

[hash tag]

Bizarrely, this is almost identical to a story run by the Guardian in April 2018
Tom Watson urges McDonald’s to cancel ‘danger to health’ campaign

 

[NoXion]

It stops being a mix-up when it continues to happen

Mcdonald's doesn't pay their employees enough money to have them participate in some kind of anti-vegetarian conspiracy.

 

[Pickman's model]

Mcdonald's doesn't pay their employees enough money to have them participate in some kind of anti-vegetarian conspiracy.

What I had in mind wasn't a conspiracy but a lack of training

 

[Monkeygrinder's Organ]

Does anyone give a toss about McDonalds any more? It does seem to me that that focus has more or less gone completely since the time this thread was started.

 

[Spymaster]

Does anyone give a toss about McDonalds any more? It does seem to me that that focus has more or less gone completely since the time this thread was started.

Whatever people say about the, McD's have done a great job at cleaning up public perception of them and their products. Not long ago they were considered the ogres of fast food but now with their campaigns about animal welfare, free range eggs, staff conditions etc, you hardly hear a bad word against them.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Does anyone give a toss about McDonalds any more? It does seem to me that that focus has more or less gone completely since the time this thread was started.

Their breakfast double sausage and egg muffin is still delicious, I know that much.

 

[Spymaster]

Their breakfast double sausage and egg muffin is still delicious, I know that much.

The only problem with McDonalds breakfasts is that they stop serving them too soon.

 

[Pickman's model]

The only problem with McDonalds breakfasts is that they stop serving them too soon.

I've seen you gorge yourself on them until you could eat no more

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

The only problem with McDonalds breakfasts is that they stop serving them too soon.

Indeed. The campaign for all day breakfasts starts now!

 

[Monkeygrinder's Organ]

Whatever people say about the, McD's have done a great job at cleaning up public perception of them and their products. Not long ago they were considered the ogres of fast food but now with their campaigns about animal welfare, free range eggs, staff conditions etc, you hardly hear a bad word against them.

Yeah maybe. They've done a lot on packaging I think - remember when you used to see piles of those foam burger boxes everywhere, you don't really get that now.

I think they probably get less attention though partly because other companies have really outdone them in terms of shit employment practices - a McJob is still at least job not a fake self-employed piecework thing - and because they're not expanding as aggressively. They've peaked as far as their expansion goes (here at least) so there aren't new ones opening up everywhere.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Yeah maybe. They've done a lot on packaging I think - remember when you used to see piles of those foam burger boxes everywhere, you don't really get that now.

I think they probably get less attention though partly because other companies have really outdone them in terms of shit employment practices - a McJob is still at least job not a fake self-employed piecework thing - and because they're not expanding as aggressively. They've peaked as far as their expansion goes (here at least) so there aren't new ones opening up everywhere.

The people I know that have worked there don't have a bad word to say. Reliable hours, lots of scope for training and promotions if you want them etc. There's plenty worse targets out there now by the sound of it.

 

[friedaweed]

The people I know that have worked there don't have a bad word to say. Reliable hours, lots of scope for training and promotions if you want them etc. There's plenty worse targets out there now by the sound of it.

My nephew and his wife have both worked at McDeaths for about 8 years each now. They have a mortgage, holidays, and a free dinner on every shift. They're lovin it!

 

[Pickman's model]

The people I know that have worked there don't have a bad word to say. Reliable hours, lots of scope for training and promotions if you want them etc. There's plenty worse targets out there now by the sound of it.

But few better ones perhaps

 

[hash tag]

Maybe Mac's attract so much publicity as they are seen as the biggest of the bad boys of fast food. But it's not just about staff relations and animal welfare and clearing of rain forests though.
Regardless of your name and how smaller business you are and come close to infringing their copyright and they will have you in court, same goes for libel.
It sickens me how children think going to Macs is a treat, thus wanting to go more and more....it's not good for you.
Also, McDonald's legal cases - Wikipedia

 

[danny la rouge]

Does anyone give a toss about McDonalds any more? It does seem to me that that focus has more or less gone completely since the time this thread was started.

March 2002. Two decades is a long time in politics.

 

[editor]

The answer is still yes from me!

 

[danny la rouge]

The answer is still yes from me!

To the question:


‘Why do you want to shut down McDonalds?’

 

[editor]

To the question:


‘Why do you want to shut down McDonalds?’

Yes!

 

[tim]

Because they're cow torturing offal merchants

 

[souljacker]

The people I know that have worked there don't have a bad word to say. Reliable hours, lots of scope for training and promotions if you want them etc. There's plenty worse targets out there now by the sound of it.

The race to the bottom is almost complete!

 

[stavros]

Yeah maybe. They've done a lot on packaging I think - remember when you used to see piles of those foam burger boxes everywhere, you don't really get that now.

We do in our small city, along with Subway, the coffee chains and the independent fast food outlets. We must be unlucky.

 

[Poi E]

Yeah, was just cursing the damns things. Should be banned.