Worldwide McDonald's boycott discussion
New to Able2Know and already I am probably will get myself in trouble in regards to this boycott comments. First, are you boycotting McDonald's based on the fact that they are a fast food restaurant or they secretly fund the United States Military?
Expecting some comments that are based on facts and not personal opinion on FOOD? McDonald's in the 50's was a hamburger joint that employs millions of unskilled workers not only in the United States but Canada and around the world. Never ceases to amaze me how folks with idle time on their hands can find things to complain about no matter what the subject. Sure McDonald's does not serve the healthiest menu don't eat there. Broadcast companies increasingly show more violent subject matter turn the television off!
Now let me share some information about McDonald's you political activist tend to forget in your haste to make decisions on the surface. First let me paste some information from the Ronald McDonald's House and then read on past that post.
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http://www.rmhc.com/mis/mission/index.html
Missions & Programs:
A strong mind. A strong body. And a safe, supportive place to grow. These are things that every child needs - and deserves - to have.
Helping to provide these things is what we do.
By creating, finding and supporting programs that directly improve the health and well being of children, Ronald McDonald House Charities is working to better the lives of children and their families around the world.
To date, we've awarded more than $320 million dollars in grants worldwide towards our mission to make an immediate and positive impact on as many children as possible. And with support from a global network of 171 independent local Chapters in 44 countries - as well as hundreds of thousands of passionate and caring people - we've had plenty of success.
In 2000 I ran into a friend that I had not seen in quite some time. As with all conversations of catching up I learned that she was out of work. Why she was out of work is what shocked me as she was living temporarily at the Fort Worth Ronald McDonald House next Cook's Children's Hospital.
This was also the third time she was doing this as her seven-year-old daughter was once again fighting for her life against leukemia.
Two very large insurance companies were already doing everything they could not to pay for her healthcare, as was the deadbeat father. Who was flipping the bill? Boycotted Ronald McDonald. My wife and I visited several days later meeting this precious little girl who had only two beautiful blonde hairs on her head. She was very sick but upbeat and smiling though she was reeling from chemo treatments she received at the crack of dawn that morning.
Later that evening we met twenty other families and old Ronald McDonald was flipping the bill for them as well. As an uprising restaurateur here in the Dallas/Fort Worth area I supply dinner for the families once every three months. Because I cannot give that little girl with the two blonde hairs what she or the others needs to continue their care. But, I can reach out and give her and others in the house a meal and some personal touch and conversation.
To be honest, I don't buy my grandchildren happy meals or make attempts to get them those house cluttering toys. But, I do stop at the McDonald's that is opposite from my restaurant and shoot the breeze with the folks that work there. In the mornings there are sixteen or twenty senior citizens talking in the lobby while having their FREE coffee. Most McDonald's stores employ unskilled workers in volumes surely reach into the millions. Everyone cannot be a chemist or marketing executive.
So maybe before condemning Ronald you should look past the political banter?
Youredge
Then I see this on a value meal deal? What were they thinking!
