Fast food Union / $15 dollars an hour

[TribalElder]

What the ****

Mc Donald's workers are striking for 15 dollars an hour or something?

WTF

[TimBone]

Originally Posted by cosmo20002

Yes, I've expressed many times my dream to be the head of the fry dept.
Another quality contribution

You can go further than fries, bub. We believe in you.

[Baby Lee]

Originally Posted by TimBone

The Pluto thing really bothered me. I don't think I got out of bed for two or three days after I heard the news.

Damn you Neil deGrasse!! [the pop culture one who's friends with Seth McFarlane, not the atheist one who's friends with Bill Nye. Though really, what's the diff?]

[Why Not?]

Originally Posted by Brock

I haven't eaten any of that crap in years. I don't understand why I ever did.

This

[Dayze]

Originally Posted by Iowanian

If the hiring manager could find someone who could do your job in 10 minutes at any doughnut tack at any gas station in the city, then you don't have any job leverage.

Fast food isn't a career. If you don't like it, get a skill.

Yep. I was tired of layoffs constantly so I went to school, and now I'm at orientation for flatbedding in trucking. The securement training is top notch here and will make me more marketable.

[Bugeater]

Originally Posted by BigRedChief

Since when do we give shit/think they are crazy/call them stupid when someone is trying to make more money or get paid more?

If they can get more money, power to them. They fail and still unhappy? It's on them.

Since they're making a giant ****ing public spectacle out of it, that's when.

[Eleazar]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

I disagree. I think people will still eat at McDonald's. Most people are too lazy to shop and cook.

It'll be like "Whatever".

Haven't their financial results been getting steadily worse?

I mean, there will always be people who just don't care and eat fast food all the time but people in general are a lot more health conscious than they used to be, and that is what I attribute it to.

Maybe a lot of people will still eat whatever slop fast food joints are serving but the size of that group is declining.

[Mr. Flopnuts]

Originally Posted by King_Chief_Fan

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sour...fuk1k7R3E1BeDg

Absolutely irrelevant to McDonald's pricing. That photo should outrage Americans. We're getting bent over the barrel as bad as the employees are. I'm never going there again. Not hard for me but I hope others follow suit.

[Mr. Flopnuts]

Originally Posted by Loneiguana

Well, yeah. Any union rep will tell that unions wouldn't exist if every single company compensated and treated their employees decently.

But if you don't want the government involved, unions are the only way to go.

And it sucks that parts of America have been convinced unions are de devil.

Our entire freaking political system is based on the idea of using collective representation to look after our best interests.

We have everything from political parties (unions) to guilds.

We fully support companies collectively lobbying on their behalf.

But if workers want to use their freedom of speech to peacefully assemble and collectively decide on what is best for them. Bad.

it's funny because it's true.

[Mr. Flopnuts]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

That's the biggest revelation, right?

I think I've mentioned that I'm gluten-free (which sucks ass) and as such, I've been preparing meals at home. I think my favorite all-time meal is tacos, whether it's Tex-Mex ground beef tacos or grilled chicken with guacamole and pico salsa. So for the past few years, I've begun experimenting with spices and packs and homemade salsa and guac and so on.

A few weeks ago, it was a late night, my wife was with the kids, called and stopped at Taco Bell. I was working so I placed an order. Good grief! By the time it got home (only about 7 minutes), it was soggy and completely flavorless. Compared to the ground beef that I cook and spice, along with fresh tomatoes, lettuce, freshly shredded cheese and warm taco shells, it was almost inedible.

Anyway, short story long, unless it's an amazing fast food place like an In-And-Out or Fatburger, each of which can provide less than amazing results on occasion, I'd just as soon eat at home.

Exception being Thai, Chinese or Japanese. Someday, I'll take a Sushi Chef course but I'll be in my late 60's before having the time.

I take the wife out on occasion just for the ambiance. It's usually a decent restaurant with something notable on the menu. That said, I love Thai and find pad Thai impossible to recreate at home. When I get it figured out I may never leave the house again. Lol

[Imon Yourside]

Originally Posted by Rausch

Why does either option seem reasonable?...

Go get your own shitburger already, why pay these poor ****s anything? they can eat out of a ****ing garbage can right?

[Imon Yourside]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

I'm at the point where fast food, of pretty much any variety, just doesn't taste good.

I've been cooking most of our meals since late 2012 and I've really noticed the difference between our home cooked meals, whether it's grilled burgers, dogs, steaks, or stir fry, tacos and even breakfast, compared to fast food and lower end restaurants.

I'm pretty much to the point to where unless it's an extreme inconvenience (like a road trip), I'll avoid fast food for home cooked.

That's pretty much something I wouldn't have said 10 years ago.

Disgusting ****ing shit for sure, anyone that eats it deserves the pink slime coming out of their asses.

[cosmo20002]

Originally Posted by TimBone

You can go further than fries, bub. We believe in you.

Probably, but why? Fries, man. That's where it's at.

[Dunerdr]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

First the Soviet Union disappears, and next the (cents) sign goes away, and then Pluto is suddenly no longer a planet. It's like I don't even live in the same world any more.

Music is now just rhyming words repeated while music plays in the background.

[Imon Yourside]

Originally Posted by Dunerdr

Music is now just rhyming words repeated while music plays in the background.

At some point it had a purpose....

[Eleazar]

Nobody gets paid according to their value as a human being. You get paid according to the scarcity of your skill set. It's simple supply and demand.