Enjoy this humorous glimpse into the psyche of by my best friend Chris Pope; a husband of one, a father of two, a friend of many, and an eater of fast food. Keep a lookout for his upcoming book Horseshoes and Hand Grenades: too close for comfort.
Breakfast-coffee
Lunch-subway cold cut
Dinner-grilled burgers and hot dogs
Millenials have been fooled when it comes to fast food.
How many times have you been in between meetings, or had to be somewhere in ten minutes but skipped a meal? In a rush, you head to your local McDonalds or Wendy's to grab a quick bite, five minutes max, right? If you're like me, you've been burned countless times by these so called "fast food" chains. They aren't fast at all.
There was a time where fast food was as advertised. Days seemingly vanquished to history books where McDonalds was counting burgers by the millions (until it got lazy and put simply "billions and billions"). Getting quantity of product out seemed a priority to these archaic fast food prototypes. But the 21st century proclaims this as fallacy.
Here is the real fast food formula :
1) Hire young, desperate employees. They are malia lie and cheap.
2) Train them up to speed.
3) Once qualified for a pay raise, fire them so finances stay green.
To solve the problem of this constant turnover, fast food corporations have conditioned let down after let down; it's almost not a pure fast food experience if you actually get your burger how you ordered it. Not to mention it is so cheap due to the processed fats, poor grade meat, and garbage quality.
What's the answer? Positively reinforce chains that meet the standards you enjoy. Personally, that means going to local Subways and one very specific Wendy's, sprinkled in your standard Chik-fil-a as the standard for fast food service.
Otherwise, change your expectations. Enjoy the guessing game of what-will-I-actually-get and bring a fully charged iPhone to keep you company.
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