The Fast Food Project

by ethereal

Those among us who partake of fast food know how impersonal and sloppy the process of ordering food can be. The food is often cold and soggy when advertised with "selling words" such as "mouthwateringly hot and crispy".

From yellow arches to self-proclaimed monarchies, the entire industry seems to be massing a large campaign to ensure us of how the businesses are as average as any one of us. Because we're all so much alike, really, isn't it about the common love we share for our fellow average people?

One restaurant chain actually had the knockers to parade people in front of a camera and talk about how they "preferred to wait in line 5 or 6 minutes."

Of course they completely ignore what us "average folk" prefer - fast, hot food, prepared to our specifications. And as little BS as possible.

My simple remedy to this will require very little from each and every one of us:

1) Order special.

Force them to give you fresh food. Add a condiment, or better, order without onions.

2) Return unused portions.

On the rare (biting my tongue) occasion that your food should be incorrectly served, simply scrape off the unwanted portion (i.e. onions) and return to the wrapper the food came in. Return the container and receipt to the restaurant and ask for the manager. Hand the wrapper to the manager and say something to the order of, "I didn't order this, and as you can see on the receipt, you didn't intend for me to receive this either. As it is not my property I am returning it to you."

If we can get enough people to do this, perhaps we'll see some tangible results that we effected ourselves - not through litigation or other paths which could result in more government <a href = "http://www.totse.com/en/politics/political_spew/patriotact171481.html">control</a>.