PG:
: If any of you reading this are under the belief that McRubbish is serving quality food, you have been brain washed. MB:
My brain don't need no washing PG. It's clean 'n shiny as a whistle! Seriously, believe it or not I have had good food at the Arches. Yes admittedly I've been burned a few times there too. But I'm aware of my surroundings. I'm in complete control of my faculties thank you very much.
PG:
Prehaps it is not your fault. Prehaps your parents, with the mistaken belief that they were doing good by herding you into a McHovel, conditioned you with your present way of thinking.
MB:
Actually, we very rarely ate out when I was growing up. My mother prepared most of our meals at our home. I didn't have my first big mac until I was 10. And we usually went to Dairy Queen for our burgers. We also went to a nearby burger joint called "Mr. Quick" [Southwest Ft. Worth locals, this place was on Trail Lake at the Wedgewood Village shopping complex, it folded in the mid-70's.]. It wasn't until I was in my early 20's that I really started frequenting the Arches, especially from age 23 on. Back then, I could count on it to be decent food at a low cost. I knew what I was doing, and I had my reasons, one of 'em is cooking for yourself sucks. Another was I didn't have much money to my name back then, especially after rent day. Nope, I can't blame my mom & dad nor TV. I take full responsibility.
PG:
Prehaps you do not realize the effect the false advertising by this company of dirt mongers has had upon your mind. To try and refute me only proves that McRubbish has indeed convinced you of it's lies via sly trickery. You are under the spell of an evil tyrant who will not stop until the planet has been compleatly over run with lies and bad food. All of you who belive that the false advertising is just another company who are "simply going with the flow" have been conditioned to think that way.
MB:
LOL, dude!! I can't believe what an obsession this has become with you!! I don't believe for a minute that the boys in Oake Brooke are hell-bent on "taking over the world". I think their big mission, just like other execs at your average corp, is a black (not red) balance sheet.
PG:
You can break this chain of thinking. If you still feel that you must eat there, you can at least demand that the food be served as advertised. Your burger may not, if presented properly, stay that way as you eat it, but, you will at least have the satisfaction of knowing it was presented as advertised. If you really feel the need to pay a vist to McRubbish, I urge you to demand your burger be served as pictured.
MB:
Actually, the big thing that I "demand" is that it's hot, juicy, and full of flavor, and that my fries are good 'n hot. To the franchisees' credit, they usually are. I don't give two shits about how it appears compared to what's in those photos. The human hand is not perfect. Last night, I went to a Sonic Drive-In, and bought their "coconut cream pie" milkshake. Damn good!!! I wasn't the least bit interested in how the live product compared to what I saw on the TV ad. I was too busy being as happy as a puppy with two pe.. err I mean as a hog at the trough.
PG:
This is a matter of self pride. Do you not care that the food is a compact version of what is advertised? What if another product such as a car you wish to buy was advertised as being beautiful? What if this car were pictured as being something really good looking and when you went to see it the car looked like total crap? would you still buy it?
MB:
Actually PG, it's my understanding that from the 50's into the 80's, according to auto historians, many of the cars that Detroit built during the period had flashy styling and boasted speed trigger performance, but a close look revealed numerous flaws in workmanship, such as badly-aligned body panels, "orange peel" on the two-tone and triple-tone factory paint, and many were notorious for rust within 5 years. Also, many owners of the 60's musclecars replaced factory tires, wheels, and other components, and also modified the engines, a big reason was probably to get 'em to run and drive right. The auto industry still isn't perfect today.
PG:
NO! The same thing applies to McRubbish. They are advertising something which they have no intention of selling you. McRubbish spends so much time and money on "the great food swindle". They want you to belive that the food served looks very appitizing. Why?...I say again...Why can it not be served as they will have the world belive it to be?...It is because this foul chain of filth does not give a damm about you, the consummer.
MB:
The suits in Oake Brooke probably don't, and neither the stock holders. A black balance sheet is probably their only priority. But at the end of the day when I hop in bed, so what?!! The responsible managers and franchise owners will make sure I get the good, hot, tasty food that I paid for. They're the dudes who gotta make the system work. You can bet that they WILL give a damn about their customers. Before I move on, how about that sycophant salesman who just sold you that Pontiac Firebird 5.7L? Do you really think he gives a damn about you? I think I hear him laughing now...all the way to the bank with his big commission check.
PG:
They never have. I say they should be forced, by the collective consummer, to end the charade now! Let them picture their product as it really is. There is no accounting for bad taste...that much will never change.
MB:
Yada yada yada! Whatever! While you're out there harassing the store managers, franchise owners, and the staff, I'll be puttin in my 8 at my real job, and then coming home to relax, watch TV, and drive myself crazy over the PMOY pictorial of Heather Kozar in the U.S. June issue of Hefner's mag. Ol'Hef picked a real stunner this time. She'a a Marilyn Monroe for the Millenium.
Mike.
