Rants: Fast Food, Fast Corruption

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Written by Chris
Aug 24, 2007 at 12:02 AM
After years of working in a fast food restaurant, I can attest to the unhealthiness of some of the items that are offered on the menu. The sad part is, customers willingly subject their bodies to self inflicted torture and mutilation each and every time that they indulge their self in certain items on the menu. I can do nothing but stand on the other side of the counter and watch as they happily devour a ticking time bomb that taunts them for more after each and every bite. In most cases, their children also are subjected to such abuse as well, growing up to believe that eating fast food several times a week is completely normal and healthy. This is where I would like to point out the double-edged sword in this situation. The one side of the sword allows the fast food restaurant to operate and sell products to whom ever, and when ever so as long as the food meets local and state regulations for handling and cooking procedures, as well as nutritional values. May I add, these nutritional requirements are only there to ensure that there toxic materials present in the products. The food can pretty much have no nutritional value what-so-ever. This lack of legislation makes it completely legal for fast food restaurants to target young children and their parents' inability to tell their children "No". Fast food moguls know that children are highly susceptible to advertising, especially when it comes to toys. They also know that many parents can no longer tell their children "no". Knowing these two parts of the equation is a certain recipe for success. Add a playground for kids to play in and you have the ultimate breeding ground for future customer loyalty as well as millions in profits. One the other side of the sword, there is the moral responsibility that fast food restaurants and other giant corporations have to their patrons and society in general. With the millions that they put in researching what is the most effective way to make money, they find how the human mind works, and how we are evolving over time. With this knowledge, they target young children who they themselves do not know any better and immediately want to go to the restaurant to obtain the toy they just saw advertised, and they also target parents who can no longer say "no" to their children because agencies such as DYFS are so eager nowadays to take children away from their parents. What they are doing is almost no different than tampering with human DNA to eradicate any and all defects that may plague human beings over time. Some consider this as cheating, as well as morally irresponsible and an injustice to mankind. Using the knowledge that they have acquired about the average human mind is an abuse of power, to say the least.
Last Updated ( Feb 17, 2008 at 02:47 AM )

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