Monday, 3 June 2013
Mcdonalds in London
Mcdonalds is still very popular here in the UK/london, despite the fact that the vast majority of their calories are highly processed carbohydrates.
I went to my local Mcdonalds near my work during the nightshift recently, just for a change and because I havent had it in years, and even at 9pm at night, there was a queue for the drive-thru aswell as a standing queue of people that spilled all the way out to the entrance.
Everyone "knows" Mcdonalds is unhealthy, but walk into any chain in london and youll see business is booming for them. Ironically, the majority of the people eating at Mcdonalds are slim or only slightly over-weight, and we dont judge them for eating there.. But if we spot a fat person at Mcdonalds, we are instantly like "eeh dafuq? He shouldnt be allowed to eat here!"
I think fast food in general is a booming business, fried chicken shops litter literally every street in london. There is no better business model than cheap, tasty food. The only reason these people running these shops are not making more money is because competition is fierce.
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and then everybody turns around and starts sneering at "american food." ... i guess it's the carbs talking?
ReplyDelete"Everyone "knows" Mcdonalds is unhealthy, but walk into any chain in london and youll see business is booming for them. Ironically, the majority of the people eating at Mcdonalds are slim or only slightly over-weight, and we dont judge them for eating there.."
ReplyDeleteExactly. Some young people can eat anything, and I mean anything. Look at Durianrider drinking his banana smoothies to which he adds organic sugar. Nothing like young, slim people laughing at us because we are fat and then shaking their heads and revealing their dietary wisdom with us old folks. "80-10-10 stupid. You wouldn't be fat if you ate like me."
Sorry went off on a rant :P
I used to take my son to McD at least weekly when he was short enough to fit their play-grounds - it is a clean, kids-friedly place with great play-grounds, and often offers the best opportuninty for children in their area to run around when the weather is too cold/ rainy/ too hot. I don't go there nowadays because they don't grill their burgers.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was in high school I used to run around with a group of very thin, gangly Asian boys. Their metabolism is AWESOME AMAZING with capital AA. They eat to hunger - which means: skipped breakfast, fried chicken nugget meal + coke (or bubble tea) for lunch + chips for snacks+ dinner of fried pork chop/fried chicken nuggets with rice + some more bubble tea. Exercise usually consists of video games and sleeping. Oh, and they eat lots of wheat and rice-based snacks like chips or doritos. A meal isn't complete without rice or noodles.
ReplyDeleteAnd still they complain of unable to gain weight on this diet... uuugh....