• lazynooblet@lazysoci.al
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      I expect it’s actually a political piece attempting to further the rhetoric that America is up in flames. And likely so they should.

      But also, McDonald’s prices are outrageous now. I can feed my family at a sit in restaurant for a similar price.

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        Fast food and major chains have gotten absurd. I used a gift card at Red Robin. It was $19 before tip for a dry burger and bland fries. Two bucks more could’ve gotten me a gourmet meal at a five-star place just down the street. The value just isn’t there anymore. Eating local almost always tastes better, feels better, and costs the same or less. Why settle for mediocrity when better is right around the corner?

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        I can go to Chilis and get a REAL cheeseburger, fries, and a drink, for $10.99. If I’m in their free club, I get a free chips & salsa on every visit, too. If I leave a $2 tip (18%), it’s only $12.99, which is about same as a standard burger/fries/drink combo at McDonald’s.

        Also, McDonald’s burgers are among the worst in the business, with nearly every other burger place beating them easily. We now have Culvers entering our market, and their burgers and fries blow away everyone else. They have really wide menu, and are actually cheaper than everyone else.

        McD is also losing out go the quickly rising chicken tender trend, where their nuggests also compare poorly.

        Their best thing is breakfast, where they are still the leader, but they are getting expensive there, too.

        They’ve opend up a couple of new outlets near me, and they are obviously getting ready to go robotic. The dining areas are empty, with no drink stations, condiments, or even dispensers for straws or napkins. There is a wall that blocks the view of the kitchen area, so you can’t see who, or how many people are back there. It could be completely automated right now, and you’d never know it.

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      And all these shit companies directly supported Trump because they loved his “lower taxes hur dur” etc approach… now suffer!

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      I know it’s cool to just hate on capitalists for everything on Lemmy but like yeah it’s completely normal to complain about a decrease in profits. That’s like if you complained about a 3.6% decrease in take home pay, which ai suspect anyone would.

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        3.6% of 40k is 1,440. Thats like one months rent. 3.6% of 25 billion is 900 million thats like what… one super yachts?

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        Don’t compare the income of the rich and the poor. We use our take home pay to buy groceries. They use their take home profits to buy our country out from under us, to buy our land and our companies, to buy our politicians, to buy our time. We are not the same.

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          yes, 3.6% less profits for most of us means “should I pay the electricity bill and starve for a couple of days?”. For Ronald McDonald it probably means “here’s another round of layoffs to streamline operational efficiency or whatever”