The Fast Food Mafia

Johnny Rockets' advertisement pictures

 This advertising poster is mostly located at the chain restaurant, johnny rockets throughout the United States and expanding.The reason why I chose this picture is because first, it tells us how a bottle of coca cola used to cost only 5 cents!!!! We all know the currency value is different than from before, but still 5 cents is a pretty chocking price. And also the fact that they are using the “summer” theme to direct to the audience, which is always helpful because people relate summer with fun, relax, laying on the beach and just having a good time. I like the tactic they used because it is like saying; “thirsty? Drink coca-cola!!” But what about water??? People can still drink water when they’re thirsty or even natural and healthy juices for summer time, not just soft drinks, in this case coca cola. Thats a good reason of why people specially kids are drinking more and more coke everytime.   

Give or go!!!

This link will lead you to watch a funny commercial about fast food. Despite the fact that the video is funny because of their love and fight scenes it is very frustrating to actually compare this type of selfish behavior to regular people. It could be true that some people, specially young adults would behave somewhat like the couple, but I personally disagree with the fact that the commercial is taking it to the extreme making people actually believe that they’re food is so good that they would even fight with their loved ones for it. A strong message like this would definitely encourage more and more people to have a taste of the advertized food probably just to experiment if the effect is really that strong on people.

A Fast..... Hospital!!!

Last Wednesday, my aunt was having a kidney laser surgery, therefore, I had to go with her. To my amusement this surgery is a proccess that takes 2 hours, so it came the time when I got hungry and decided to go to the hopsital's cafeteria, and this is where i got real surprised.

Right inside the not so big cafeteria was a small stand, with big letters portraying the name of the so famous restaurant Taco Bell. I honestly couldn't believe it, and it was standing there where I stopped for a minute and started to think that this was a "hospital", a place where people treat their diseases and have health procedures in. Then, why was there a fast food restaurant right inside it.

As I looked around, I saw more than a few ladies and gentlemen wearing white ropes on top of their clothing. I was perplexed, it was harder to believe that the doctors who most likely would tell you to eat healthy were there, holding trays with chalupas, tacos and sodas right in the "hospital". So, a question arised to my mind, how are people going to stop eating fast food, if fast fod restaurants are like a temptation you found everywhere, even health facilities.      

Would you like to upsize?

Hey everybody!!!

Who has gone to a fast food restaurant and been asked if you want to upsize your drink or meal for a small amount of money? I'm pretty sure that everybody has had that experience. Well, I work in a movie theather so it's part of my job to ask and explain every guest that they could have the large drink for an extra 50 cents, yes only 50 cents, plus you get to refill it for free. So, yeah of course, "make it a large" is what most people answer, but now that I got the chance to read Fast Food Nation, (which I mentioned in a previous blog) I'm starting to feel conscious of what 50 cents can do to your health. Everytime I go to 7 eleven and see this huge cups, I think it's insane and wonder if people are really aware of the amount of harmful liquids they're consuming.

Now, everytime a customers approches me, and I have to ask them, I wish (in my mind) they'll hopefully say no, but again I get in trouble in I don't ask, so it has to be part of the costumer's decision, let's just pray taht the customers begin making wise decisions before its too late.     

Hygene in Restaurants

 My little sister literally lovessss chinese food, I think that if she would have to live only by eating that, it'll be fine for her. Today, my job called me to work, and since she doesn't  know how to cook, and I couldn't do it for her, guess what she was going to have for lunch??? exactly... chinese food. But, she didn't, when I asked her why, she told me that she ordered it but while she was waiting, she saw this huge rat running from the back of the kitchen towards under the stove.... she left and didn't wait for it. I told her that she should't be surprised, because fast food restaurants aren't the cleanest, she reply by saying that it's true, but that it's not the same when you hear something than when you actually live it. And honestly, if we had a chance to actually be in the kitchen of the restaurants when they're cooking my food, I personally wouldn't eat it, but its like the saying, off sight off mind.    

The Fast Food Nation.... it's our Nation

Hello my friends;
Today my english 101 Proffesor gave the class a New York Times Bestseller book called the Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser. Im really looking forward to reading this book, because I know it contains information about what I usually eat, that not even in one hundred years I would have found out by myself..... As it says on the cover it shows: "The Dark Side of the All-American Meal." I just hope this doesn't change my mind and end up being vegetarian by the end of the book.