In our culture, fast food is a guilty pleasure. It is an indescribable, enjoyable weakness. We crave it, we want it, we gotta have it. Unfortunately, the fast-food industry has many issues we are all aware about. One issue is that the food is not good for us. As a matter of fact, it is degradating to our health. We should not be eating the crap, but we do. Why? Because it tastes good.
Secondly, they exploit their workers. They pay minimal labor wages to their employees and treat them like crap. I worked at Mc Donalds when I was 15. My manager was so mean. She was bossy and treated everybody, although we were all just high school students doing our best, like the bottom of her shoe. She would be angry when it came time to take our breaks and she would always cut our breaks short. God forbid if we had to use the rest room outside of our break times. Our food had to be paid with a few bucks off and there were no freebies. She was cuthroat. I hated it there. For the poverty wages they paid, I commend anybody who is able to do this job.
Lastly, places like Mc Donald’s have negative impacts on our environments. From the beef industry to their packaging and pollution, all of this affects our climate and has effects on global warming as well. The reality is fast-food restaurants are not going anywhere. They are here to stay because the satisfaction one gets from a burger and fries, unfortunately is incomparable to anything else and the convenience of a drive through is what drives today’s culture. We live in a society that we are always in a rush. These fast-food chains provide us with in and out service to accommodate our rushed lifestyle.
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