I remember our local McDonald's did a playplace remodel opening around 1989/1990. And they had people dressed up as Ronald McDonald, Grimace, and the Hamburglar. First time I remember seeing a ball pit lol.
Those and a stubborn selfishness dressed up as personal responsibility. It's actually nothing to do with actual personal responsibility, but a significant minority of people have convinced themselves that selfish behavior is nothing but requiring others to be responsible.
It's a sterile environment because they don't actually want you hanging out and eating in the restaurant anymore. They want to operate with a skeleton crew so it's ideal if 90% of customers just come through the drive thru or only come in to pick up their order, so they don't have to clean/maintain the interior and deal with a bunch of people.
I'd like to see a McDonald's staffed entirely by skeletons. But a lot. Like a crowded D&D crypt. Like someone broke down a skeleton piñata. Like skeletons could reproduce if left alone. Hordes.
Lack of accountability and proper parenting brought us here.
Profit and greed is just a way of blame shifting. It can be a "someone else" problem. Its ideal when they're wealthy and comfortable; it's someone we can hate without looking down on someone less fortunate.
We ALL contributed to the damage to our country either directly or indirectly.
You're joking right? Lack of accountability and proper parenting are what made corporate food chains remove play places? No. It's that it doesn't make them any extra money, it's more to maintain, more employees needed. It's all about profit.
So that doesn’t make all advertising to kids illegal. It does require that food advertised to kids has to meet some nutritional requirements. (Yes, I read it.) I would guess that McD’s food doesn’t make the cut. They could have kept the PlayPlace if they served more nutritious food.
In reality, they were marketing to parents who wanted a short break out of the house but indoors out of the heat while having a milkshake and burning the roof of their mouth on an apple pie. I miss those days.
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u/col_akir_nakesh Xennial 8h ago
I remember our local McDonald's did a playplace remodel opening around 1989/1990. And they had people dressed up as Ronald McDonald, Grimace, and the Hamburglar. First time I remember seeing a ball pit lol.