The McDonald’s across the street from my apartment has a scrolling marquee they use to advertise the latest specials, when they are hiring, and even display the current temperature. Pretty cool mostly, as the city just wouldn’t be the same without the abundance of gaudy flashy signs like this one that make me feel at home. But as I was walking by on my evening stroll earlier, I saw a couple of messages on it that shook me to my core. The pictures are here, but I must warn you: what you are about to see may induce serious lack of faith in humanity and/or brain seizures.
Picture 2 (the full text on the bottom is “Angus Third Pounders”)
It almost doesn’t need words. But I just can’t help speculate on how exactly those messages got up there. Was it a mischevous teenage wage-drone playing a prank? Or have the McD’s advertising executives so much contempt for their customers that they know it doesn’t matter worth a damn how they advertise anymore, because people will buy their product anyway? (which they will, obviously, as based on the number of cars in the drive through business didn’t seem to be suffering)
I remember the Glory Days of Advertising. When it took a reasonably catchy jingle and a zany fun cartoon mascot to win the consumer base over. Speaking of mascots, what the hell happened to Ronald McDonald anyway? I haven’t even seen his face in years. And now we have “TRY A SALAD. IT IS COOL !!”? You know what? I’m not even going to fight it. I don’t have the energy anymore. I can only embrace it.
Dopers, all I have to say is: Try a salad. It is cool!!
Oh, he gets around. Just a year or two ago, my friend and I walked into a McDonald’s that had Ronald McDonald there, live, in the flesh. It was surreal. Since we couldn’t comprehend it, we turned and walked right back out and went to Burger King instead.
This makes me laugh because this is actually on a banner at a McDonalds I pass on the way to work. I’ll see if I can find someone with a digital camera who can get me a picture of it.
Why it couldn’t be more than two years ago that, he personally gave an interview on MSNBC. I was thinking, wait a minute…you guys do realize he’s fictional right?
My guess is that English is not the primary language of the person responsible for the adverts on that sign. That could, of course, include American teenagers…
What? You mean we can no longer rely on fast food workers for the witty eloquence that they’ve always been known for? Well, then, I guess there’s no one else left to turn to.
One weekend my husband and I had lunch at Taco John’s. While we were sitting there I looked out the window and saw this on their sign:
Fire Sale
Eat here or people will be fired.
