Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Goodbye McDonald's?

From this article, it doesn't look like McDonald's is going anywhere soon. But from some of the numbers in the article, like last summer's visits to their restaurants declining 3 percent, it seems like McDonald's could be on the verge of dropping from their status as one of the biggest companies in the world.
Some things in this article are good. Like the idea that people are eating at home more. And I don't think people should be eating out that often anyway. But not all people have the money to go to the grocery and buy a ton of groceries to have for dinner every night of the week. And because of this reason, I agree with some of the things said in this article. Maybe McDonald's is seeing a decrease in their sales because some of their prices are too high. Maybe if they did make a breakfast and lunch dollar menu, they would get more customers back. Or maybe they could lower their prices on some of the more expensive items on their menu, like the healthier items. Because people who rely on fast food places like McDonald's can't just live off of their dollar sandwiches.
I can kind of see why McDonald's is having a decrease in sales. I don't think it's just because people are eating at home more. I think it's due to the fact that McDonald's seems to be a cheap and unhealthy place to eat. Plus most people have eaten McDonald's pretty much their whole lives. And it's getting old. The same old stuff all the time. And their new menu items are expensive. So people who regularly go to McDonald's, don't want to buy them. And they go somewhere else like Burger King or Wendy's.
Hopefully McDonald's does see their sale prices increase though. Without them, it would be harder for some Americans to eat. Even though there are more fast food restaurants out there. I just hope McDonald's lowers some of their menu prices.

Friday, March 5, 2010

Nashville Gab

A blog that I've visited is Nashville Gab.
The blog is about country music. A thing that I like about the blog is that it always focuses on country music and it never really focuses on any other type. Another reason I like it is because it gives you news about upcoming country music events like concerts and everything. And it also tells you about things that are happening to country music musicians.
One thing that I think the blogger could improve on is talking about bigger subjects than who's going to be on a new CD. It seems like there is a lot more going on with music than the blog focuses on.
I also think the person who writes the blog could improve on leaving their personal life out of the blog. There were a couple blogs that the person would talk about what he/she was doing and that blog post really didn't have that much to do with music.
One question that I would like to ask the person who writes the blog is why did they start writing the blog? It takes alot of time for a grown person to be dedicated to a blog like this person is. I mean, this person writes every day. It seems like it would be really hard to stay up with a blog and go to work and juggle the rest of your every day activities.

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

My worst experience at a fast food joint.


My worst experience at a fast food joint had to be right after Christmas Break.
My dad had just picked me up from my grandma's house, and he was hungry and we were going to take my mom lunch. So we decided to go to Rally's..
Well the Rally's on the east side of Richmond was pretty new and there were alot of people there. We went through the drive-thru and placed our order and everything was fine. But when we finally got up to the window, we waited there for about 30 minutes. Then when they gave us our food, we were missing about half the order. So we waited for the clerk to finally notice that we were sitting there waiting for her. And that was probably another 5 minutes. Then when she finally came back to the window and noticed us sitting there staring at her, she opened the window. She asked what the problem was and my dad decided to get rude and he told her all the stuff we were missing. Then she got rude and snatched the bag out of my hand and slammed the window shut.
While we were waiting, my dad started to get even more mad because he just sat there talking to me about how bad the service was. And he snaps really quick. So after about 20 minutes of sitting there listening to him talk, the manager came to the window and gave us half price off of our food and the clerk came back and handed the food to me. And before my hand was even back in the car my dad took off.