The Golden Arches Can't be Blamed for Complusive Urges

I think one of the most important things parents can teach their kids in how to be healthy. With the world spinning faster it is no surprise that the eating habits of America became faster with it. I work behind the counter of the places being blamed for the obesity problem in America. I am the nameless face that makes the food, I am the blank expression that is getting yelled at in drive-thru or the end of the corner when a customer’s order is wrong, or not how they wanted it. All I have to say is, if you want quality food why did you come somewhere where to goal is to get you your food in less than two minute? That included making it. The goal is to make the order in 38 seconds and have it out in the hand of the customer in 48 seconds. It may sound like I am just a brainwashed employee, but I have seen more inside than most of the customer’s do. Working from the inside I have learned that it is absolutely ridiculous for people to blame fast food. I see the same families’ everyday. The come with four kids ages 5-11. The mom is over-weight (to say the least) and always has to order “No Salt Fries” for her diabetes. Her order is A Quarter Pounder Meal with a medium no salt fry (890 Calories not including the soft drink), her son Big ‘N’ Tasty Meal with medium fries ( 770 Calories not including soft drink), her daughter A Double Cheese Burger Meal with a medium Fry (810 not including soft drink), two Hamburger Happy Meal (300 calories not including soft drink). We have a man come through drive through everyday at 5:15, he orders a Cheese Burger (300 calories), however that may not sound bad keep in mind this man is on an oxygen tank because of his obesity. What I am saying in these people keep coming back for food they know isn’t good for them. My friend works at a fudge shop and she told a story about a man who came in and bought four slabs of fudge and than told her, “You know I shouldn’t be eating this, I have diabetes.” These people keep coming back, and they are teaching their children the same bad habit.
Last week a lady came in and said, “How am I supposed to know how bad this food is, there is no information available for it?” One of our employees brought her over to our broacher rack next to the soft drink machine. There are six different pamphlets on heath and the information I gave you earlier on the calories that are in the food. I get how hard it is to get the family all together for a meal and I know how easy it is to go through fast food, but they can’t blame someone else for the fact that they keep coming back.