At Amway meetings, they used to ask people in the crowd to raise their hands if they had eaten in a McDonalds. Almost everyone would raise a hand. They then asked how many people thought that that was great food and no hands went up. It was the predictability of the 45 item [with combinations] menu that people were seeking. Most people are not terribly exploratory.
Bill On Fri, 30 May 2003 20:42:29 -0700 Harry Pollard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Brad, > > It's a face-off between a restaurant critic and 600,000 Italians who > each > day eat McDonald's food. You work it out, Brad. One restaurant > critic, who > no doubt spends most of his time in the best restaurants and 600,000 > > Italians who probably couldn't afford to enter those restaurants > where the > critic spends his time. > > They find McDonald's good value. That's why they go there. We have a > > McDonald's in Tujunga as of this month, which means perhaps we have > entered > civilization. > > I doubt I shall ever go there, but who knows? I think I was in a > McDonald's > once in another city somewhere but it's vague, so I can't pass > judgement on > their food. > > Consumer Reports did some years ago. As I recall they said that > McDonald's > meat was very good, but you didn't get much of it. > > While an intellectual may take the side of the critic, the people > who > matter buy McDonald's by the billion. Definitely, mutually > beneficial > intercourse. > > Isn't it? > > Harry > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > Brad wrote: > > >McDonalds in Italy is suing a food critic for > >saying McDonalds food doesn't taste good. > > > >http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=2853384&sr c=eDialog/GetContent > > > >Is this faceoff between the corporate hoard and one > >little mouse an example of what Harry > >talks about when he says that the free market is > >a place where persons always and only engage in mutually > >beneficial intercourse? > > > >All "persons" are created equal? --Whether it is > >a naked food critic or McGlobalCorp? > > > > Humpety Dumpety sat on a wall > > Humpety Dumpety had a great fall > > All the kings lawyers and all the king's spin doctors > > Proved that Humpety Dumpety never fell off at all. > > > >The "intelligence community" seems a bit displeased > >today with how Bush et Cie. jerked them around > >to make the case for attacking Saddam Hussein just > >because we wanted to but needed a reason to give to the > >public.... > > > >\brad mccormick > > > **************************************************** > Harry Pollard > Henry George School of Social Science of Los Angeles > Box 655 Tujunga CA 91042 > Tel: (818) 352-4141 -- Fax: (818) 353-2242 > http://home.attbi.com/~haledward > **************************************************** > > ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
