I return to McDonalds because I am poor. McDonalds is cheap. McDonalds also is attractive to children. Occasionally, my preschooler likes to go out to eat and play in the Playland. I take him there. Occasionally, we find ourselves on the road without any cheaper or more convenient options. That's the beauty of McDonalds, right? They have a captive audience like me that has not a lot of choice but to eat in their restaurants. That's why they don't have to train their workers if they don't feel like it. That's why they don't have to even hire competent workers in the first place.
You have other options and I hate to break it to you, but... you can get much better quality food offerings at local restaurants for around the same price if not cheaper! If a restraurant gave me poor service the majority of the time I would not give them my business. As long as you are giving them your money, things will NEVER change!
I know a lot of you have a very hard time believing for some reason that I have received subpar service from McDonalds but it's true! I know half the people in this thread think that McDonalds employees are the hardest working, most skilled, friendliest, most deserving workers on the planet but I disagree. I am allowed to disagree. Apparently, McDonalds disagrees too or they would be paying them more money.
Most people do not think that hardest working, most skilled, friendliest, most deserving workers. What people in this thread believe is that a Corporation that brings in the amount of money they do, should pay a
FAIR wage!
You stated that you are poor, so I really do not see why you would think an employee would need to work two to three jobs to be able to provide for himself. Would you rather have people just go to well fare?
It is not their issue because they do not determine what the minimum fair wage is. That is up to the government. It is furthermore up to the people to keep the government accountable. So, if you feel so passionately about the minimum wage being problematic, why not go out into the streets or join an existing movement that is working to change this.
As I stated in my other post, and if you read it, you would understand the problem with your above statement and how incorrect and wrong you are. These corporations fund these policitians for there compaigns and in return get kickbacks with whatever they want. As long as multi-millionaires, and billionaires are able to lobby politicians nothing will ever change.
The average joe doesn't have the bankroll to compete against corporations and the suits within them. All of this should be common sense to you.
My point was not that I think that minimum wage is fair; my point was that working at McDonalds is a minimum wage job. McDonalds is fully within its rights and the law to pay its workers minimum wage.
As others have pointed out such as myself, times are changing, these entry level jobs are now being filled by non high school, college, and young adults. People are taking jobs just to being able to pay their mortgage, and put food on their table. We live in a different time, and this is the new normal.
Yes McDonalds is within their rights, just like how Exxon could jack up the price to $20 a gallon on gas. And no complaining right? When your kid screams to go to McDonalds, or when your husband loses his job because he can not afford to go to work because it is no longer worth it, and you lose your house, and your homeless, because they are allowed to do it, their is nothing wrong with that correct?
The pay these people are making in a place where the cost of living is atleast double to triple what they are making compared to what the corporate suits are making is why these people went on strike. They just want a living wage!
How can anyone live in New York and make mimimum wage? They can't. Then the McDonald's worker can go collect welfare and everyone else in America can work to pay taxes to provide for them. Shouldn't McDonald's, a wealthy company, be responsible to pay them a living wage instead of everyone else supplimenting them?
Yes this is beyond me Angwill. It is impossible to do so. Even living in a low cost area, minimum wage still is not enough to get by on. But apparently there are people out there that do not see what the reprecussions are.
But McDonalds does not care. All they care about is keeping expenses low for their shareholders.