Fast Food Nation Post 2...!!...

In the next part of the novel Eric Schlosser is talking about what happens in the kitchens of the fast food resturants. He gives us the insite of how they make their foods before they are served for our enjoyment. He gave well thought up information about how fast food resturants treat their employees also. He stated that every fast food resturant is mostly ran by teens. He also clarified that the employees are mostly all teenagers. Every fast food company feels that teens are the best to hire because they will work for low pay. They also felt this way about immigrants,handicape and so on because they wouldnt complain about it they would just work. the most exclusive information that was given was when Schlosser spoke on how the excutives felt about training their employees. They wanted to make all the machinery simple so that they would not have to train them and show them how to work the equipment. For example one of the executives stated "if there are instructions, make them very simple write them at a fifth grade level and write them in Spanish and English." The executives had all agreed to "zero training." The executives of the fast food resturants feel no need to train us they think less of us and do not really care about us as their employees.

Do you feel differently about the executives of these fast food resturants now that you know how they are behind closed doors?

What makes all these executives think that all people that need the money will just automatically work for low pay? Why would they do their employees like that? Do you see the ignorance in this?Does this highly offend you?

Fast Food!!!!!!

So far in Eric Schlosser's novel "Fast Food Nation" it explains how all fast food resturants are appealing not only to the adults but more so to the children. They believe that the children bring in the parents and the parents bring in the money. Eric Schlosser explains how they feel that when appealing to these kids they will soon become employees there. he also gives examples on how they appeal to these young ones. He states that they built playgrounds so that children will continuously want to come and eat there. Then they put toys in every child's meal this is the main reason children always wish to come back. He then gives us a personal point of veiw when he tells us how most of the employees are always teens. he says that teens working in fast food resturants get paid about 20% below the average wage. but eric is really pointing at howew these fast food resturants a munipulating us.


how do you personally feel about how fast food appeals to the world? do you feel that they need to change some things about their appeal?

do you believe that if fast food resyurants only sold healthy products would they appeal to us like they do now?