Chapter 10

OMG this is the last bloggggg and this book is DONE. Chapter 10 well what can i talk about? How about the fact that I am sick of people saying obesity is a disease. As medical professional this drives me nuts because there is no real diagnosis saying that is even nearly close to true. However some people may have thyroid problems and that is a cause of being over weight. That is not a excuse to be 500 pounds. I watched this show on the discovery channel of the worlds biggest man, and it was ridicules. When you see your gaining weight you can do things to change that not when its to late.

Chapter 9

Well I have to say even though this book is driving me crazy it is getting more interesting. When eating out more than likely I aways get a stomach ache. I have been fortunate compared to the man in chapter 9 with food poisoning. The statics don't surprise me how many people get sick from food poisoning. It freaks me out when I think about employees not washing their hands and then touching my food, but until now I never really thought about how it was handled before it even hits the grills at the restaurant.

The Most Dangerous Job

Now im not a real fan of this book, however chapter 8 kept me reading. I for one am a meat eater and always have been and I don't plan to change that. This chapter defiently was very extreme. The way they treat those poor inncoent animals is so sad. They walk in the door never nowing that their about to be shot in the head, hung up side down on a chain hanging from the celling and then cut wide open, and soon to be served as diner. This is such a double standard because we eat them to survive however its very sad but I guess its just a way of life I mean we have been killing cows and large animals since cave men days. As long as were not killing dogs and cats im quite alright.

Chapter 7

In chapter 7 the author talks about Colorado being the state of industral slaugtering factories. He makes it a large fact that now a days the moderen factory town has diminshed because of fast food and the price of vacuumed wrapped meat is going up, and jobs are no longer wanted by americans due to pay cut. Each state I beleive has their own so called means of living. As in our state we had all the machine shops that made car parts, light bulbs, and plastic. As we all remember Delphi workers were making over $25.00 an hour or more and now those workers were forced to retire and take a buy out, their jobs were given to others who would settle for a lower paying job. We used to be one of the states that was better off money wise but as time went on my generation will never have good jobs like that with out education. In other words we are now called the rusty nail state.

World Wide Chains

In chapter three one of the topics that hit home with me was about the growing chain stores. If we think just ten years back we never had a Walgreen's or a Rite Aid on every corner. Is America getting sicker? We may have had a lot of McDonald's that as been worldwide for awhile. For goodness sakes they are in china and as well as foreign countries. Another one is Wal-Mart, now don't get me wrong that is the greatest store ever, however did u know that they have moved to china as well and they sale sea weed! I don't think Americans would be a big fan of that but as you can see they are meeting the accommodations of the people just to make a sale.

This makes me think of the old ma and pa stores. When items were cheaper and employees were friendly and its sad that they were tore apart by big chain stores because they couldn't keep up because sales began to plummet. The reason for this is because it is just easier for us to go to one store such as Wal-mart and get everything we need, from grocery's to yard equipment.

Kids Quick Sale

In chapter 2 of Fast Food Nation Schlosser discuses Walt Disney and Ray Kroc how they pretty much came from nothing and built empires nationwide. The main part in this chapter that got me was how they became so famous and there companies grew. The answer is CHILDREN. They advertise to catch kids eyes. Through colors, charters and themes. Lets dig a little deeper.... Think of most of the McDonalds commercials in more than half they are directed to kids. The other half to adults and teens describing how cheap they are. So they catch every Americans interest. Every kid loves kids meals who was the first to offer that? McDonald's. What do they supply in theses kids meals besides the food. A TOY and they come in a fancy colored box with cartoon characters on it. If you really think about it the toy is usually a Disney character. Besides a wonderful kids meal where does every kid dream of going? Disney World. They totally play off each other to get a sale.

How much does McDonalds influence our life. Besides seeing one on every corner. The McDonalds sigh is everywhere. U may watch Daytona 500. U see the McDonalds logo on a car. U got to any sports event u see it. U go to the mall u see it. It is so common and u never really realize how theses master minds influence our everyday life.

How it Began

The novel Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser threw me off originally in the beginning. I knew the book was going to be about MC Donald's and how it got its start and describe what it is doing to American people. Yet it started jumping around and talking about GM and how it got its start but the further I read on it became rel event because they were both getting their start in California at the same time and Carl Kacher's hot dog stand was right across the street. The first chapter also explains how as a young man Carl struggles to support his family. In one of Americas hardest times.

The fast food industry started booming and spreading nationwide between the 1960's and 1973. As we know today the fast food companies are a billion dollar industry that grows every year.