McDonald's "Pay with Lovin'"

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Dick Whitman

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I didn't see it discussed much in the midst of some of the other Super Bowl commercials, but I remember thinking that there is no way I would enter a McDonald's until the "dance-for-your-food" promotion is over. Not my thing. At all. And I see that others think it's equally bizzare:

Pay With Lovin’ and Share a Smooch: McDonald’s, Qdoba, and terrible fast-food promotions.

People just want to pay for their food, eat their food, and leave, right? Or are people actually enjoying McDonald's' attempt to party-up the place and I'm just a stick in the mud?

Of course, no one under 50 eats there anyway.
 
I eat there about three times a year, usually when I'm driving through a city where there's no other option.

I'm just waiting for examples of people ****ing with the employees...

"Your total is that you have to call your parents and tell them that you love them..."

"**** YOU, MY PARENTS ARE DEAD!!! HOW DARE YOU!!!"
 
How badly do you feel for the kid working the counter for minimum wage having to tell someone they have to pay with Lovin.

"It's free. Just go..."
 
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This idea is almost as bad as replacing Ronald with Pennywise.
 
The 19-year-old working the counter is going to get busted for trying to turn the 15-year-old female customer into a prostitute. "Give ME some lovin', baby, and lunch is free."
 
I eat there about three times a year, usually when I'm driving through a city where there's no other option.

I'm just waiting for examples of people ****ing with the employees...

"Your total is that you have to call your parents and tell them that you love them..."

"**** YOU, MY PARENTS ARE DEAD!!! HOW DARE YOU!!!"

Or not ****ing with the employees. If I got asked to call my dad, who is dead, I would be really upset. There might even be tears. At the very least, it would not make me want to eat and at worst, it would bum me out enough not to go there again.
 
Whatever happened to ... serving good food at an affordable price. And doing it quickly and accurately?

I guess that's why I'm not in management.
 
I'm sure it's only a matter of time until the kids who work there write their own suggestions on the heart-shaped pieces of paper.
 
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