Thursday, February 13, 2014
Last Fast Food Blog
Fast Food Nation has told interesting facts about how our fast food is produced, packaged, and made. To some people these facts may be disturbing to other people, but I'm really not that disturbed by these facts. The jobs of a knocker, sticker, shackler, rumper, ect. are disturbing when their jobs are described Pg 172. Those jobs sound horrific for the conditions they have to be in, but the food that the cows produce it is just so delicious that the gory surroundings of the meat packing plants don't bother me.
Because food at fast food restaurants are so delicious, I haven't and won't change my eating habits there. Whatever natural and artificial flavors they put in my burgers taste pretty good. Fast food restaurants are the major food contributors for today's society. Whenever I travel to Watertown 75% of the time, I'm going to stop at a fast food restaurant because I love their food.
The biggest problem our society will have with fast foo restaurants is obesity. People are going to fast food restaurants for food constantly, and not knowing how much they consume till they look at themselves in the mirror. People need to figure out that fast food restaurants do serve healthy food that will help out on obesity.
Wednesday, February 5, 2014
Fast Food 4
Slaughter houses are used for killing livestock for food. The word "slaughter" kind of tells everyone in the world that animals are being slaughtered. Slaughter is a very gruesome word, a person should catch on what is going on in slaughter houses.
My view on slaughter houses haven't really changed, because animals are being "slaughtered" not being gently killed. " Today some plants are killing up to 400 cattle an hour" Pg. 173 is very surprising to me, because the knives of the workers have to keep up with the worker killing the cattle. " We'll be walking through some blood" Pg. 169 there is a lot of problems with this picture. Walking through blood that is "ankle deep" Pg 169. Walking in ankle deep blood is just not what i pictured a slaughter house to be. Yes its a slaughter house killing 400 cows every hour, but why does there have to be ankle deep blood all over the building. At least keep the building floor clean enough that nobody has to walk through ankle deep blood.
" Some of the most dangerous jobs in meat packing today are the late-night cleaning crews." Pg. 177. Cleaning crews have to come in the middle of the night and clean the blood from every place in the factory. Some people might think it's easy because all of the machines are shut off. "The conveyor belts and machinery are still running" Pg. 177. The workers must maneuver their way around every machine in the factory to clean the blood from the machines. Workers must maneuver their way around sharp hooks swinging rapidly in circles. They also have to walk on the conveyor belts while they are moving, just like a treadmill. They only cleaning tool they use in a water hose, probably having chemicals in it to disinfect the blood and grease. The clean up crew must be done cleaning before the employees of the slaughter house come for their shifts.
Slaughter houses are made for killing. People these days care to much about how the animal is treated. I myself care about animals, but this day and age beef is the food we live off of. Slaughter houses have changed rapidly from the past, but the same techniques are used. The speed has increased and will never change the way we slaughter our cattle. The way will never change.
My view on slaughter houses haven't really changed, because animals are being "slaughtered" not being gently killed. " Today some plants are killing up to 400 cattle an hour" Pg. 173 is very surprising to me, because the knives of the workers have to keep up with the worker killing the cattle. " We'll be walking through some blood" Pg. 169 there is a lot of problems with this picture. Walking through blood that is "ankle deep" Pg 169. Walking in ankle deep blood is just not what i pictured a slaughter house to be. Yes its a slaughter house killing 400 cows every hour, but why does there have to be ankle deep blood all over the building. At least keep the building floor clean enough that nobody has to walk through ankle deep blood.
" Some of the most dangerous jobs in meat packing today are the late-night cleaning crews." Pg. 177. Cleaning crews have to come in the middle of the night and clean the blood from every place in the factory. Some people might think it's easy because all of the machines are shut off. "The conveyor belts and machinery are still running" Pg. 177. The workers must maneuver their way around every machine in the factory to clean the blood from the machines. Workers must maneuver their way around sharp hooks swinging rapidly in circles. They also have to walk on the conveyor belts while they are moving, just like a treadmill. They only cleaning tool they use in a water hose, probably having chemicals in it to disinfect the blood and grease. The clean up crew must be done cleaning before the employees of the slaughter house come for their shifts.
Slaughter houses are made for killing. People these days care to much about how the animal is treated. I myself care about animals, but this day and age beef is the food we live off of. Slaughter houses have changed rapidly from the past, but the same techniques are used. The speed has increased and will never change the way we slaughter our cattle. The way will never change.
Wednesday, January 29, 2014
Fast Food 3
When you walk into a fast food restaurant the aroma of fast food makes your mouth water and your taste buds tingle. The aroma of fries and burgers make you want to think if inside your food is natural or artificial sweeteners in the food. The food taste so good why? The natural and artificial sweeteners makes your food delicious!
Canned diced tomatoes has natural flavors.
Sweet Baby Ray's honey BBQ sauce has natural flavors.
Ball Park hamburger buns has natural flavors.
Canned diced tomatoes has natural flavors.
Sweet Baby Ray's honey BBQ sauce has natural flavors.
Ball Park hamburger buns has natural flavors.
Wednesday, January 22, 2014
Fast Food 2
Chapter three had "eye popping" facts that the employee didn't even know about. An employee at Taco Bell usually works on an average of 12 or more hours in a regular day Pg. 82. The average person is only supposed to work an average of eight hours per day. Managers of fast food restaurants are over-working their employees, and only paying them for eight ours of labor. The managers do this because they save money not hiring a cleaning crew.
Every year about 200,000 employees are injured on the job Pg. 83. I have no clue how anyone can get hurt in a fast food restaurant. The restaurants have a fifth grade learning skill for all machines. If it is that hard to hurt yourself in there, people aren't going to fair ell in the real world.
The typical employee stole $218 a year, while new employees stole almost $100 more Pg 84. There is only a hand full of employees that work at a cash register. If some one happens to steal the money from the cash register the 1# suspect will be the cashier. If the cashier is smart enough they would have looked to see if there are any cameras, which there always is. Stealing that much money is weird to see because the employees are putting their job on the line just for a couple hundred dollars more to spend. Eventually someone is going to find out where all the money went.
The typical employee stole $218 a year, while new employees stole almost $100 more Pg 84. There is only a hand full of employees that work at a cash register. If some one happens to steal the money from the cash register the 1# suspect will be the cashier. If the cashier is smart enough they would have looked to see if there are any cameras, which there always is. Stealing that much money is weird to see because the employees are putting their job on the line just for a couple hundred dollars more to spend. Eventually someone is going to find out where all the money went.
Thursday, January 16, 2014
Fast Food Nation
Children nag their parents to get something that they really want. For example, when kids want a toy they really want they will nag their parents to buy the toy for them. I think that some children can nag their parents to get what they want. Children these days know how their parents operate by asking them constantly if they can have this toy.
At the ages 4-10 I used to nag my parents on a toy or on a fast food restaurant, but they didn't usually listen to me. My parents Taught me to never nag or beg for anything you want. My parents told me to earn that toy or that yummy burger from McDonald's. Nagging just didn't go in my parent's vocabulary or teaching.
Over the past years I've seen children nag their parents at Burger King or any other fast food restaurant. The kids will nag constantly on their parents to get them a kids meal with a toy and nag them for a pop instead of a milk. Society now has changed with parenting and giving your child what he or she wants. Kids will continue to get what they want when they want if they "nag" or irritate their parents. Fast food will continue to make an extra cent more because children want that pop or extra toy.
At the ages 4-10 I used to nag my parents on a toy or on a fast food restaurant, but they didn't usually listen to me. My parents Taught me to never nag or beg for anything you want. My parents told me to earn that toy or that yummy burger from McDonald's. Nagging just didn't go in my parent's vocabulary or teaching.
Over the past years I've seen children nag their parents at Burger King or any other fast food restaurant. The kids will nag constantly on their parents to get them a kids meal with a toy and nag them for a pop instead of a milk. Society now has changed with parenting and giving your child what he or she wants. Kids will continue to get what they want when they want if they "nag" or irritate their parents. Fast food will continue to make an extra cent more because children want that pop or extra toy.
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