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Bobby Henderson
"Ask me about Trajan."
Posts: 10973
From: Lawton, OK, USA
Registered: Apr 2001
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posted 05-17-2011 03:46 PM
quote: Joe Redifer
Bobby, what are you ordering at BK? When I eat there, I simply order a cheeseburger or a double cheeseburger.
I'll usually get a Whopper™ with Cheese. Sometimes I'll get a Steakhouse XT Burger or a double cheeseburger. If I forget to request mustard instead of mayo the burger will be loaded with mayo. Even if I specifically request mustard I'll often still get the burger loaded with mayo anyway. It's frustrating, especially for the fact Burger King's flame broiled burgers do indeed taste better than the burgers at McDonald's.
quote: Frank Angel
....the most obnoxious visual blight across the American landscape.
In terms of signs and visual blight across the landscape, McDonald's signs are FAR from being the worst culprit. People can complain about McDonald's signs in part because they are so much more effective than most other signs. They're one of the first things that comes to mind when people think of signs. That may be a reason why Ronald McDonald was the gun toting bad guy in Logorama.
The only gripe I have with McDonald's signs is they're not very durable. Parts of the sign faces blow out pretty easily in a garden variety severe thunderstorm. Sometimes the owner/operator of the store will drag his feet on getting the sign fixed. No sign looks good when it is broken.
The worst visual blight in terms of signs often comes from small businesses. Many put up cheap, unsightly, ineffective garbage. When the stuff breaks they often go for great lengths of time before getting anything fixed. It could be blown out sign faces, burnt out lamps or transformers or any number of other issues. Some businesses try to get away with using banners or other temporary displays as permanent signs. I like the Meers Store in the Wichita Mountains for its burgers but its store front looks more like a flea market than a tourist spot.
I can usually tell the difference between a part of town that is thriving or run down based only on how the signs look in that neighborhood. McDonald's locations look pretty much the same regardless of how the area is doing. The visual quality of signs and store fronts from smaller businesses will vary far more widely between good and bad depending on the condition of the neighborhood.
quote: Joe Redifer
And McDonald's is indeed American. I don't see anything wrong with it. You see those signs all over the world now. One of our successful exports I'd say.
That, Cola-Cola and a number of other American brands (like Apple) are projections of American pop cultural power. Some see that as being a good thing while others see it as bad.
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