Michael Polakovs, a man credited with creating and playing Ronald McDonald in several 1960s commercials, has passed on to that big play area in the sky, the Telegraph reports. [More]
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McDonald's Manager To Transgender Woman: We Don't Hire [Gay Slur]
By 12.11.09
A Florida McDonald’s has been sued for refusing to hire a transgender woman. The applicant, 17-year-old Zikerria Bellamy, says that after she didn’t check a gender box on the application, then reluctantly selected male, she was refused an interview by two managers, one of whom then left her an bigoted voicemail. [More]
McDonald's Installs Musical Playgrounds, Wants You To Kill Self
By 12.7.09
The always informative QSR magazine informs us that McDonald’s is “adding music to its children’s PlayPlace with a new music-themed interactive play area for children that combines play with the musical arts.” [More]
Who Is This BNE Guy Putting Stickers Everywhere?
By 12.7.09
Who is BNE? Why are cities of the world covered in stickers bearing the graffiti artist’s initials? And why is McDonald’s his biggest rival? [More]
Robots Play Trick On McDonald's Advertisement
By 11.27.09
This is what happens when you let robots select up-and-coming stories for your banner ad on Digg. Although now that I think about it, I’m not sure I’d ever let a Digg story be assigned to my brand, automatically or otherwise, without looking at it first. (Thanks to Jeff!) [More]
Does Convincing McDonald's To Make Chicken Selects For Breakfast Prove You Were Sober?
By 11.20.09
This summer a woman in an SUV drove almost two miles down the wrong way of an expressway before killing eight people in a horrible crash. The autopsy suggests she was drunk and high at the time, but her family says that isn’t possible and to prove it, they say she was sober enough to convince McDonald’s to make her son an order of Chicken Selects in the morning, right before the accident.
Leaked Document: McDonald's Nationwide Breakfast Dollar Menu Coming
By 11.10.09
The WSJ says they have their hands on a document that shows that a nationwide McDonald’s Breakfast Dollar Menu is coming. The fast food giant has already tested these menus in several markets.
Putting In Too Much Overtime Can Kill You
By 10.28.09
A worker at a McDonald’s branch in Japan died of “karoshi” — the Japanese term for death from overwork — according to officials at the local government labor bureau. The employee, a 41-year-old woman, had put in about 80 hours a month in overtime for six months before she died. “We determined her work caused the illness,” said an official at the agency.
McDonald's Set To Open Branch In Louvre
By 10.5.09
The French arm of McDonald’s may no longer be the target of local farmers and gastronomes who attacked it in decades past. But next month, the chain will ask the French if they’d like frites with their Mona Lisa, as it prepares to open a branch at what could be called Ground Zero of French culture: the Louvre. As one art historian said, the move represents “the pinnacle of exhausting consumerism, deficient gastronomy and very unpleasant odours in the context of a museum.”
Chick-Fil-A Has The Best Drive-Thru
By 10.2.09
The Chicago Tribune informs us that the quick-service industry publication QSR Magazine ranks fast food restaurants based on the follwoing drive-through attributes: speed of service, order accuracy, menu board appearance, and speaker clarity. Chick-fil-A is apparently unstoppable, stealing the top spot for the sixth time in seven years.
Fake McDonald's Letter Is Totally Fake, Burger Pusher Confirms
By 10.1.09
Mickey D’s down under wants everyone to know that the parody McDonald’s letter making the rounds is indeed prankaliscious. Corporate Communications Manager Bronwyn Stubbs writes:
(Parody) New Profit Center For Australian McDonald's: Fraud?
By 10.1.09
Note: This memo is a parodic spoof.
Customer Claims McDonald's Gave Her Mucus-Filled Iced Tea
By 9.30.09
Say you’re driving along sipping your iced tea when you suddenly realize that your mouth is full of something slimy. You would probably freak out. One McDonald’s customer says this happened to her and she is definitely freaking out.
McDonald's Workers Rescue Marine From Hungry Thug
By 9.24.09
We assume that the typical, well-prepared, parking-lot kidnapper eats lunch before deciding to look for a victim. But Anthony Gibson clearly wasn’t well-prepared, and that’s a good thing. According to police reports, Gibson kidnapped a Marine from a Georgia Walmart parking lot, and after failing to get any money from him, decided the best thing to do would be to have his would-be victim drive him to McDonald’s. Where the staff recognized him as a frequent customer. And where the Marine was able to ask the drive-through attendant to call the police. Oops.
You're Always At Most 107 Miles From A McDonald's
By 9.23.09
Stephen Von Worley has figured out that while located in these United States of America, one is always within 107 miles of a McDonald’s.
Customer Finds 'Breakfast Large' Is McDonaldsese For 'Medium' … Again
By 9.21.09
Rachael wrote us last year about a New York McDonald’s policy of selling medium-sized drinks as large during breakfast hours.
Brazil Declares McDonald's-Only Diet A Crime
By 9.14.09
A McDonald’s worker in Brazil has been awarded $800 by a court, based on a claim that the company’s policy of offering staff a diet of the restaurant’s food was harmful to his health. The worker, Rafael Luiz, said the company should have given him a grocery allowance or coupons so he could buy his own food during the two years he worked there. The verdict hinged on a viewing of Morgan Spurlock’s “Supersize Me,” which apparently so disgusted the court that the judge may have been willing to write a check on the spot just to get Luiz’s lawyer to turn it off.
