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By boycotting these restaurants, you are only hurting the local owners and making it more difficult for them to pay their employees - and regardless, their franchise fee will be still be deducted from their account next month. And if you hurt the businesses enough and the owners have to walk away (and lay off their staff), the franchisor will just step in and sell them to someone else and make more money.
There may be ways to improve the working conditions of local employees, but this boycott will not be one of them.
Dang. Can't go one day without your Wendy's? One day.
And while I plan on getting a coffee on the way home, it'll be my indie coffee place that could do with the business.
But I'm probably shooting shit out of my mouth by saying the above..
These are really good fried up in peanut oil:
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Fine, but recently I've had terrible experiences at some quality supermarkets and specialty shops. Chicken, beef and seafood way out of date and smelling of death.
I can't imagine that many of the people who would take part in this would be eating fast food anyways, so why is McDonald's going to care?
If the aim is a higher minimum wage then the target should be those people who can actually raise it.
However, dinner is different. Never junk and never fast. Wine choice pairing dictates.
The only fast food joints I can even think of are on 3rd between Pike and Pine (McD/Chplte/Sbux) and the only things I buy there are tobacco and heroin.
We need a more general, one-day attack on the companies that lobby against more equality in distribution of income. Don't make any bank deposits to major banks, no "trading" with large brokerages (even if you lose a percent), try not to purchase anything from anyone exept maybe a small, idie business for a day (it's not that hard in Seattle), put off purchasing a car/sable fur/aquarium/50 large jet airplanes. It's only one day and if you can't wait- try Etsy (Syria, for the planes.)
It isn't one person making a huge sacrifice. It's a lot of people agreeing that it's important enough to organise a protest that might create some movement against the massive change in the culture and redistribution of wealth to the truly ambitious. Having financial security does not mean having all of everything.
I refuse to apologize for that but I won't do it again. Here, on a lighter note...
A penguin is driving his Jag down the street and the engine dies. He just makes it into a repair shop and the mechanic says, "It might take a while to figure out the problem- there's an all-you-can-eat seafood buffet across the street. Why don't you go have lunch while I find the problem?" The penguin returns after about an hour and says, "What's the verdict?" The mechanic says, "Looks like you blew a seal." The penguin quickly wipes his mouth with a flipper and replies, " No, it's just tartar sauce."
I'd call you rednecks but you'd have to be less pasty.
Cancer, anyone?
Fuckers missed the bus.
The service, it's worth mentioning, was exemplary.
Considering how fast food starves your body of essential nutrition and how it destroys your longterm health, fast food is actually some of the most expensive food anyone can buy.
If you have access to a microwave and/or a basic toaster oven, you can eat much better and cheaper by preparing your own meals.
Food bins at coops, even those at Whole Foods, are very affordable for anyone with limited incomes.
If you know anyone with a Costco membership and you have a little storage space (one or two Rubbermaid type storage containers is a start), you can purchase in bulk at very affordable prices, including a recently expanded selection of organic foods and produce.
Trader Joe's is very affordable for most working class people.
Weekly sales at Fred Meyer and QFC also yield affordable, healthy options for the working class and working poor.
If you cannot afford Trader Joe's or other grocery stores, try the many food banks; many have very nutritious selections throughout the month, especially in Seattle and on the Eastside.
If you have access to a freezer, your options are even better.
If you live in the Puget Sound, especially in King County, you have access to one of the best library systems in the world. Use it to learn how to choose affordable, nutritionally dense foods and to discover how best to cook and store your food. The books and online resources are all free to residents.
If you have an Orca card, you can travel to all of these healthier food places at an affordable cost. All of them are either at or very near a bus or light rail stop. If you have a bicycle, much of the city is accessible to you.
Since you're posting in the comments here, you must have internet access; so, use it to learn how to do more and better with less.
Being poor or just poorer than average doesn't have to mean you must eat poorly. Is it challenging for the average American? Yes, but the more you know about local resources, food, health and nutrition, the easier it gets to eat well and live a little better.
Yes, you can.
Choke.
Anything that fills your mouth and occupies your hands blesses others with your silence and absence.
What you've done here will bind you and be bound to you until resolution.
Shouldn't we boycotting every business that pays less than $15 per hour?
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We can raise the minimum wage and protect local businesses if we do this thoughtfully.