Anh Le Tuan Nguyen English 001A N. Serran October 1, 2012 Summary and Reaction SUMMARY In the essay “Working at MacDonald’s,” the author, Amitai Etzioni, argues that working at fast-food chains such as McDonald's has more disadvantages than advantages for teen-agers for several reasons: weakens school attendance and performance, has no additional skill for teenagers to learn that can be used later in their life, and gives teenagers a wrong attitude about money. Firstly, he states that it is tend to be common for youngsters to have a part time job while going to school as a American tradition. In order to support his statement, he brings out the concept of the newspaper route and the sidewalk lemonade stand. However, he asserts that these jobs is “highly uneducational” because they are “highly routinized.” “Initiative, creativity, or even elementary rearrangements” do not take place in this working environment because these jobs are doing uniformed things every day. Plus, he mentions the work styles of fast-food chains including the environment of workplace, the forms of works, and of course, payment.
He isn’t speaking about the food affecting children’s health, however. His statement goes more in depth than that. He goes more into an educational perspective. It refers to the 2/3 of America’s high school juniors and seniors who hold a part-time paying job in places such as McDonalds and how it affects their self-growth, and most importantly, their education. He explains how at first glance, a teen job is one of the few ways to bring up a self-reliant adult.
Kelly Grant English 100 11/12/2012 In Amitai Etzioni's "Working at McDonald's” She argues that that although McDonalds does more than just provide calorie filled foods and hold responsibility for millions of clogged arteries but it’s bad for teenagers in another sense other than health. She states “McDonald’s is bad for your kids. I do not mean the flat patties and the white-flour buns; I refer to the jobs teenagers undertake, mass-producing these choice items”. Then she goes on to discuss the negative effects on high school students working in fast food restaurants such as McDonalds. She feels that they show teenagers no real skills that they could use elsewhere in the work field, that they promote kids to drop out by distracting them from focusing on school and their studies, and also ruins their value of a dollar.
KUDLER FINE FOODS PROBLEM STATEMENT Introduction After analyzing the strategic plan for Kudler Fine Foods (KFF), many problems that will slow down the process of growth and success of the business are evident. My team members and I have discussed the issues involved with Kudler Fine Foods based on the information provided in the virtual internet/intranet web site (University of Phoenix, 2009). As a team, we have identified many issues within the organization, including poor upper-level management, poor organizational planning, inordinate reliance on perishable goods, a weak strategic plan, the owner’s mixing of personal and business finances, and the lack of a website for selling KFF products and services. The problems selected
Summary In “Working at McDonald's”, Amitai Etzioni argues that working at fast-food chains such as McDonald's has more disadvantages than advantages for teen-agers. First, Etzioni claims that there is no additional skill for teenagers to learn because these jobs are doing uniformed things every day. Furthermore, he thinks that most of those skills will not be used in later of their life. He gives a statistic research example states that people who has worked in fast-food chains is harder to get a high skill job after they grow up. He further argues that working at those franchising stores also takes up teen's time for schools.
Fast Foods: Who's to Blame? Many people who consume junk food are blaming fast food restaurants for their obesity and the decisions they make. Shouldn't this be the consumer's responsibility? Or should fast food restaurants have to deal with the decisions the consumers make? The article, "The battle against fast food begins in the home" by Daniel Weintraub, explains how people are blaming McDonalds and other fast food restaurants such as Burger King, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Starbucks, and Pizza Hut for their obesity.
So instead I begin to find employment at McDonalds to prove that I can be responsible and independent. My parents were shocked as told them of my employment. Also I begin to take driver’s course as well so that they can see the difference in me and not just a lazy kid. Once I enrolled in college I felt kind of pressured to stay at home to go to school. I played sports and received letters from other colleges.
The highest percent of obesity worldwide is amongst children. In Europe, officials are calling for food industries to set their own regulations, or face bans like the tobacco industry. McDonalds is trying to expand and reach new markets, but it is being threatened with social pressure from nutritionists and national governments. McDonald has been adjusting to this issue by adding new healthier options to its menus, adding balanced lifestyle messages into marketing campaigns, and by continuing to promote and raise funds for foundations aimed at helping children with life threatening illnesses. Question How should McDonald’s respond when ads promoting healthy lifestyles featuring Ronald McDonald are equated with Joe Camel and cigarette ads?
Cynthia Torres Don’t Blame The Eater This short reading was mainly about how teenagers and young children are always eating unhealthy food verses eating healthy food then turn to become obese, ill, or even gaining diabetes. In response to this issue angered parents are then pursuing a lawsuit against fast food restaurants for their children in having these issues. I believe this is utterly ridiculous, only because I don’t think it’s the child fault that they are getting in these sticky situations. I believe it is the parents’ fault only because people do not all of a sudden get obese from eating one hamburger, it takes time, and over that time there is a visibility in the body that changes. Parents should see these changes and realize
The easy way out to being healthy and eating right for ones body, fast food has plagued the nation especially with diseases such as diabetes, high blood pressure, and even strokes or heart attacks. A question is now posed of whether or not fast foods should be fed to children, in substitute of their regular lunches at school. These kids are what seem like innocent victims because of their naivety towards the real problems with fast food. The problems with this quick fix in school cafeterias are that students would become obese, they would develop bad habits, and that the school would be advertising for these companies. “More than 70 percent of obese adolescents retain their overweight and obese condition even during their adulthood” (What Are Children Munching On?).