This book keeps on getting more interesting as it goes on. The text is really making me turn against eating fast food. Although it tastes good it is gross. This chapter was mainly about the safety restrictions in the beef producig plants. It is just sad to know what some people went through just trying to support thier families.
The chapter was filled with things i didnt want to hear. For example it talks about how if a worker got hurt while working the company would tell them not to report that they got hurt. Why would you do that? If i was a worker there i would report it and hope the company got shut down. The workers are already getting paid at an extremly low rate for how many hours they put in and the risk of the job. Those people put thier lives in danger just so they would continue to be paid for work. To me that isnt fair to the workers. They deserve to be treated like normal people and not slaves. I sometimes wonder if companies are still doing this to keep the safety inspectors away for the plants.
Monday, September 24, 2012
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Chapter 6&7 Fast Food Nation
These two chapters hit very close to home. They told about the cattle industry and how it is used for produce in the fast food nation. The way they described the industrialized beef production and slaughter is right on the money. My dad hauls cattel to the kill plants. ive been with on several occasions.
Cattle have always been a big part of my life growing up. I was involved in things in the cattle industry that few people in my county were part of. I was a milk producer. You might not think it was that big of an industry but we did it for 50 years. The milk we produced was used at the American Milk Producers processing plant in Minnesota. It was an honor for me to be apart of that. It made me think i was helping the nation. What i was really doing was providing food for people just like fast food provided food for people. I may have hated the early mornings and late nights but it was all worth it. When you know you are helping people to survive it makes you feel like a good person. When the milk truckcame every other day i always had a chat with the driver as to how the government was using our product for much larger things than i knew about. Our milk was shipped to Land O Lakes and they are a sponsor of fast food chains. I was a contributor to the nation of fast food. We didnt contribute much; but it was a small proprtion that was filled. With this came the perks of cheese at a lower price along with the free milk i got for breakfast every morning from the tank. Some people think that its gross; but man did i love it!
When they talk about the slaughter houses in chapter 7 is right where it needs to be. The lsaughter houses are a discusting place. The smell is so riveting in your nose at the loading chute your stomach turnes over 4 times moe than normal. If you think the local butcher shop smells bad in the back wait till you smell the slaughter houses in the city. It is about 10 times worse. It has gotten better over the years with the new regulations they have to follow but it is still bad.
Cattle have always been a big part of my life growing up. I was involved in things in the cattle industry that few people in my county were part of. I was a milk producer. You might not think it was that big of an industry but we did it for 50 years. The milk we produced was used at the American Milk Producers processing plant in Minnesota. It was an honor for me to be apart of that. It made me think i was helping the nation. What i was really doing was providing food for people just like fast food provided food for people. I may have hated the early mornings and late nights but it was all worth it. When you know you are helping people to survive it makes you feel like a good person. When the milk truckcame every other day i always had a chat with the driver as to how the government was using our product for much larger things than i knew about. Our milk was shipped to Land O Lakes and they are a sponsor of fast food chains. I was a contributor to the nation of fast food. We didnt contribute much; but it was a small proprtion that was filled. With this came the perks of cheese at a lower price along with the free milk i got for breakfast every morning from the tank. Some people think that its gross; but man did i love it!
When they talk about the slaughter houses in chapter 7 is right where it needs to be. The lsaughter houses are a discusting place. The smell is so riveting in your nose at the loading chute your stomach turnes over 4 times moe than normal. If you think the local butcher shop smells bad in the back wait till you smell the slaughter houses in the city. It is about 10 times worse. It has gotten better over the years with the new regulations they have to follow but it is still bad.
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Fast Foof Nation Chapter 4&5
This reading was quite an eye opener because of the stories that were told about the people. The story that caught my attention the most was in chapter 4. The begining of chapter 5 was interesting because it gave a inside story on how things from small towns have a big effect on things.
When chapter 5 starts off it tells of the potatoes that the fries are made out of. The people of my home town can relate to this type of situation. We had a potatoe plant here and it was about the same size as the one in Idaho. We may not have had as much production but we still had the connections to the chains of food places.
In chapter four i found the steps to becoming and owner in a franchise was a strenuous process. When it explained how Kroc sold people into becoming a franchise owner i was dumbfounded. Who would have thought that you would have to pay the boss you work for every year just so you could work for him? In some fastfood chains you had to pay 15,000 dollars a year just to ouw part of the franchise. i think that is a little ridiculou myself. If i was going to be a franchise owner i would object to paying my boss.
When chapter 5 starts off it tells of the potatoes that the fries are made out of. The people of my home town can relate to this type of situation. We had a potatoe plant here and it was about the same size as the one in Idaho. We may not have had as much production but we still had the connections to the chains of food places.
In chapter four i found the steps to becoming and owner in a franchise was a strenuous process. When it explained how Kroc sold people into becoming a franchise owner i was dumbfounded. Who would have thought that you would have to pay the boss you work for every year just so you could work for him? In some fastfood chains you had to pay 15,000 dollars a year just to ouw part of the franchise. i think that is a little ridiculou myself. If i was going to be a franchise owner i would object to paying my boss.
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