Re: It is the low pay, no health insurance, employees
Dex
5/2/2012 3:46:49 PM
But I still miss all those quirky little mom and pop places, for both food and clothing.
Re: It is the low pay, no health insurance, employees
Broadway
5/2/2012 3:35:24 PM
@Drivewaygirl, for as hard as the big chains try to drive diversity out of their operations, they cannot escape the human factor. So if you go to -- just using them as an example -- a Wendy's in a suburb of Charlotte, NC, you still get a totally and perhaps tastier and friendlier experience than if you go to one in ubran Philadelphia (where fast food experiences, from my first-hand view) can be treacherous and highly variable. On a recent trip to Dallas, I swear my iced coffee at Starbucks was far tastier and less watered down than what I get in my hometown of Philly. Is Starbucks trying to rip off the Philadelphians with watered down iced coffee? Probably not ... just managers in Starbucks OKing stronger brews in Texas.
Re: It is the low pay, no health insurance, employees
Drivewaygirl
5/1/2012 9:25:54 PM
Good points @Broadway. But I have to admit I miss the diversity that used to exist from place to place.
Re: It is the low pay, no health insurance, employees
Broadway
5/1/2012 9:08:48 PM
Noreen, the problem with most mass-market, countrywide chains -- both restaurants and retail overall -- is that the drive for consistency usually leads toward mediocrity and blandness at best. It's easier to ensure that than excellence and creativity is way too unpredictable.
Re: It is the low pay, no health insurance, employees
cat tail
5/1/2012 8:26:24 PM
I agree, @ChapAnjou. It seems to me that you'd be safer in many cases with a family run local place, where everyone has a sense of pride in the place.
Re: It is the low pay, no health insurance, employees
Noreen Seebacher
5/1/2012 1:49:13 PM
Consistent quality and/or low prices will keep people coming back. The problems occur when a retail establishment becomes consistently lackluster!
Re: It is the low pay, no health insurance, employees
Value Hiker
5/1/2012 12:30:59 PM
@Broadway, your teacher was right. Consumers, just like investors, hate uncertainty. People are less willing to take risk during unfamilar environment. The whole chain restaurant is built on this idea.
Costco CEO, Jim Sinegall, once told reporter that Costco will try its best to maintain the same low price for all products as long as possible. He despised the gerenal practice of special discount on certain product widely used by other retailers. It is one of the reason Costco has so many loyal customers
Re: It is the low pay, no health insurance, employees
chapAnjou
4/30/2012 11:20:42 PM
"I used to have a high school biology teacher who swore that we should always eat fast food when on road trips in strange places because they posed less risk of food poisoning them some unknown mom and pop shop. Because of standardization of product and sanitation procedure. Then I met Noreeen."
LOL! That is easily the best thing I've read on IU thus far hahahaha.
It's funny because it's true :-/
Re: It is the low pay, no health insurance, employees
chapAnjou
4/30/2012 11:19:31 PM
"Don't give up on all fast food! Just be prudent. I don't care if a restaurant is part of a chain or not. You need to use your senses to determine if it seems clean and well run, and resist the urge to simply assume everything is fine because of the name on the door."
@Noreen, that's the thing...this kind of stuff can happen anywhere. The unfortunate truth is that there's a higher likelihood of this kind of stuff happening at fast food places because of a lack of training and a lack of caring from the personnel.
Re: It is the low pay, no health insurance, employees
chapAnjou
4/30/2012 11:14:28 PM
"The root of the problem is still fast food employees."
@Value Hiker, exactly! There's absolutely no one in the fast food industry (except franchise owners) that are proud of what they do. They're there to bring home a paycheck and that's all. Honestly, I don't blame them...I wouldn't be proud working in one of those rat holes either.
Unfortunately though, like you said, with a lack of pride also comes a lack of respect for both customers and the care that needs to be taken when dealing with raw foods.
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