McDonaldization disregards health

Submitted By Edwin Rivera

     Its bizarre to see how far some of the world's most popular organizations will go to make achieve higher sucess. Sadly, businesses are not as concerned with the health risks of their customers as they are with their growth in income. Marlboro is a good example. Marlboro is the world's largest selling brand of cigarettes. Cigarettes can lead to many types of cancer, but are still purchased by hundreds of millions of customers.  Approximately 87 percent of all lung cancer cases in the United States are caused by cigarette smoking. These large businesses are selling poisonous products that simply harm consumers.

     McDonald's is the world's largest chain of fast food hamburger restaurants. There are McDonald's everywhere, and even though people know that McDonald's food isn't healthy, they continue to eat it. McDonald's is quick and cheap, so you can't lose right? Wrong! McDonald's, like Marlboro, is a popular business that is more concerned with income than they are the health of their own customers. McDonald's (like other fast food restaurants) can affect many health risks. These foods are fatty, and many of the ingredients are unheard of. McDonald's burgers are super high in salt. (Keep in mind that anything with the right amount of sodium won't rot.)

     A very interesting experiment that has been done multiple times proves that McDonald's burgers and fries do not decompose. Even after two decades of a McDonald's burger being out, it did not decompose. That means that after 20 years, a single burger did not have any mold. These are the same burgers that are served every day to people. A burger that won't rot doesn't sound like the healthiest thing to serve customers. Although McDonald's is familiar with these experiments, they continue to serve the same burgers that have been satisfying millions of people all over the world.
      These burgers contribute to McDonald's success. In such a short amount of time, you can sell many burgers that take only a few minutes to prepare. In McDonald's, quantity = quality. The burgers always taste the same, their only goal is to sell the same products in the shortest amount of time possible. Of course McDonald's isn't concerned with the health risks caused by eating their foods. If customers continue to buy these standardized burgers, they are only contributing to the success of the world's favorite fast food restaurant.

     In the fast food industry, efficiency is the key to a successful franchise. The simpler the food preparation process is, the more sales will be made. The burger making process is so standardized that no matter which McDonald's you go to in the world each burger is EXACTLY the same. The video below is an experiment done with McDonald burgers. Perhaps McDonald's should consider the possible risks these burgers could put costumers in.