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Subject: Re: Those twits at McDonalds have done it to me for the last time (?)
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Date: Mon, 29-Apr-85 13:32:09 EDT
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> If someone's asking if you want something to drink with your meal
> sends you into painful convulsions, use the time you would otherwise
> spend posting news (informing us of how big an asshole you can be)
> to write a letter to McDonald's corporate management 

I disagree.
I never eat at fast food dives and doubt that I ever will. But I have
read most of the responses to this concern and must admit that I've
enjoyed the discussion. I've learned a bit about how these places work
and I think people have gotten things off their chests (on both sides). 

The response I liked best was ordering less when you're asked to order
more. If done politely this is not a put down, gives one a little
inner satisfaction (rather than the grin and bear it and get ulcers routine), 
and may even effect change, if done often enough. Few people are ever
going to write to management. Who would know who or where to write,
or if the letter will ever be seriously read? And it will always take
longer to write a letter than to knock out a response on the net.

I think actions tend to speak louder than words (written or otherwise).