Comments by "Im Caj" (@KratostheThird) on "Pizza Hut Nationalism" video.
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American society was starting to change around the 2000s. Don't get me wrong. I'm not talking about the economy as a whole, just the fast food business.
As someone who worked at McDonalds back in the mid - late 2000s, I can tell you from experience that as recently as that time, working for a number of these fast food companies was simply a better experience.
Now, in my late 30s, it's simply more comforting to spend time with my family at home than it is to bother with any of these big corporations out in public who just want your hard earned money. I used to love going out with friends, spend time at the bar or nightclub, or pay money at a restaurant for good food. Today that experience is mostly gone.
Being born in the early - mid 1980s, people like myself mostly keep a small group of friends and family. Gone are the days of having a big gathering at Pizza Hut, or Chuck E Cheeses. It was fun, I remember that experience back in the 90s.
Spending time at home, drinking beer and watching the Superbowl has been more fun than anything any fast food place has given me in over 10 years. The American corporate model has utterly killed Pizza Hat along with all the other fast food places.
You remember Ronald McDonald, and Dave from Wendy's trying to get you to try their products? That's all in the past now.
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I saw the writing on the wall in circa 2008 - 2011 when I worked at McDonalds. I'm not proud of my time there, but it was a job, and I met some great people while doing the drive thru and front counter, among other duties I did.
In 2004 - 2006 this same McDonalds gave me and everyone else a comfy feeling. It was still fast food. People went in, got their order, and left after 10 - 20 minutes. But in contrast to nowadays, the McDonalds I knew over a decade ago was far more inviting.
You see the contrast at approximately 0:40 into the video. The McDonalds I knew and worked at resembled much like the one in the 2009 photograph. We went thru a renovation period sometime in 2011 - 2014, I can't remember exactly. Now it just very much resembles the McDonalds shown in the 2019 photograph. A box like shape that looks like a place for inmates rather than a place to take your kids and family to eat.
We also ditched the red uniforms we had in 2008 - 2009ish, and phased out anything that had Ronald McDonald's face and figure on it. So now, it's not only a place where kids aren't so much encouraged to go, it's a place where they pay employees the bare minimum. Doesn't matter if you work part time or full time. It's not a good job for high school, college aged kids.
The managers at this same McDonalds are much worse than the ones I worked for over a decade ago. Everything has been cheapened and cut back to make more profit, just like every other corporate fast food and restaurant company.
Meanwhile, your old Mom and Pop stores continue to drop off like flies while McDonalds, Carls Jr and Burger King move in to your small town and big town. All utilizing the same crap that affected my local McDonalds. Poor service, poor treatment of employees, and practically no possible future to move up within the company or have an actual career in the restaurant business.
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