We're a funny bunch. We sit there, hypnotised by the fucking TV, with all the advertising forced through our consciousness.
Fine! The TV companies earn a profit, the actual advertiser increases sales as we all troop through their sales outlets...
So, today, after trotting round and finishing my deliveries, after driving passed a chippy, I find myself at the nearest services that happens to have fuel etc, but also a small McDonalds. Now only having a half hour left of my mandatory break, I pile in and select what seems to be the current deal being pitched at the punters.....I'm sure you can envisage this as I park the truck, put the tacho on rest and go in for "A big tasty meal please".
My point is, that we're all brainwashed into going to these places, yet the so called big tasty was far from that. Big Blandy would have been more accurate. Even as I type this all I can really taste in my mouth is salt from the fries, and from the wafer thin piece of plastic like, processed cheese, with an after taste of vinegar with a hint of mustard from the burger sauce. Yes, the bun seemed fresh, the salad items moist and crunchy etc, but completely lacking in flavour.
Through the doors, like lambs to slaughter. All for some salt, vinegar and mustard. Oh and I'm surprised that there aren't vultures circling overhead, when I think about how dry the bloody meat part of the burger was....
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