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Jawbone54 · May 31, 2006, 11:33 AM

Don't you want a sausage griddles? It...or they...or whatever...only cost(s) $100.

turtle777 · May 31, 2006, 11:45 AM

I've seen that before.
They don't show the decimal point, so it's basically cents.

Nothing too unusual.

-t

Dakar · May 31, 2006, 11:51 AM

Somebody has to work at McDonalds.

olePigeon · May 31, 2006, 11:58 AM

It's not just McDonald's. I blame most of you. I'm now seeing sign after sign that uses an apostrophe for a plural word.

Jawbone54 · May 31, 2006, 12:15 PM

Originally Posted by Dakar

Somebody has to work at McDonalds.

I had to work at Sonic in high school. I wasn't made for fast food cooking. I'm too laid back to cook that many hamburgers in that short of a time span. I did a lot better working around crazy people at the funeral home (some of the funniest people I've ever been around) and in the NICU of a hospital. Best high school jobs ever.

Socially Awkward Solo · May 31, 2006, 12:51 PM

Originally Posted by Dakar

Somebody has to work at McDonalds.

When I was in Florida they had a robot making the fries in the MD's. All stupid people should be replaced with a robot.

chris v · May 31, 2006, 12:54 PM

Originally Posted by Socially Awkward Solo

All stupid people should be replaced with a robot.

The world would be quickly emptied of most of its populace.

(Not that that's a bad thing.)

We'd miss you, though.

scaught · May 31, 2006, 01:00 PM

who ****ing eats at mcdonalds anyway? goddamn.

Socially Awkward Solo · May 31, 2006, 01:01 PM

Originally Posted by chris v

The world would be quickly emptied of most of its populace.

(Not that that's a bad thing.)

We'd miss you, though.

ya nice one.

At any rate stupid people should be used to oil the joints of the smarter robots.

olePigeon · May 31, 2006, 01:01 PM

Originally Posted by scaught

who ****ing eats at mcdonalds anyway? goddamn.

Only in America?

Jawbone54 · May 31, 2006, 01:06 PM

I haven't felt the same about McDonald's ever since I watched Super Size Me. I wasn't too fond of it before the movie came out anyways.

chris v · May 31, 2006, 01:23 PM

Originally Posted by scaught

who ****ing eats at mcdonalds anyway? goddamn.

Not me. I worked there for 4 long months in my youth. I know better than to eat that ****.

olePigeon · May 31, 2006, 01:35 PM

I haven't eaten at McDonald's since they moved to hydrogenized corn oil for their fries. I think that was 15 years ago.

Kerrigan · May 31, 2006, 01:36 PM

And to make things worse, 10% of Mexico's population --the poorest and the dumbest-- have moved to the US over the last decade or so.

chris v · May 31, 2006, 03:03 PM

Originally Posted by Kerrigan

And to make things worse, 10% of Mexico's population --the poorest and the dumbest-- have moved to the US over the last decade or so.

See y'all on page 5...

SpaceMonkey · May 31, 2006, 03:16 PM

Originally Posted by chris v

Originally Posted by Kerrigan

And to make things worse, 10% of Mexico's population --the poorest and the dumbest-- have moved to the US over the last decade or so.

See y'all on page 5...

They're only poor and dumb because there isn't enough bilingual education...because Republicans hate Hispanics.

See you on page 10!

paul w · May 31, 2006, 03:17 PM

That reminds me of a Seinfeld bit:

I am for open immigration, but that sign we have in the front of the Statue of Liberty, "Give us your tired, your poor, your huddled masses." Can't we just say, "Hey, the door's open. We'll take whoever you got." Do we have to specify "The wretched refuse?" Why not just say, "Give us the unhappy, the sad, the slow, the ugly, the people that can't drive, people that have trouble merging, if they can't stay in their lane, if they don't signal, they can't parallel park, if they're sneezing, if they're stuffed up, if they have bad penmanship, if they don't return calls, if they have dandruff, food between their teeth, if they have bad credit, if they have no credit, missed a spot shaving..........In other words, any dysfunctional, defective slob that you can somehow cattle prod onto a wagon, send them over. We want them."

turtle777 · May 31, 2006, 03:21 PM

Originally Posted by paul w

That reminds me of a Seinfeld bit:

In that regard, we might actually raise the bar by letting all Mexicans in

-t

chris v · May 31, 2006, 03:29 PM

racist*

*See you on page 15

TheoCryst · May 31, 2006, 03:34 PM

Ever notice how many Mexicans work at McDonalds? No wonder the food is so shitty...

(PS: see you all on page 20

)

Jawbone54 · May 31, 2006, 03:38 PM

Originally Posted by SpaceMonkey

They're only poor and dumb because there isn't enough bilingual education...because Republicans hate Hispanics.

See you on page 10!

They're poor and dumb because they refuse to learn the language of success in America: English.

I wish that I could say something offensive and then say, "See you on page 20," but I'm too docile.

Oh, wait, I've got it....GAY!!!

See you on page 30

paul w · 04:02 PM

People who work at McDonald's should be rounded up and shot by people who work at Wendy's. And then those people should be rounded up and shot by people who work at Taco Bell. And then those people should be rounded up and shot by people who work at KFC, and so on.

ghporter · May 31, 2006, 04:01 PM

Originally Posted by olePigeon

It's not just McDonald's. I blame most of you. I'm now seeing sign after sign that uses an apostrophe for a plural word.

I'm with you! Bad signage is a sign of bad thought and bad management. It makes a store (of any kind) look just plain stupid when their signs are stupid.

Chuckit · May 31, 2006, 04:03 PM

Originally Posted by Jawbone54

They're poor and dumb because they refuse to learn the language of success in America: English.

I wish that I could say something offensive and then say, "See you on page 20," but I'm too docile.

Oh, wait, I've got it....GAY!!!

See you on page 30

You just say that because you're Christian.

Page 50 will rock.

paul w · May 31, 2006, 04:05 PM

Mexicans don't have apostrophes in their language. They are not forced to grapple with such concepts on a daily basis.

Explains a lot really.

Jawbone54 · May 31, 2006, 04:08 PM

Originally Posted by ghporter

I'm with you! Bad signage is a sign of bad thought and bad management. It makes a store (of any kind) look just plain stupid when their signs are stupid.

Exactly.

Kerrigan · May 31, 2006, 04:14 PM

These's are all good point's

scaught · May 31, 2006, 04:15 PM

Originally Posted by Chuckit

You just say that because you're Christian.

Page 50 will rock.

all christians are transgendered gay mexicans

[for the lock]

Kerrigan · May 31, 2006, 04:19 PM

"yes please you want kebab?"

Jawbone54 · May 31, 2006, 04:29 PM

We're all about to be banned.

paul w · May 31, 2006, 04:31 PM

Edit: This is boring. What's wrong with Mexicans again?

Chuckit · May 31, 2006, 04:41 PM

Don't say that! You'll summon Rolling Bones from Ban Limbo.

chris v · May 31, 2006, 04:45 PM

But.. what, if on second-thought, I do want a sausage griddles?

Summon the Llama's, I say.

turtle777 · May 31, 2006, 04:47 PM

Originally Posted by chris v

Summon the Mexican Llama's, I say.

Fixinated.

-t

Doofy · May 31, 2006, 04:51 PM

Originally Posted by olePigeon

It's not just McDonald's. I blame most of you. I'm now seeing sign after sign that uses an apostrophe for a plural word.

Word.

greenamp · May 31, 2006, 05:05 PM

This thread needs some Clayton Bigsby.

scaught · May 31, 2006, 05:14 PM

Originally Posted by paul w

Edit: This is boring. What's wrong with Mexicans again?

oh. LOTS of things. haha!

um. brb

olePigeon · May 31, 2006, 05:17 PM

Llamas son más grandes que las ranas.

davesimondotcom · May 31, 2006, 05:28 PM

Originally Posted by olePigeon

It's not just McDonald's. I blame most of you. I'm now seeing sign after sign that uses an apostrophe for a plural word.

And then a company like Albertson's goes and removes the apostrophe and becomes Albertsons. They had it right and they changed it.

I'm with you!

How many thread titles have spelled "lose" as "loose" or included some form of bad punctuation? Billions and billions served!

TheoCryst · May 31, 2006, 06:28 PM

Originally Posted by olePigeon

Llamas son más inteligentes que los trabajadores de McDonald's.

Fixinated™

Yose · May 31, 2006, 07:02 PM

I've thoroughly enjoyed this thread.

Thank you.

Rumor · May 31, 2006, 07:27 PM

Kevin · May 31, 2006, 07:38 PM

Originally Posted by chris v

The world would be quickly emptied of most of its populace.

(Not that that's a bad thing.)

We'd miss you, though.

Buuurnn..

ghporter · May 31, 2006, 07:56 PM

Originally Posted by paul w

Mexicans don't have apostrophes in their language. They are not forced to grapple with such concepts on a daily basis.

Explains a lot really.

Actually most of such signs I've seen were put up by 'mericans. Born 'n raised rat cheer in Texas by folks what spoke 'merican English, thaky kindly. The non-native English speakers that I've met and worked with are exceptionally careful about spelling and grammar in English. It's the idiots who don't give a hoot whether or not anyone understands them in the language they (supposedly) learned at their mama's knee that make this kind of bone-headed problem an issue.

Originally Posted by davesimondotcom

And then a company like Albertson's goes and removes the apostrophe and becomes Albertsons. They had it right and they changed it.

Apparently, now they are selling a variety of items that are individually each called an "albertson." That's precisely what their sign says...

turtle777 · May 31, 2006, 08:02 PM

Yeah, and soon it's gonna be Albertsons'

-t

greenamp · May 31, 2006, 08:22 PM

Albert's Sons?

Railroader · May 31, 2006, 10:26 PM

Would any of you thought about McDonalds if some idiot spelled the text of a sign correctly?

Perhaps he's a genius.

Any publicity is good publicity.™

dcmacdaddy · May 31, 2006, 10:37 PM

Originally Posted by Railroader

Would any of you thought about McDonalds if some idiot spelled the text of a sign correctly?

Perhaps he's a genius.

Any publicity is good publicity.™

This "logic" regarding publicity only applies if the publicity effects McDonalds in a beneficial way, presumably a financially beneficial way. If all that happens by viewing this sign is that people who don't like McDonalds have their dis-like for McDonalds re-affirmed then this publicity has been for nought. If, on the other hand, by viewing this sign some people have either )a their like for McDonalds re-affirmed, or b) their dis-like for McDonalds transformed into a like for McDonalds, then this publicity will have been for gain (assuming that of like of McDonalds translates into a willingness to spend money their eating their food.

So, making assumptions that a) this sign created publicity for McDonalds and b) that the publicity created was beneficial to McDonalds (simply because it was publicity), is quite the leap of logic.

Railroader · May 31, 2006, 11:09 PM

Originally Posted by dcmacdaddy

This "logic" regarding publicity only applies if the publicity effects McDonalds in a beneficial way, presumably a financially beneficial way. If all that happens by viewing this sign is that people who don't like McDonalds have their dis-like for McDonalds re-affirmed then this publicity has been for nought. If, on the other hand, by viewing this sign some people have either )a their like for McDonalds re-affirmed, or b) their dis-like for McDonalds transformed into a like for McDonalds, then this publicity will have been for gain (assuming that of like of McDonalds translates into a willingness to spend money their eating their food.

So, making assumptions that a) this sign created publicity for McDonalds and b) that the publicity created was beneficial to McDonalds (simply because it was publicity), is quite the leap of logic.

You're missing the point. This type of "negative" publicity makes those who like the taste of McD's food to think about it and to think about eating it. It will urge them to go get it and therefore McD's makes more money. It's not about convincing those who hate McD's tp buy more, it's about making those who like McD's to think about eating more. Thereby being "financially beneficial". It didn't cost them anything.

Albert Pujols · May 31, 2006, 11:14 PM

I once saw a sign at McDonalds reading, "HIRING TWO LOSERS"

I'm sure they meant "closers" but the C either fell off or someone took it off making it a classic sign.