A Happy Meal... Every Time
McDonalds made Ray Kroc a billionaire. It also made Morgan Spurlock fat. It also makes my six-year old daughter VERY happy. And isn’t that all that matters. Pick a day, pick a time -- ask my daughter where she wants to go eat and the answer is always McDonalds. (P.S. I’m not applying for a commercial here, really I’m not, but if you like the concept, contact her agent.) A couple of days ago my six-year old had some visitors over for a play date. Her three-year old cousin from my wife’s brother’s family. And her three-year old cousin from my wife’s sister’s family. We decided to have a girls day out (+1) at the mall with my wife, the three girls and me. On our way there, we were getting a little hungry, so we stopped at... well, you know where we stopped. And when we got there, the order was as predictable as a Hugh Grant movie. “I’ll have the Happy Meal. Me too. Me too.” Wow, I didn’t see that coming. The truth is they all ordered the little plastic toy with whate...