by Karsten Lunde
After a brief stop at McDonald’s on 23rd Street for a quick dinner, I noticed something as I glanced around the dining room and this time it wasn’t light-up sneakers, neglected trash, or even globs of ketchup on the beverage bar.
Yes, I noticed all those things too. But something struck me while I sat, hunched over in a stool, glazed over from grease and salt and monosodium glutamate.
McDonald’s is no longer a place to hang out with Ronald, Grimace, and the Fry Kids. No, in fact somehow, over time, the interior decor has transformed from warm yellows and reds to softer pastels and flower motifs. Even the plastic seats are now covered with powder blue and soft green and a mauve that would make even Edgar Degas throw up in his fries. The geriatric interior design of today’s McDonald’s restaurants rivals that of your average nursing home. The only things missing are a player piano and the smell of gravy.
Today, I call on McDonalds to rethink its interior decoration. Revert back to the reds and oranges and yellows that delighted me as a child. Let me once again feast with Grimace and the Fry Kids. Release the Hamburglar from his prison.
McDonald’s made billions NOT with gourmet coffees and premium chicken, but with Cheeseburgers, fries, and an ingredient missing today—FUN!
Karsten Lunde is a radio disc jockey in Lawrence, Kansas. Visit his personal Web site at http://karsten.lunde.net or check out Lawrence's X-92.9 online at www.x929.com.
E-mail: Karsten@x929.com
3 comments:
yeah what happened to good ol mac d's , i used to love going there and getting a big mac and fries now its a place i just want to hit the drive through
Mc'Ds is no longer red b/c scientific studies have linked the color red to eating more and therefore obesity. And not wanting to hold any part in the obesity epidemic in America, they removed the red.
Yeah, I heard a combination of yellow and red is supposed to make you hungary.
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