• This is a political forum that is non-biased/non-partisan and treats every person's position on topics equally. This debate forum is not aligned to any political party. In today's politics, many ideas are split between and even within all the political parties. Often we find ourselves agreeing on one platform but some topics break our mold. We are here to discuss them in a civil political debate. If this is your first visit to our political forums, be sure to check out the RULES. Registering for debate politics is necessary before posting. Register today to participate - it's free!

McDonald's takes action against customers who throw out Happy Meals and keep the toys

S

soylentgreen

DP Veteran
Joined
Jan 8, 2017
Messages
21,484
Reaction score
6,314
Location
new zealand.
Gender
Male
Political Leaning
Other
Capitalism at its best.
https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.co...row-out-Happy-Meals-and-keep-the-toys/2374238
A McDonald’s Japan Pokémon Happy Meal giveaway meant to delight children and collectors instead drew public ire after some customers bought the sets only for the toys and cards, dumping the untouched food on the street.
The promotion, which began last Friday, featured Pokémon toys and cards that are popular not only among children, but also collectors worldwide, drawing long lines from day one. A McDonald’s employee wrote on X, formerly Twitter, that all Pokémon cards had sold out by 1 p.m. on the first day after a rush of customers at opening.
When the free gifts began selling for more than double their original value on secondhand marketplaces, some resellers allegedly discarded the burgers and drinks from the Happy Meals outside stores or on nearby streets. Photos shared on social media showed unopened sets tossed away or piled in stacks outside McDonald’s locations across Japan.
McDonald’s Japan has also faced criticism for failing to anticipate the problem. Critics accused the company of ignoring the potential for food waste in order to maximize short-term profit. Comments on the company’s social media pages included calls to “stop producing food waste” and condemnations of “events that pursue short-term profit without countermeasures.”
Click to expand...
 
31e85d16-4de6-4292-be7d-b5310eaf9f4d_text.gif
 
Though haven't eaten Mc D's in many years, if I pay for it I'm eating it.

Maybe they should have offered the toy solely, at full meal price and kept the food for future orders. Win!
 
Waste of food. My kids get the toy plus dinner.
 
soylentgreen said:
The best you can ever do is demonstrate your ignorance of both capitalism and socialism.
Click to expand...

So you want some evidence? Here you go:

Great Chinese Famine - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org

en.wikipedia.org

Holodomor - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org

en.wikipedia.org

1983–1985 famine in Ethiopia - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org

1990s North Korean famine - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org

Under capitalism they throw food away because there's so much of it.

Under socialism they throw people away because there's not enough food to feed them.
 
Helix said:
Waste of food. My kids get the toy plus dinner.
Click to expand...
Number one rule, you cannot open the toy until at least half your meal has been eaten. Used to be the entire thing, but I tired of them getting in trouble because they had no self control. For me, just going to McD's takes lots of control, can't stand it.
 
Integrityrespec said:
Number one rule, you cannot open the toy until at least half your meal has been eaten. Used to be the entire thing, but I tired of them getting in trouble because they had no self control. For me, just going to McD's takes lots of control, can't stand it.
Click to expand...
We had a fighting over who gets which toy incident recently.
 
Helix said:
We had a fighting over who gets which toy incident recently.
Click to expand...
I guess it looks really bad when the big mac and happy meal gets tossed out on the street. Not good advertising. Give it a few years and McD will be putting narcan in the happy meal in areas around colleges and universities.
 
Integrityrespec said:
I guess it looks really bad when the big mac and happy meal gets tossed out on the street. Not good advertising. Give it a few years and McD will be putting narcan in the happy meal in areas around colleges and universities.
Click to expand...
You won't catch me throwing a Big Mac on the street.
 
aociswundumho said:
So you want some evidence? Here you go:

Great Chinese Famine - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org

en.wikipedia.org

Holodomor - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org

en.wikipedia.org

1983–1985 famine in Ethiopia - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org

1990s North Korean famine - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org

Under capitalism they throw food away because there's so much of it.

Under socialism they throw people away because there's not enough food to feed them.
Click to expand...
And again you have no idea what socialism is because none of these countries are socialist. they are dictatorships.

But you could point to gaza where they are starving the people as a war crime but of course israel is capitalist leaning . Or even america where'
Food banks scramble after USDA halts $500 million in deliveries

The Trump Administration Is About to Incinerate 500 Tons of Emergency Food​

The U.S. ends lifesaving food aid for millions.
 
aociswundumho said:
Under capitalism they throw food away because there's so much of it.

Under socialism they throw people away because there's not enough food to feed them.
Click to expand...

You realise capitalism's worse, right? There's people in the world dying from hunger, because it's not profitable to feed them. Like, dead children aren't the end result of an ill-thought out policy, capitalists choose to let them starve.
 
When the toys are better than the food lmao!
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom