PARENTS QUESTION WMD'S IN HAPPY MEALS
January, 2007.
Springfield, USA. -
McDonald's Corporation is once again under fire from parents' organizations, this time over the prizes being included in Happy Meals at their McDonald's restaurant locations. Still under scrutiny for their refusal to remove trans fats from their menu items, the company is now being criticized for including full-fledged mobile suits and particle weapon systems as part of their Happy Meal children's menu. Having recently signed an agreement with the underdog Principality of Zeon to issue McDonald's-themed mobile suits to able youngsters, McDonald's raised the prices of their Happy Meals to match the cost of these new, high quality pack-ins.
Many parents are furious. "I used to come to McDonald's with my kids so I could get cheap, addictive food with a $2 toy to distract my child for 25 minutes. Now I have to pay half a million dollars every day for those 25 minutes. It makes me angry. Now my children are addicted to this food, so I don't have a choice. I had to take out a 4th mortgage to pay for today's Happy Meal."
Online petitions supporting a McDonald's boycott of the new program have been somewhat successful. McDonald's has agreed to offer two Happy Meal options: one with a toy mobile suit in a similar color scheme costing similar to what previous Happy Meal toys had in the past, while the full mobile suit Happy Meals are still available as a standard menu item.
In a related story, a 7-year-old was recently arrested for firing a mega particle cannon into the US Embassy in Tokyo, resulting in the deaths of over 200 people. Further details in tomorrow's edition.
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