In the fact-based (admittedly a bit biased) text “McJobs,” written by Eric Schlosser, the author states that fast food has harsh effects to rural areas and to the rest of society, it being unhealthy and capable of shutting down old family-run restaurants. Although fast food does have a few positive effects, overall, it leaves a negative effect to society. A few of the main reasons that fast food is bad for the economy and society are its unhealthiness, the fact that fast food pays its workers minimum wage, and how they cruelly treat the animals that they painfully slaughter to feed us.
It is commonly known that fast food has some upsides, such as it gives many teenage workers pay for little effort, but it is still unhealthy and hurts the economy in many ways. According to …show more content…
Fast food places underpaying their workers is one reason that fast food hurts the economy, as this can lead to some fast food workers in poverty and other fast food officials getting rich, which unbalances the economy. Another disclaimer to eating fast food is its unhealthiness. Almost all fast food restaurants have frozen food and use unhealthy ingredients in the food that they serve to you. It is a well-known rumor that the Chicken McNuggets in McDonalds are made out of meatless white filth, but what you might not have known is that this rumor is almost true. According to “Top 8 Disgusting Facts About Fast Food - Daily Health Post,” the McNuggets are mostly just chicken scraps, fat, and tissue, not actual chicken meat. This, combined with the many diseases in the meats, such as E. coli, which have caused many illnesses and even a couple of deaths (“Notable fast-food E. coli outbreaks - UPI.com”), makes fast food an overall very unhealthy place to eat at. One more fact that could make people not like fast food is the cruelty in which fast food restaurants treat their animals with. “Treatment of Animals - the truth about the food ... - Fast Food
It is commonly known that fast food has some upsides, such as it gives many teenage workers pay for little effort, but it is still unhealthy and hurts the economy in many ways. According to …show more content…
Fast food places underpaying their workers is one reason that fast food hurts the economy, as this can lead to some fast food workers in poverty and other fast food officials getting rich, which unbalances the economy. Another disclaimer to eating fast food is its unhealthiness. Almost all fast food restaurants have frozen food and use unhealthy ingredients in the food that they serve to you. It is a well-known rumor that the Chicken McNuggets in McDonalds are made out of meatless white filth, but what you might not have known is that this rumor is almost true. According to “Top 8 Disgusting Facts About Fast Food - Daily Health Post,” the McNuggets are mostly just chicken scraps, fat, and tissue, not actual chicken meat. This, combined with the many diseases in the meats, such as E. coli, which have caused many illnesses and even a couple of deaths (“Notable fast-food E. coli outbreaks - UPI.com”), makes fast food an overall very unhealthy place to eat at. One more fact that could make people not like fast food is the cruelty in which fast food restaurants treat their animals with. “Treatment of Animals - the truth about the food ... - Fast Food