McDonald's introduced this new thing called the "Go Active! Happy Meal for Adults." Glenn and I discovered it this morning while we were at The Worst McDonald's in the World.
This must be their response to all the criticism over allegedly causing obesity. ("Honestly, your honor, they made me buy the Supersized Fries and they stuck an IV in my arm when I walked in and they squished those Shamrock Shakes through!") It consists of a premium salad, a bottle of water, a "walking tips booklet," and a "Stepometer™."
It was the "Stepometer™" that set Glenn off in a way I've only occasionally seen. We're in line, ready to order artery-clogging breakfast-ish things, and he starts his rant: "So, this company thinks that we're all too stupid to know what a pedometer is??" I pointed out that this was probably a cute little marketing thing for McD's, and he came back with "No-- sorry, it doesn't work that way. It's a freaking pedometer. I don't care what they call it."
I told Glenn he needs to get a blog setup so he can rant publicly to more than a handful of fast-food devotees.
We'd attracted enough attention by that point, so they gave us our food and we left. Come to think of it, they were faster than usual today, so bonus for us.
Unrelated, uncategorized update:
Red Eye Guy has been at his post the past few days, but he seems to be stuck on that "Ywwouurrrrrrdaaaarrrrgghhhhreeeeeedahhhhhhhhrahhheeeerrrrrrre..." thing I was telling you about. If he gets a different script, I'll share it here.
Posted by jtl at May 13, 2004 10:50 AM