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This is a double-whammy PR nightmare.

Are we going to do what happened with Jack in the Box in the naughts and start associating E Coli with McDonalds? I remember hearing that FUD so much back then and now that the shoe is on the other foot, I wonder what will happen. 🤔 Not to engage in the fast food wars or anything, but also fuck McDonalds for helping this fat ass at all.

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chiliedogg@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
As much as I enjoy shitting on McDonald’s, I don’t think McDonald’s corporate had anything to do with this. I’m pretty sure this was a franchise.

That being said, McDonald’s may need to revisit some of the restrictions in their franchise agreements with regard to direct participation in political campaigns. A candidate visiting a location is one thing, but this restaurant directly arranged and participated in this nonsense.

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- jj4211@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  
  As much as I enjoy shitting on McDonald’s
  
  So you are behind the outbreak!
  
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- HawlSera@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  They basically told the franchisee that they were cool with it.
  
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- LovableSidekick@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  The owner of this franchise is a right-winger who has been fighting minimum wage raises and probably a “they can kiss my ass” type about corporate rules.
  
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WldFyre@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
How was the Jack in the Box thing FUD?

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- hex@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  What is FUD?
  
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  - WldFyre@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    It stands for Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt.
    
    I’ll be honest, though, I only really ever see it used in borderline cult-like environments, like cryptocurrency or Star Citizen. It’s a very weird term to use IMO
    
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    hex@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    Oh I see. Like fear mongering propaganda psyop type stuff lol. Yeah I see what you mean. Thanks!
    
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- MoogleMaestro@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  I just meant that it last a lot longer than the few months it was a real problem. Like, I feel like we all talked about it for years and it affected their business.
  
  I somehow expect that won’t happen here considering how popular McD is worldwide, that’s all I mean.
  
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  - WldFyre@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    Fair enough!
    
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