chapter 3
"In 1967, Colorado Springs had a total of twenty chain restaurants. Now it has twenty-one McDonald's."
You could research how McDonald's is growing and how it is putting smaller restaurants out of business. Now you could drive down any main road for five minutes and see twenty fast foods restaurants. For the most part, they are some of the only places our generation can go to get food now days. There was never a time in my life I can remember not seeing a fast food restaurant everywhere or anywhere I go. our generation was deprived of going out to small local places to talk to the friendly staff and gwet a good meal to eat. now we are basically given no other option than to walk into the bleak places we call fast food restaurants.
'Computer programs, training manuals, and the machines in the kitchen determine how just about everything must be done."
You could research how machines are taking over jobs in the workplace and really taking away the need to have an actual person working. Everywhere now is using machines to take care of as much work possible. At my job the computer tells me every item on the menu and every possible upgrade. a small child could figure out how to do this just as efficiently as any other person.
Chapter 7
"The intense pressure to return a bigger bag of money each year has prompted a number of conarga employees to break the law.
You could research how these companies will stop at nothing to keep making more money. even tough they make millions if not billions of dollars a year they still need more money. At my job we get plenty of business and always make plenty of money, but now they won't even let us get free food or get take out because plastic containers cost money. We make plenty of money and the business is still growing bigger than ever. it just shows they want to get as much money as possible.
"Monfort began to employ different sort of worker there; recent immigrants, many of them illegals."
You could research how many places eep employing illegal immigrants so they don't have to pay a regular citizen more money to do the same job. Where i work now over half of the employees are all most likely illegal immigrants. Almost all of the chefs and busser are immigrants. Maybe two of them can speak any english at all. I'm sure they don't get paid normal wages for their jobs and they work twice as hard. Restaurants can be this greedy just so they don't have to waste as myuch money paying their employees. If you make millions a year the least you can do is give your employees the money they desreve.