Eric Schlasser

During Schlasser's speech, I learned that his book started as an article in the Rolling Stone's magazine. The book was a New York Times best seller for two years and it has been popular ever since it was published eight years ago. His aim of the book was to guide Americans to make a conscious choice about eating fast food. When he was assigned to write the book, he went to the library and got out a big stack of books about the companies that make fast food. Schlasser did not want to be snotty when he wrote the article because he liked fast food and he learned a lot about the corporation. He learned that the fast food companies have transformed our country. He stresses that "Knowledge is Power" and without knowledge we will always be in control of someone with an education. Sclasser explained that the fast food companies have changed the way employees are treated. The author said that in the fast food system workers are indesposible and interchangeable and the typical worker is quiting in three months. He found one quote by McDonald's and I agree that I am a little distribed with the statement, "One taste worldwide." He sided with the In and Out Buger's industry and said that the business is better than McDonald's. He said that the In and Out business is the most profitable fast food business. Finally, the authors ending quote was "Once there is seeing, there must be acting, otherwise what's the point in seeing.''