Taking The Toy out of the Happy Meal?

Lindey - posted on 02/08/2012

It is not the restaurants fault that parents buy the food for their kids. Even if they got rid of the toy busy parents will still buy fast food. You can not blame a company because people buy their food. I have never heard a McDonald's ad that said eat this food everyday because its good for you. lol... People need a reality check. If you made hamburgers at home everyday and that is all you eat you will still become obese. Does that mean we should stop selling hamburger meat? No it means you need to just learn how to make healthier choices and stop letting society take your rights or other peoples rights away. This is supposed to be a free country if someone wants to become obese they have a right to make that choice.

Lindey - posted on 02/08/2012

My thoughts on taking the toy out of the happy meal: I think its stupid to do this. If my child is having a good week or day I reward him with a happy meal. There are times he doesn't even play with the toy but it gives me an inexpensive way to reward him. McDonald's and other fast food restaurants are offering healthier choices now like apples instead of fries. I don't think its a good idea to feed your child fast food everyday but once a week or twice a week is not going to cause obesity. Society wants us to take it away just so kids don't ask for fast food but fast food is everywhere and kids are going to eat it regardless of if there is a toy inside or not. I wish parents would just take responsibility for their actions as a parent and let the rest of us take care of our children. Whats best for one person might not be best for the next. To the parents who think its a good idea to do this why don't you just not allow your child to eat fast food. Just because you don't want your child eating a happy meal doesn't mean you have to go out there and ruin it for the rest of us. Let us make our own choices. Lately it seems as though these small groups of people are slowly trying to take our rights away. Even the talk about higher taxes on sodas and junk food makes me sick. Guess what people will buy it regardless. Doctors will tell you its ok to have these things in moderation. So as long as your responsible with it what is the problem?

Maria - posted on 06/09/2011

So i dont remember the last time i actually posted to this debated but a little afterwards i actually ended up working at Mcdonalds and all i could remember was this thread haha. Well i dont work there anymore but on the occasion i sure do love to eat there!! #TeamMcdonalds \(^.^)/ haha

Maria - posted on 06/09/2011

So i dont remember the last time i actually posted to this debated but a little afterwards i actually ended up working at Mcdonalds and all i could remember was this thread haha. Well i dont work there anymore but on the occasion i sure do love to eat there!! #TeamMcdonalds \(^.^)/ haha

Maria - posted on 06/09/2011

So i dont remember the last time i actually posted to this debated but a little afterwards i actually ended up working at Mcdonalds and all i could remember was this thread haha. Well i dont work there anymore but on the occasion i sure do love to eat there!! #TeamMcdonalds \(^.^)/ haha

OhJessie - posted on 06/06/2011

A spammer? Where? Ugh.

Tine, there's no such thing as being "addicted" to french fries or chicken nuggets lol. They aren't drugs. You might be dependent on the caffeine in the soda but that's from a lot more than just happy meals.

Really, FatHead the documentary (available for instant watch on netflix; blows the Spurlockian crap right out of your head) ought to be required watching :D

OhJessie - posted on 06/06/2011

It's ludicrous, and it's wrong. If McDonald's wants to sell me a meal with a toy in it for 50 cents and I want to buy it, that's between me and McDonald's. Sometimes I do buy myself a happy meal with a toy, if they have something good available and I'm not very hungry. If people don't want the toy they can tell the store not to put the toy in; they have no right to try to BAN it for the rest of us.

Jodi - posted on 04/21/2011

Ok, I'll send a message to Catherine.....but from what I gather, if she is warned 3 times, she will automatically be blocked? Not sure how that works though.....

Kate CP - posted on 04/21/2011

She's nailing mailboxes, too, ladies.

Jodi - posted on 04/21/2011

I reported it too Loureen....she's spamming everywhere. Blocked her from the welcome page just in case......

Charlie - posted on 04/21/2011

spammer

Tine - posted on 03/01/2011

McDonald's are such a terrible, unethical organisation that my daughter will not, if I have anything to do with it, ever be exposed to a single 'happy' meal. This is an organisation that runs a sick kids' 'charity' in Australia, then uses their promotion day of it to make four times as much profit for themselves than normally. An organisation who's stated goal is to make EVERYONE eat their food, regardless of whether that even makes them a profit. One that will sue anyone who publicly comments on them (so I'd better watch out ...!) no matter how small or how true the comment.

Any fast food company that uses toys to trick parents into getting thier kids hooked on this awful product as young as possible deserve to be blamed for whatever of society's ills they are copping the blame for.

Appalling company, any flack they cop is great as far as I'm concerned.

Angela - posted on 02/16/2011

Why Thank You Marina! :) I try! LOL!
Its been a pretty good debate! :)

~♥Little Miss - posted on 02/16/2011

I want to give *KUDOS* to the OP Angela Vasquez for opening up such a great debate. I have never been part of one that has lasted for so many posts! Great job! Keep them coming!

Chatty - posted on 02/16/2011

Meh, it's all good! BUT, just for the record, I didn't actually call her a bitch. BEING bitchy and being A bitch, are different......are they not? I'm being totally serious.....I don't want to rehash shit but she was being snarky or "bitchy" and I addressed that. I never said she was a bitch. I just want to be clear about that.

Ok, now I'm done!

Sara - posted on 02/16/2011

It makes me happy that you guys kissed and made up, but I still deleted the comments!

Chatty - posted on 02/16/2011

Yeah, I'm pretty sure it's all good now. She didn't slip me the tongue but I'm pretty sure she accepts my apology??!! After all, she DID say she's pick up the pony and mail it.

Isobel - posted on 02/16/2011

they ALREADY kissed and made up xxoo

Sara - posted on 02/16/2011

Ok, I'm going to have to edit here folks...calling someone a bitch is not appropriate and is a violation of No THUMPS...let's all play nice together!!!

Chatty - posted on 02/16/2011

AWESOME! See, one step closer to world peace. I LOVE IT! ;)

~♥Little Miss - posted on 02/16/2011

yeah, i will mail it.....

Chatty - posted on 02/16/2011

Can you pick up the blue 'My Little Pony' for Roxanne? It's the only one that she doesn't have from the collection.

~♥Little Miss - posted on 02/16/2011

Maybe we will stop for a happy meal on the way home ;)

Isobel - posted on 02/16/2011

for you...have a nice day.

Chatty - posted on 02/16/2011

I'm sorry I suggested or implied that you are a bitch. Such is not the case.



I'm still waiting for world peace. Can we tackle that next?

~♥Little Miss - posted on 02/16/2011

Need to pick up my son from school....have a lovely day ladies. Once again, this thread has run its course....

~♥Little Miss - posted on 02/16/2011

YES Laura, we are on the same side of the fence, just different ideas...

Chatty - posted on 02/16/2011

Ok, so we're done then? Phew *wipes the sweat from her brow* THAT was rough...

~♥Little Miss - posted on 02/16/2011

Yes Dana, I am aware of that....Have I ever said I did not know this???? Nope, but thank you for trying to tell me I don't know the difference. I am simply saying that I have NOT seen any fast food commercial geared towards kids in a looooooonnnnnnnggggggg ass time.....it is an observation that I was sharing.

Isobel - posted on 02/16/2011

Dmak and Marina, they are going to shut this down if you keep bickering...we don't even disagree enough to be arguing, we ARE kinda all on the same side.

I just misunderstood that I THOUGHT marina was saying that it was ONLY the parents fault and that marketing played no role...I was wrong, it's done.

LaCi - posted on 02/16/2011

pffft. Everybody knows if you eat mcnuggets you grow a dolphin like torso and set olympic records.

Nikkole - posted on 02/16/2011

Yea i see the ones towards adults to! AND every single commercial the kids/adults are skinny and healthy looking which is HORRIBLE if they really wanted to show how McDonald's affects children and adults they would show obese people eating it not the other way around!

LaCi - posted on 02/16/2011

They've resorted to guilting you into eating bad food now? That's pretty smart.

Chatty - posted on 02/16/2011

You and Laura DO have some kind of understand or commonplace but this is a debate so I'm arguing with certain aspects of your comments. Is that not what we're supposed to do?

Oh, and you mentioned that you haven't seen any commercials aimed at children, Marina, but that doesn't mean they're not there and AGAIN, marketing is not just advertising. :))

Isobel - posted on 02/16/2011

The other one I see all the time is Happy Meals "Kids helping Kids" showing kids going to get happy meals so that kids in the hospital can have family with them...nice

~♥Little Miss - posted on 02/16/2011

I haven't seen any in ages Nikkole. They have ALL been geared towards adults.

LaCi - posted on 02/16/2011

I haven't seen a McDonalds commercial since the olympics. :)

I consider it a bonus to refusing to give the cable company money for horrible programing.

Nikkole - posted on 02/16/2011

These commercials get on my last nerve its like if you eat Mc Donalds you will be happy or something actually you will feel like CRAP because the food is crap lmao!

~♥Little Miss - posted on 02/16/2011

Ok...when I was leaving...I felt Laura and I had come to some understanding...then someone comes and stirs the shit back up...and I am the fucking bad guy??? Are you flipping kidding????? What a joke.

Isobel - posted on 02/16/2011

Which is what I've been saying all along

Nikkole - posted on 02/16/2011

I actually see Commercials CONSTANTLY thats how my son KNOWS there is a new toy out he will say MOM i want that toy from McDonald's and i say "NOPE"

http://www.happymeal.com/en_US/?#Video_P...

This commercial is always on during the day on like Nickalodean and other channels!

http://www.happymeal.com/en_US/?#Video_P...

Isobel - posted on 02/16/2011

for the record her plan is this

Stop the marketing of unhealthy things to children
AND Educate the parents
AND stop eating there.

Chatty - posted on 02/16/2011

Laura didn't say that she didn't agree with your plans, Marina.....she just wants you to accept and acknowledge that the marketing needs to be addressed AS WELL.

Isobel - posted on 02/16/2011

that's what I've been saying....that's why I've been asking you why you are fighting with me.

~♥Little Miss - posted on 02/16/2011

@ Laura "I agree with Nikkole's plan" OMFG! I have been saying that exact thing....now I know you are all just arguing to bust my chops and fight to fight. Nice.

~♥Little Miss - posted on 02/16/2011

Yup Nikkole....and once again...I have not seen a commercial directed at children from McD or BK (or other fast food places for that matter) in a very long time. Just proves my point.

Isobel - posted on 02/16/2011

in fairness Marina, many of your posts have appeared to be fairly contradictory and confusing. I have read them all and I still don't know what "find the source and start there" means...so...



I agree with Nikkole's plan

Nikkole - posted on 02/16/2011

Well i guess the ONLY way to stop actually stop all this is 1. STOP marketing to children (unless its healthy food like subway) 2. MORE education for parents!! But how are we going to get places such as MC Donald's to STOP marketing to kids i guess protest and NOT eat there food?

~♥Little Miss - posted on 02/16/2011

First of all, give me a freaking break Dana. BIG *EYE ROLL* and *SIGH*. Of course this is about advertising to BOTH adults and children. If you cannot see that, then you are not seeing the reality of that.

I am being so snarky and sarcastic is becouse it is obvious you have not read all my comments before you jumped on Laura's bandwagon...pretty typical of these kind of debates though.

I said LOFTY Jenny, not unrealistic, or goals we should not try to reach. I was meaning BIG goals, not unetainable...or lets not try cause it would be hard. You are right...I am being a realist...becouse I think those things CAN work. I would not have suggested them if I didn't think that was the way to do it. This is the second time I have made those suggestions by the way.

Chatty - posted on 02/16/2011

How do I put quotations in italics? Are my posts confusing? I used quotations but...