What’s the True Cost of the Drive-thru Window? – A Rant
February 26, 2009
Apparently, due to the economic conditions we now find ourselves in, more people than ever before are buying the family meals at the drive-thru window. While everyone else is losing money, Micky D’s has shown an increase in business. This is disturbing for a number of reasons; but setting the health lecture aside, let’s talk about how taking our meals in the family car will effect us later. But first one more TV ad to prove my point. Have you seen the ad for oatmeal that congratulates the father for making his kids breakfast? It ends with the kids strapped in their car seats eating their oatmeal while driving down the street, bowl and spoon in hand. Doesn’t it bother anyone that the advertising agencies now think that eating in the car is commendable?
My point is how are we to teach our children proper table manners if there is no table. How are we to teach our children social graces, how to speak properly, how to use utensils properly, how to communicate their needs and wants if we try to do it all over the back of a van seat?
I propose we try to plan more at-home meals, more family time spent eye to eye, more time learning to communicate with the next generation; and teaching them how to communicate with us. Thinking down the line a bit; the kids you spend time with today will be the parents of your grandchildren tomorrow. Let’s make sure they know the way. You may even find the process has the added bonus of real enjoyment.
Entry Filed under: Rants, Semi-Rants and Non-Rants. Tags: at home meals, drive-thru windows, family communication, Family meals, table manners.
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