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As most people know, McDonald's restaurant signs show the number of hamburgers the giant chain has sold. McDonald's signs, however, were designed years ago, when the prospect of selling one hundred billion hamburgers seemed unthinkably remote. So the signs have only two decimal places. The ensuing catastrophic drop in sales is seen as almost certain to force the already-troubled company into bankruptcy. Which will result in hundreds of thousands of workers losing their jobs.