Aside from the health risks of consuming these high fat, high sodium meals, the fast food industry draws huge profits from the intense exploitation of youth, the elderly, the underskilled and the racially and nationally oppressed. Working conditions and schedules are deplorable in the fast-food industry, and only getting worse. Wendy's, the speed-up leader, averages only 150.3 seconds, followed by McDonald's at 168 seconds. The industry candidly recognizes that new outlet openings are yielding diminishing returns. The Wall Street Journal article paints a picture of work conditions that would shock Charles Dickens.
Timers are in every outlet.
Bells ring when orders are filled later than the designated goals. But this does not satisfy the store manager. As the night manager, she struggled to keep her small shift ahead of the hundreds of cars that passed through.