McCareers

I'm slightly irritated and even more slightly amused by the new McDonalds commercials on the radio. Have you heard them? They tell you to get a McGriddles (um....one isn't plural McDonalds...you need to call it a McGriddle), try to convince you an 1100 calorie salad is healthy, or load us up with "I'm lovin' it!" - seriously? It's been like 5 years and you are still using that ghetto slang slogan. I really want to meet (and possibly beat) the illiterate "homey" that came up with that ad campaign. Funnier still, I bet it was a 45 year old white guy from

Fargo, North Dakota trying to be "urban." But I digress...

The ad goes on to conclude with "McDonalds. It's more than a job. It's a career." Here is where I start to foam at the mouth. Yes, McDonalds is a career now. Since most of the middle class, non-degreed jobs have been shipped to China, India, and South and Middle America over the last 5 years, McDonalds in now a career. You too can support your family on just $6.25 an hour since you got laid off from your $45K a year job. And don't worry about how it will effect your self-esteem. I'm sure your therapist will take your McInsurance. Oh wait, they only hire part-time so you don't qualify for fancy perks like medical insurance.

Off my soap box, I did actually research this using the McDonalds website and had a few laughs. I found their merchandise section (which I didn't know existed) to be quite hilarious.

If you do get a McCareer you can use their BigMac business card holder.

Or you can put your important McDocuments together with these snazzy paper clips.

Or you can turn all your new McDonalds "dough" into cookies and keep them in this creepy and slightly off-putting cookie jar. It certainly looks diet friendly. Bob and Gillian would approve.

And as you enter your golden years under the golden arches and start thinking of retirement you can scrapbook about your days cleaning out the grease trap and taking orders from someone your grandchild's age with this handy scrapbooking kit.

As you spend your final days in the nursing home, under and afghan gumming the mealy part out of french fries because you can't find your dentures, you can pass the time by assembling your Big Mac jigsaw puzzle. They say it keeps your mind sharp. And you don't want to lose all those brain synapses you built spending years flipping burgers and having the computer figure change for you.