If it is my son's birthday, he gets to choose. He'd pick either 'pizza from a box' (with which he means New York Pizza for kids) or McDonald's. If I'd pick up a meal from the local snackbar, from a Burger King, or bake my own fries and burger it wouldn't cut it for him. Would it cut it for me? For sure! Cause I like my fries tasting like potato without much salt, not the garbage they dare to serve at a McD's or Burger King. But not for him. It isn't about me; it is about the kid, my son in this case.
Furthermore, if we were on the go, the prolific yellow 'M' can be seen from afar, after which kids yell: 'I see McD's! Daddy can we eat at McD's today?' They want the real deal, and its standardized throughout the country (which has adapted McD's to local cuisine; example: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50423291). So in short, the kids already saw the 'M' sign that day, they know it is around in the vicinity, and you won't get away going to some alternative however good, proper, healthy, or tasty it is: it isn't McD's!
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If it is my son's birthday, he gets to choose. He'd pick either 'pizza from a box' (with which he means New York Pizza for kids) or McDonald's. If I'd pick up a meal from the local snackbar, from a Burger King, or bake my own fries and burger it wouldn't cut it for him. Would it cut it for me? For sure! Cause I like my fries tasting like potato without much salt, not the garbage they dare to serve at a McD's or Burger King. But not for him. It isn't about me; it is about the kid, my son in this case.
Furthermore, if we were on the go, the prolific yellow 'M' can be seen from afar, after which kids yell: 'I see McD's! Daddy can we eat at McD's today?' They want the real deal, and its standardized throughout the country (which has adapted McD's to local cuisine; example: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50423291). So in short, the kids already saw the 'M' sign that day, they know it is around in the vicinity, and you won't get away going to some alternative however good, proper, healthy, or tasty it is: it isn't McD's!