"fast food restaurants" news and stories

In the past, I have disagreed with some of the food-related lists that MSN has put forth and their latest addition is no exception. They put together a list of 15 tips to stay on a diet at fast food restaurants, most of which suggest things like choosing a smaller portion size or sharing desserts, fries, etc. with a friend. And one of their most important tips is to "limit your visits to fast-food restaurants to no more than twice a week," which is still quite a few visits, to say nothing of the fact that it assumes that you already visit three or more times per week.

It's not that their tips are bad, just overly obvious or repetitive. For example, if you're eating at a fast food restaurant every other day, it's pretty safe to say that your diet has a lot of room for improvement. The tips can be streamlined into a much shorter list:

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We all know that we want to be nice and polite to the person who is serving your food in a restaurant, because you never know what he or she will do to your food behind closed doors to get back at you. I shudder at the thought. However, in Philadelphia, you might want to be nice to the fast-food worker behind the counter, or else you might walk away with a 3rd degree hot oil burn. Yikes.

A customer in the fast food chain Checkers in Philadelphia said her "skin was cooking" when a 17-year-old employee threw hot oil on her. The employee had first dumped soda on the customer, and while the customer complained to the manager, the employee returned with a cup of hot oil and threw it on her through the pick-up window.

The employee has been fired and charged with aggravated and simple assault and reckless endangerment.