Moving on, yesterday I was deceived into thinking that McDonald's owns Chipotle. What follows is my train of thought:
How I overlooked this important bit of business information is beyond me. (No it's not. In reality,I seldom look into business issues of who owns what, but maybe that should be priority.) My reaction is like that of my reaction to the CEOs statement concerning "deep personal connection to 28,000 people." How the frak is that even possible?
Ok no, that's not the question. McDonald's can do whatever it wants. They are a giant wealthy corporation out to ruin the world, I'm sure. (With their love for industry factory farms, and high fructose corn syrup, and fattening foods, and french fries flavored with beef when they claimed there was no beef in them. . . for what else could they be out?) So, no it is of no surprise that McDonald's owns Chiptole. They probably own a lot of things of which I am unaware, similarly to the way Coca-Cola owns Dasini tap water (seriously, they admitted it is nothing but tap water) and the way that the Walt Disney company owns sweatshops and U.S. American souls alike. But this Chipotle business caught me off guard. Why? Because I actively LIKE Chipotle.
As far as fast food goes, Chipotle is ETHICAL. (Key Phrase: "as far as fast food goes") Their meat is naturally raised in many states. (This means the animals are allowed to eat grass and other natural elements of their diet instead of the corn they can't digest.) 1/3 of their beans are organic. Their sour cream is hormone-free. It is easier for a vegan or vegetarian to eat at Chipotle than it is for s/he to eat at most restaurants. (Except for, ya know, the restaurants that are fully vegetarian.)
So. . . . now what? Do I continue to eat there or do I stop wasting $7.15 every time I crave a burrito and make one myself? The answer is probably that I eat there with great pangs of guilt for a while because it is delicious and I am weak. . . and then the guilt will get to me and I will feel like I am a horrendous human being for a while and boycott Chipotle for a year. . . and then I will realize that I have to compromise with the world at large because, as my dad likes to say about me, "you were born into a world you didn't create."
Bottom line, sometimes it will just be easier to go to Chipotle when I am out with a group of carnivorous friends and we are all short on cash. I can't force all my friends to go vegetarian restaurants all the time (though many of them are obsessed with red bamboo); and I can't always avoid products made outside the U.S.A. because sometimes I just really need a new set of bobby-pins and have not yet found a U.S. American company that makes them; and sometimes I have to take the kids with whom I work to see a Disney Movie over winter break (and often I enjoy them because I am still easily entertained as evidence suggests from my previous 5 posts); and sometimes I have to walk past a homeless person without offering him/her change because I don't have any and I am too greedy to give away the $20 bill in my pocket.
So, the question remains: what to do about Chipotle in the long run? Only time will tell my conscience's final resting place on the issue. HAHAHA. That is like the cheesiest line ever. :P
Well, turns out McDonald's was only associated with Chipotle for eight years and this is no longer the case. But, it really gets one thinking about the ways in which aspects of our corporate world intertwine with each other. So right now I feel relieved, but the question is to whom has McDonald's sold their stock? Maybe it was sold into better hands, but there always exists the possibility that the Corporation of Evil-Bunny-Killers, or something equally awful, now owns Chipotle.
P.S. As this post was clearly written by an alternative persona, it follows that the titling system should not conform to that of previous posts.
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