Ok, so this is for folks who stop at McDonalds, and occasionally (maybe even five times a week) have a McFlurry (their ice cream).
Before we get into the 'problem'.....a moment to talk over calories in the Oreo-flavor McFlurry...it's 570 calories. Yeah....it's a LOT. For a normal guy (without a lot of physical activity).....your average calorie intake should be around 2,500.
So if you stopped and had two regular burgers (250 calories each), medium fries (340), and a medium Coke (220)....you are up to around 1,000 calories for the day. Add the McFlurry and that's all enough for two-thirds of your daily food intake. Don't even start talking about breakfast, your mid-afternoon candy bar, and supper.
So, here's the problem....the machine that makes this McFlurry? It breaks down often...a lot. Just in general....to make 'soft' ice cream....most all machines have a break-down rate that is dismal. It's not just a McDonalds problem.
The FTC has decided enough complaints exist (not really a McDonalds problem), but an industry problem as a whole.....that they will assign people to find out why.
The odds that this will turn into a four-year investigation? Well....yeah, that is probably a major part of this issue.
The McDonalds view? They kinda think that the folks running/filling the machines....aren't that trained, and they suggest maintenance-wise....there ought to be more visitations/pre-checks.
So if you sit and think about it....McDonalds probably would want every single machine to function correctly because if you deny sixty people in an afternoon their McFlurry....they walk away without contributing to the profit of the company.
Somewhere out there, there ought to be this Einstein-like character....consumed with soft ice cream enthusiasm, and wanting to build the perfect machine.
The sad thing about this story.....typically, the last people on Earth that you'd want to drag in and figure a cause and solution to a problem....is the US government.
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