I know what you mean. I thought of it as being industriously evil, and that’s bad.
My first thought (and suprised it hasn’t been posted yet):
No one was reminded of these guys?
You know, space Nazis.
For some reason, Natalie Dormer always makes me think of Jenny Agutter.
There’s a thread for that!
They need something in more cheerful colors.
“You want sex with that?”
Oh man. When I worked there (1982), those fish patties sat around for a loooong time. Not a good choice then.
Not sure how they’re prepared now. Perhaps microwaved?
I can’t recall seeing many McDonalds employees who looked over 30 but I assumed that was just because they didn’t pay a living wage.
Contemporary design strategy:
“I dunno, charcoal?”
“Love it. What about a secondary color?”
"…light charcoal?"
“Yep. Exactly perfect. Here’s all my money.”
As someone who is wearing gray jeans with a black T-shirt, black boots, and was wearing a gray Members Only jacket this morning when it was cooler, I have to respectfully disagree.
i do. it’s my favorite thing there. they are DELICIOUS. also, there’s the plus of knowing they have to make them fresh, instead of pulling them out of a warmer somewhere.
Maybe the grey is to help regional managers get used to managing sets of kiosks and robots:
Still deep fried and held in a heated holding cabinet. Depending on the quality of management/staff they’ll either be held for a safe amount of time… or far beyond it.
Why did I always think that was Jay Leno?
It’s been far longer than since this morning that Members Only jackets were anywhere near cool.
Canada’s have been black and red for the past year, iirc. Very sleek and anime.
McDonald’s is just doing its part to make sure that society reaches the wardrobe singularity.
I set that one up! facepalm