Former McDonald’s cook confesses

McDonald’s got me to college. I don’t just mean that I saved money by consuming tons of their cheap hamburgers and fries and gallons of milkshakes, which I did. I also worked there for three years, beginning at about $1 an hour, during the middle of the 20th century—even before Elvis Presley and rock ‘n roll. Back then a buck bought something substantial. I could eat as many burgers as I wanted for free, so rampant, unconscious consumption is what I did.

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