I actually caught one of those ads for the new McDonalds meals...

[conuly]

Two women are gossiping. One of them is talking about her brother's fiancee, but before she says what's so horrible about this woman she breaks off her conversation to walk up the stairs while her friend takes the elevator. They then meet up just in time for us to find out that *gasp* the fiancee is FOUR WHOLE INCHES TALLER THAN HE IS! I mean, can you imagine?

I'm not sure which part of this commercial is worse, the idea that you have to by an overpriced, unhealthy salad at a fast food chain with a toy to walk, or the fact that these four inches are apparently something people should care about. Either way, I feel as though I've been firmly insulted. I mean, god, are people honestly that shallow/stupid?

Comments

[neurotica0.livejournal.com]

Not to mention the fact that there is no way she could make it to the next floor as quickly as her friend in the elevator.
Walking is better, but the elevator is faster, and McDonalds is stupid for trying to make it seem otherwise.
Well, Mc is stupid for lots of reason, but that is now one of them.

[conuly]

Untrue. I've often found it faster to walk than to take the elevator. It depends on how many floors I'm going up/down and how many stops the elevator makes.

[neurotica0.livejournal.com]

Hmmm. Ok, that was an untested assumption. The only seemed to go up one floor, which for that I think the elevator would be best.

[conuly]

Depends on how fast you walk, and how slow the elevator is :)

[stejcruetekie.livejournal.com]

One school I work in, the elevator takes a full 20 seconds per floor. Believe me, the stairs are MUCH faster!