If you've visited a Mickey D's recently, you might've noticed that they have on the back of some of their receipts a notice of a survey you can fill out at www.mcdonalds-survey.com. The main headline says to "complete our survey for a chance to win a Weekly Prize of $1,000 or 1 of 6 Weekly 25 McDonald's Arch Cards or $25 McDonald's Gift Certificate". I was bored so I continued reading some of the finer print, and this is where it got interesting. Some of the wording is quite interesting, including things such as:"Completing the survey will not increase your chances of winning."
Oh really? That's not what it says in the bold print. How are you supposed to win if you don't fill out the survey, huh geniuses? I'm pretty sure if you don't fill it out, your odds of winning are 0%...it doesn't take much to be higher than that.
"In order to win, a Canadian must correctly answer a skill testing question."
This one's my favorite. Notice it doesn't say in order for a Canadian to win, it just says "in order to win". So what happens if you are drawn, do they contact you and ask you if you have a Canadian that's ready and willing to answer a question? What if you don't? "Oh sorry, all the Canadians I know aren't available right now." "Oh, that's unfortunate, I guess we will try someone else. Thanks for participating!" What is interesting is that the online rules state that "If a potential winner is an eligible Canadian resident, such potential Canadian winner will be required by law to correctly answer a mathematical skill-testing question". So why don't the rules on the receipt say that? Either way though, it's kind of lame that dumb Canadians can't win stuff. I think that's awfully discriminatory.
Just for fun, I took the survey, so I'll know in a month if I need to find a Canadian so I can win some money.
9 comments:
Well, after what I said to you...then what you said to me...I must say that I found this post to be quite entertaining. And REAL nice btw.
Oh, and I have to say that my favourite part was aboot the skill question, eh. Those poor Canucks, they just can't catch a break, eh? Oh well, eh. It's ok for me to say this, eh. Cause I used to live in Canada, eh. And I still say "eh", eh.
And...for the record: I like "eh" much better than "uh" or "um".
Geez, you guys have ALOT of time on your hands. Yikes.
I'd rather be Canadian than American...at least we know about other parts of the world other than our own...and at least we don't have a half wit running our country. He's close, but not as bad and george dubya. That guys is wacko.
Ouch.
Ok, I'll admit that "Canadian people", in general, probably know more about other countries than "American people". BUT, I would beg to differ that either Brian or I would be included in that statistic. :)
You see, unlike most people in the States, we actually care about learning about other: countries and peoples and customs and goals and wishes and well, you probably get the point. :)
As for our President. Looking on the bright side, it could be worse. :)
btw...I like Canada. I lived there for a year and would love to go back. :)
Our countries are the most powerful in the world... we need to co-operate, not dis each other.
It is an interesting topic of discussion ...why does it seem that most Americans don't like Canadians? Other countries really like Canadians. In fact, I've heard of some Americans displaying a maple leaf on their backpacks etc. because they get better treatment if they are perceived as Canadian.
For the record, when we went to Disneyland last year, we met some great Americans. I also have some great Americans who visit my blog.
Since when do we not like Canadians?
When I was living in Canada, my Canadian friends made fun of us much more than we (Americans) made of them. And, I only tease people that I like.:)
I agree that Americans generally act AWFUL when in other countries. It is an embarassment to be looped in people who act so horrible.
There are some Americans who care about how they act in other countries...I am one of them.:)
This is funny . . . Brian's blog is criticizing McDonald's, not Canadians, he uses sarcasm to make a point.
As for Americans having too much time on their hands . . . yeah that's kind of funny because for the last month, my own personal blog has been inundated by more than a hundred comments, 90% of which are by Canadians.
I don't think that Americans dislike Canadians I think that they just don't know anything about them. Haven't you ever watched Rick Mercer's "Talking to Americans"? It's plainly obvious that most Americans don't know anything about Canada. Clearly, any opinion that most have of Canada is going to be based on false assumptions anyway. However, I don't think I've ever met an American who actually hated (or even disliked) Canadians. Most are just ignorant of Canada in general.
I spent four years living next to Canada and I was too cheap for cable tv , so it was all Canadian broadcast programming. Add that on top of the fact that half my friends are Canadian.
Apparently, though, sarcasm and completely missed what Juliana was saying. Um . . . "the poor canucks can't catch a break" . . . I don't know Juliana, but I my translation would be "those Canadians don't get a break!" oh wait. Practically the same thing. There was nothing hateful in her comment. Or was joking about "eh" hateful in some sort of way? Is it how black people can use the n-word but white people can't, while Canadians can joke about "eh" and Americans can't? (Don't tell me they don't, I can give you references if you like.)
Laverne, anonymous (if not laverne), and any other Canadians that may for some reason may be offended:
I think you misunderstood the point of the blog. I was not dissing on Canadians, and I certainly don’t hate Canadians.
I was simply pointing out the ludicrousness of some of the rules for McDonald’s survey and rewards system. That is the whole point of my blog, to point out things that I find to be comically ridiculous, and most of my posts pertain to people down here in the US - probably because this is where I live. I apologize if you took it to be harsh toward Canadians, but that was never my intention. If the receipt had said Washingtonian resident, I would’ve posted the same thing with the word Washingtonian rather than Canadian.
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