And lo on Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:21:27 -0000, Ross <rli### [at] speakeasynet>  
did spake, saying:

> "scott" <sco### [at] laptopcom> wrote in message
> news:475f9dc1$1@news.povray.org...
>>> Time is also a factor to consider.
>>
>> I think this is the key point, also laziness.  Why spend all the effort
>> shopping and making stuff, when for a couple of $ more you can get it  
>> all
>> done for you?  I suspect for most people the extra expense for a
>> ready-made burger is less than what they could earn in the time it takes
>> to buy ingredients and prepare.
>>
>> Buying in bulk and doing it yourself is all very well, but unless you  
>> plan
>> to eat burgers every night your ingredients are going to go bad pretty
>> soon, then the cost benefit is wiped out.  Don't forget you have all the
>> other stuff in the burger, like salad, sauces, cheese etc.
>>
>>
>
> But does any part of going to McD's outweight the family bonding  
> experience of making a meal?

Perhaps the social bonding experience when most of your neighbourhood  
treat McD's as the default family dinner location?

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