On Mon, 21 Aug 2017 20:29:43 +1000, Bruce >
wrote:

>On Mon, 21 Aug 2017 03:23:21 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:
>
>>On Sunday, August 20, 2017 at 9:54:37 PM UTC-4, Bruce wrote:
>>> On Sun, 20 Aug 2017 20:32:10 -0500, "cshenk" > wrote:
>>>
>>> >Bruce wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>>> >
>>> >> On Sun, 20 Aug 2017 15:56:40 -0500, "cshenk" > wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> > Bruce wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>>> >> >
>>> >> >> On Sat, 19 Aug 2017 11:58:44 -0500, "cshenk" >
>>> >> wrote: >>
>>> >> >> > Bruce wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>>> >> >> >
>>> >> >> >> I'm always surprised at how you can misunderstand simple
>>> >> sentences. >> >
>>> >> >> > I'm always suprised at how you can insult people and not
>>> >> recognize >> > it.
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> Like when you called me snooty?
>>> >> >
>>> >> > Lets go back to basic definition. Snooty. To stick your nose in
>>> >> > the air and pretend you are better than others.
>>> >> >
>>> >> > Your comment: In Europe McDonalds is for children and for
>>> >> > uneducated, lower socio-economic people.
>>> >> >
>>> >> > You are the dictionary definition of snooty.
>>> >>
>>> >> I was just stating what I think is a fact. Do you accept that there
>>> >> are lower socio-economic people? Or do you find that whole concept
>>> >> offensive?
>>> >>
>>> >> > Your only saving grace is you have your nose so high in the air,
>>> >> > it's not likely to land in another's posterior oriface unless they
>>> >> > were walking on stilts at Mardi Gras and fell over on your face.
>>> >>
>>> >> Very colourful.
>>> >
>>> >There are people who make less money and because of it, have a more
>>> >narrow option depending on where they live.
>>>
>>> I don't know about the US, but in Europe poor people aren't forced to
>>> go to McDonalds. Actually, if they're really poor, they won't buy fast
>>> food, but cook themselves.
>>
>>Fast food can be cheaper than cooking for oneself. More calories per
>>dollar. True, you can't use government nutritional assistance for
>>fast food, but there are a hell of a lot of working poor who have
>>to make do with what they earn. Many of them work two jobs, and
>>don't have time to cook.
>>
>>A retired person on a small, fixed income might see his coffee at
>>McDonald's as his one indulgence.
>
>The US and Europe are two different cultures. Clearly, McDonalds plays
>a much larger role in US culture than it does in European culture.
>That makes sense because McDonalds is American. A European on a small,
>fixed income will know a nicer place to have that indulgence coffee

Actually, they'll have it at home or at a friend's or neighbour's
place. Even cheaper