Title: First McDonald's in Russia (Moscow)
Post by: Angry White Male on April 10, 2018, 12:56:58 AM
Post by: Angry White Male on April 10, 2018, 12:56:58 AM
They were expecting 1,000 people to come. 30,000 people arrived on the first day, making it the largest restaurant launch worldwide, ever.
These people just wanted the choice to eat the shitty fucking burgers and drink the over-priced sugar water, and not long after the Soviet Union collapsed. Obviously McDonald's is not responsible for this, but changing trends were clear, and they could not continue on as they were...
Title: Re: First McDonald's in Russia (Moscow)
Post by: Bricktop on April 10, 2018, 01:28:31 AM
Post by: Bricktop on April 10, 2018, 01:28:31 AM
A Soviet man walks into a shop and asks, "You wouldn't happen to have fish, would you?". The shop assistant replies, "You've got it wrong – ours is a butcher's shop: we wouldn't happen to have meat. You're looking for the fish shop across the road. There they wouldn't happen to have fish!"
Title: Re: First McDonald's in Russia (Moscow)
Post by: Angry White Male on April 10, 2018, 01:41:53 AM
Post by: Angry White Male on April 10, 2018, 01:41:53 AM
Interesting to read some of the comments on those posts, from people that actually lived in Soviet Russia. Seems to come down to this: If you are dumb, you had no worries. You were well (relatively speaking) taken care of. No homelessness, and a guaranteed job if you could hold one down. The basics of life (for an idiot) were guaranteed.
On the flipside, anyone with even 75% brain capacity was held back in almost all regards. They wanted freedom from that regime.
Title: Re: First McDonald's in Russia (Moscow)
Post by: Anonymous on April 10, 2018, 03:55:18 PM
Post by: Anonymous on April 10, 2018, 03:55:18 PM
Title: Re: First McDonald's in Russia (Moscow)
Post by: Anonymous on April 10, 2018, 06:03:02 PM
Post by: Anonymous on April 10, 2018, 06:03:02 PM
Title: Re: First McDonald's in Russia (Moscow)
Post by: Bricktop on April 10, 2018, 07:08:24 PM
Post by: Bricktop on April 10, 2018, 07:08:24 PM
I found service in supermarkets and restaurants terrible when we were in Russia.Quote from: "Fashionista"
Rude people. Arrogant without reason.
Title: Re: First McDonald's in Russia (Moscow)
Post by: Angry White Male on April 11, 2018, 02:32:42 AM
Post by: Angry White Male on April 11, 2018, 02:32:42 AM
They prefer to stick to their own, both in their own nation, and abroad also. They may look White, but they are no Western Euro, that's for sure!
Simply just not as 'evolved' as Western Whites are. Remember, they couldn't even get a McDonald's burger until 1990...
Title: Re: First McDonald's in Russia (Moscow)
Post by: Anonymous on April 11, 2018, 02:39:33 AM
Post by: Anonymous on April 11, 2018, 02:39:33 AM
I found service in supermarkets and restaurants terrible when we were in Russia.Quote from: "Fashionista"
Rude people. Arrogant without reason.
They don't understand customer service.
Title: Re: First McDonald's in Russia (Moscow)
Post by: Angry White Male on April 11, 2018, 02:42:22 AM
Post by: Angry White Male on April 11, 2018, 02:42:22 AM
Title: Re: First McDonald's in Russia (Moscow)
Post by: Angry White Male on April 11, 2018, 02:46:15 AM
Post by: Angry White Male on April 11, 2018, 02:46:15 AM
Again, they may look White, but they are by no means 'Western White.'
Title: Re: First McDonald's in Russia (Moscow)
Post by: Bricktop on April 11, 2018, 02:50:22 AM
Post by: Bricktop on April 11, 2018, 02:50:22 AM
These are people that hated the WestQuote from: "Angry White Male"
They still do!!!
Title: Re: First McDonald's in Russia (Moscow)
Post by: Anonymous on April 11, 2018, 02:53:41 AM
Post by: Anonymous on April 11, 2018, 02:53:41 AM
They don'tQuote from: "Angry White Male"careabout customer service, especially to foreigners... They would rather you not be there at all.
They don't have quality customer service with each other either..
We travelled to Russia several times when we lived in Kazakhstan,
Title: Re: First McDonald's in Russia (Moscow)
Post by: Angry White Male on April 11, 2018, 03:16:00 AM
Post by: Angry White Male on April 11, 2018, 03:16:00 AM
They still do!!!Quote from: "Bricktop"
Fair enough...
Title: Re: First McDonald's in Russia (Moscow)
Post by: Zetsu on April 12, 2018, 09:51:20 PM
Post by: Zetsu on April 12, 2018, 09:51:20 PM
Title: Re: First McDonald's in Russia (Moscow)
Post by: Bricktop on April 12, 2018, 10:19:53 PM
Post by: Bricktop on April 12, 2018, 10:19:53 PM
If your government is an asshole, you follow suit.
Title: Re: First McDonald's in Russia (Moscow)
Post by: Zetsu on April 12, 2018, 10:28:07 PM
Post by: Zetsu on April 12, 2018, 10:28:07 PM
Governments that discourage being nice to each other.Quote from: "Bricktop"
If your government is an asshole, you follow suit.
Sadly true, until the govenrment learns to look at itself in the mirror from all those years of abusing and mistreating their own people, they will only remain anal.
Title: Re: First McDonald's in Russia (Moscow)
Post by: Bricktop on April 12, 2018, 10:33:38 PM
Post by: Bricktop on April 12, 2018, 10:33:38 PM
Title: Re: First McDonald's in Russia (Moscow)
Post by: Zetsu on April 12, 2018, 10:48:49 PM
Post by: Zetsu on April 12, 2018, 10:48:49 PM
I think the premises is "If your government doesn't care about its people, why should you?"Quote from: "Bricktop"
That's a good point
Title: Re: First McDonald's in Russia (Moscow)
Post by: Bricktop on April 13, 2018, 12:37:36 AM
Post by: Bricktop on April 13, 2018, 12:37:36 AM
Title: Re: First McDonald's in Russia (Moscow)
Post by: Anonymous on April 13, 2018, 02:29:47 AM
Post by: Anonymous on April 13, 2018, 02:29:47 AM
Unfortunately from my experience too most Russians just dun seem as friendly as the folks from the West, but then Chinese aren't really much better tbh.Quote from: "Zetsu"One thing both of them have in common is having an asshole government.
Title: Re: First McDonald's in Russia (Moscow)
Post by: realgrimm on April 13, 2018, 05:13:01 PM
Post by: realgrimm on April 13, 2018, 05:13:01 PM
