Will you be signing the McDonald's petition?

[Gromit]

The Oxford English Dictionary currently describes a McJob as "an unstimulating low-paid job with few prospects".

Fast-food giant McDonald's has launched a petition to get the dictionary definition of a McJob changed. And it wants you to sign a petition.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6683365.st m

I'm inclined not to sign, what about you?

[Neilzulu1]

Only if there is a big mac in it for me....lol.

[johnlambert]

I would rather gouge my eyes out with a rusty spoon and drill a hole in my kneecaps than sign any petition in favour of McDonalds

[Kromovaracun]

I suppose 'McJob' is really a slang term with a specific meaning. The dictionary is supposed to merely report the meaning of slang words (or any words), whether they're derogatory or not.

If they want to change the meaning, they should talk to whoever thought it up, and everybody who uses it...

I wouldn't sign anything of the sort. Not out of any anti-corporate sentiment, but because it's simply ridiculous.

[wired]

Heard the MP who is backing this on the radio yesterday. He said that it was totally unfair and that McD's staff were well trained AND if the definition wasn't changed they wouldn't be able to apply for better paid jobs. Why would they if they're so well trained?

[Hammer Head]

To paraphrase johnlambert, I would rather pickle my own testicles than sign that.

[stewey]

Why does there seem to be, in the answers to this post anyway, such venomous antagonism towards McDonalds? Is it because it's not British but American, and so successful worldwide? The food is not that bad once in a while. Some of the responses, in my opinion, are quite childish.

[Theland]

The wages are rubbish, the hours are rubbish, and the working conditions are rubbish ... so ... Mac Job!

[whiffey]

I won't be signing, but then I never go into McD. I used to 'treat' myself to a Big Mac whenever I went into Croydon, but when I realised that I always had to find a rubbish bin to spit out the horrible chewey bits of gherkin, and invariably suffered heartburn an hour later, I gave up. They smell nice, just as well because there are about 6 branches within walking distance of Execution Plaza.

[Gromit]

Hello Whiffey,
It amuses me greatly to know there is a place called Execution Plaza, and it is lined with McDonald's. :-)

[whiffey]

Well it's more Beaverbrooks and Woolies actually Gromit, but having mused a little on public beheadings in Croydon, I got to wondering where we'd have them, and that part of the Whitgift Centre seemed rather obvious to me, that's where I'd hold them anyway, a change from the usual Toyota promotions or bouncy castles.

[LeMarchand]

Have they complained about the phrase "Johnny no-stars" as well?

[Avatar]

Has a "McSh1t" made it into the dictionary as well?
Apparently this is where you nip into a fast food 'restaurant' purely to use the toilet facilities.

[youngmafbog]

Publicity stunt

And a good one. Look at all the people talking about it, you cant buy advertising like that.

And you've all played up to it!

[Oneeyedvic]

Avatar A McSh1t with Lies is going into the fast food 'restaurant' purely to use the toilet facilities and if challenged saying that you will order your food when you come back out

I'd never actually heard this phrase until McDs have tried changing it.

And no I won't sign their petition

[Kromovaracun]

I don't actually have a problem with McDonalds at all. They've simply found a market to exploit and made some money out of it - if it weren't them, it'd just be someone else (hell, if you don't like them, don't give them any money).

My objection is specifically to this petition. All a dictionary does is define things. McDonald's aren't likely going to change the definition, even if they do so on paper, seeing as it's original use is in slang. It's ludicrous.

[tigerlily11]

My son is training as a chef. I told him he has to do well or he'll end up in a Mcjob serving McCardboards.

[Scylax]

After working many years in a McJob position,
some gifted souls will surely be promoted, and
end their days as Big Macs. Then it's a case of:
'Elbones on bar, and down the throcus an' gully'.