McDonald's poppy ban upsets worker

nothing new from the Choke and Puke.

Dont give these idiots your money.. simple.

You have to take a food safe course ($100) to work at McDonalds. Apparently, you passed it. That means you are "smart". McD rules are to not pin poppies on your (McD's) clothes (uniform). If you want to make a point (and I think wearing a poppy is a personal choice, and personal choices don't go well with corporate ones), tape one to the cash register, the coffee maker, ice cream machine the posts, walls and whatever else you can find. Just do not pin one on your clothes.

I like the writer's challenge at the end:

"With their considerable resources perhaps McDonald's and Tim Hortons could help the Legion come up with a new pin that works better for next year."

Damn straight. Time to put up.

HAHAHA.. ZING!!

Seriously, I came up with a very simple yet perfect solution years ago. I have never lost a poppy since! I didn't realise that the Legion was looking for such. Maybe I should get in touch with them about it.

I myself put a small piece of scotch tape on the pin.

Once upon a time I swore never to enter a WalMart again and for some seven years now I've quietly kept that promise. Until such time as McDonald's gives up this silly and pointless ban I won't do business with them. Anywhere. Ever.

So let it be written, so let it be done.

I always thought the pin was there so that you would lose your poppy within ten minutes and have to buy another one.

This reminds of one year that I worked for Wal-Mart around Christmas time and the management told us that we would be fired if we wished anyone "Merry Christmas", the most we could say would be "Seasons Greetings". I thought it was a joke, but they were VERY serious. Me being the smart ass that I am asked about "Happy Solstace" that oddly enough they said was okay.

After a bunch of yelling and screaming, newspaper attacks they gave in and we were allowed to say the forbidden "Merry Christmas".

This sounds like the same PC nonsense that is infesting our societies.

My advice make a very big stink out this and get the newspapers, magazines, veterans groups to hound corporate offices. It works, if it works at Wal-Mart it will work at McDonalds.

Not to defend McDonalds too much, but they're probably looking to prevent any false lawsuits where some fraudster pokes himself in the mouth with a pin and then blames McD's for a poppy falling off a workers hat or shirt into the food they gave him. Thanks to ambulance-chasing scumbag lawyers this is the world that all businesses now have to operate in. McD's, after all, are the ones who lost a multi-million dollar case to a moron who couldn't figure out that her coffee was supposed to be hot. They have to do these sorts of bans in order to protect themselves from other people's stupidity and malice, not out of some PC campaign of disrespect against veterans.

I agree wiht you on this point, a reflection of a sad state of affairs for sure

wow, even a mcdonalds worker has a line that should not be crossed.

They could pay the Legion to make a poppy just for their employees that doesn't require a pin.

I put one of these Canadian flag pins with the back on it thru the centre of the poppie.