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On Mon, 2 Jul 2018 12:28:47 -0700 (PDT), hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:

>On Saturday, June 30, 2018 at 4:21:50 PM UTC-4, J. Clarke wrote:
>> On Sat, 30 Jun 2018 11:44:31 -0700 (PDT), hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:
>> 
>> >An ad from 1966:
>> >https://books.google.com/books?id=WFYEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA81&dq=life%20bell%20telephone%20reliable&pg=PA18-IA3#v=onepage&q&f=false
>> >
>> >Note the architecture of the era and emphasis on fast service and
>> >no tipping.
>> >
>> >Personally, while I think the food at BK is decent, for some
>> >reason service quality at the chain is poor (seen at many 
>> >different outlets).  The counter help often seems frozen
>> >or confused.  One time a customer had a coupon and the cashier
>> >spent five minutes trying to enter it, meanwhile a long line
>> >built up.
>> 
>> Burger King used to guarantee orders in 3 minutes.  When you placed
>> the order a visible timer was started at the drivethrough and if it
>> got to zero before your order was in your hands your order was free.
>> 
>> You should be old enough to remember this ad
>> <https://youtu.be/KJXzkUH72cY>.
>> 
>> Incidentally, I recently attended a presentation by Carla Harris, Vice
>> Chairman, Wealth Management at Morgan Stanley, and professional gospel
>> singer (2 sold-out Carnegie Hall concerts).  She handled the Burger
>> King IPO in 2006 and at one point asked the Burger King CEO if they
>> were going to bring back that song, both verses.  He remakred that
>> there was only one verse. So she sang it for him, and she sang it for
>> us.  And if they decide to bring it back, they should pay her to sing
>> it for everybody.
>
>Years ago, young actress Sarah Michelle Gellar did an ad for a fast
>food chain.  There was some subsequent litigation and as a result
>she got banned from a chain.  This was disruptive as a little kid
>as birthday parties and such were held and she couldn't go.
>
>"...She subsequently appeared in a controversial television commercial 
>for Burger King, in which her character criticized McDonald's and 
>claimed to eat only at Burger King.[31] The ad led to a lawsuit 
>by McDonald's, naming Gellar and banning her from eating at the 
>food chain;[32][33] she recalled in a 2004 interview: "I wasn’t 
>allowed to eat there. It was tough because, when you’re a little 
>kid, McDonald’s is where all your friends have their birthday 
>parties, so I missed out on a lot of apple pies."
>
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Michelle_Gellar

I did not know that.  However it adds an additional twist the the
"Double-Meat Palace" episodes of Buffy.