Is it just me, or Morgan Spurlock a bit of a holier-than-thou crybaby? Who does this guy think he is, telling us to put ourselves in other people’s shoes - does he think that he’s the only one in the world who thinks of someone besides himself?
I’ve only seen Supersize Me, and the one where he lives on minimum wage for a month, but I doubt I’ll be a dedicated fan of “30 Days.” I mean, I guess I can see what he’s trying to prove by eating at McDonald’s three times a day, for 30 days - that doing so will make you fat, and that it’s not healthy. Sorry Mr. Spurlock - I already knew that greasy hamburgers and chicken parts fried in fat were bad for me. Fact is, sometimes I just don’t care - they’re tasty.
I don’t eat Mickey D’s every day, but when I do dine there, I don’t think about what I’m putting in my body, because I don’t want to. The fat content and calories are printed on the containers, but I couldn’t tell you the numbers. Ignorance is bliss, I guess. For right now, I (and my husband 
) happen to like the way I look, and to quote Julia Roberts in Erin Brockovich, “…as long as I have one butt instead of two,” I’m going to eat what I want. I eat healthy most of the time, and every once in a while, I just want a double cheeseburger (no onion, extra pickle), and some of those delicious fries, covered in salt!!
Mr. Spurlock whines about having the choice of a salad with his meal, but what I’m trying to figure out is why fast-food restaurants should be responsible for making sure that its patrons eat healthy? If you want a salad, go to the grocery store and buy the appropriate ingredients, or eat at places that do serve salads. Why shouldn’t business owners have the option of selling whatever they choose to sell, within the confines of the law? People don’t eat fast food to get well-balanced meals - they eat fast food because it’s GOOD!!! Hehe 
And I have to be catty about that fiancee of his for just a moment - Alex, or whatever her name is. In the film, she talks about their sex life, and how it’s worsened because of his unhealthy eating…it’s “still good,” but it’s worsened, apparently. GROSS!!! I do NOT want to know about your sex life!!! Bleck!!! I HATE when people volunteer that sort of personal information like they’re proud to share the most intimate details of their lives with a bazillion viewers.
The minimum wage film also rubbed me the wrong way. Spurlock cries about the government not raising the minimum wage in years, which I do agree isn’t right. Inflation has certainly increased, there’s a recession, and the national deficit is somewhere in the neighborhood of nine trillion dollars. I get all of that. What I don’t get is the people in Mr. Spurlock’s documentary - surviving for their whole lives on minimum wage. I don’t understand how people get a minimum wage job and never got promoted - I was promoted to manager at good old Mickey D’s at the age of 17, and before you say, “Oh well it’s different for you,” it wasn’t different for me. I was 17 and didn’t know how to change a flat tire, let alone how to manage people, yet the powers-that-be promoted me. My point is, that making minimum wage sucks, but if you’re stuck there, you’re probably doing something wrong. Unless you’re disabled or something - but that’s a horse of a different color.
Okay, I’m stepping off of my soapbox now. I’ll end with this - I won’t be boosting the Nielsen ratings for your show, Morgan. Which, by the way, is a girl’s name. And trim your facial hair - Hulk Hogan called, and he wants his mustache back
“The only cure for contempt is counter-contempt.”
–H.L. Mencken
