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iFixit Tears Down McDonald's McFlurry Machine, Petitions Government for Right to Hack Them (www.404media.co)
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[–] 2 points 3 years ago* (4 children)

Huh? By the rules and values of Corporate America, breaching your employer's trust by taking kickbacks from a contractor would be solidly against the rules.

My suspicion is that McDonald's corporate is not making as much money as it could be, because franchisees are paying Taylor for fake repairs instead of buying more shitty ice cream mix from corporate.

This is not a matter of Good vs Evil. It's one Lawful Evil group getting ripped off by another.

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  • [–] 21 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

    breaching your employer's trust

    Oh yes, harumph I say! Multinational corporations are as honorable as they are trustworthy, and demand that very same honor and integrity from their executive team in their scrupulous business practices, I say!

    Honestly though, do you think sociopathic multinationals like McDonald's have a leg to stand on expecting not to attract people that reflect their lack of values? Garbage attracts garbage. Unrepentant Garbage deserves to suffer garbage.

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  • [–] 10 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    I don't claim to have a solution but one thing that has always bugged me about this. When I award contracts or buy pretty much anything I can't take a bribe of money, but I can take a bribe of effort. It is acceptable for me (I did have this conversation more than once) to straight off tell a salesperson I can go higher on price if they agree to keep prices constant so I don't have to constantly look at them. Or if they agree to do some other time saving measure.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I upvoted you because I don’t award contracts, so I have no idea if that’s common practice but I hope your comment gets some visibility and discussion. It’s quite interesting to think about the value of our time or effort and how maximizing those isn’t a bribe, it’s just common sense.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago*

    Your boss asks you to go to the store to buy something, I don't know a flashlight. You can go to the store that is further away and get a lower price of the store very close and pay more.

    For some reason this is different than if a flashlight sales person offereded you money to buy their flashlight.

    Bribes of time are fine bribes of money aren't.

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