[escottswanson]

also, don't forget to tell them that the McRib sandwich is the most awful thing to ever be served in the history of humnakind, they should dump it along with their crappy commrcial

[KIC1975]

Hmm, I got to thinking I should give credit where credit is due. I stole the last part of my email directly form Meghann...

Originally Posted by meghann

, because I'd much rather support a business that supports adoption than one that denigrates it in its advertising.

BTW, my best friend spells her name this same way! I've never seen anyone else spell it both with the "h" and the extra "n".

[minibus]

Originally Posted by escottswanson

also, don't forget to tell them that the McRib sandwich is the most awful thing to ever be served in the history of humnakind, they should dump it along with their crappy commrcial

ROFLMAO!!!!!!! Awesome!

[JustCourtney]

I think that is great! I am glad others thought this was in poor taste, too. I posted my thoughts to another group, and was told I was being "too sensitive". Well, maybe I am.

I spent the entire weekend answering questions about our decision to adopt from my family. Now, these are people that I KNOW love us, support our decision, and would do anything to help. In spite of their love, their ignorance of adoption - the process, the legalities, and the terminology, they asked several UNINTENTIONALLY offensive comments (referring to their friends as having "real" kids and an adopted one, things like that). For my family that I love, I smiled, and reminded myself that they didn't know better, and that there was plenty of time to educate them.

McDonald's paid big bucks to lots of people to develop this commercial, to run it through legal, to test it's effectiveness on consumers - TO SELL US MORE FRENCH FRIES AND HAMBURGERS! That is the only reason the ad exists! To sell us junk! For that reason, I am allowing myself to be sensitive, and voice my opinion!

Goodness, my husband eats enough nuggets that we probably paid for the darn thing!

[linda512]

Here is what I sent:
I am a mother to a 2 year old boy, who happens to be adopted from Guatemala. We talk about adoption in a very positive light and he is aware that he was adopted. I was very disturbed when I saw your new commercial where one produt tells another "you must be adopted" or something like that. The comment is insensitive at best. I want my son to be proud of who he is and that includes his adoption story. What message are you trying to get across in your commercial? I am sure you can make your point without making people feel bad about their personal history. I hope that you think about taking the commercial out of circulation.
I look forward to your response.

[Mommy24]

The commercial setting is a chicken sandwhich, chicken nuggets and a Parfait, the parfait speaks in french to the french fry about being related, french fry says"I am a french fry, doesn't mean we are related, we look nothing alike" The parfait says "Well, maybe your adopted...pause...or not"...


That is not word for word, but that is the offensive part, please everyone write to McD's, how insensitive!

[feelingreyt]

I emailed them as well. Hopefully they will get the idea when their email is flooded by negative reactions to the ad.

[loveajax]

escott, that made me howl....ewwwwww.

my DH is an anti-mcdonald's zealot. he refuses to let DD ever eat there (thankfully we have a Wendy's nearby...he also does not approve of this, but hey sometimes you "need" fast food!).

I will have to see it later with sound and then email a response. Thanks for the heads up.

[HBV]

I've just e-mailed, too. And now I am going to have to break the sad news to the grandparents, who are the McDonald's addicts.

[ourdreamcametru]

I just emailed too this makes me very angry!

[Howdy]

It seems like an extraordinarily stupid commercial. It is so bad my first feeling is that it is a fake made by some other fast food chain to discredit McDs. Maybe their commercials are made by people who feel like negative attention is better than being ignored. They sure did get my attention.

[meghann]

Originally Posted by One_Happy_Momma

What's the e-mail address?

I went to the Web site & used this form.

Not as good as getting a real address for an actual person, but I figure if enough people call/write/e-mail the collective effort will mean something.

[BrandyHagz]

I watched it. I thought it was funny.

I'm failing to see the 'horribleness' of it...but that's just me. It seems so weird - the adoption community either 'wants to be heard and acknowledged' or they want to be just like everyone else and blend in...nothing will ever make everyone happy

Is it the fact that it’s food causing the problem? The mention of adoption, period or what? They aren’t makin fun of the fries…and taunting him because he might be adopted…they’re simply saying, “So what if you look different, maybe you’re adopted”…

Ah well…just my very different looking adoptees take on things.

[mdesi]

[quote=BrandyHagz]
I'm failing to see the 'horribleness' of it...but that's just me. It seems so weird - the adoption community either 'wants to be heard and acknowledged' or they want to be just like everyone else and blend in...nothing will ever make everyone happy

I think the reaction is to the awkward pause after the question.

[feelingreyt]

The awkward pause and then the maybe not comment, is what's offensive. Like being adopted is some horrrible thing.