Mood:
not sureI just watched a movie that is based on the book "Fast Food Nation". It really grossed me out and made me feel bad about eating meat.. not that I really eat it much anyway.
I don't eat much meat to begin with but when I saw the butchering scene it made me so sad.
First they shot the cow in the head, then it dropped down into a pool of blood from previously shot cows. Next then slit the neck open and all the blood gushed out. They hacked off the limbs with a machete, separated the skin from the animal with a giant hook. The hook also separated the skin off of the skull...
There was a pile of white skulls with the eyeballs still in. The eyeballs in the skulls looked as if they were gazing out into space, like a drugged/drunk person might.
There was a conveyor belt that carried all the innerds (sp?) away.. probably to be ground up into cattle feed. If the people are not trained properly or are under time pressure, they dont' pull the guts out properly and feces gets all over the meat.
The lower quality meats from all the cows get ground up together and dit is sent to a vat. A tube that goes into the vats injects certain amounts of fat into the different vats so that consumers can choose what kind of ground meat they want (lean, 20% fat.,.. etc). Just the thought though is pretty disgusting, .. in 1 burger, how many different cows are in it? From how many cows did they get the fat that is injected into that burger? 2? 50?.. blehhh
People get hurt or killed in the meat pack plants.. All so that I can eat a cheap burger or steak. (I don't eat burgers actually, even before I knew that ground meat was pretty disgusting.)
When I was young I didn't like meat. I hated the smell of frying pork too. THe smell reminded me of "gamey human flesh" and made me want to vomit. I'd always have to hold my breath when someone was cooking it in the neighborhood when I lived in Korea.
I end up not buying meat for whatever reasons.. but I am definitely guilty of trying to look for the cheapest things... I am part of the reason why animals and people are being treated bad.
Oh..my co-worker was fired this week. My supervisor "let her go" because her job was unsatisfactory... But come on! They hired her because her lack of experience so that they could give her a low wage. And due to her lack of experience, they are not satisfied.... I also don't have much experience so it really makes me scared.
To be honest, I hate my job but it is better than working at a meat packing plant. Still, "Support Staff" are treated like shit.
Hmm...
Oh, my sister and I got to talking about tipping servers. She thinks that if you give a server less than 15% that it is an insult. I personally think that people should not be required to to giving tips. I know people are not required to do so but it is frowned upon if you don't.
I know they get paid crap but that's because customers are expected to pay the servers their wages. SO, if no customers gave tips, the restaurant owners would be forced to give at least minimum wage. If it were mandatory that servers were paid minimum wage, then even a $2 tip would not seem so awful. Plus if a customer decides to give a little or big tip, GREAT!
ANyway, that's not the way the restaurant industry works.. so I end up not going out much. First, the meal itself is expensive for a person like me who does not earn much and then I have to pay someone else's wage, at least 15%...
Hmmm... Someone very near and dear to me is in the hospital.. I hope he will be ok. I worry about him but I know he will be ok. He is the best.
