12
Jan
2007
McDonald’s Thinks Canadians are Too Dumb to Win
Posted by Skitzzo as Uncategorized
I know, I know, I was shocked too. But, unfortunately for MickeyD’s I’ve got undeniable proof and despite numerous attempts to buy me off (lifetime Big Macs was tempting… had they thrown in fries we might have been able to work something out), I’m posting it here for all to see. You know those surveys they try to get you to take? The ones where they put the info on the back of your receipt and you call in and answer questions and you get the CHANCE to win 10 grand? Yeah well after practically being brow beaten by an overzealous fry flinger that we “Really should give it a shot! I mean, seriously!!” my wife became curious about said survey and began to read the official rules on the back of our grease stained receipt and came across this gem of a sentence. At first, I just couldn’t believe me eyes. But, when we got home and I pulled up McDonald’s Official Survey site, there it was just staring up at me from the bottom of the page like a belated Christmas gift from McDonald’s to me (an obvious attempt to make up for once again depriving me of that wholesome goodness known as the McRib)…
I’ve zoomed in on the important part for you but just so we’re 100% clear it says, and I quote, “In order to win, a Canadian resident must first correctly answer a skills-testing question.” That’s right ladies and gentlemen, a skills-testing question. For all our Canadian friends out there allow me to translate. It means, “They wanna make sure you’re not too stupid, eh!”
9 Responses
PudgyMoogle
January 13th, 2007 at 4:04 pm
1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skill_testing_question
Unfortunately our government deems it necessary for all contests held to require a skill-testing question to get around the Canadian Criminal Code.
tartrazine
January 13th, 2007 at 5:43 pm
2This is because, like the UK, in Canada there has to be an element of skill in all competitions otherwise they count as lotteries. They therefore put in a simple question (that anyone can answer) in order to satisfy the law. Boring I know, but that is what it is all about.
bobdole
January 14th, 2007 at 7:14 am
3I signed up for this just to tell you how stupid you really are. Giving away money by chance is illegal in Canada. You have to “earn” it, even if that means something as simple as answering a question. Please kill yourself.
admin
January 14th, 2007 at 12:31 pm
4Well bob, I just allowed your comment to be posted so that I could tell you to get a sense of humor. I’m guessing you’re a Canadian or something…
I mean seriously, what’s the world come to when you can’t make fun of a Canadian?
PudgyMoogle
January 14th, 2007 at 2:34 pm
5Actually it has nothing to do with an insult, it has to do with the fact that you’re so ignorant of another country, and you expected to capitalize on the ignorance of others in your same position with a humorless blog posting.
admin
January 14th, 2007 at 3:37 pm
6Wait wait, let me get this straight, Pudgy (who’s from Canada) doesnt like my post? Who’d have thought…
Timmay
January 14th, 2007 at 8:47 pm
7I had no idea that Canadians had no sense of humor. Sheesh.
Michael
January 31st, 2007 at 4:49 pm
8I wonder if their IP is from Quebec. French Canadians are sensitive.
spikeup
February 18th, 2007 at 5:14 pm
9I’m not taking sides (I’m not from North America) and I just see an immature argument being conducted badly by the Canadian side. If you follow my advise it should liven things up a bit.
Just respond with questions. The questioner has the power and the answerer has none. This is from psyc101. Yelling and calling others’ names never wins an argument. Asking the right question, in the right way, at the right time wins it more often than not. Nobody likes the person that answers a question with a question but it wins arguments or at least leads to stalemates.
Gentlemen, start your questions.
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