1.
a.)
I remember the set of big metal doors. The outer doors led to sort of foyee before the second set of doors. It reminded me of a depressurization chamber from a sci-fi movie I'd watched with my father. I remember the first thing I did was run over to the display showing the newest happy meal toys. I'd tell my dad my order, yelling it as I raced my brother to the ball pit. Shortly thereafter my father would fetch us from the pit bearing a tray full of french fries and chicken McNuggets. My father always took a booth seat leaving my brother and I to battle for the remaining booth seat. The loser would be stuck sitting in the rock-hard, bar stool-type swivel chair. I then proceded to inhale my food as quick as I could to ensure that I would have the maximum amount of ball pit time before my father finished his mound of food and deemed it time for departure.
b.)
"McDonald's operates more playgrounds than any other private entity in the United States."
pg. 4
"What we eat has changed more in the last forty years than in the previous forty thousand."
pg. 7
"Indeed the corporate culture of McDonald's seems inextricably linked to that of the Disney empire..."
pg. 6
c.)
How greatly is a fast food restaurant affected by the number of booths it has relative to the number of tables?
How much does a ball pit/fun gym add to the yearly revenues of a given fast food restaurant?
What is it about chicken McNuggets that appeals to children?

2.
When Schlosser uses scientific information, like when he refers to failure rate of chained restaurants on pg. 77 as 300 to 1, he gives his reader a sense of the scale of his argument. Sometimes you need to see the numbers to understand how extreme a point being made is. Other times he uses personal accounts, like his experience visiting the Union Stockyards in Chicago on pg. 157, and these accounts help paint a picture in a readers mind that numbers could never create. Using his experiences he can put all sorts of sensory details into his description to help readers feel closer to his story and his point of view.
I think I'm going to do the behind the counter topic for my research and I can definately use both scientific and personal information to better my project. I can use turnover rates and revenue information as well as my personal experiences as a fast food/dine in restaurant employee.