Countless people forwarded an article to me about Feng Shui being integrated into a McDonald’s restaurant in California. Doesn’t that beat all? A fast food restaurant (where flow means how quickly people can get in and out) incorporating colors and features that will slow people down and let them linger. There’s something odd about this. It doesn’t seem like a good business idea for a restaurant where turn-over is key to profit, especially fast-food restaurants who want to get people to eat and leave so another group can take their place.
I may be wrong here, but I don’t think people going to have a meal at McDonald’s are looking for a Feng Shui experience. Does Ronald McDonald fit into this picture? Will he have to tone down his colors and act more mannerly? What about those indoor playgrounds for kids? Will they be piping in soothing music while kids are squealing down slides?
And let’s face it----McDonald’s doesn’t exactly serve healthy food. I know they’re working on improving their menu, but truly a Big Mac/fries and Feng Shui are mutually exclusive, no matter how you look at it. If this restaurant was going to serve organic and natural food, adding Feng Shui to the environment would make perfect sense.
I guess we should celebrate that Feng Shui has become so mainstream that McDonald’s is now using it----well, one of their restaurants is. It will be interesting to see if their sales top their
other restaurants.
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