Chicken McNugget “Emergency”
March 4, 2009 by Peggy Rowland
Filed under Women's Health
When I read that three 911 calls were made because a McDonald’s was out of chicken McNuggets, I couldn’t resist telling you about it.
A lady in Fort Pierce, Florida was very upset after being charged for a 10-piece chicken McNuggets meal that she didn’t receive. The restaurant refused to give her a refund and asked her to pick something else instead.
Well, I can certainly understand this person getting upset for being charged for in item that the restaurant didn’t have, but the incident is clearly a misuse of 911 resources. And she called three times, insisting it was an emergency. Read the full story at WPBF.
But let’s take this opportunity to examine the fat, cholesterol and sodium content of a pack of 10-piece chicken McNuggets. Shall we?
29 g of total fat — 44% daily value
70 mg of cholesterol — 23% daily value
1,000 mg sodium — 42% daily value
(from nutrition.mcdonalds.com)
Remember, that doesn’t include fries or soda. Part of one meal containing 44% of your daily value of fat just can’t be that great of an idea, can it? The sodium level is equally appalling.
What do you think about the chicken nugget emergency and nugget fat content?
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While I can understand why she would be upset about not being refunded her money, I really hope that this woman will be recieving a bill for the waste of resources. I swear that people in this country don’t understand what constitutes an emergency anymore.