Beyond the Primordial Ooze

摘要

Jeff, John, Eldon, Dave, Ben, and Bruce meet most weekdays around the back table at the only McDonald's in Ravenswood, West Virginia, chomping sausage McGriddles and swapping theories about why "it has all gone to hell." One reason, they tell me, is because the aluminum plant south of town has shrunk from 12,000 to fewer than 1,000 employees, and another is that "people nowadays simply have no common sense." The men offer a variety of examples, focusing on out-of-town visitors who can't drive, don't think, and huddle mindlessly, blocking the fast food eatery's back entrance.