In the first four chapters of Fast Food Nation, there have been numerous surprising facts about fast food. First off, reading that Ray Kroc, a man affiliated with McDonald's, and Walt Disney, the face of Disney, "knew each other as young men," and "[they] both dropped out of high school," was quite surprising (33). It is hard to imagine that Ray Kroc and Walt Disney, two people who are affiliated with top companies in their profession, knew each other before their "attempt to merge companies."
Another thing that surprising fact was that "about two thirds of robberies at fast food restaurants [were from] current or former employees" (84). Seriously, it is pointless to rob a business, you will get caught. These days there are cameras everywhere, and the business would already have your information. Be smarter than that people, don't rob stores.
Finally, it was surprising that "16,000 current and former employees were owed money by the company (Taco Bell). (75)" How is a company able to get away with owing that many people money? If that continues to happen, the government should try to support those people who were screwed over by their employers.
Those were some of the surprising things within the first four chapters of Fast Food Nation.
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