Sunday, December 9, 2007

Mac Donald's i Hong Kong part 2

Continuing the last blog that I published, was about Mac Donald's in Hong Kong. I found it interesting that Mac Donald's coming into Hong Kong changed the work ethnic there. According to the article, before Mac Donald's came to Hong Kong, the norm there was to crowd in front of a food stall to order food, but after Mac Donald's entry, the people have developed a sense of forming lines to order food. I also thought that it was weird that fast food places in Hong Kong do not have straw and napkin dispensers, instead they have employees distribute napkins to ensure tht customers do not take a stack home.

Mc Donald in Hong Kong

We were reading an article in sociology about the chain of Mc Donald's restaurants that are located in Hong Kong. According to the article, Mc Donald's in HOng Kng is most busy during breakfast and lunch time, and their most sold food is just plain Hamburger. I thought it was interesting how the older generation thought of Mc Donald's as a new age for Hong Kong. The older generation saw the popularity of Mc Donald's as Hong Kong coming into the new age and developing very rapidly, whereas the newer generation sees Mac Donald's as a place to have a social gathring.

Sunday, December 2, 2007

Globalization at its greatest

I think it is so interesting that there are so many people living in Minneapolis that have come from foreign countries. For example, there are people from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Somalia, Sudna, Nigeria, Guyana, and Kenya working in the nursing that I work at. I was surprised to find so many different nationalities living in Minneapolis.- that is globalization at its greatest.

Healthcare disparity

We are studying about the health care disparities around the world in Sociology. I was interested in knowing that there was so much disparity between the avg health care that people received here in the US versus around the world in developing countries. I was also shocked to learn that there are 45 million people here in US that do not have health insurance. I think that health care in the US is too much driven by legal issues. (too many health care professionals are afraid of being sued by there patients, and they take out insurance that drives prices for patients. I also think that doctors are running unnecessary tests for patients that is driving up the cost of health care.