{"product_id":"9780740798658","title":"Lucky Cow","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Sacred cows make the best hamburger.\" --Mark Twain \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVirtually every American, regardless of social status, eats fast food. Cartoonist Mark Pett's \u003ci\u003eLucky Cow\u003c\/i\u003e strip embodies the spirit of America's love-hate affair with fast-food joints and the traits they have in common:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e* High turnover: Two Lucky Cow employees argue over who has seniority; the one who was hired at 9:30 that morning eventually wins.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e*  Uniformity: A Lucky Cow employee boasts that a customer can visit any of the restaurant's franchises and they are all the same--right down to the lackluster customer service.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e*  Cleanliness (or lack of it): People's shoes adhere to the sticky floors, and an employee's skin absorbs so much of the restaurant's grease that water rolls right off it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e* Food quality: The response to a customer's query about the Lucky Cluck Chicken Nuggets being organic is met with, \"Well, they're made from organs.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo help ensure that \u003ci\u003eLucky Cow\u003c\/i\u003e would feel authentic, cartoonist Mark Pett worked at McDonald's for a month, experiencing fast-food \"culture\" for himself and interviewing his coworkers about their lives in the business. So it really is \"funny because it's true.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Andrews McMeel Publishing, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47107477569776,"sku":"9780740798658","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780740798658_p0.jpg?v=1763632541","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780740798658","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}