MCDONALD'S ELIMINATES KIDS FITNESS TRACKERS FROM HAPPY MEAL

Well, they tried. McDonald’s is removing Step-It activity trackers from Happy Meals due to concerns over skin irritations. The plastic wrist-worn pedometers measured steps and blinked quickly or slowly depending on the pace of the person wearing it. The fitness trackers, which come in six bright colors, were already being distributed and were set to be available for four weeks in the United States and Canada. Until mom Casey Collyar, of Arkansas, wrote on Facebook last week that her child was burned by the Happy Meal toy after playing with it for eight minutes. McDonald’s said in a statement, “We have taken this swift and voluntary step after receiving limited reports of potential skin irritations that may be associated from wearing the band,” company spokeswoman Terri Hickey said in the statement. “Nothing is more important to us than the safety of our customers and we are fully investigating this issue.”
* Maybe the fitness trackers themselves were having an allergic reaction to McDonald’s food.
* Nice how the McDonald’s spokeswoman refers to getting burned as a “skin irritation.”
* Little Johnny’s second-degree “skin irritation” should be healed in about six weeks.
* This is a shame ’cause these gadgets were gonna turn the whole childhood obesity problem around.
* “Step-It”? More like “Step-On-It.”
* How would you like to take that phone call at the factory that makes these?
* “Umm, Boss, McDonald’s just called and canceled the 10 zillion trackers they ordered.”
* Maybe the CIA could use them as interrogation torture devices?
* “Take it off! It burns!” “I’ll take it off when you tell me who your ISIS contact is!”
* Look, hurting kids is not what McDonald’s is about – unless it’s with the food.
* If you’re burned by the Happy Meal toy, that makes it a Very Unhappy Meal.
* Thank goodness they tested these out so something like this couldn’t happen.