In fast food nation, the best reason that the author offers for the fast-food industry’s strict regimen for productivity is that once an order is placed, glowing buttons suggest other menu items. company operation manuals can be updated more often. it gives the companies power over their employees. flashing lights can tell employees what to do.

In Fast Food Nation, the best reason the author offers for the fast-food industry's strict regimen for productivity is that it gives the companies power over their employees.

The company has a very strict set of rules printed in an operation manual, where the employees are told what to do and how to do it as regards as pace, quality, and other items. "When management determines exactly how every task is to be done... and can impose  its own rules about pace, output, quality, and technique,” there is no need for skilled workers because they are easily interchangeable without the need for strict training or special abilities.

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today at the bank, an old lady asked me to check her balance. so i pushed her over.