Ah, yes. The usually boring and uber-enthusiastic McMoms have had a major falling out. Yup, you heard it here first. Miss Self-Righteously Sober, Ali (actually the only McMom I really even like) has posted about her fun watching two of her other McMom pals get all drunk and stupid.
The funny thing? Ali never even told us who they were! Miss Big Mouth, Naomi, and Miss Trashy, Kathy, outed themselves in the very defensive (doth protest too much?) comments on Ali’s post. They also said some HARSH things about this obviously smart and successful and beautiful fellow McMom (jealous much, ladies?)
Ahhh, the joy of watching this normally Rah Rah McDonald’s group turn ugly and screw the powerhouse brand in the process is better entertainment than I have had in a long time. I can just sit back and watch the embarrassment for the brand!
Now I’m going to open a bottle of wine with my pals to celebrate this major McBooBoo and invite Ali over so she can watch. Check it out for yourself here: http://aiminglow.com/2010/05/drunk-people-watching/
Hmmm…seems to me like this thread has nothing to do with the purpose of this program or forum. We all have our own opinions of McDonald’s (and fast food outlets in general) but I think it’s unfortunate that this incident has gotten so out of hand.
How about everyone goes back to acting like grownups, okay?
Dear FreshnLocal I would just like to comment on my own behalf, not that I feel I owe anyone an explanation just for the fact that I feel it is important for others to know. I did not get drunk or act stupid on any of these trips. I am sorry that you say Ali is the only McMom you like. I am honest and I love all these moms they are amazing women all in their own ways. I guess maybe we know eachother in a different way then if we were friends all the time in our day to day lives. I care about each of them and consider them all to be very close friends of mine. We are real moms and not everyone is going to see eye to eye. This whole situation has hurt all of us involved. Even though my name was not used directly I feel it has bruised us all.Tthis is not fair. So to anyone who is still interested in the McMoms program possibly for one of the same reasons I was initially please keep informed. To me the program is all about communication and information and I woul hate to see it all go to waste because of this situation. I am sorry you choose to not like me FreshnLocal…for what reason I have yet to know. I am just a mom investigating things with McDonalds and trying hard to be a spokesperson for other moms if they choose to participate. Thanks to all of the moms that still believe in US and this program!:)
Laura…Proud to be a MCMom
Honestly – I was really surprised that this was posted on UrbanMoms and that the Aiming Low post was actually linked. Just felt like it was perpetuating the whole thing…even down to the title of this UM blog entry. Not sure it was necessary to bring it over here. I guess because it’s a McMom issue?
I dunno…
When McDonald’s created the McMoms program the intent was to chose five real moms from across Canada that come with different backgrounds, questions and perspectives. Like Meg mentioned above, the Moms are real people and in life there are often differences in opinion.
My intent with the UrbanMoms community is to create a supportive and productive environment for moms. I have gone back and forth on whether or not to remove this thread as it is neither supportive nor productive. However, in the spirit of being a truly open forum I am going to leave it in hopes that we may learn from it and it will soon blow over.
Please be mindful that when you chose to contribute here and often elsewhere that these are real people and feelings can get hurt. Let’s continue to try and consider this and be respectful.
As always, thanks to everyone for your continued support of the UrbanMoms.ca community.
Jen Maier
Founder, UrbanMoms
In defense of the other MCMoms involved here…we did not take part in whatever this was. Fairly enough neither did McDonalds.Please seperate these situations as we are not all to blame and I take and will continue to take my role with McDonalds very seriously. This is all really sad to see happen. We have all worked hard on these trips and I hate to see this happen as it goes straight against McDonalds when they have nothing to do with it. I barely come on the internet and recieved news of this fiasco through my regular email. I hope it gets worked out ladies. I never saw this coming.
Don’t judge us all please…
Laura
I love the “Ali snark” of her post. And really, if you’re going to get drunk and stupid be prepared to be laughed at. If this was at a McMoms event then I hope Naomi and Kathy are thinking twice (at least) about their behavior and their status as moms representing us all.
I mean COME ON, how is anyone going to take you seriously? Sounds like Ali and probably the other McMoms were embarrassed by their peers inappropriate behavior. Save this for partying with your real friends. Shouldn’t you have been acting professionally?
Wow. It is too bad it happened online and that McDonald’s and McMoms got dragged into it but I guess it does prove that they are “real”! The crazy thing is that I get the impression this happened on one of their McD’s sponsored trips. Yes? Does McDonald’s wine and dine them?
Wow! I’m new to the blogosphere and I cannot believe you would call other mom bloggers down this way and call them nasty names to boot. Hope I never get on your bad side. I am totally surprised. I read Ali’s post and read all the comments from the groups and I think the whole thing is silly. Ali posted her feelings on what she felt at the time but I can understand how the other moms there felt a little upset with her using them as a blog post for entertainment. I wasn’t there, didn’t get to see the River Phonix thing tho I would have liked to, it sounded funny but seriously I have never seen mom bloggers go at one another this way and post nasty things about each other. I guess I just feel as moms our jobs are hard enough with never being given much respect we should be able to count on one another to not post crap about each other. Maybe I’m wrong.