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The car wash industry is one sector of society that has become dominated by the four aspects of McDonaldization. In many cases, these four aspects are easier to point out in the car washing industry than they are in the fast-food industry that George Ritzer explored. Nearly all areas of society seem to be in some way affected by the different principles of McDonaldization. According to George Ritzer, efficiency is the quickest and easiest way …

…process. This is the case with the car wash industry as well. The employees work in awful weather extremes for low pay, and are forced to repeat the same processes day in and day out. Likewise, the customers are forced to go through the same predictable manners each time they come to the wash. The McDonaldization of the car wash industry proves that there are many other sectors of society that follow the same process.