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http://www.nbcnews.com/id/54081173#.UtdGHlOmXAl
Some elderly New Yorkers are taking a slow approach to fast food at a Queens McDonald's, where police have been called on the group because they allegedly spend all day socializing at the restaurant and won't leave. The sign on the door of the McDonald's in Flushing says customers should limit their visits to 20 minutes. But the franchisee says a group of seniors shows up every day and takes up table space for hours, all while ordering very little food. Police have been called there on occasion. One customer says it's an exaggeration to say they stay too long. "He say people stay whole day, that's wrong, that's a lie," said Roger Kim, who spent about two hours enjoying a meal and a newspaper at the McDonald's on Wednesday. A security guard who patrols outside says he is sometimes asked to order them out, but says they never give him a problem. The franchisee, Jack Bert, tells NBC 4 New York that "any business would this situation to be difficult when customers prevent other customers from enjoying the restaurant." "We continue to work to resolve this situation," Bert said.
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)badtoworse
(5,957 posts)They don't call it a FAST food restaurant for nothing.
1000words
(7,051 posts)these are dangerous people:
Niceguy1
(2,467 posts)And staying go hours they need to go elsewhere.
hunter
(38,349 posts)With free coffee, soup of the day, bread rolls, and cookies for anyone over 65.
Heck, there ought to be a place like that in every community. Walking and talking keeps seniors healthy. It would probably reduce medicare costs.
lunamagica
(9,967 posts)One just opened offering them coffee for 15 cents, but for some reason they rather go to McD
1000words
(7,051 posts)Can't say I'd blame them, if that was a factor.
pipi_k
(21,020 posts)might be that being around other people of varying ages probably makes them feel better. More a part of the community at large than a bunch of old people nobody wants to see so they're shoved away in a Senior Center.
I certainly wouldn't want to do all my socializing solely around other old farts just like myself.
hunter
(38,349 posts)And make it more interesting than MacDonalds.
Hmmmm..... Cannabis brownies. That might work.
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