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If these teens or homeless people, they would have been removed.
Quite frankly I am tired of anyone over 65.
Of course not everyone over 65 is hanging out all day at McD's, and not everyone over 65 is inconsiderate and self-centered, but nonetheless I can relate to and sympathize with your sentiment, even though I am 69!
The actions of these seniors hurts other people. Imagine someone buying a meal can't find a table to sit at when these seniors are sitting there hour after hour and spending pennies. Its not right.
A McDonald's in Queens, New York has become the contentious scene between some elderly patrons and management who says the group is driving away business.
According to the New York Times, many of them -- mostly Korean locals from the neighborhood -- arrive as early as 5 a.m. at the restaurant and often stay until after dark. They show up, some of whom use walkers, canes or wheelchairs, after eating a free lunch at a nearby senior center, and then split a small pack of french fries to count as paying customers.
Don't blame Fox. This news story came from the New York Times.
Thank you. Reminds me of the mud slinging after the shooting of the lady lawmaker in Denver ? or Arizona ? . I can't remember which one, no disrespect meant. But, people jumped on the bandwagon that he had to be a RWNJ and it turned out he was affiliated with liberals.
So, if they're so bound and determined to socialize, why don't they take turns in each other's places of residence. Or, are each of these people living in one room, or with relatives?
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I don't know what to make of this, I don't envy them seems like a very useless, boring life. But I would not care if I saw a table full of seniors.
I wonder they must buy food and drinks, considering anyone who sits at one place from 5 in the morning to night must become hungry and thirsty?
I would care if I were a regular paying customer - not just coffee - of McD's. Especially if all the best tables were taken all the time. Seniors don't spend much, anyway. You can bet that group sure doesn't.
Clearly clueless that McD's is a for-profit business, possibly owned by an individual franchisee with a big capital investment. What's a McD's franchise going for these days - $1 mil???
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magine that you're opening your own McDonald's. To do this, you have to buy a McDonald's franchise. In order to qualify for a conventional franchise, you have to have $250,000 (not borrowed).
Your total costs to open the restaurant, however, will be anywhere from $685,750 to $1,504,000, which goes to paying for the building, equipment, etc. Forty percent of this cost has to be from your own (non-borrowed) funds.
You'll pay an initial franchise fee of $45,000 directly to McDonald's. The other costs go to suppliers, so this is the only upfront fee you pay to McDonald's.
Problem: In spite of the bad treatment and humiliation, the reason why the elderly Koreans keep going to McDonald’s is that they don’t have enough places to rest and talk freely. Some older Korean people are unwilling to go to the senior centers in Flushing since they have a sense of isolation in the centers and feel an invisible barrier to entering the centers.
And I guess we are made to feel sorry again. It is a place of business.....and they are not an elder sitting service. I find it very disrespectful that they return after being evicted. That smacks of arrogance.
From the little bit I can see in the picture, I'd guess the place has good feng shui: a corner location with lots of natural light and the banquette benches face the entrance and windows. Lots of things to watch out those windows. I'd sure rather sit there than in a basement at some senior center.
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Surely not!
