1. The manager might have been doing it under the radar only for as long as no one said anything.
2. McDonald’s is not public property. You follow their rules or leave.
But you don't know that. That is complete speculation.
2. McDonalds is not public property. You follow their rules or leave.
What rules? This had been going on for two years and ended only after a single complaint. That sounds more like someone else's rules than McDonald's.