Very selfish behavior. That group is not respecting the business owners of the facility. There are plenty other senior centers, they are just caught up in stubbornness and unnecessary power struggles. OK, you want to play that game, fine. The new rules as of today say you may visit up to twenty minutes at a time or spend $6.00 or more for the next twenty minutes, after which, you must leave for at minimum eight hours. They may have to start stamping palms with an ink logo, like at a nightclub. Measures to deal with these senior may become more harsh, especially in the wake of the 71 y/o retired cop who killed somebody for texting in a theatre. This is not the hill worth dying or going to jail over, this is a food business.
I will say that I’ve spent more than 20 minutes eating at McD’s before. Of course, that was because they had playground equipment, and my kids would play. And I’d get up every 10 minutes and buy another 4-pack of nuggets or chocolate chip cookies. Definitely not a healthy way to spend time with the kids.
Nowadays, I’m not sure I’d let my kids play in a restaurant play area, I’d be afraid of the germs.