Fighting a McDonald’s in Queens for the Right to Sit. And Sit. And Sit.

The New York Times ^ | JAN. 14, 2014 | SARAH MASLIN NIR and JIHA HAM

[moonshinner_09]

If I owned a resturant I would not want people taking up tables for hours while splitting a small packet of French fries .And one guys says it's impossible drink a large coffee within 20 minutes?” “The group passed a lot of sit-down time. Refusing to let other customers sit.”..This is how resturants go broke. I wan ban them all.Enough is enough.They order them out and within minutes they come right back in.

[AU72]

The Manager should get and serve them with restraining orders. It’s not the Public Library where pervs can sit down and surf porn unhindered.

[GeronL]

They could pool their french fry money and rent their own store front and play Chinese dominoes all day if they want.

[Tenacious 1]

“Do you think you can drink a large coffee within 20 minutes?” David Choi, 77, said. “No, it’s impossible.”

I can drink a pot of coffee in 20 minutes. And I'm ashamed of enjoying it.

[iowamark]

I feel sorry for the old folks but they need to find a new place to congregate.

[Buckeye McFrog]

McDonalds adopts that policy in stores where they have issues with criminal activity.

Such as the one in downtown Pittsburgh that was functioning pretty much as an open drug market. The signs showed up not long after that hit the papers.

[Doctor 2Brains]

Why do you feel sorry for the welfare begging bums—they are stealing the private property of other human beings and should be treated accordingly.

[rawhide]

I agree. The restaurants have rights too.

[rawhide]

Where you going to sit down at in a place like this?

[Beagle8U]

The should get a restraining order against them.

[trisham]

It’s a private business, the goal of which is to make a profit. It has the right to turn over its tables in a timely manner, and these people are taking advantage.

[fungoking]

Hire some of Holder's people to crowd into the both with them.

[griswold3]

This McDonald’s average sales per square foot is definitely skewed by these patrons inconsiderate behavior.

[lee martell]

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.

[nascarnation]

These sound like the kind of people that Comrade DiBlasio pledged to help.

Let’s put a tax on McDonalds to build them a senior center!

[GeronL]

Bump in Korean is Chungdeol - 충돌

[Doctor 2Brains]

The Wo Chin Fat Lee Trans seem to forget that in America, we still have at least a smidgen of property rights.

[Essie]

These are elderly retired people, NOT WELFARE BUMS. SHAME ON YOU! They are staying too long but have been doing it for five years. This situation should have been resolved a long time ago.

Name calling makes the Free Republic look like the DU.

[Usagi_yo]

To bad they couldn’t have just built a small sit down area for seniors. Like instead of the children’s play set, they put in senior play sets.

[Buckeye McFrog]

I know other McDonalds stores in the area that actually encourage Seniors to hang around sipping their discounted coffee. Guess it depends on their location and how much space they have available.