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McDonalds Free Wi-Fi Users Soak Up Seating
bfire writes "McDonalds has earmarked potential changes to seating plans in some restaurants to prevent free Wi-Fi users from monopolizing seating, particularly in peak periods. The availability of Wi-Fi means people are now spending 35 minutes in McDonalds — rather than the average ten minutes that patrons used to spend eating there. But it appears not everyone is happy with the increased 'stickiness' of customers, with some licensees in Australia reporting that Wi-Fi users aren't turning over seats fast enough. The restaurant chain is considering options including space demarcation to deal with the problem."
Because we all know they are just sitting there waiting to get first post.
Oh wait...
I lost me sig.
I'd suggest McDonalds try dumping coffee on their laps, but they'd probably get sued for millions of dollars.
HEYO!
And they employ sock puppets to promote their company on slashdot, too!
Even if I did eat McDonalds food there I don't think I like the atmosphere enough to stay. There coffee tastes like piss anyway. With all the great local free wifi around where I live I'd have to be pretty desperate to go there. Simple solution: open up a coffee shop next door.
rather than the average ten minutes that patrons used to spend eating there
I only ever sat there for 10 minutes because that's all it took for the diarrhea to activate after eating that addictive crap. Sitting any longer and the chairs would be a different color.
- James
They don't want sticky customers. The signs in the bathrooms require that employees wash hands. But you know, the last time I was there, no employee would wash my hands... I wanted to complain but people made me leave.
...followed by "Stroke"...
I hate being bipolar; it's awesome!
Australian McDonalds restaurants are mostly http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCafe these now. They have friendlier interiors, provide newspapers and make coffee thats slightly better than it used to be. And, they sell slurpees. Nerd Heaven.
I've read over your post four times now and I still have no idea what your point is.
Something about hot dogs? Now I'm all hungry again after dinner, thanks.
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I thought compact fluorescent lamps ran comparatively cooler than incandescent.
When information is power, privacy is freedom.
They don't want sticky customers. The signs in the bathrooms require that employees wash hands. But you know, the last time I was there, no employee would wash my hands... I wanted to complain but people made me leave.
If your hands were sticky after leaving the bathroom stall, the employees were right to refuse service.
Tell the users that they can use the wireless until a trap door opens up underneath them and they are dumped into a vat of boiling french fries. Their times are announced by some junior on front counter with a megaphone.
"Come in number 192.168.1.121, your time is up"
Task Mangler
Poor spelling aside, I meant coffee made using an espresso machine by someone with at least a few minutes of training instead of the usual stewed pot of stuff kept just below the boiling point for hours.
If we're going to quibble about poor spelling on an international forum here I may as well horrify many of the Americans here by stating that three of the coffees you can get are flat white, long black and short black. A few Aussies have been badly misuderstood in the USA when they asked African-American waitressess for a short black. Bonus points in the South if they think you are gay as well as racist in asking for a long black.
Thankfully, I have GNU macchanger installed
You can also use /etc/network/interfaces:
iface bond0 inet dhcp
hwaddress ether de:ca:fb:ad:d0:0d
For extra fun, send messages to Starbucks in your MAC.
Have you seen MacDonalds' customers? Most of them bring extra seat padding with them! You'd need to have seats with 6 inch nails hammered upwards through the seat in order to penetrate the comfy cushions of flab...
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You're not talking about the food, are you?
Well then.. what do you call a Quarter pounder in Chile?
McRoyale with cheese, motherfucker?
I got a vasectomy for a reason.
In your case, wouldn't that be like winterizing a home in Florida?
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And they employ sock puppets to promote their company on slashdot, too!
Food, wi-fi, AND a puppet show? Man, I am never leaving this place!
Yes, tragedy of the friggin commons -- if you don't charge by the unit, people use more than others around them would like. Only a goldfish would see this as a revelation ... encountering the same plastic castle and being shocked every time -- "hey, look, a castle!"