McDonalds Free Wi-Fi Users Soak Up Seating

Posted by samzenpus on Tuesday May 12, 2009 @03:42PM from the super-size-my-connection dept.

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."

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Re:Simple Solution by Nazlfrag · 2009-05-12 17:57 · Score: 1, Redundant

Perhaps they could pat themselves on the back for attracting more people to their business perhaps, like McDonalds should be doing? Really, they put in free wifi to attract customers then complain that it attracts customers. Why not just scrap the wifi and look at your business walk out the door and down the road to the other guy with wifi and a crappy sandwich.