The couple, 87-year-old Carl Becker and 81-year-old Barbara Becker were enjoying their McDonald’s dollar sandwich when they were booted out of the restaurant because according to the manager, their ‘half-hour’ was up. The manager added that they needed to clean the floor where the elderly couple were located.According to the couple, the McDonald’s branch didn’t have much customers during the time they were kicked out. 4951
There has to be more to this story. Maybe they came in often or daily and used it as their hangout for hours and hours. Some people of that age need a place to hang out.  Years ago when I was working my first job as a checker in a neighborhood grocery store, everyday there was a group of retired men who would come in for coffee, sit in the table/dining/break area up front and just loiter/hang out all day long. I guess it was better than being a bar fly, but they would literally sit there all day and just do nothing, but watch the world go by. This place was out of the way and they didn't bother anyone, but if this couple in this story did something similar, even during busy times, I can see where their constant hanging out would tend to be a problem after a while. 4951
Guzla New Member
~ 10 years ago
Mar 12, '14 12:41pm
A lot of restaurants have a "kinda" time limit ...it's primarily to move customers out so they can get more in. But this case should be documented and sent to McDonald's Corp ofc. Some people just shouldn't be in customer service. 4951
Definitely time to go somewhere else. Many years ago a group of gun owners I used to meet at Starsbuck in Sunnyvale, CA would take a side of store which all of us are drinking grande mochas and buying pastries until one day the manager asked us that we could only have our meeting for fifteen minutes. We said okay and told him we will be utilizing our business somewhere else. 4951
restaurants have a time limit to keep kids & everyone else from using their establishment as a "hang-out" . When people come in to buy food they do not want to see a bunch of people sitting around taking up space , it gives the restaurant a bad name. That's why they have a "time limit" on dining . 4951