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doc03

(35,374 posts)
Fri Mar 13, 2020, 06:10 PM Mar 2020

I was told today that the McDonald's in this area

is considering closing their dinning areas. Stopped at the mall a few minutes on a Friday evening and it deserted.
All the local schools Ohio and WV have closed for the next 2 weeks. All of this for a Democrat hoax.

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I was told today that the McDonald's in this area (Original Post) doc03 Mar 2020 OP
I won't even go through the fast food drive-thrus. Someone may be working there sick. n/t zackymilly Mar 2020 #1
I haven't used a drive thru in like 50 years, they doc03 Mar 2020 #2
Use the app Freddie Mar 2020 #5
I haven't had a drive through order screwed up in years. essme Mar 2020 #8
My buddy ordered two egg muffins and two doc03 Mar 2020 #9
50 years ago? nt essme Mar 2020 #20
I said I haven't used the drive thru for fifty years. That was a friend and his doc03 Mar 2020 #22
One of our local burger places has gone to drive through and delivery, only Siwsan Mar 2020 #3
Tons of business disruption and the weakness of our capitalism will be shown the light? Brainfodder Mar 2020 #4
The mall in my area looked pretty bare, but the parking area near a couple bars/restaurants Flaleftist Mar 2020 #6
So many of these fast food stores have installed those computer screens for ordering kskiska Mar 2020 #7
I hardly ever see them used and it would be doc03 Mar 2020 #10
I don't use them either besides being filthy that eliminates jobs. blueinredohio Mar 2020 #16
They're ALL in on it! StarryNite Mar 2020 #11
Haven't been to a McDonald's since I saw a man working there... zackymilly Mar 2020 #12
Last time I saw West Virginia didn't have any corona cases. blueinredohio Mar 2020 #13
We have two cases in Belmont County ohio doc03 Mar 2020 #15
I wonder if W.V. doesn't have any cases or just not reporting any. blueinredohio Mar 2020 #17
Our gov is trying to get one step ahead of the problem. Staph Mar 2020 #18
We rock hoaxes hard TeamPooka Mar 2020 #14
Go back to the old McDonald's way- Kingofalldems Mar 2020 #19
The touch screens were removed from my neighborhood McDonald's Generic Brad Mar 2020 #21

doc03

(35,374 posts)
2. I haven't used a drive thru in like 50 years, they
Fri Mar 13, 2020, 06:16 PM
Mar 2020

screw up 1/2' their orders. People are continually coming inside to get them straightened out.

Freddie

(9,275 posts)
5. Use the app
Fri Mar 13, 2020, 06:35 PM
Mar 2020

I treat my daughters family to McD’s once a week (happy meal night) and with 5 of them it can be a big order. They seem to get the online orders right.

essme

(1,207 posts)
8. I haven't had a drive through order screwed up in years.
Fri Mar 13, 2020, 06:43 PM
Mar 2020

Do you order the Peking Duck and they put Beijing Duck in the bag?

doc03

(35,374 posts)
9. My buddy ordered two egg muffins and two
Fri Mar 13, 2020, 06:50 PM
Mar 2020

coffees. He got 2 1/4 pounders with cheese fries and two milkshakes he didn't complain. I suppose the next person was upset.

doc03

(35,374 posts)
22. I said I haven't used the drive thru for fifty years. That was a friend and his
Fri Mar 13, 2020, 09:12 PM
Mar 2020

grandson that used the drive thru about a month ago..

Siwsan

(26,291 posts)
3. One of our local burger places has gone to drive through and delivery, only
Fri Mar 13, 2020, 06:17 PM
Mar 2020

It's a very popular local chain that's been in Flint since 1923. I suspect there will be a lot of deliveries being run, by employees, to cars waiting in the parking lot because they have a lot of die hard fans.

Brainfodder

(6,423 posts)
4. Tons of business disruption and the weakness of our capitalism will be shown the light?
Fri Mar 13, 2020, 06:17 PM
Mar 2020

Looking for any silver linings!



GOOD LUCK!


Flaleftist

(3,473 posts)
6. The mall in my area looked pretty bare, but the parking area near a couple bars/restaurants
Fri Mar 13, 2020, 06:39 PM
Mar 2020

in the mall lot were packed.

kskiska

(27,047 posts)
7. So many of these fast food stores have installed those computer screens for ordering
Fri Mar 13, 2020, 06:41 PM
Mar 2020

and have eliminated human cashiers. The screens are filthy dirty at any time. I refuse to use them.

StarryNite

(9,460 posts)
11. They're ALL in on it!
Fri Mar 13, 2020, 06:53 PM
Mar 2020

Actually I was just telling some people the other day that I think the fast food shops should close for awhile. Anything that isn't necessary.

zackymilly

(2,375 posts)
12. Haven't been to a McDonald's since I saw a man working there...
Fri Mar 13, 2020, 06:58 PM
Mar 2020

...putting cheese on the burgers. He had a stack of cheese, and he would lick his thumb as he picked up each piece, like he was turning pages in a magazine.

doc03

(35,374 posts)
15. We have two cases in Belmont County ohio
Fri Mar 13, 2020, 07:05 PM
Mar 2020

on the other side of the river. Don't know if it is just local or the whole state.

blueinredohio

(6,797 posts)
17. I wonder if W.V. doesn't have any cases or just not reporting any.
Fri Mar 13, 2020, 07:08 PM
Mar 2020

Most are die hard Trump fans,don't want to make him look bad.

Staph

(6,253 posts)
18. Our gov is trying to get one step ahead of the problem.
Fri Mar 13, 2020, 07:12 PM
Mar 2020

Despite his bull-headed Republicanism (he's kind of a mini-Trump, though I suspect that Governor Justice has more money and is both taller and heavier than Trump - maybe Trump is a mini-Justice), he is doing the right thing for about the third time in his three years in office.

Most of the state colleges and universities are already closed for an additional week of spring break, then going to all online classes for an unspecified period of time. The extra week is to help some of the old fogies figure out how to get their lectures and tests online. (My brother-in-law is a retired doc teaching in the biology department, but he's had his lectures online for years. Not all old fogies are old!)


Kingofalldems

(38,485 posts)
19. Go back to the old McDonald's way-
Fri Mar 13, 2020, 07:14 PM
Mar 2020

Where you ordered your sandwich and went about your business. Those dining rooms are often nasty anyway.

Generic Brad

(14,275 posts)
21. The touch screens were removed from my neighborhood McDonald's
Fri Mar 13, 2020, 08:48 PM
Mar 2020

I don't know if it was virus related or if customers just hated them.

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