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by dnzkw 1789 days ago
The rich don't go to McDonald's.

The homeless are simply problematic, to the rich and the poor alike. They drive away everybody which is lost sales.

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> The rich don't go to McDonald's.

You do know the last president was a very frequent McDonald's customer right? And he was more than rich.

Allegedly rich. It's still not clear how rich or poor he actually is.

In any case, I very much doubt he spent any time at all in a McDonald's.

At most he would have used the drive though. More likely be sent someone else to the drive though.

It's even understandable - he's been very recognisable since before the apprentice. Would you want random bystanders asking for your autograph, or insulting you while you were trying to eat a burger?

Warren Buffet also.
> The rich don't go to McDonald's.

I'm not sure what you mean, I mean what have the arguments you commented on to do with "the rich".

In the end there is a very large swath of people between poorish and not rich which go to McDonalds.

> homeless are simply problematic

Idk, I can't speak about the homeless in other places but at least where I live it's most times not too big of a problem. But then I could imagine it quite a different situation in other places. Like e.g. where I live there are places the homeless can go to to take a shower, it's not perfect but in the end except a few exceptions most homeless tend to be at most a bit smelly and in turn it's not a problem in most McDonalds if they would pass by there.

>I mean what have the arguments you commented on to do with "the rich".

They're directly responding to a comment literally saying that this is done to drive away the homeless and poor so "the rich" don't have to see them.

And maybe homeless people differ depending on location, but where I'm from a good amount of homeless are obviously mentally unwell and alcoholics/on some other drug. Most of them seem peaceful and nice enough, but I've also had pretty negative experiences that range from unpleasant to downright scary. I wouldn't care if I saw a single homeless guy at a McDonalds, but if I knew that this was a location that attracted groups of homeless people (like e.g. some parks are), I would definitely stay clear of it.

> They're directly responding to a comment literally saying that this is done to drive away the homeless and poor so "the rich" don't have to see them.

ok, makes sense, it's not <so "the rich" don't have to see them> but <so "the non-homeless" don't have to see them>.

Buffet famously does
And the “famously” part is due to how unusual that is.
Well, it's also because McDonalds offered him free food for life if they could spread the story about him. Did they offer him more than just a free hamburger, I dunno.
Nice generalization. I was homeless for years. Never even visited mcdonalds, stole anything or caused any problems really. Should I hide?
It’s irrelevant whether or not you fit the stereotype, it’s whether or not the business believes your presence harms their sales.
We all know what we mean by homeless. It's not a literal definition.