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Showing Original Post only (View all)McDonald’s “New Policy” Bans Customers From Buying Food For Homeless [View all]
http://www.trueactivist.com/mcdonalds-new-policy-bans-customers-from-buying-food-for-homeless/?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=fb&utm_campaign=antimediaA number of stories have recently come to light, showing that McDonalds allegedly has a new policy which is preventing customers from buying food for homeless people. In the UK this month alone there have been two separate incidents to make international headlines, where homeless people were denied service at McDonalds.
The first case involved a 27-year-old landscaper named Daniel Jackson who was almost denied service at a McDonalds on Oxford Road in Manchester because he was wearing dirty clothes and according to the staff he looked homeless. Jackson had to explain to the staff that he was actually just coming from a hard days work and was not homeless.
Id just clocked off work and I was absolutely ravenous. Id not eaten since breakfast so I thought Id go to McDonalds for a quick meal. But when I got to the till the cashier went to get the manager from the back. He then said he wasnt going to serve me because I looked homeless. I explained to him I had been at work all day but he said they had a zero tolerance policy on serving homeless people,
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Granted this is in England now. But how soon before this policy comes to the U.S. after all McDonald's had no problem telling their employees to return Christmas gifts they received for money.
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diabeticman
May 2015
OP
Yes, actually. They do. Everything you can't turn a profit on is expendable. They've ran
silvershadow
May 2015
#28
I don't claim it is a policy of mcd. this happened at one restaurant to one homeless
Liberal_in_LA
May 2015
#16
yes. eventually she was allowed inside but she was cursing and kicking over the wet floor signs
Liberal_in_LA
May 2015
#23
I'm guessing that because they sell food cheap, they get a lot of homeless people...
Moonwalk
May 2015
#15
They sell food cheap? We ran through there the other day, and it was $5 for a straight up
ScreamingMeemie
May 2015
#20
As pointed out, McD has a dollar menu, as do several other fast food places...
Moonwalk
May 2015
#68
I rarely go there but if they start this crap here I will be done. How completely pathetic.
onecaliberal
May 2015
#29
Reading the articles about this, it looks like it's just limited to a single location
PersonNumber503602
May 2015
#38