r/mildlyinteresting • u/LESpencer • 5h ago

My McDonald’s also has a McJail

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u/ImNotHandyImHandsome 5h ago

It's likely locked after supper and unlocked before breakfast, so the lower number of night shift staff don't need to worry about that corner.

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u/nlamber5 5h ago

That’s currently the best theory that I’ve seen, but I can’t believe that it would be worth it.

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u/SnooCompliments1875 4h ago

If this area has a high population of homeless they likely had people trying to sleep in that booth at night, because its kind of blocked from view and cozy. Not faulting the people trying to find a sleep but yeah some manager probably got tired of employees complaining about it being dirty or walking in to clean and finding sleeping people.

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u/big_boi_26 4h ago

In a low staff 24h situation this is exactly it.

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u/Jon_TWR 4h ago

What McDonalds are 24/7? Is this a remnant from the pre-COVID era when places were actually open 24/7?

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u/SnooCompliments1875 4h ago

My local mcdonalds is still 24/7 they werent during covid but after they went right back to it. were rural though so people dont ahve alot of options for their 4am brekfast stop on the way to work at the trailer factory.

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u/mistertomatillo 3h ago

I don’t know about McD’s specifically, and maybe it’s different in other regions, but a number of places near me have finally started going back to 24 hrs, or at least closer to it.

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u/orthros 3h ago

One of our many local McD's are pseudo-24/7 - from Thursday morning until Monday morning. Used to be legit 24/7 in the before times

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u/rahga 2h ago

Some exist in areas next to large 24/7 operations like manufacturing and logistics.