McDonald's Floor Planning

At my local McDonald's there's three areas you can sit in.  The playplace, right in front of the counter, or the back half.  The back half always have weird people who have set up their desktop (not laptop!) computer at a table to get the free wifi.  So normal people have two options.  Either eat staring at the employees and listening to idiots try to figure what they want to order (it is MCDONALD'S! it's been the same menu you're whole life!!) or eat with the kids in the playplace.

You wouldn't believe the number of child-free people (solo, couples, and groups) who wander into the playplace trying to find a table.  Rarely do they take a table away from a child-laden family; I'll give them credit.  Sometimes if they're done eating and just nursing a soda and checking their phone, they'll hurry to clean up and offer their spot.  What usually happens though (at least when I'm here with King Terror who is making dinosaur noises right now) is that they wander in looking for a table, assess that this would be an unpleasant place to eat, and resign themselves to whatever corner of the front area is most hidden from sight.

It's a little funny and a little sad and a good lesson in floor plans.  If you encourage an undesirable element to stay for a long time in one section with your amenities, you reduce your available seating for the general population.

I wanted to find the store number of this McDonald's but it isn't listed to exist on the website.... Ghost McD's!

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