This was in Dallas. There was another one in Brownsville that this happened to.
What... Is it saying? They changed branding? It sounds like it's supposed to say something more interesting?
This is about real estate value for the next commercial renter if a franchise fails. Cheaper costs for corporate too.
Looks like their customers have grown up and they tried to follow suit and became boring adults.
Let's just say, I'm glad you guys aren't architects.
Psshht. Imagine how badass the Empire State Building would look with a permanent King Kong statue on top.
Now imagine EVERY BUILDING.
I accept your apology.
I disagree but I'm willing to accept a compromise at gargoyles.
Thanks for reporting the often ignored extinction of wildlife at the local Mcdees
I don't eat at McDonalds for many reasons, but if I had to walk through such a Chuck E Cheese-ass entrance to grab a burger I'd have one more reason to avoid it.
They're the same picture.
I have never seen a McDonalds that looks like the top pic. I remember plenty with play spaces, but they weren't visible from outside.
Iirc this was the McDonald's just outside the Dallas zoo.
If it isn't that one, the same thing happened to that one. Sad times.
I spent a lot of time in the car crossing the U.S. in the 80's and 90's so I saw a LOT of McDonalds. Most of them are bog standard but once in a while you come across one like this where they spiced it up. I've seen one with a train engine out front, one with a parked airplane, etc. There's one in Tucson with a giant T-Rex statue in front of it. I've also seen some crazy play places with slides going out of the building and back inside. Would've loved that when I was a kid.
Look at how they mascaraed my boy. Enshitfication in its best example
Typical family with kids can no longer afford to eat here since the business model is to maximize shareholder value. So it makes sense to rebrand to the only people who can afford it.
We’ve been turning in Russia all this time without even noticing.
CONSUME
In the Fascist States of America, a McDonald’s techbro named BigBallz voice will serve you a burger with no beef, charge you double, and call it freedom.
You ask, where’s my Mcplayground? Well, it is outsourced, replaced with a sad bench on which a crying Ronald McDonald sits, holding a sign about liability.
What do y'all expect from an industry based on torture and murder, destroying the planet, wrecking your health, and supporting genocide? Fun for the kids?
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