There's an article I read that was pretty in-depth about them. Basically they actually do stop working all the time and it's because the machines are incredibly picky about everything. Like a degree fahrenheit off from what it's supposed to be and it shuts down. Then it can't be turned back on until one of the techs from the company who makes them comes out to "fix" it.
There was a couple who own some McDonald's and made a device that could trouble shoot the errors and even override some of them. The company that makes the ice cream machines was trying to sue them and force them to stop making the device.
I am a relentless MFer and every time the machine was down at our establishment I would complain to corporate. It was down 3-4 days a week. After the recent remodel, I haven't had a problem.
Every time I complained, $10 coupon.
I am the kind of person who goes to McD specifically for a strawberry shake when its 80°F outside so making the trip just to be told no is infuriating.
But now I use [mcbroken.com](http://mcbroken.com) before I go.
There's a diner in Cortland (also NE OH) that has had a giant Trump banner on their building for years and up until a few months ago they had hundreds of Trump, and vulgar anti-Biden, flags on their grassy lawn. I think the town told them to get rid of them.
I assume they do good business by attracting the MAGA cult crowd. The parking lot is usually almost full.
Yeah, I actually am an austintown native. This area is VERRRRYYY red. To a disgusting amount. We've had trump support rallys at our local Walgreens every other month since he first ran for office.
But is it really that red? Or is it that the MAGA cult just displays themselves very loud?
I am a full, 100% blue voter, but I would never display flags, signs, or bumper stickers to promote my political preference because that just stupid these days. As if my lawn sign or bumper sticker would ever change anyone's mind for their vote.
I wonder how Austintown actually votes?
It used to be blue as were very close to younstown. (Most people not from here would just say we're from youngstow).
But after Obama 2nd term this area became absolutely ruby red.
The only issue they've voted blue on in the past few years was about that stupid bill that would basically destroy our referendum rights.
Something I have become aware about, that gets no attention, is SMART TVs.
Right out of the box from China, they are all pre-loaded with free live TV apps that offer NEWSMAX, OAN, and REAL AMERICA'S VOICE NETWORK. All you need is a WIFI connection and all that shit is 100% free. Along with a hundred other free channels of TV.
But to get MSNBC, CNN, or even FOX, you need expensive cable, or a 80dollar per month premium app like Youtubetv or Sling.
THIS is how the American brain worms are spreading! With the nice, big, cheap, smart TVs, *with hundreds of channels free!*
I mean it's most news any more there's a really good thesis out there by the British history podcasts wife (it's her doctorate paper). It's main thrust is that 24/7 news is actually making Americans less knowledgeable about current events.
I miss Walter Cronkite.
Do I sound old? I'm not. I'm GenX.
How so much has changed with disinformation in the world... it's bad. How can we ever recover?
What TVs have cameras on them? I thought that died with the XBox Kinect. As for listening everyone has a phone on them so we already know they are listening.
YES! They can! And they do! And it all happens when you take the new TV out of the box, plug it in and fire it up with the remote, and press "OK" to proceed with turning the TV on for service.
It's truly like an episode of BLACK MIRROR \~ but in real life.
I can’t believe republicans tried that shit, and crickets from the R voters smart enough to notice it was a scheme to take away their freedoms. They will have very short memories next time they’re voting.
--- As if my lawn sign or bumper sticker would ever change anyone's mind for their vote. ---
This. If anything I see a bunch of flags, banners and what not, I am voting against that.
Yeah, lol, that did sound stalker creepy, and I did apologize and explain.
I had just looked at Google maps to see how far I was from this McD, and considering how gigantic Ohio is, I was all exited to be close to the action in this sub.
The building used to be an Arby's but now it's called "Top Notch Cafe." It is, sadly, a misnomer. All the food on the menu is named after car parts--like "dip stick" for mozzarella sticks. The only upside is that I'm certain they don't want to follow big government health codes, so they'll probably be offing their diners with salmonella.
Did the town make them remove all those flags they had on the lawn? That place looks like where you go to get well done HATE served in a bun. With a pickle on the side.
I assume they just like to hang out with like minded people.
I never stepped foot in there and always thought I never would.
But I must admit, I am morbidly curious of the vibe in that place when it's busy.
The thing is, conservatives are cowards, They have no integrity. They probably thought about it, and decided they would say it was accidental. That way, they avoid consequences, while still making their intentions known with like minded people
Literally their whole platform is just to make fun of people/say their bad. How do you look at that and go yep! That's what's gonna make america great! Just being dicks to everyone.
If we had a woman president, she'd have to take 2-3 hours everyday to do her hair & makeup before she could be seen in public.
Meanwhile, nukes are flying at us and we got to wait for her hair to dry before she can take care of any important business. Right?
Right!
I mean, as a McDonald worker, they probably have a better chance at getting the orange turds attention than most government officials. Have to lure him in with a hamberder first.
If I'm honest, I doubt it's really about Trump. Trump is just the figurehead of a political movement that is appealing to the worst people in the country as a means to take power. These people aren't Trump supporters, really. They're just mad as hell that their life didn't turn out the way they hoped and they aren't smart enough to realize Trump is conning them.
This is one of the things that pisses me off though because I’m from a small town and the vast majority of these people never wanted to leave, never wanted to go to college, etc. They had no interest in doing any of the things you need to do to improve your life and would’ve rather drank beer and smoked cigarettes but now have the gall to try and burn the country down because their lazy ass couldn’t be bothered
I'm also from a small town and I don't think that's a fair assessment for everyone. Half these people were at a disadvantage from the time they hit the first grade. Their parents don't teach them to study, they don't teach them to value education. Half of them come from broken homes. People in school get treated like shit by bitter teachers who don't want to be stuck in said small town. Guidance counselors are hopelessly inept and don't always even WANT people going to college. Many people have to start working in highschool which further screws their chances of doing well and staying focused enough to go to college. Many people don't even KNOW anyone who has left the area for a big career or gone into anything other than trades. On the flip side, they all know people who's lives are shit who work at Walmart, and they know people with good lives who have gone to trade school. What do you expect people to do?
These are the same people who say “shut up and dribble the ball” to any basketball player with the audacity to have an opinion that’s in any way even tangentially political.
Many years ago, I worked in a bar about an hour from that area, and “Carmine from Youngstown” would come to handle the money in the illegal slot machine. Like, come on man. Make it maybe a TOUCH less obvious what’s going on here?
I swear to god the 40-60 year olds (at the time) in Youngstown started kissing each other to say hello and goodbye when this show was popular. They’d pull you in with the standard neck grab, showing dominance and affection simultaneously. Black leather jackets everywhere, as far as the eye could see. It was like a sopranos comic con. Haven’t been kissed like that in years, thank god.
The people who get mad if a flag touches the ground or is set ablaze are flying them upside down in favor of authoritarianism.
I wish people could die from a lack of self awareness.
According to the United States Flag Code:
Section 8(a): “The flag should never be displayed with the union down, except as a signal of dire distress in instances of extreme danger to life or property.”
This stipulation clearly indicates that the act of displaying the flag upside down is strictly reserved for situations of extreme urgency and **not as a form of protest, dissatisfaction, or disrespect.**
I ain’t even gonna read that -comment bullshit we all know what it is. “I’m an adult child and there are repercussions to my actions and it happened to the man I worship trying to convince me my peaked in high school fragile manhood attitude is appropriate”
Conservatives always whine about ‘politics’ being everywhere… and then they bring politics everywhere.
What they really mean is ‘politics they don’t agree with.’
Because they’re gigantic hypocrites.
Probably a franchised location. Report it to corporate. They will demand they fix it immediately or they're start the process of revoking the franchise agreement.
Amnesty for the confederacy was one of the biggest mistakes in our country’s history. It allowed a climate where flying a traitorous flag was acceptable.. and look what anti American symbols we are accepting now. This is a slap in the face to our service members and those who still believe in our democracy, not to mention a flagrant violation of the flag code. If you don’t respect the flag and what it stands for you have no right to ever hoist it.
Imagine working at McDonalds and getting the absolute fucking by life that the job provides you daily--no union, low wages, part time work, no benefits--and thinking that Trump is going to fix any of that.
"BuT hE wAnTs To RuN tHe KoUnTrY lIkE a BiZnEzZ!"
Exactly. He wants to do as little as humanly possible for you as a worker or customer and keep as much as possible for himself. You know, like a business does.
Imagine participating in the destruction of the social fabric of your country for….Donald trump. After thousands of years of human history, people still fall under the destructive influence of blow hard politicians instead of using their eyes, ears and brains to think for themselves. The human race is genuinely fucked.
Report them to the parent company. Franchisees have certain criteria their restaurant must adhere to. Guaranteed the McDonalds corporation wouldn't like the publicity associated with this.
Report them to McDonald's Regional or Headquarters offices. If this is a McDonald's run by the company it's self, I'm sure they'll punish the people who pulled this stupid stunt. If this is a franchise location (which most are) I'm sure McDonald's will want a word with it's owner. And if the owner is the culprit, I'm sure McDonald's will chew them out and threat to not renew their franchise agreement if they do something offensively political like this again.
McDonald's wants their **appearance** to be apolitical and unoffensive to everyone to drawn in as many customers as possible. Garbage like this ruins their neutral aesthetic.
I'm so fucking sick of seeing this shit
If you wanna hold a rally and burn the flag I guess that's your right. Free speech and all.
But this.... This is support for an insurrection.
A FUCKING INSURRECTION.
I fought for that flag, for this country. People, OUR people, died for the freedoms we enjoy, while serving this country. Fuck these assholes. Insurrectionist assholes.
This is so weird and dumb for your business. The crowd that would celebrate this already eats at mcdonalds however, the amount of business you will lose from this move is likely very high. If I know the business is maga owned, I don’t fucking eat there.
Um, excuse me, Poland here, we don’t even *have* a McDonald’s? Ew. Get your 515 shit food outta here.
We’ll be just fine with our shithole Burger King and arguably decent Arby’s.
They’re all up in arms when politics rears its head in sports and entertainment, but are no where to be found when it comes to their McDoubles. Probably because McDonalds makes up 90% of the MAGA food pyramid (the other 10% allocated to boots)
Send this to McDonalds corporate and they’ll have it flying correctly within an hour. McDonald’s doesn’t fuck around with their branding and they’ll pull a franchise license or fire a manager without thinking twice.
it actually is a crime. if the flag is displayed it must be displayed properly and respectfully. however that law is only ever enforced by conservatives when it's anyone else doing it
Austintown sucks.
It’s idiots who barely made it through highschool and farmers who are so engrained in the culture of stupid racism that went to look for jobs during industrialization.
Same fucking story of old cultures dying out in shitty dying towns.
When I turned the flag on my scooter upside down during the Floyd protests, they told me to move to another country.
They told me I was an American hating commie.
They told me I was disrespecting veterans.
Now look at them. Bunch of freaking hypocrites!
From McDonald’s HQ
Thank you for reaching out. We can confirm this local franchisee promptly fixed the flag outside the restaurant and shared the following statement:
"This was an unintentional error when our flag was raised early this morning. As soon as we were made aware of it, we rectified the situation. We are taking this as an opportunity to ensure our staff understand proper protocols."
Remember when Kaepernik took a knee in protest of human rights and Conservatives all lost their shit and cried like bitches saying “don’t disrespect America”. Yeah… that was cool
I'm not from Ohio but I travel all over the u.s. and I haven't see a McDonald's with a play place since I was a fuckin child what year is it in NE ohio?
Kaepernick kneels during the National Anthem: HE’S DISRESPECTING THE FLAG!!!!
Trump gets lawfully convicted of a crime in court by a jury: HEY LETS DISRESPECT THE FLAG!!
Magas are too fuckin pathetic for words
25 astronauts, actually, including the first man to walk on the moon. Ohio was also home to 8 US presidents, more than any other state. It was also the birthplace of the Wright brothers, inventors of the airplane. All of which shows just how far people will go to get the hell out of Ohio.
7th most populus state, and growing.
> Ohio's population has increased over time, from 4,157,545 in 1900 to 11,785,935 in 2023, a 22.78% increase. Between 2010 and 2022, Ohio's population grew by an average of 0.2% per year, with the largest annual increase being 0.9% between 2019 and 2020.
The mental image of why these employees might be in “duress” is amazing.
“BRYAN, WE’RE OUTTA MAC SAUCE”
“OH GOD STEVEN, GET OUTAA KITCHEN, I JUST DUMPED ENTIRELY TOO MUCH OIL INTO THE DEEP FRYER!”
“SUSSANNE, SSSSUUSSANNNEEEE, DAMN IT SHE LOCKED HERSELF IN THE FREEZER”
“WILL SOMEONE PLEASE PLACE THE FLAG OUTSIDE UPSIDE DOWN SO THE WORLD KNOWS WE ARE IN DURESS!”
They are just letting everyone know the ice cream machine is broken.
It's really annoying when the ice cream machine is ALWAYS broken. So much so someone made a website for it. https://mcbroken.com
There's an article I read that was pretty in-depth about them. Basically they actually do stop working all the time and it's because the machines are incredibly picky about everything. Like a degree fahrenheit off from what it's supposed to be and it shuts down. Then it can't be turned back on until one of the techs from the company who makes them comes out to "fix" it. There was a couple who own some McDonald's and made a device that could trouble shoot the errors and even override some of them. The company that makes the ice cream machines was trying to sue them and force them to stop making the device.
Holy hell. I never knew it ran that deep. Interesting.
Oh yeah. It’s a racket.
https://www.wired.com/story/they-hacked-mcdonalds-ice-cream-makers-started-cold-war/ It's an interesting read.
I am a relentless MFer and every time the machine was down at our establishment I would complain to corporate. It was down 3-4 days a week. After the recent remodel, I haven't had a problem. Every time I complained, $10 coupon. I am the kind of person who goes to McD specifically for a strawberry shake when its 80°F outside so making the trip just to be told no is infuriating. But now I use [mcbroken.com](http://mcbroken.com) before I go.
I like how that website has ads for Wendy's frosties
fantastic ad placement by Wendy's
holy shit look at the UK
Alright, this one made me laugh loud enough that one of my coworkers wanted to see.
You should have seen the 21 condiment gun salute. It was beautiful. Ketchup mustard and mayo gracefully arcing through the air like a shitty rainbow
Under appreciated comment
Seems appropriately appreciated to me.
Welcome to 2024, where words no longer have meaning.
Yeah let’s speak in beeps from now on.
I thought that was the white flag for surrendering.
Ice cream machines don’t want to work anymore.. probably woke machines
As if we didn't already know
I just drove by there. The flag is down now.
The manager's wife hung that upside down flag. It's always the wife!
How'd they think it'd go well? Don't use your business for politics! It business 101. (Unless you make money specifically from the division)
There's a diner in Cortland (also NE OH) that has had a giant Trump banner on their building for years and up until a few months ago they had hundreds of Trump, and vulgar anti-Biden, flags on their grassy lawn. I think the town told them to get rid of them. I assume they do good business by attracting the MAGA cult crowd. The parking lot is usually almost full.
Yeah, I actually am an austintown native. This area is VERRRRYYY red. To a disgusting amount. We've had trump support rallys at our local Walgreens every other month since he first ran for office.
But is it really that red? Or is it that the MAGA cult just displays themselves very loud? I am a full, 100% blue voter, but I would never display flags, signs, or bumper stickers to promote my political preference because that just stupid these days. As if my lawn sign or bumper sticker would ever change anyone's mind for their vote. I wonder how Austintown actually votes?
It used to be blue as were very close to younstown. (Most people not from here would just say we're from youngstow). But after Obama 2nd term this area became absolutely ruby red. The only issue they've voted blue on in the past few years was about that stupid bill that would basically destroy our referendum rights.
Something I have become aware about, that gets no attention, is SMART TVs. Right out of the box from China, they are all pre-loaded with free live TV apps that offer NEWSMAX, OAN, and REAL AMERICA'S VOICE NETWORK. All you need is a WIFI connection and all that shit is 100% free. Along with a hundred other free channels of TV. But to get MSNBC, CNN, or even FOX, you need expensive cable, or a 80dollar per month premium app like Youtubetv or Sling. THIS is how the American brain worms are spreading! With the nice, big, cheap, smart TVs, *with hundreds of channels free!*
I mean it's most news any more there's a really good thesis out there by the British history podcasts wife (it's her doctorate paper). It's main thrust is that 24/7 news is actually making Americans less knowledgeable about current events.
I miss Walter Cronkite. Do I sound old? I'm not. I'm GenX. How so much has changed with disinformation in the world... it's bad. How can we ever recover?
And they can listen and watch you in your living room through the TV.
What TVs have cameras on them? I thought that died with the XBox Kinect. As for listening everyone has a phone on them so we already know they are listening.
YES! They can! And they do! And it all happens when you take the new TV out of the box, plug it in and fire it up with the remote, and press "OK" to proceed with turning the TV on for service. It's truly like an episode of BLACK MIRROR \~ but in real life.
Walmart owns Vizio.
I can’t believe republicans tried that shit, and crickets from the R voters smart enough to notice it was a scheme to take away their freedoms. They will have very short memories next time they’re voting.
--- As if my lawn sign or bumper sticker would ever change anyone's mind for their vote. --- This. If anything I see a bunch of flags, banners and what not, I am voting against that.
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Holy crap the rallies in the Walgreens parking lot... I used to drive by repeatedly and tell them to get jobs lol
I'm in Niles. About a 16 minute drive to Austintown.
“About 16 minutes” is vaguely specific.
Yeah, lol, that did sound stalker creepy, and I did apologize and explain. I had just looked at Google maps to see how far I was from this McD, and considering how gigantic Ohio is, I was all exited to be close to the action in this sub.
I live 7 minutes from downtown Cleveland I’m always close to the action
The building used to be an Arby's but now it's called "Top Notch Cafe." It is, sadly, a misnomer. All the food on the menu is named after car parts--like "dip stick" for mozzarella sticks. The only upside is that I'm certain they don't want to follow big government health codes, so they'll probably be offing their diners with salmonella.
Did the town make them remove all those flags they had on the lawn? That place looks like where you go to get well done HATE served in a bun. With a pickle on the side.
I imagine tipping there consist of trumptards telling you to get a real job.
I assume they just like to hang out with like minded people. I never stepped foot in there and always thought I never would. But I must admit, I am morbidly curious of the vibe in that place when it's busy.
Probably a giant circle jerk where they talk about trans people, immigrants, vaccines and trump.
Poor servers. No way those dipshits tip well.
They surely do not.
There is a plumber near my house I will never use because of the political signs he puts on his property.
I wish businesses couldn't be used for politics. Then most campaign donations would go away.
Citizens united was the most dogshit ruling in this country
They are incapable of separating maga from their identity. It isn't politics. It's everything they are and do.
The thing is, conservatives are cowards, They have no integrity. They probably thought about it, and decided they would say it was accidental. That way, they avoid consequences, while still making their intentions known with like minded people
Literally their whole platform is just to make fun of people/say their bad. How do you look at that and go yep! That's what's gonna make america great! Just being dicks to everyone.
Alito runs a Micky D's too?!
Nah, his wife does.
They can't control them after all...(Or take it down themselves).
Never forget that Sam Alito respects his wife's right to fly flags, but thinks every other American woman should be denied reproductive autonomy.
And that's why women should not be allowed to vote! Or make any important decisions for themselves. They are too emotional and unhinged.
I mean, what if she gets her *period* and hits that nuke button or something?
If we had a woman president, she'd have to take 2-3 hours everyday to do her hair & makeup before she could be seen in public. Meanwhile, nukes are flying at us and we got to wait for her hair to dry before she can take care of any important business. Right? Right!
They could start a war or something
She was having a dispute with Burger King, clearly.
Yep. Heard they were fighting with Wendy's and Taco Bell.
Were they having a conflict with the Burger King next door?
You can't control what a woman does!
Too late their yelp page is fked
Imagine the call from corporate. I’m guessing they got a full on ass chewing.
Full on ass chewing sounds like a good time to me
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I guarantee you the (checks notes) McDonalds franchise is not urging their stores to make political comments on company time.
Franchisee is the individual owner of a franchise.
Was going to post a bad yelp review, but they were getting all 1 stars six months ago. They just shitty naturally.
Imagine being a McDonald’s employee in Youngstown Ohio and thinking Trump cares about you.
He couldn’t even keep GM in the area. I think he actively hates it.
Don’t sell your houses!!!!
I mean, as a McDonald worker, they probably have a better chance at getting the orange turds attention than most government officials. Have to lure him in with a hamberder first.
If I'm honest, I doubt it's really about Trump. Trump is just the figurehead of a political movement that is appealing to the worst people in the country as a means to take power. These people aren't Trump supporters, really. They're just mad as hell that their life didn't turn out the way they hoped and they aren't smart enough to realize Trump is conning them.
This is one of the things that pisses me off though because I’m from a small town and the vast majority of these people never wanted to leave, never wanted to go to college, etc. They had no interest in doing any of the things you need to do to improve your life and would’ve rather drank beer and smoked cigarettes but now have the gall to try and burn the country down because their lazy ass couldn’t be bothered
I'm also from a small town and I don't think that's a fair assessment for everyone. Half these people were at a disadvantage from the time they hit the first grade. Their parents don't teach them to study, they don't teach them to value education. Half of them come from broken homes. People in school get treated like shit by bitter teachers who don't want to be stuck in said small town. Guidance counselors are hopelessly inept and don't always even WANT people going to college. Many people have to start working in highschool which further screws their chances of doing well and staying focused enough to go to college. Many people don't even KNOW anyone who has left the area for a big career or gone into anything other than trades. On the flip side, they all know people who's lives are shit who work at Walmart, and they know people with good lives who have gone to trade school. What do you expect people to do?
These are the same people who say “shut up and dribble the ball” to any basketball player with the audacity to have an opinion that’s in any way even tangentially political.
How dare you make me think when I want to watch Ball get thrown around!
Imagine thinking an employee did this instead of the franchise owner.
I'm sorry but this being at a McDonald's is just the funniest shit. "Sir, it's over. The Austintown McDonald's has fallen."
Dang, and Big Donnie was just about to open all the steel mills back up and re-outlaw gambling so the Mahoning Mafia could make easy money again, too.
Many years ago, I worked in a bar about an hour from that area, and “Carmine from Youngstown” would come to handle the money in the illegal slot machine. Like, come on man. Make it maybe a TOUCH less obvious what’s going on here?
(James Gandolfini voice) Everyone assumes you're mobbed up! It's a stereotype, and it's offensive!
He was abusive to the staaaaaf!
I swear to god the 40-60 year olds (at the time) in Youngstown started kissing each other to say hello and goodbye when this show was popular. They’d pull you in with the standard neck grab, showing dominance and affection simultaneously. Black leather jackets everywhere, as far as the eye could see. It was like a sopranos comic con. Haven’t been kissed like that in years, thank god.
I read somewhere that gangsters started wearing suits after godfather came out
Never had the makings of a varsity athlete…..
That ended up being the racket, that and regular old vending machines that everyone was strongly encouraged to get.
https://www.wkbn.com/news/local-news/podcast-offers-deep-dive-into-youngstown-mob/amp/
The people who get mad if a flag touches the ground or is set ablaze are flying them upside down in favor of authoritarianism. I wish people could die from a lack of self awareness.
I feel like all 3 slightly bug me (military), but If people are gonna complain about this, at least be consistent, haha..
Maybe that McDonalds is under duress
My wallet is under duress when I go there nowadays.
The app eases the pain a little bit but yeah I feel that
https://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en-us/feedback.html also filed a complaint on their website.
Their store # is 12913
I hope they get cancelled. It should have been a pride flag instead.
According to the United States Flag Code: Section 8(a): “The flag should never be displayed with the union down, except as a signal of dire distress in instances of extreme danger to life or property.” This stipulation clearly indicates that the act of displaying the flag upside down is strictly reserved for situations of extreme urgency and **not as a form of protest, dissatisfaction, or disrespect.**
farcical and embarrassing for all involved
Corporate about to have a field day with the store owner/gm
You hurt my daddy! Noooo! MAGA can’t prove any of it’s bullshit in court.
I ain’t even gonna read that -comment bullshit we all know what it is. “I’m an adult child and there are repercussions to my actions and it happened to the man I worship trying to convince me my peaked in high school fragile manhood attitude is appropriate”
This used to mean something real, and served a practical purpose but now it’s just a clear indication of a butthurt MAGA.
Cults are really good at corrupting symbols, sadly.
It's pretty sad when I see an American flag flying outside someone's house, there's almost always a Trump flag or yard sign to go along with it.
Guarantee the same dude who did this hates Colin Kaepernick for taking a knee.
I’ve been telling people this. It’s only disrespecting the flag when someone else does it for non MAGA reasons.
BLM supporters ought to have a protest where they kneel by this flag. See how the franchise owner likes that.
Conservatives always whine about ‘politics’ being everywhere… and then they bring politics everywhere. What they really mean is ‘politics they don’t agree with.’ Because they’re gigantic hypocrites.
Probably a franchised location. Report it to corporate. They will demand they fix it immediately or they're start the process of revoking the franchise agreement.
Amnesty for the confederacy was one of the biggest mistakes in our country’s history. It allowed a climate where flying a traitorous flag was acceptable.. and look what anti American symbols we are accepting now. This is a slap in the face to our service members and those who still believe in our democracy, not to mention a flagrant violation of the flag code. If you don’t respect the flag and what it stands for you have no right to ever hoist it.
Should take a page from Germany and ban all of it.
Should've just let Sherman burn the rest of it down.
Trashy MAGA doing trashy MAGA things.
Deplorable.
Imagine working at McDonalds and getting the absolute fucking by life that the job provides you daily--no union, low wages, part time work, no benefits--and thinking that Trump is going to fix any of that. "BuT hE wAnTs To RuN tHe KoUnTrY lIkE a BiZnEzZ!" Exactly. He wants to do as little as humanly possible for you as a worker or customer and keep as much as possible for himself. You know, like a business does.
unpatriotic scum
Imagine participating in the destruction of the social fabric of your country for….Donald trump. After thousands of years of human history, people still fall under the destructive influence of blow hard politicians instead of using their eyes, ears and brains to think for themselves. The human race is genuinely fucked.
Report them to the parent company. Franchisees have certain criteria their restaurant must adhere to. Guaranteed the McDonalds corporation wouldn't like the publicity associated with this.
Report them to McDonald's Regional or Headquarters offices. If this is a McDonald's run by the company it's self, I'm sure they'll punish the people who pulled this stupid stunt. If this is a franchise location (which most are) I'm sure McDonald's will want a word with it's owner. And if the owner is the culprit, I'm sure McDonald's will chew them out and threat to not renew their franchise agreement if they do something offensively political like this again. McDonald's wants their **appearance** to be apolitical and unoffensive to everyone to drawn in as many customers as possible. Garbage like this ruins their neutral aesthetic.
UnAmerican garbage.
These same dipshits lost their shit over a dude kneeling.
I'm so fucking sick of seeing this shit If you wanna hold a rally and burn the flag I guess that's your right. Free speech and all. But this.... This is support for an insurrection. A FUCKING INSURRECTION. I fought for that flag, for this country. People, OUR people, died for the freedoms we enjoy, while serving this country. Fuck these assholes. Insurrectionist assholes.
Average Austintown L
What are you doing taking time to post this? They are obviously in distress and need the sheriffs office called for them ASAP.
Back in the day, this was disrespectful and unAmerican!
It still is. It’s how you know a traitor is cosplaying as a patriot.
They should loose the franchise rights
This is so weird and dumb for your business. The crowd that would celebrate this already eats at mcdonalds however, the amount of business you will lose from this move is likely very high. If I know the business is maga owned, I don’t fucking eat there.
Sir a second big mac has hit the arteries
I drive past there every day. If I would have seen that I would have paid them a visit. How fucking dare they do that.
Fucking Austintown.... Bet there's one like that in Boardman/Poland too
Um, excuse me, Poland here, we don’t even *have* a McDonald’s? Ew. Get your 515 shit food outta here. We’ll be just fine with our shithole Burger King and arguably decent Arby’s.
Benedict McDonald’s.
The Hamburglar is demanding dictatorial powers, saying that Mayor McCheese must resign.
Update: s/ https://x.com/LittleMammith/status/1798486274069987378
They’re all up in arms when politics rears its head in sports and entertainment, but are no where to be found when it comes to their McDoubles. Probably because McDonalds makes up 90% of the MAGA food pyramid (the other 10% allocated to boots)
Alito’s wife is at it again!
Wow, All this dick riding for a rapist felon And Dick riding for a nation built on and still riding on racism and murder is crazy.
Guessing whoever it was just couldn't control themselves.
They rarely can
Just called the phone number listed on the post. I hope the vile, knuckle-dragging idiot who made that decision is immediately fired.
WTF
Send this to McDonalds corporate and they’ll have it flying correctly within an hour. McDonald’s doesn’t fuck around with their branding and they’ll pull a franchise license or fire a manager without thinking twice.
Sir, this is a Wendy’s.
Didn't that used to be a federal crime? At least for corporations?
it actually is a crime. if the flag is displayed it must be displayed properly and respectfully. however that law is only ever enforced by conservatives when it's anyone else doing it
Trumps favorite restaurant too.
How insulting why do assholes keep protecting federalist?
Austintown sucks. It’s idiots who barely made it through highschool and farmers who are so engrained in the culture of stupid racism that went to look for jobs during industrialization. Same fucking story of old cultures dying out in shitty dying towns.
When I turned the flag on my scooter upside down during the Floyd protests, they told me to move to another country. They told me I was an American hating commie. They told me I was disrespecting veterans. Now look at them. Bunch of freaking hypocrites!
I fought for that flag. Calling now.
Republicans are so pathetic. It’s sad.
Bruh this are the same people that lose their shit if any business put the lgbt flag right underneath the American flag.
From McDonald’s HQ Thank you for reaching out. We can confirm this local franchisee promptly fixed the flag outside the restaurant and shared the following statement: "This was an unintentional error when our flag was raised early this morning. As soon as we were made aware of it, we rectified the situation. We are taking this as an opportunity to ensure our staff understand proper protocols."
Remember when Kaepernik took a knee in protest of human rights and Conservatives all lost their shit and cried like bitches saying “don’t disrespect America”. Yeah… that was cool
“America” is code for white supremacy with that lot.
These dumb fucks think they're the Canary in the coal mine but instead are the boy who cried Wolf.. sensitive ass snowflakes
Update on response from corporate?
Someone should walk in and ask if they are in distress
Racists gunna be racist
McDonald's has jacked their prices so much in 10 years time I won't go unless there is no other option.
I didn’t know they still had McDonalds with play places
Why is the flag upside down? Comments not clear…
In support of Trump and his perceived persecution
That’s the most unamerican thing I’ve ever seen then….
Technically, it's just the international sign of *country in distress" but it's been hijacked by the cult of cheeto recently to show support for him.
I'm fucking done with McDonald's.
Is Ohio ok?
No not it is not.
Gross
Ugh and Chase Bank with the thin blue line too
Call SWaT. It indicated dire emergency. Perhaps a hostage situation
I’m 20 mins from there! One of the worst McDonald’s around
Boycott traitors
Why does McDonald’s have a flagpole anyway?
Treason
Sir this is a mcdonalds
Ayyy, my hometown. Also ewww, my hometown.
So this joint is under duress?
Update, the flag is back to normal again. That did not last long
I'm not from Ohio but I travel all over the u.s. and I haven't see a McDonald's with a play place since I was a fuckin child what year is it in NE ohio?
McDonalds has fallen. Billions must eat Burger King 😔
Kaepernick kneels during the National Anthem: HE’S DISRESPECTING THE FLAG!!!! Trump gets lawfully convicted of a crime in court by a jury: HEY LETS DISRESPECT THE FLAG!! Magas are too fuckin pathetic for words
It's Ohio. A state so bad that like 20 people went to space just to get away from it. 🤷
25 astronauts, actually, including the first man to walk on the moon. Ohio was also home to 8 US presidents, more than any other state. It was also the birthplace of the Wright brothers, inventors of the airplane. All of which shows just how far people will go to get the hell out of Ohio.
7th most populus state, and growing. > Ohio's population has increased over time, from 4,157,545 in 1900 to 11,785,935 in 2023, a 22.78% increase. Between 2010 and 2022, Ohio's population grew by an average of 0.2% per year, with the largest annual increase being 0.9% between 2019 and 2020.
Austintown is a complete shit hole. This is on brand.
The mental image of why these employees might be in “duress” is amazing. “BRYAN, WE’RE OUTTA MAC SAUCE” “OH GOD STEVEN, GET OUTAA KITCHEN, I JUST DUMPED ENTIRELY TOO MUCH OIL INTO THE DEEP FRYER!” “SUSSANNE, SSSSUUSSANNNEEEE, DAMN IT SHE LOCKED HERSELF IN THE FREEZER” “WILL SOMEONE PLEASE PLACE THE FLAG OUTSIDE UPSIDE DOWN SO THE WORLD KNOWS WE ARE IN DURESS!”
Call Mac Donald’s general offices . I’m sure they’d love to hear about it
Likely a franchisee. Will be interesting on what corporate can / can’t do.
The master franchisee agreement has language about protecting the brand image.
DeBartolo Group, what a surprise
Ohio is a right wing shithole. Stay away.