On Mon, 14 Aug 2017 17:04:52 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

>On 8/14/2017 4:09 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>> On Monday, August 14, 2017 at 3:39:06 PM UTC-4, dsi1 wrote:
>>
>>> The reality is the boomers don't go to fast food restaurants much - except to meet up with their old gang in the mornings and drink coffee for hours. The important customers at these joints are young people. Man up and quit whining about how you don't get to be king anymore.
>>>
>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOPn8Y-FMUk
>>
>> WTF? What makes you think boomers (people now aged between 53
>> and 70) have time to sit around at McDonald's? I'm 60 and
>> expect to work until I'm 68.
>>
>> I don't go to fast food restaurants because their food is
>> shitty and I have the money to do better.
>>
>> Cindy Hamilton
>>
>
>Don't knock it yet. Three of us from work wanted to get together one
>day. Two of us retired, one working until 4. There was no other place
>to go for a snack where we could sit and BS for two hours and spend a
>total of $3 for all of us. There is just no other place around. The
>coffee and muffins are decent and they have soft serv sundaes too.
>
>Today, my wife and I had to go to that area this morning. I called Sue
>and suggested we meet for breakfast. The other 2 places in town are
>closed on Monday so we ended up at McD. Again, we could stay and not be
>bothered but this time we spent $10 for over an hour of getting together.
>
>Sure, there are better places with better food, but not everywhere and
>especially on a Monday.
>
>You may be surprised at the number of 60+ people hanging out there in
>the morning. It is not the place to go for a good breakfast, but very
>convenient to meet some of your old cronies from work.

I'd feel like a child if I met people my age at McDonalds. I'd want to
bring a balloon for each of us and order a clown.