Dave Smith wrote:
> Charlene Charette wrote:
>
> > A lot of fast food joints around here have signs saying "no outside food
> > or drink" so apparently it's a common enough occurrance.
>
> Same here, and there is one chain that says it is a violation of public health
> regulations. I always thought it was because maintaining a place to eat was part
> of their overhead and they didn't want to pay to provide a place for people who
> didn't get their food there.
>
> My wife got kicked out of a local MacDonald's for doing that. She used to go for
> breakfast after dropping me off at work for 7 am. She hated their decaf coffee
> and hd complained about it several times. She started picking up a coffee at Tim
> Hortons and taking it to MacDonalds. They warned her a few times and then kicked
> her out. Not a problem. They had the chance to make a little money off her on the
> eggs but they wanted to make money on the eggs and the coffee, and they probably
> make a lot more on coffee than they do on eggs. They could have made better
> coffee. So now they make nothing off her.

Yeah, like McDs is gonna miss that business.