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McDonald's Customer Freaks Out At Owner For Refusing To Take FOX News Off The TV

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I always find this stuff to be fun and certainly reinforces my opinion of many on the left.
Fuming, Lechner reportedly confronted Lentini about it.
"No you listen, I'm asking you to turn it off," Lechner said as he videotaped the argument. "OK, well that's fine you're the owner of this McDonald's right? I can't wait to put this on the — in Huffington Post. Here you go. Talking about war in the news and this guy don't want to turn it off."


Read more: McDonald's Customer Angry At Owner For Showing FOX News - Business Insider​
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buck said:
I always find this stuff to be fun and certainly reinforces my opinion of many on the left.
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Reminds me of someone on this site a while back that threw a fit in a restaurant because they were playing the Dixie's Chicks and demanded that the restaurant turn off the "offensive music" or else they would never patronize the business again. I don't remember who it was....but I found it rather humourous that they felt that they were so important that they could impose their will on everyone else. This guy in the OP is just as big of a nutjob.
 
buck said:
I always find this stuff to be fun and certainly reinforces my opinion of many on the left.
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Actually, I've only ever been to one McDonalds that had a TV not in the playground. It was tuned to Fox. Surprisingly, there were no riots and nobody was "Occupying" it.

When I worked for McDonald's, they told us the customer was always right. I guess this time the customer is left.
 
disneydude said:
Reminds me of someone on this site a while back that threw a fit in a restaurant because they were playing the Dixie's Chicks and demanded that the restaurant turn off the "offensive music" or else they would never patronize the business again. I don't remember who it was....but I found it rather humourous that they felt that they were so important that they could impose their will on everyone else. This guy in the OP is just as big of a nutjob.
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I didn't see that, but I agree... I would have found that humurous too.
 
buck said:
I didn't see that, but I agree... I would have found that humurous too.
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It was quite a fun thread back then...probably 3-4 years ago. The point being....there are ridiculous people on both extremes of the political spectrum.
 
Wow. His reaction is pretty ridiculous and he is being way over-protective about his kid. When I was that young I just thought the news was boring and didn't pay attention to it. Even if your child asks a question about it, just give them an easy answer... it just what parents do.
 
buck said:
I always find this stuff to be fun and certainly reinforces my opinion of many on the left.
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fine for a customer to ask for a change in business practices
but when they refuse, don't throw a tantrum ... unless that is the behavior the parent intends to model for his kids
vote with your feet and spend your dollars elsewhere

doesn't matter whether they are showing faux news. msnbc or cartoons
this does not appear to be a partisan issue
 
disneydude said:
It was quite a fun thread back then...probably 3-4 years ago. The point being....there are ridiculous people on both extremes of the political spectrum.
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I agree, I just find many more examples of it from a certain segment. That could just be confimation bias, but it is what it is.
 
This is ridiculous. The guy looks like a raging tool. In a way, both of them do. But to throw a fit and record it so you can share it with the interwebz? You're just an attention whore.
 
buck said:
I agree, I just find many more examples of it from a certain segment. That could just be confimation bias, but it is what it is.
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....and I see it much more on the other. You are probably correct about "confirmation bias"....I often find myself needing to check myself.
 
I'm gonna report your Faux News to Puffington!


Hahaha
 
i wouldn't freak out over it, but i'd be a lot less likely to eat at a restaurant that had TVs blaring fox "news" or msnbc. of course, i also don't really like being exposed to boring sports while i eat, either. luckily, my local mcdonalds doesn't subject me to any of those.
 
buck said:
I always find this stuff to be fun and certainly reinforces my opinion of many on the left.
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hahaha, sometimes idiots can be entertaining.

Oh, it was in New Jersey. That's a surprise :roll: Surely there are no douchbag, loudmouth, assholes in New Jersey.
 
ecofarm said:
I'm gonna report your Faux News to Puffington!


Hahaha
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They should report it to MSNBC, so that the MRC can report on that. Then Fox will pick it up, and Media Matters will report on it.
 
buck said:
I always find this stuff to be fun and certainly reinforces my opinion of many on the left.
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Actually...to be technical...it only reinforces your opinion of "ONE" person not "many".
 
This is considered news?
 
rocket88 said:
They should report it to MSNBC, so that the MRC can report on that. Then Fox will pick it up, and Media Matters will report on it.
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Well, that about covers US mainstream media. TownHall then reports on the MediaMatters/Hudffington article, which is then picked up by Kos and then World Net Daily. All along, they cite each other. Finally, stormfront weighs in and then it hits the debate boards as a 'rich white vs. poor minority' article.
 
If I were there I would have used my cell phone to videotape the customer and demanded he stop contributing to the sickening of our nation's youth by feeding his kid McDonalds' ****ty food.
 
This person was having a McFit. If you don't like what the restaurant is playing on the TV, eat somewhere else.

I usually get my food to go and eat at home. I can watch whatever I want on the TV and not deal with what's on TV at the restaurant. When I do eat out, it isn't a place that has a TV. Personally, I don't think a TV has a place outside of the home.
 
disneydude said:
Reminds me of someone on this site a while back that threw a fit in a restaurant because they were playing the Dixie's Chicks and demanded that the restaurant turn off the "offensive music" or else they would never patronize the business again. I don't remember who it was....but I found it rather humourous that they felt that they were so important that they could impose their will on everyone else. This guy in the OP is just as big of a nutjob.
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Who did that?
 
helix2048 said:
This person was having a McFit. If you don't like what the restaurant is playing on the TV, eat somewhere else.

I usually get my food to go and eat at home. I can watch whatever I want on the TV and not deal with what's on TV at the restaurant. When I do eat out, it isn't a place that has a TV. Personally, I don't think a TV has a place outside of the home.
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I agree. There once was a time, long ago, when restaurants didn't have TVs mounted on the walls (and when "fine dining" meant you didn't wear shorts and flip-flops, LOL). Of course, there was also a time when families sat at an actual table at a regular time. But we, the people, wanted TV trays and also TV dinners, so my bet is that TVs began to appear in restaurants at public request too.
 
buck said:
I always find this stuff to be fun and certainly reinforces my opinion of many on the left.
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If I was the people who wrote the article the title would be "Little girl pretending to be a man freaks out over war coverage on tv".
 
Liberals seethe with hatred. Weird. I wonder if a conservative has ever thrown a hissy fit because MSNBC was on the tele? Wait, I wonder if any commercial establishment has ever had MSNBC on the tele? If I were selling food I wouldn't.
 
buck said:
I always find this stuff to be fun and certainly reinforces my opinion of many on the left.
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IMO, he's a moron. If he wants to keep his children from the realities of the world, then he should keep them at home.
 
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