Now I know most of us have tried to order breakfast at McDonalds after 10:30 in the morning. I understand how frustrating it is only to be told that they are now serving lunch and that I can’t get a McGriddle with eggs, sausage and cheese. That being said I’ve never shot up the McDonalds when they told me I can’t get what I originally ordered.
At 2:00 am on Sunday, March 29, 2009 in Salt Lake City that’s exactly what happened. The story, as reported on KSL.com, reported that three people pulled up to the McDonalds early Sunday morning and wanted to order from the dinner menu. When they were informed they could only order breakfast the following occurred:
“Police say two men then got out of the car and one pulled a sawed-off shotgun from the trunk, shooting into the drive-thru window once or twice, The Salt Lake Tribune reported Monday. No one was injured.”
Usually it’s a good thing that breakfast was available because that’s about the only time I go to McDonald’s, but not for these guys. I guess these guys really wanted that Quarter Pounder with cheese and they were not taking “no” for an answer. I know I’ve never wanted anything from McDonald’s badly enough to commit a second degree felony, punishable up to fifteen years in prison, but that’s just me. I wonder how these guys will react in prison when they are told they don’t have a choice for lunch. Maybe these guys should have gone to Sonic Drive-In because I KNOW they serve a full menu all day.
Looks like these guys had a pretty busy night. KSL is reporting that another shooting may be related to the McDonald’s incident.
March 30th, 2009 at 6:35 pm
Heh, this reminds me of the scene from the movie “Falling Down” (with Michael Douglas, great flick), where he goes into McDonalds to order breakfast but its 10:35 and they stop serving breakfast at 10:30. He then flips out and looses it. Hilarious. I’m not sure if this is art imitating life or vice versa.
April 2nd, 2009 at 2:49 pm
Amazing how people will act when they can’t have the food or prices they want. I had a friend who was a manager at a Golden Corral, and he had many an experience when senior citizens would freak out trying to get the lunch price at 5:05 pm. Or the time time he sat a customer, who then moved to another table; upon asking him to move back so another group could be seated, the man overreacted and was kicked out of the restaurant. Good times.
April 19th, 2009 at 4:17 pm
I think the movie Falling Down is kind of close in portraying life in Los Angeles for some people, but maybe a little less dramatic so you don’t often read about it. The opening scene on the freeway is classic LA traffic and the relationship with his wife was so typical. The gang scene, the kid on the bycycle riding on the edge of the freeway, typical. And yes all those defense jobs are gone now and he is no longer economically viable. He would have moved to oregon or texas long ago, but he didn’t get the memo. The sound track was very LA too. classic. But never would any stranger running an army surplus store say “I’m wit you! I’m wit you!” to someone wearing a tie and white shirt. there is no middle class there anymore.