Security

Guard at McDonald's

Today I was in Oakland and had to kill some time so I set up my computer at a McDonald's. I often go to McDonald's since they have free Wi-Fi. This fast food restaurant was in a rough neighborhood. I went in and was pleasantly surprised that it was a nice place. Everything was clean and I went to the counter and the people working there were exceptionally nice. When I go to other places the people working behind the counter are often grouchy and snap at the customer often. This place was great, everyone was very nice and very friendly.

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The girl who took my order had the biggest smile and was very helpful to me. As I looked around I noticed there was a security guard at the door, not the door I came through. The security guard was very nice and helpful to everyone. I talked to him and asked if this was a rough neighborhood. He said most of the people were really friendly in the neighborhood. He worked there only to keep homeless people from just hanging out all day. As I was there I noticed the guard approaching a couple of people and very nicely talking to them about problems he noticed. I was very impressed with him. I have been to one other McDonald's that had a security guard. That restaurant was located next to a high school so the guard was only on duty during school hours to keep the students from just hanging out. I guess the biggest problem for a McDonald's is having people just hang out.