A McDonald’s restaurant within the progressive Washington, D.C. suburb of Fairfax County, Virginia has banned underneath 21-year-olds from indoor eating after “repeated incidents of pupil violence.” Adults should ring a doorbell to be let in by employees.
The McDonald’s is positioned simply exterior the Beltway within the Franconia neighborhood between Alexandria and Springfield. It has been a preferred hangout for college students of a number of close by colleges, together with Thomas A. Edison Excessive College.
An indication posted on the door says, “RING THE DOORBELL SAFETY NOTICE: Efficient instantly. As a result of repeated incidents of pupil violence, this McDonald’s location is briefly closed for dine-in service to anybody underneath 21 years of age. The choice was made to guard our employees, our company, and our neighborhood. Adults — we’re nonetheless right here to serve you! Please ring the doorbell, and a member of our group will help you. We thanks for understanding as we work to maintain our restaurant a secure and welcoming place for all. Administration.”
Underneath 21s can nonetheless use the drive-thru and choose up meals ordered on the app.
A video report by WRC-TV exhibits younger folks concerned in huge fights contained in the McDonald’s:
A report by WTOP-FM states college students had been allegedly concerned in an incident the place a gun was fired within the Franconia Street McDonald’s in 2023 (excerpt):
One latest incident in 2023 concerned a gunshot heard within the lavatory of the McDonald’s. Police reported that the kids seen leaving the premises shortly after the gun discharged had been college students at close by Edison Excessive College.
In a press release to WTOP on Friday, McDonald’s mentioned: “We love being a part of the Edison neighborhood and we worth every buyer. We’ve enhanced our Franconia Street McDonald’s safety measures in an effort to advertise a secure atmosphere for our clients and employees. This coverage was developed in partnership with native college officers with oversight from native regulation enforcement. This serves as a short lived repair as we work in the direction of a long-term answer for all.”
WJLA-TV spoke to a customer who has dined at that McDonalds for almost fifty years who mentioned the issues with the scholars have been constructing for about ten years (excerpt):
“After I used to return right here I used to be solely 16 possibly 15,” mentioned longtime, loyal buyer Robert Hancasky.
Hancasky says for almost 50 years he’s been frequenting this McDonalds.
“I come right here each morning, get my sausage biscuit and my hash brown. This has been slowing manifesting in all probability over 10 years,” he added.
Hancasky says highschool college students routinely trash the loos, begin fights in eating space, and customarily present an disagreeable expertise for everybody.
“The preventing is an issue they usually’re fairly brazen. The administration tries to step in and these youngsters are fairly violent. And let’s be trustworthy, they’re younger adults.. They’re simply attempting to cease the violence as a result of it’s not truthful to another buyer who is available in for the sandwich, a hard-working individual, they bought to place up with a bunch of idiots,” concluded Hancasky.
WJLA additionally reported a press release from Fairfax County Faculties:
“Edison Excessive College’s attendance coverage makes it clear that college students who depart campus throughout the college day with out a guardian check-out will obtain an unexcused absence. In a latest college neighborhood e-newsletter, Edison Excessive College shared a press release from the proprietor of the McDonald’s on Franconia Street detailing the restaurant’s new safety coverage. FCPS encourages households to speak to their college students about acceptable conduct, together with in the neighborhood.”
Fairfax County was a secure place to lift a household with glorious colleges. Since being taken over by Democrat progressives, it now not is.
