• tetris11@feddit.uk
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          I’m angry at what was lost. Bring back the plants, the hanging lights, and just the normal tables that provided a single modicum of privacy in a train station.

          We’re not cattle that need to be herded into a corner FFS

          • Almacca@aussie.zone
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            I’m ok with McDonald’s actively making their shops (I refuse to call them restaurants) less appealing. It’s not like eating their shitty, and now overpriced food is ever a good idea anyway.

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              It depends what McDonalds is to the area. For me it’s the one place open at 2am on a Friday night, where people from all walks of life (posh wedding party coming back from a long drive, pissed students, overworked deliveroo drivers taking a break) can sit down almost next to each other in the same area and order the same thing.

              McDonalds has always been this great equalizing public square for me, rich or poor, black or white, local or migrant.

              That first photo kind of encapsulates that feeling of it being a public space where people can eat and discuss topics at their leisure. The second one feels like that sense of restful decorum is lost.

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      Maybe a hot take but i like that they removed the mini stairs. Looks like a tripping hazard when carrying your tray of food :/