Here's something you might be interested in.
Ask a Hipster — Advice you didn't know you needed
Big Screen — Movie commentary
Blurt — Music's inside track
Booze News — San Diego spirits
Classical Music — Immortal beauty
Classifieds — Free and easy
Cover Stories — Front-page features
Drinks All Around — Bartenders' drink recipes
Excerpts — Literary and spiritual excerpts
Feast! — Food & drink reviews
Feature Stories — Local news & stories
Fishing Report — What’s getting hooked from ship and shore
From the Archives — Spotlight on the past
Golden Dreams — Talk of the town
The Gonzo Report — Making the musical scene, or at least reporting from it
Letters — Our inbox
Movies@Home — Local movie buffs share favorites
Movie Reviews — Our critics' picks and pans
Musician Interviews — Up close with local artists
Neighborhood News from Stringers — Hyperlocal news
News Ticker — News & politics
Obermeyer — San Diego politics illustrated
Outdoors — Weekly changes in flora and fauna
Overheard in San Diego — Eavesdropping illustrated
Poetry — The old and the new
Reader Travel — Travel section built by travelers
Reading — The hunt for intellectuals
Roam-O-Rama — SoCal's best hiking/biking trails
San Diego Beer — Inside San Diego suds
SD on the QT — Almost factual news
Sheep and Goats — Places of worship
Special Issues — The best of
Street Style — San Diego streets have style
Surf Diego — Real stories from those braving the waves
Theater — On stage in San Diego this week
Tin Fork — Silver spoon alternative
Under the Radar — Matt Potter's undercover work
Unforgettable — Long-ago San Diego
Unreal Estate — San Diego's priciest pads
Your Week — Daily event picks
One-man McDonald's protest
“Yes, I’m homeless, but I’m respectful, and I clean up after myself.”
Nate Nicholson
Pacific Beach resident Nate Nicholson is ticked at McDonald’s. On December 10, he was protesting out in front of the restaurant at 1121 Garnet Avenue, to the honking approval of several passersby.
After returning to the PB area in October, Nicholson said he and a friend would have breakfast in the restaurant almost every day. “I spent $200 the first month in there,” he said.
Then, just after Thanksgiving, he and other friends — who he said were all paying customers — started being charged 25 cents to use the restroom, when other customers were not being charged.
“You have to pay to poop,” said Nicholson. (This reporter was not charged to use the restroom.)
“Yes, I’m homeless, but I’m respectful, and I clean up after myself,” said Nicholson. “They [pointing to the McDonald’s] always make it the homeless’ fault. The ‘30 minute limit to enjoy your meal’ posted sign is only enforced on the homeless. Some of my friends are told they have to get their food to go or they won’t be served."
This reporter also noticed that all the electrical outlets in the dining area were covered up.
“That’s because of the homeless,” said customer and lifelong PB resident William Wyllett. “I can understand why so many homeless are here, but it’s not fair to them.” Wyllett also pointed out that several other restaurants in the beach area have removed their tableside A/C outlets.
The restaurant’s general manager was off duty and email attempts for a comment by McDonald’s Corporation media relations were unsuccessful prior to filing this story.
Nicholson hopes the result of his one-man protest will be an apology from McDonald’s and that perhaps the restaurant chain will work to help the homeless situation.
Nicholson showed me his Facebook page, on his iPhone 5, where his grievances are listed. He also suggested I go down two blocks to a Starbucks to charge my laptop, which is what I did to be able to file this story.
Here's something you might be interested in.
One-man McDonald's protest
“Yes, I’m homeless, but I’m respectful, and I clean up after myself.”
One-man McDonald's protest
“Yes, I’m homeless, but I’m respectful, and I clean up after myself.”
Nate Nicholson
Pacific Beach resident Nate Nicholson is ticked at McDonald’s. On December 10, he was protesting out in front of the restaurant at 1121 Garnet Avenue, to the honking approval of several passersby.
After returning to the PB area in October, Nicholson said he and a friend would have breakfast in the restaurant almost every day. “I spent $200 the first month in there,” he said.
Then, just after Thanksgiving, he and other friends — who he said were all paying customers — started being charged 25 cents to use the restroom, when other customers were not being charged.
“You have to pay to poop,” said Nicholson. (This reporter was not charged to use the restroom.)
“Yes, I’m homeless, but I’m respectful, and I clean up after myself,” said Nicholson. “They [pointing to the McDonald’s] always make it the homeless’ fault. The ‘30 minute limit to enjoy your meal’ posted sign is only enforced on the homeless. Some of my friends are told they have to get their food to go or they won’t be served."
This reporter also noticed that all the electrical outlets in the dining area were covered up.
“That’s because of the homeless,” said customer and lifelong PB resident William Wyllett. “I can understand why so many homeless are here, but it’s not fair to them.” Wyllett also pointed out that several other restaurants in the beach area have removed their tableside A/C outlets.
The restaurant’s general manager was off duty and email attempts for a comment by McDonald’s Corporation media relations were unsuccessful prior to filing this story.
Nicholson hopes the result of his one-man protest will be an apology from McDonald’s and that perhaps the restaurant chain will work to help the homeless situation.
Nicholson showed me his Facebook page, on his iPhone 5, where his grievances are listed. He also suggested I go down two blocks to a Starbucks to charge my laptop, which is what I did to be able to file this story.
Comments