Most of the staff are still college kids working to better themselves and seniors. These ne'er-do-wells taking part in these "strikes" make up the rest.

These restaurants are also ran very lean on staffing. You won't see half of the staff standing around holding up a mop or broom kibitzing or texting one another. At least the ones I've been in anyways. The manager keeps them all busy.

This is also their Achilles Heel which these poverty pimps have successfully exploited this week.

Speaking of bettering themselves, from Yahoo!News:

"The vast majority of McDonald's more than 14,000 U.S. restaurants are owned and operated by franchisees. The company said in a statement that McDonald's employees are paid competitive wages, have access to a range of benefits and opportunities for training and career advancement."

Who here wants to bet that this bunch would rather listen to the siren song of socialism and have a way cool picnic on Belle Isle, then to, I don't know, take advantage of the opportunities presented to them and increase their educational and skill set so that they can become more valuable employees and actually earn more?

Anyone? Anyone?

Christine? Eric B.? How about you Chris?

You three lurk around here enough looking for material.

Let's hear you chime in for a change.