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Originally Posted by noodle
If people need to be punished for inconveniencing others, then I'm sure everyone will be punished at some point in their life... They spoke in rap! The worst "punishment" I'd give for that is simply, "Get out of my shop"
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They WERE told to stop and to leave and did not. Apparently they were not in the shop but in the drive-through line. According to the store side, they were blocking other people from advancing and placing their orders... So, it wasn`t just a matter of inconveniencing the person they were rapping to - it was blocking other customers, refusing to stop and leave, and then running off after placing an order without paying for it.
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It's a McDonalds... what could have they made that's impossible to sell on? Difficult customers are a part of retail. You deal with it, or don't bother working in retail, because you can't avoid them.
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I think the key point here is not that they were rapping, but that they refused to leave when asked. Unless things have changed in the US drastically since I was there last, a business can ask anyone to leave the premises as it is private property. They were asked to leave, but did not do so and continued to be an annoyance and block the drive through. I think rapping is a very small issue.
Either way, I can see not agreeing with the severity of the punishment (which really isn`t that severe, it`s not like they were actually arrested. It was a citation, a minor fine.) But I cannot see saying that they were justified in being annoying, or that they were in no way in the wrong for their actions.