A McDonald’s in Fairfax County, Virginia will no longer allow anyone under the age of 21-years-old to dine inside the restaurant. Staffers at McDonald’s said teenagers repeatedly staged violent fights in the dining room.
“It’s so bad out here,” one customer told DC News Now. “It’s like a jungle when the kids come out.”
“These people in here trying to serve people, and they’re scared for their life,” another customer told radio station WTOP.
The fast food restaurant posted a notice on the front door alerting people that “due to repeated incidents of student violence, this McDonald’s location is temporarily closed for dine-in service to anyone under 21 years of age.”
All diners must also ring a doorbell to gain entry.
“The fighting is a problem and they’re pretty brazen. The management tries to step in and these kids are pretty violent. And let’s be honest, they’re young adults. They’re just trying to stop the violence because it’s not fair to any other customer who comes in for the sandwich, a hard-working person, they got to put up with a bunch of idiots,” longtime diner Robert Hancasky told ABC News.
In a statement to radio station WTOP on Friday, McDonald’s said:
“We love being part of the Edison community and we value each and every customer. We’ve enhanced our Franconia Road McDonald’s security measures in an effort to promote a safe environment for our customers and staff. This policy was developed in partnership with local school officials with oversight from local law enforcement. This serves as a temporary fix as we work towards a long-term solution for all.”
The restaurant is located across from Thomas Edison High School and local school leaders are urging parents to have conversations with their children about how to behave in public settings.
“These kids are off the chain. They have no respect, no discipline,” another customer told NBC News. “And it seem like how they acting, their parents are allowing them to act.”
“Like we’re sitting down eating,” the grandmother said. “Y’all smoking, y’all drinking, y’all cussing.”
A generation of parents have raised their children to behave like savages. It’s time to start holding mommy and daddy responsible for the criminal behavior of their kids. The sad reality, though, is many of these kids don’t have parents.
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