Notorious McDonald's location shuts down

[@catfishman9516]

It’s gotta be a real hell hole for McDonald’s to close a location

[@joelhanson5429]

The entire block is a hellhole

[@jayonkfire8541]

It really is come visit

[@Marco_Antonio_Peluche]

AND it's right next to a freeway.. on the other side of downtown there's Minute Maid Park and there are even more homeless over there.

[@catfishman9516]

@@jayonkfire8541 I’m good, enjoy

[@dancalmpeaceful3903]

Popeye's is laughing it's ass of right now......

[@perrygibson8419]

A college professor told me when you start seeing mcDonald's closings, run for the hills.

[@MrTruckerf]

Exactly what are you going to do in 'the hills' ?

[@Dallas_K]

Finally, a college professor teaching something useful.

[@Dallas_K]

@@MrTruckerf Roll boulders down on the derelicts.

[@mharris5047]

@@Dallas_K Hey, now, I WAS a university professor for 30 years. I think what I taught was VERY useful. Of course, I was an accounting and taxation professor mainly teaching masters level courses. Not all professors can be painted with the same opinion.

[@12yearssober]

@@MrTruckerf Go to McDonald's

[@breezluize3282]

This host is hysterical! He's so blunt, gritty and raw.

[@bhs3871]

lmao yesss! 🤣

[@jeffreysimms2318]

Isiah been like that since he worked at WBRZ in Baton Rouge, Louisiana lol 😂

[@texazmade713]

Look up bug flies in news reporters mouth he went viral when he was younger

[@roostercake5437]

Y'all know he's the bug in mouth reporter right?

[@roostercake5437]

@@jeffreysimms2318 I didn't know he was from Louisiana

[@kathryncarter6143]

Hit the nail on the head when he said, "these people don't want rules". I worked with some of these people. Knew a guy that gratefully accepted all the new cloths that were donated every Christmas. He gradually through them all out over the course of the year because he neither had the money or machine to wash them in. Didn't bother him a bit, because he knew he'd get another new set when the holidays come around.

[@nomadfishermanak]

So your judged him instead of offering to wash a load a week for him? See how you can help limit trash and waste? But like most people its easier to judge then lift a finger. Just curious have you ever worn the same socks and clothes for a week? Sometimes washing them just dont help. I am speaking from experince as a US Marine Vet and a Alaska Commercial Fisherman. FYI the US Military after every hike tells you to throw your socks out.... So...

[@savage3114]

@@nomadfishermanak You obviously haven't delt with them. They are ruthless and take everything like we owe it to them. They act thankful for like a second and then turn around and bug u the next day. Wash their clothes. Get real. The more u do the more they expect and If they think you have a kind heart look out, they will take complete advantage and let me tell you they are good at it.

[@nomadfishermanak]

@@savage3114 them? It's not us vs them.. your already got bad thinking that way. Your part of a we? Like what we? Tell me one personal experience or is this just second hand experience. Cause you sound like a bigot.

[@taye7968]

What are they going to do with dirty clothes?

[@user-lp8on7qm5x]

@@nomadfishermanak Are you Nuts? You have to know who you are dealing with. Some of them have mental issues with no meds. Take them to your house and wash there clothes. Good luck!!

[@jenicahudson6720]

I wish all reporters had his voice. He says exactly what we would say reporting the news. I love him!

[@texazmade713]

Look up bug flies in reporters mouth he went viral when he was younger

[@tiffanymichelle461]

@@texazmade713 I didn’t know that was him. That news clip is hilarious.🤣🤣🤣

[@krane15]

By voice you mean his bravado?

[@I.Odnamra]

I mean.. it's fake but, hey, television.

[@tyrannywatch974]

Homeless are getting aggressive, just a few days ago, I saw an angry old black guy , flip off cars at an intersection because nobody gave him any money. It’s drugs and mental illness. Happened on 45 near hobby airport.

[@beemonique8466]

Same happened to me at 59 and HillCroft. The guy was mad that I didn't want my windshield cleaned. He had a few tattoo teardrops on his face and wore tan Dickies. This was a very scary situation. He was Latino.

[@tulucatango3954]

Yep the black ones will delete you

[@PunkSlapper123]

Yeah, I always keep my trigger finger ready for aggressive bums.

[@rosshebrank]

@@beemonique8466 well I hate the Democrats I'm sick of the woke agenda the cops don't even have the right to do there job so I think yes your gonna see more riots cause u got republican voters that are so sick of it

[@brianinglis2199]

I seen the same thing the other day. Was an old white dude

[@jpmnky]

McStabby’s. That hilariously sad. The dive bar a block over from where I grew up was called Night Moves. All us locals called it Knife Moves. Over the years several men were killed by stabbings at that place. There’s always dark humor behind these ridiculously dangerous situations.

[@TheRoom2Breathe]

😂

[@swilkobarfingtoniii1642]

We had the "Flying Horse Tavern" which became "The Flying Chair" Legendary.

[@youi4304]

THE GREYHOUND NEEDS TO SHUT DOWN TOO. This area is from the twilight zone .

[@Max-zv8hm]

That bus line is from there

[@footz718]

That's like saying shut the airport down the Greyhound has nothing to do with Houston homeless problems WTF ?

[@werearethedreamteam3724]

homeless/demonic

[@TBD3.0]

Shut down the entire city while your are it, move all the working citizens to another thriving city. Just hand the city over to the homeless people while your at it, they'll know what to do with it, they'll run it better than anyone else.

[@DuoMaxwell007]

@@footz718 neither does mcdonalds yet i shut down

[@machone539]

We had two McDonalds that had a similar problem. They both had to hire security to walk the parameter to keep the homeless out of the parking lot/restaurant.

[@dancalmpeaceful3903]

Believe it or not, there was a Red Lobster that had to do the same thing....At one point...people were calling it Black Lobster.......you can take that for whatever it may suggest to you. I"m just stating facts.

[@jackfuller7947]

@@dancalmpeaceful3903 Most Red Lobsters and White Castles around me are like that, lol.

[@trentpettit6336]

@@jackfuller7947 Where do you live?

[@jackfuller7947]

@@trentpettit6336 Zoo York

[@gavinvalentino1313]

There are *parameters* in place for patrolling the *perimeter.* Rules and such.

[@diw.824]

It happened to a Dollar General store. They couldn't keep the Homeless and the Thiefs away in the area I grew up at , and they shut it down.

[@luigivincenz3843]

MOST Walgreens within a 50 mile radius of my location are closed because of these thieves.

[@gunnermurphy6632]

My bad

[@RagingInsomniac]

if we're gonna be honest here, restaurants and places people walk into on a daily basis, SHOULD be homeless proofed. or atleast made in a way where its hard to get to without a car. like near intersections. bet you they wont try that, then again, when youre broke living like a joke, you do get desperate.

[@JustSheaShea]

Same with the one in downtown Dallas. Back in 2014 I took an ex of mine to visit Dallas from Louisiana. He had to stop at the McDonald’s downtown Dallas to use the restroom and there were homeless smoking crack in the bathroom. Then one of the incapacitated men asked him to help pull up him pants. He hurried upend got out of there. I was embarrassed and felt really unsafe. It doesn’t help that it’s right across from the gray hound station as well.

[@chipwilliams6236]

And both of those mc Donald's in both Dallas and Houston are next to Greyhound bus station

[@jaychong12]

Mayor don't care because homeless are his supporters.

[@Einwetok]

It's just the local spawn point.

[@manonman2612]

your ex is a "he"??? so your both men!?!

[@bratwurst19]

​@@manonman2612 look at the profile picture.

[@mikeoxlong3676]

Homelessness is a tough topic because there's certainly legitimately disabled homeless people whether physically or mentally disabled and they need our help. Unfortunately there's also a ton of freeloaders who just don't want to work and its difficult to distinguish between the two sometimes.

[@sharkbait6851]

Only way to distinguish truly is by integrating yourself as one of them. Used to be homeless myself. You learn who are the good people with bad luck and who are the bad people just taking advantage pretty easily.

[@leegoddard2618]

Uhm, your point was . . .

[@churchgamefowl4198]

@@leegoddard2618 Get rid of the ones that don’t want to be help! No one will care!

[@leegoddard2618]

@@churchgamefowl4198 . . . and you propose to . . .

[@marktony9783]

They got the help but they don't want it

[@rncine]

During winter we get homeless people coming from up North down to Florida. They start panhandling in front of stores and customers start complaining. It’s disgusting how they use their kids thinking people will give them money. They don’t want bags of food, or other things, they want the money. St.Pete Times did a report and some of these panhandlers were making up to $300 a week, tax free! I used to work at the medical center in downtown Detroit and know what drugs can do to a patient and a lot of the panhandlers look like addicts. Edit: I meant to say $300 A Day, not a week!

[@manonman2612]

$300 a week lol. is that alot to you dude ???🤡🤣

[@DJRenee]

@@manonman2612 right

[@manonman2612]

@@DJRenee thanks suzie

[@TAPATIOPLEASE]

Yup i remember this homeless couple came up to my car with money asking if i could buy them something bc they wouldnt serve them withour a car. Told them no and told the girl pick a better boyfriend

[@thetruthisoutthere8598]

They make that much in a day here

[@texas.defender_45-47]

I’ve been there 2 times and both times someone tried to rob me. Tried is the key word because the 2A saved me both times.

[@williamgee6654]

HELL YEAH BROTHER SPREAD THE WORD TRY TO GET A QUICK BUCK GET A FREE AUTOPSY.

[@BFRIZZLE909]

In southern California in every metro and urban area there is at least one McDonald's in this condition. It's like a homeless hangout.

[@sheiladikshit5110]

i prefer "community congregation point, for the disadvantaged, unhoused, and undocumented pharmacists".

[@chadwells7562]

@@sheiladikshit5110 You speak fluent Democrat. That’s sus bruh. Just take every simple phrase and turn it into 3-5 words to obfuscate the meaning, and you too can speak Dem!

[@sheiladikshit5110]

@@chadwells7562 who is the oppressive, racist, corporate tyrant ronald mc’donald to oppress these poc? they were just about to turn their lives around, when the bloodthirsty clown smashed them down. extrajudicially evicted from their community. hey! hey! ho! ho! the bozo’s gotta go!

[@chadwells7562]

@@sheiladikshit5110 Talking Democrat is one of my guilty pleasures too, especially to them because they’re so sincere that they can’t understand mockery. Careful though, too much of it and your brain goes to mush

[@bobberguy1]

That's why it's called "California". L A looks like a third world country.

[@kr-pm1xg]

Well... You have to "keep your eyes on your fries." The "Hamburgler" is a real thing round them parts.

[@nessparadis6948]

😂😂😂

[@JoseDelgado-dg3mn]

Hahaha 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@MeatballSandwich]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@mharris5047]

I would give a homeless person a hamburger. I would rather they eat than spend the $5 on drugs.

[@crystal6381]

downtown houston is really terrible. i used to go to the bus station pretty often and the homeless would flag me in to the parking spaces, trying to be the first to get my money. driving thru in the evening is so sad, seeing them all lined up on the streets sleeping.

[@louanne801]

The host is so unintentionally hilarious. “McStabby”. I can’t ya’ll! 😂

[@billa1870]

We've had this problem at our local McDonalds, and we put a stop to it from the beginning. We didn't let it get out of hand. When you have one or two, you move them on. The Salvation Army and sheriff's department gets involved so it doesn't get out of hand like you see here. McDonalds should sue the city, then something will be done about it. People spend millions to buy these franchises.

[@swilkobarfingtoniii1642]

It's true that people quite often invested a lot of money in buying franchises, but it's also true that McDonald's will try to buy back any franchisee who is willing to sell. They apparently bought back over 200 stores last year alone. The real value in McDonald's as a corporate entity is it's vast real estate footprint. There is still value in that location- but it might be quite some time before anything is realized on it.

[@lovelisa7009]

This is the same McDonald’s I was in and a woman was washing up at the sink in the bathroom butt naked… I had no clue things had gotten so bad😔

[@themobseat]

That's unreal!

[@raczgreen6053]

I was Uber drivng by that McDonald's back in 2018 and saw a guy masturbating and my passenger screamed so loud... Horrible area of downtown.

[@krane15]

I've seen similar in cities. But they gentrified the area, and remodeled the place and it was totally different. The again, nobody builds ghettos. So they're all clean in the beginning.

[@BoSmith7045]

I was a kitchen manager in a McDonald's once. I was busy with my kitchen when the floor manager asked me to deal with a problem in the men's room I told her that's not my problem. Then she finally said there was a naked homeless guy in there. He was talking a bird bath and making a huge mess. I got him to get dressed and get out and told him where he could get a shower but he was obviously mentally fried. McDonald's is becoming a magnet for drug users and mentally ill homeless.

[@cmonetsevans123]

Things were always that bad as long as I've been alive.

[@rayjames6096]

Don't go to the Houston bus station after dark, you'll be surrounded by the homeless the moment you get out of the car...it's terrifying.

[@thesquad2253]

It's the same in my city America sucks ass now

[@ahyes589]

Don't go in the daytime either

[@Santor-]

If they simply were truly "homeless", it wouldn't been so bad, but the fact is, majority of these people are unpredictable dangerous drug users, ready to stab whoever comes their way for their next high.

[@hectorlopez1069]

They can rob you too.

[@deedeewinfrey3181]

In my community we have ordinances that the homeless must register with a shelter for services..theres no panhandling allowed and you aren't allowed to put up a tent anywhere or sleep on the streets. They will put you in jail if you dont comply...most people comply.

[@Antonio-fj7xl]

In what city is this at in what community?

[@nessparadis6948]

Where?

[@themobseat]

I'm shocked the courts have let the go, they usually treat the homeless with kid gloves.

[@thehonorablejiveturkeyspoo6370]

Hope it can stay that way but we all know, things change

[@SamSitar]

all cities should do that.

[@KevinAndrewRea]

2:05 there IS an easy, quick answer like Universal basic income and universal housing but nobody in our government has the balls to do anything for homeless because they’re owned by oligarchs.

[@footz718]

Not listening they feel like that's giving money away and the same people who feel that way have mommy & daddy to run too

[@jacquemartinez8333]

I was homeless for 9 years BUT NEVER acted the way many have acted for the past 30 years.. . just shameful

[@thegentlemenrat3727]

Homeless people that panhandle ruin everything

[@jboss729]

Still pray for those in need but homeboy had me rolling when he said they have gotten more aggressive.

[@AdverbsAndNouns]

Lol!!!

[@choiceofyahuwah]

This isn't funny, these people don't care how they look to other people, they're at their lowest, it's all about their needs at the moment. It's shameful, unsafe, and nasty, and It'll make you think your food might be nasty too.

[@LCx829]

I don’t pray for homeless that are aggressive and violent.

[@AdverbsAndNouns]

Let them eat cake

[@TheOneAndOnlyWisCali]

@Jairus the Judahite of Judaea For Your Information - " These People " that is homeless and/or have been homeless is not all a bunch of people who do not care how we look. Some of us have been cleaner homeless than a lot of you that have never been homeless. Furthermore; A lof of work more than those of you who have never been homeless; wether just daily survival and/or looking for important resources. . . I have been homeless in shelters and outside; primarily in Wisconsin. I have been homeless just getting into trucking struggling; and now I am still a struggling trucker, yet not homeless. I have seen grown politician men who have walked out of the Wisconsin State Capital Building, without washing their hands after using and urinal and/or taking a dump aka what I have nicknamed a " Mc Nasty " 🤣🤣🤣😭😭😭😭😭 ; looking at me strange for washing my clothes and draws in their bathroom sinks in the Men's room of the WisconsinStateCapitalBuilding; now ain't that something, The Irony, during the vintage homeless years of primarily 2011 to 2013 to 2015 , with a "smidgen" of 2016 to 2019. . . Sometimes my best I Inspirations and wonderful times of life during life's struggles trials and chaos, has been when I chose to directly and/or indirectly be homeless for a time. . . Instead of generalizing the homeless; have the courage to be homeless yourself for a couple of weeks to a couple or few months. . .

[@shauneenicole2535]

RIP McDonald's. I remember the days passing by it.

[@Archimedes616]

Passed by it many a year when I used to work at St. Joseph Medical Center. That white building with the dark windows in the background is the Medical Place I tower.

[@FreshBeatles]

@Shaunée Nicole Dont worry theres another one a half mile down

[@ilikecinema1234]

Weird how people are at McDonald's and not little Ceasars. Little Ceasars is dirt cheap

[@wayneanderson8034]

We will all miss McD's food. Now that we can never have it again, all we have are memories.

[@ilikecinema1234]

@@ButterfatFarms yeah 5-7 dollars for a large pizza is ridiculous idgaf about the food poisoning loll

[@gabbycarter965]

I lived in Houston for about 7 months about 20 years ago. I came from New York City via Greyhound. I remember people sleeping nearby on cardboard boxes.

[@BottomRouge225]

Still the same till this day, until it closed

[@hawkeye5955]

The streets around the New York Port Authority bus terminal and Times Square is full of homeless. Police are stationed in the area but I try not to stay too long whenever I pass through the area. It's not safe there.

[@TheArtOfDean]

They're so aggressive nowadays that they're walking up to you asking for change while you're inside a restaurant or other place of business. You don't want a total stranger walking up to you while you're checking out in a grocery store-and you have you money out.

[@RetroHabit82]

You get in my personal space, you gon get got.

[@eamonwright7488]

@@RetroHabit82 Exactly, damn crackhead homeless are notorious for doing that at my local Lowes. I had to pull my 9mm on one who wouldnt take "No" and "go away" for an answer. Fkn shame you have to pull a firearm on a damn stinky crackhead homeless person just trying to purchase some AC filters for my house.

[@williamgee6654]

That is why we have conceal carry.

[@mharris5047]

@@williamgee6654 I don't know of any state where it is legal to pull a gun on someone because he is begging for spare change. It is true that Texas has pretty liberal concealed carry laws, though -- most adults can either carry without a permit or get the permit easily. Arizona is the same way, my nephew lived out there in the 2010's and when he went to the Maricopa County Sheriff's Department to inquire about transferring his Michigan concealed carry permit then Sheriff Arpaio told him that he didn't need a permit and asked him to join his Sheriff's Posse.

[@codybreux4311]

Feel for those who lost their jobs !hope they prosperd on!

[@Dm-wf5ro]

@pancho Nelson get over it the Brandon thing is old and stupid

[@onrr1726]

Most franchise owners have more than one location. He / she most likely would have moved the employees to other places.

[@mharris5047]

@@onrr1726 The franchisee also can use the equipment in another McDonalds, the franchises are usually issued to one person or company for a whole city and Houston has to have someplace that can use and is more conducive to a McDonalds.

[@krane15]

What a lot of people don't get. There are many homeless that became that way through no fault of their own. They worked every day of their lives, then the corrupt CEO drove the company into the ground and they instantly were unemployed. Think GM.

[@codybreux4311]

@@krane15 you are so right, happens every day,bad management will take a company down,but they have made all the high salaries,but us hourly on the hook!

[@AngieTheENTJ]

I feel bad for the franchise owner. All of their investments have gone to waste, and the opportunities they once created for their employees are now lost.

[@LuckyTheCat777]

i don't they probably have the more one store so probably not a big lost

[@mibz1117]

@@LuckyTheCat777 obviously you don't know the value of money. I'm a restaurant owner and I know it's hurting the owner.

[@knowledge4741]

@@LuckyTheCat777 We get it, you are still a child and don't know anything about business

[@LuckyTheCat777]

@@knowledge4741 we get it you still a man child

[@knowledge4741]

@@LuckyTheCat777 First off, learn how to type correctly. And awee did I make you upset? Don't care. I'm glad you are upset. Learn how to do some business before you speak about it. I hope you never own a company and put your employees at risk.

[@footz718]

Need to turn it into a homeless shelter smh

[@midnyte6195]

No way!!

[@footz718]

@@midnyte6195 yeah I know being homeless is a crime and asking Houston for assistance in hard times is disrespectful

[@ryanbarker5217]

@@footz718 they probably have all the assistance they want, but staying on the street doing drugs with no rules is more important. these aren't misunderstood angels who society screwed over.

[@ianwilkinson5069]

No we dont need more homeless shelters, we need to bring back asylums and sanitoriums.

[@miltonelliott8506]

Not in the budget

[@OMGFrijoles]

Put a police substation there. Problem Solved. You're welcome, councilmen.

[@joeypainter81]

And a Starbucks

[@Crazy-Horse-Tx.]

And for what ? These people would be released the next day.

[@k.ferguson2982]

@@joeypainter81 No no, we're talkin' police, so Dunkin' Donuts. 👍

[@cobracommander9138]

You should see the police station in Skid Row! It's surrounded by homeless people because that's the safest place to sleep. There's also a lot of drug dealing and prostitution there.

[@OMGFrijoles]

@@cobracommander9138 a city is only as good as its police department.

[@stolnpckup]

I dont live there or ever visited there. But I was driving home a while back. I was at a light off the interstate to make turn. A guy standing there asked me if I had spare change. I told him, no, I didn't have cash. Then, the next statement really surprised me. He says, I take cards. I just rolled up my windows and drove away.

[@eveskey7982]

Need to enforce no loitering laws and no panhandling, period make it strict and harsh.

[@cecilroberts1971]

And where shall the homeless go?

[@eveskey7982]

@@cecilroberts1971 it's a overused adjective and saying or excuse. No such thing as homeless, your body is a home and temple of your soul. People need to get their act together and stop expecting someone else to hand them stuff in life. If people really wanted to get right they would. But they don't want to.

[@frankenstein7267]

If it'd been a mom and pops store we never would have heard a word about it

[@savage3114]

Where I live the homeless or so called fake homeless are everywhere. They are at almost every gas station and now hang out in front of restaurants. It's ridiculous. Im 6' 6 and they try to bully me. I just laugh because they think they scare you.

[@jrambo7495]

It's the people, not the place.

[@michaelgreen1365]

It’s happening in every city across the country because that culture does not give a damn about no one😮

[@ricarda2025]

Welcome to the world of nihilism.

[@1drummer172]

City officials failed this community and the McDonalds.

[@lashurediscussion4970]

Why do you feel McDonald’s failed? They can’t control homelessness, they were losing revenue yet the government can’t come up with a solution

[@miltonelliott8506]

They tried to help but they don't want it so what the city official supposed to do

[@ravenrage9541]

Hmmm, isn’t Houston a democrat city? Anyway, you ain’t seen nothing yet, it’s all about to collapse.

[@lashurediscussion4970]

@@miltonelliott8506 in my opinion the focus should be in the working homeless population. Too much focus is in the bottom of the barrel homeless & not enough on working class homeless.

[@anisajones2028]

The goverment should not allow drugs and alchohol for sure. Also educate children from school age about the family unit and establish morals in the school instead of LGBT

[@debbieflores1006]

it needs to be done in many other cities,too.

[@Gfysimpletons]

Two birds with one stone. No more scum and maybe someone will just have to eat healthier? 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Chitown18]

I mean doing this help but the bums are just gonna go somewhere else and do the exact same thing

[@Tommaniscalco1976]

It is.anyone of them that had a problem is being closed.

[@LoriL010]

If someone has severe mental illness then you force them into care. It's wrong leaving them on the streets like a stray dog and they don't have the mental capacity to know what is best for them.

[@DJRenee]

Well, this country decided to close insane asylums and similar facilities. Europe has known for CENTURIES that those type of facilities were and will always be necessary for the general Public's safety. Ignore history and it'll come back and slap you in face and kick you in the nuts.

[@TESLA-fc6wm]

I will love to see you try,!!😂.,

[@shauneenicole2535]

Well, blame their family because it was really up to them to force them. No matter what, it's that person's choice. We all have free will. Sometimes, people don't think they need help.

[@candicane1]

My father had severe schizophrenia, substance abuse issues, etc. We begged the courts to grant us conservatorship/guardianship to get him committed and it wasn’t easy. His sister, my aunt, was even the clerk of court for the county as she was able to at least expedite the paperwork. It was ultimately up to the judge to make the decision. Often times, the person does not want to go to the help, or they don’t want to stay. They are usually master manipulators, so the people who really don’t know them (like judges), don’t believe or understand the severity of the situation. It’s not as simple as just forcing someone into care. There is a process. Consider yourself fortunate if you’ve never had to deal with it, which by your comment, it sounds like you haven’t because you have no idea.

[@KOOLBadger]

There's no room anywhere.

[@Welphello]

I still remember my friend saying she was at the drive thru as soon as she rolled her window down a swarm of homeless people came running towards her. Also keep in mind there's a line of halfway houses off fannin. Very unsafe area. Sad all around.

[@juancervantes313]

If you want an easy solution and a quick fix for these problems, you need to send all the homeless people to stay in the neighborhoods where the rich people live.

[@latoshastanfield5523]

So sad.

[@correctingirresponsiblefin3096]

This should have been handled better by the police. The politicians keep failing us. Private security is expensive.

[@fasthandsz]

RIP the nearest McDonald’s

[@bluelava4282]

🍔

[@DudeSweet072]

Had a homeless guy ask me for 1 penny. I asked what can you buy for 1 penny? He told me it was for a lottery ticket. He had a steel reserve tall can in one hand, and I put about 85 cents into his other hand, but he had only two fingers and the change fell unto the snow.

[@SSJIndy]

"Leave the homeless alone. They aren't hurting anyone." How many times have you heard that?

[@sarahcarrizales9759]

I am so sick of virtue signaling people who say that. Just being pestered for money all the time is a nuisance all on its own. I almost never give, but recently gave one guy $2 and he asked if I could give him three more. He always makes conversation with me when I leave the grocery store and he is in horrible shape, so I gave him $2 and he thinks I can just part with $5 for a stranger. The other day one was trying to persuade me to get him a $20 out of the ATM. That is just one problem but there is so much more of course.

[@shaneicereed3120]

Some

[@dale_gribble_pocket_sand]

I was with my dad at this McDonald's at night waiting for my mom at the greyhound bus station back in 06'. We had at least 30 homeless ppl walk up and start begging within an hour of waiting. Scary place to be at 14 yrs old..

[@beckyumphrey2626]

Not a.word.on how.to.address the crime!

[@candacegutherie]

Right I couldn’t tell why they were all laughing at the end.

[@williamgee6654]

i got one GUN

[@davidpage3893]

I remember seeing a video about a McDonald’s either in Detroit or Chicago that had 40 minute parking. As soon as customers went in a “TOW TRUCK” across the street moved in before the 40 minute parking had expired to tow vehicles away. This was obviously a scam between the bogus tow truck operator and the manager of that McDonald’s. Customers would complain to the police (may also be involved too) about them having to pay $300.00 to get their cars back. The tow truck had no business logo on the doors,and this McDonald’s was in a poor neighborhood. A local tv reporter confronted both the tow truck driver and the manger and they didn’t answer why this scam was going on, and denied everything. The reporter had spotters that timed the parked vehicles and on average the tow truck hauled away vehicles after 10 minutes and pointed this out and they still denied it. So surprised they didn’t get beat up or shot for doing this.

[@brianhoward7277]

*"They call it Crackdonald's, and McStabby."* -Fox 26

[@SR-cx6eo]

Here's an idea... Instead of sending all this money to the Ukraine how about we help our own citizens out with homelessness and mental health issues?? I think most people would agree that we need to take care of our own citizens before we worry about people in other countries.

[@worldsdumbesttrumpturd....3143]

Here's an idea. Get a job

[@peterswalmen]

They dont want help, they dont want housing they only want money for drugs. So give them the money for drugs?

[@SR-cx6eo]

@@peterswalmen how do you know that? So it's better to give the money overseas to the Ukraine? Your making alot of assumptions.

[@ralphjames1211]

@@worldsdumbesttrumpturd....3143 How's about this, you go and serve in the Ukraine Army and kill some Russians!

[@anntrope491]

Anyone can become homeless these days with low wages, & high rent. I remember seeing a documentary about a working, single Mom... she got cancer, got too sick to work, lost her job, & insurance...they were coming to take her hospital bed, she couldn't pay rent, & she didn't know what would happen to her, & her kids...they were headed to the street !! Another woman had both legs amputated, & was living in a broke down van on the street. The biggest city in my state just dismantled an encampment on the sidewalk, by the overcrowded shelter , last week, in the middle of winter before a snow storm...there were two guys in wheelchairs, one with a broke leg, one amputee !! There are Veterans, families, elderly, disabled, mentally ill, & drug, & alcohol dependant , teens, & 60 families waiting for shelter...in one city...in the "wealthiest " nation on Earth, ( top 200 WEALTHY AMERICANS HAVE MORE WEALTH THAN 150 MILLION AMERICANS AT THE BOTTOM !!). Minimum wage is still stuck in 1978 !!! DON'T think it could happen to you? More boomers are hitting retirement age, or becoming disabled, & not prepared for the cost of living on a fixed income. It's almost impossible if you are a single parent...this is a dangerous disgrace of a slave wage nation. I made poverty level income last year, & I paid 15-20 0/0 in taxes...which was more TAXES than X RESIDENT RUMP, EXXON, & JEFF BEZOES COMBINED PAID !!!!!

[@TheILLTechnics]

I can’t believe it, Truly a national tragedy 😭

[@krane15]

Driven chiefly by the insatiable greed of the rich. There is plenty of housing, its just priced to expensive for the working-class to afford.

[@Santor-]

@@krane15 These people aren't "working class", far from it. And where in the world exactly, do "working class" people live downtown right next to the bus station? They don't. They live in a house out in a suburb. If they can't afford that, an apartment in the suburb. Or a little further out in the sticks. Or rent a room from someone in that area. Or if your really down and out, a campsite out in the sticks. Or in a van.. People "living" outdoors downtown, are there for 1 reason, and one reason only, drug market.

[@themobseat]

This is the fault of the court systems for not allowing towns to enforce vagrancy laws.

[@TexasHeathen]

The problem is our borders are overrun and resources are diverted there. Put our National Guard on the border to shut it down, and divert funds to shelter programs that have rehab, mental health, and work programs. For those that choose homelessness, and crime; build them a special prison where they have to run and maintain it under supervision, and produce something the state needs to pay for it.

[@reddstool1023]

I’ll miss going bowling with my car 😁🤣

[@lifeinlimbo2186]

It's one thing to be legitely in need of help or if a person is a suffering veteran,but those damn homeless drug addicts,alcoholics and lazy people who are not legit and not even veterans ruin everything.

[@markbrandon7359]

Another victory for democrat run Houston.

[@dps6198]

Closing that location won't do anything but force the homeless and drug addicts to another location. The other problem is its next to a bus station. The prison in Huntsville lets out the inmates after they've done time and they'll hop on the bus and come straight to Houston right to the McDonalds.

[@Just_My_Reviews]

The bus station shouldn't close but should be relocated outside of the downtown area. I believe this will be the plan in the near future.

[@sheldoneuos]

The reason a lot of homeless people get aggravated because no one helps them anymore. If a homeless person finds a place to sleep even in the middle of the night and a cop stumbles across them they're going to buy them and tell him to go somewhere else. They can be sleeping on a bench " go somewhere else, you can't sleep here" they can be sleeping under a bridge " go somewhere else you can't sleep here" so where are homeless people supposed to go if everywhere they try to sleep at someone's house them to leave?

[@sheldoneuos]

@Craig Renner a lot of these people are just sarcastic when you have try to have a serious conversation.

[@Robbie-mw5uu]

they should help themselves first

[@SahvonEdwards]

McStabby…I’m f--n dead!!! 🤣🤣🤣

[@a.h.9679]

Chile......I hollered 😭

[@cecisessence694]

Crazy I thought they was in st.louis at first....we got a McDonald's downtown too thats overcrowded with the homeless their shelter is 3 min walking distance from there and the bus station is near it exactly the same

[@markberryhill2715]

Our local Hardees was shut down because of an even more disturbing reason - bad employees. It was one of the busiest in the Southeast and one of the best in our area, but because of hiring bad employees with a bad attitude they ran all of their customers off. Very sad situation. Pitiful !

[@magaareinbredhillbillies]

what you should have gone a grab one of them super jobs.

[@manonman2612]

who cares

[@kevbarre6188]

were the bad employees black

[@jc-diaz487]

I bet it was very ghetto

[@willgreen5081]

Where?

[@AztecRay]

Who gets punished anymore. The law abiding citizens are screwed

[@ELPJM09]

It really must be hard to be homeless. I just can’t imagine having no money, no where to go or eat. Unfortunately the truth is that most homeless are addicts or mentally ill. Then of course no one wants to fund homeless to get them help because of that “homeless” stigma. There is a homeless man in my city who has been wearing the same clothes for 2 years now. I’ve seen him in different intersections asking for money talking to himself.

[@bc5891]

Old McDonalds will be turned into McShelter soon "unofficially"

[@deborasampy2762]

Yup everytime I used to have to wait on the Megabus across the way it's was rediculous how the area was so run down stank and was dangerous smh I would always bring my own food or snacks cause I just would avoid McDonald's period 🤦🏽‍♀️🤔

[@stellahaynesworth5833]

That was a dangerous place, if they walk up to your car door before you open it 😬. No no no no no

[@LordZolric]

Giving released prisoners money shouldn't happen in my opinion. They got locked up for whatever reason due to their own stupidity. When they are released they should have nothing but their freedom and the clothes they got locked up with. Our taxes shouldn't be going for crap like this but yet here we are.

[@learnwithme3823]

Maybe we need to bring back the mental asylum. House them even if they don’t want to.

[@deshawnreal1690]

Different homeless situations. Some on drugs some can’t afford housing. Regular people can’t give too much and rich people don’t give at all.

[@eriq54321]

Some is metal illness

[@tracyknowles4680]

So instead of dealing with the problem the police and city council let them drive out businesses?? Hope about doing your jobs and actually fix the problems

[@SamSitar]

hire police that care about people.

[@ghostmanscores1666]

Blackdonalds ... We be doin it all for you.

[@horacecomegna335]

Blackies destroyed the area way before the homeless moved in, that’s right, I said it!

[@Mruiz0085]

When cops are more concerned about ticketing civilians for fundraising than actually stopping crime smh

[@SweetBoiish]

? There is a such thing as trespassing, there is also another thing as arresting individuals who trespass… no need to close the business because of the dirt and crack balls walking the streets…

[@AllOuttaBubblegum123]

That would mean real policing. How do you expect them to find the time when they are so busy investigating people getting their feelings hurt?

[@sammyhooligan803]

Yea, it seems like they don't want to go through the trouble of arresting every single person or have to risk their life to arrest the trespassing people. Unfortunately, they go to other places not only there but to surrounding areas cities, States. Their hands aren't tied as he said. There's plenty of programs. They just gave up on doing a job and failed the oath they took. 🤔

[@stellahaynesworth5833]

I know that they started something in Chicago January 1st 2023, that police can give a ticket to the trespassers but it's up to the home owner or business owner to remove that trespasser. Im not sure if they started this in other states

[@John.420]

McStabby lmfao

[@kingjoeytheape1657]

😱...🔪🤪

[@DrSleep-ep6cw]

I got a $50.00 gift card for Cracker Barrel for my birthday this year and spent the whole thing, a homeless guy walked up and was harassing me for money, so I told him I had over $25.00 left on the card and he could have it, he took it and walked in Cracker Barrel as I drove off, I never felt so relieved to get away from a lingering nuisance, I got him good though. 🤣

[@keyia1983]

Wow. That’s cruel

[@lokokrz.gaming]

So you didn't have any left? Wow

[@brianinglis2199]

F that hobo anyway

[@AlmaMartinez-]

What goes around comes back around. I hope you're not in a situation like that one day. Nothing is promised.

[@northman9843]

Made my day , LMAO, I would have loved to have seen his face, when they told him nothing was left on the card.

[@onrr1726]

It's getting pretty bad where I am to the point where it's not safe to stop at any of the gas stations that are willing to stay open 24 hours a day knowing I'll get pestered by drug addicts and panhandlers. I find my self driving out and stopping on the edges of the city limits when going to and from work just to avoid being bothered.

[@goonhead3791]

That may have been the best intro in local news media history 🤣

[@virgo2fly]

It takes a lot to shut a McDonald’s down!! I have never heard of a McDonald’s closing ANYWHERE!!

[@jay-kq5kv]

Chicago

[@cooldaddyslick6869]

Bull. They close stores all the time just like any other business.

[@tigercry5177]

Ive seen some close. I think some contracts if all are 20 years. So theyd rather stay open.

[@debrh.b]

A lot of homeless people just want a place to sleep . But everyplace they go they are told to leave .

[@Getagrippeople2witnesses]

America Crashing Hard,Most people don't see it 🙈 Or want to see it, because they are about to step out into it, Mortgage Rent Car note, Greedy business practices put you out there.

[@tonyprice2256]

Final score: Homeless people - 1, McDonald's - 0

[@evagonzalez7777]

I'm on the Northside of Houston Fulton street to be exact ... people I don't recommend living out here one homeless black man pulled a Big Michael Myers knife on me &my daughter while walking back home. 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️ I want to move but coast of living is pricey above my means at the moment 😒😒😒

[@alphaomega1351]

Great 👍! Now I can open up a McDowell at that location. 😶

[@markberryhill2715]

Or a McBurgerTown.

[@johnwick-ii6il]

Making life easier for the street people / homeless only helps them stay that way. 95% are substance abusers who would gain an acceptable level of prosperity if they would stop using. For the same reason why every alcoholic must hit bottom, they will not quit as long as they can get away with it.

[@lashurediscussion4970]

I don’t necessarily agree, sadly, the focus is always on the homeless that have addiction & mental issues. When in reality you would be surprised how many working class people that are homeless, living out of thief vehicle, living in motels. I am not blaming anyone for my situation, in my opinion I did not prepare for the future. I spend my time raising a family on a day by day & not really focusing on the future. I was fortunate not to be homeless with my family. With exception I have my last child who is 13 years old & have special needs that require a lot. This being my journey of struggling to the point I became homeless. The struggle is real raising a child that require so much therapy, specialized doctor appointments.

[@DJRenee]

What's easy about being homeless man,?

[@terryowen6759]

They are addicts or alcoholics...they need treatment to stop using. Even that doesn't always work

[@P4OE]

This is the first time I have ever heard of a McDonald’s closing down . That is one bad area .

[@TheRedGunNinja]

Bruh, why are they playing sad music for a McDonald's closing down. It's in a bad area and definitely a smart choice to close it down 😂

[@ogrish76]

The bums are getting sophisticated, I came out of a gas station here in Chicago, a bum asked for my change, I said I don't have any, only a debit card... And he pulled out a phone with a card reader and said he takes cards lol..... Bums here in the USA are pretty well off lol.

[@jonjahr3403]

Sad situation all around and the ultimate irony is that the people who worked that McDonald's are now, like those homeless people out of a job.

[@jacqueline7781]

Mental illness is the problem people need help with medicine it’s sad 😢 when we know I’ll love ones need help and we can’t get them no help unless they want it that’s crazy 😜 how they can get help when they don’t know it

[@timbeatty11]

The prison system is one of the big problems. Everyone getting out needs more services. They need to be taken home if they have a place to go. Just dropping them off on the streets is not a solution.

[@scott9335]

Well I'm not sure as hell adopting a criminal or a homeless person lol

[@timbeatty11]

@@scott9335 No one said you had to. But you should return them to where they are from not just drop them off. Also women are trafficked when they get dropped off with no support. Gangs know when every attractive woman is released from jail and where they will be dumped and homeless. There needs to be a better solution on dealing with them

[@nomadfishermanak]

What I see is inept politicians not able to stop crime at a Mcdonalds... I mean enforce the laws... put a police substation in the grayhound. It is just as much there fault for not enforcing trespass laws and drug laws or failing to do anything about them as it is the homeless. So they are law enforcment that can not enforce the law.... but they just point the finger at the homeless.... well your the enforcers DO SOMETHING.

[@penni11]

Dont give criminals enough money? Wth is this guy smoking?!

[@CashCowz962]

That's what wokeness does to real estate

[@dking8762]

Mr. CAREY! I expected more coverage. If I would've known that was a council member I would've stop y'all. I didn't want to interrupt the audio but you could have talk to some downtown residents. You are our voice. Don't let the producers dictate that. I've fed the homeless down there through the McDonald's.

[@ronnyron4651]

You are only enabling them by buying food they can go eat at a shelter

[@Orange_pumpkin3753]

@@ronnyron4651 I think that’s the point of feeding them…. To help them. It’s humanizing instead of de-humanizing

[@LuisSanchez-dk7ne]

@Daniel Pavlides help them? Help them have food so they can use their money for more drugs. Thats whats going on. Your naivety is what has lead to them panhandling places like this. Get help from a shelter not a fkn mcdonalds. You kno why they go to mcds? Because they can be on drugs while asking for money but you cant at a shelter

[@Orange_pumpkin3753]

@@LuisSanchez-dk7ne there’s just so much I have to say on why I disagree with you, it’d end up looking like a short novel. So let me say 2 things: I’m Christian, and will continue to show compassion for my fellow man; and I know personally that a lot of people go to shelters, leave during the day to panhandle, get high then come back.