Walk in to just about any McDonald’s in the country and you’ll be faced with the same process: wait in line to order your meal, recite your desired order to the person manning the register, wait a bit longer at the counter for your food to be prepared, and amble around the restaurant to find seating. While this tried-and-true method has worked for decades, the Golden Arches is apparently ready to change things up and show its fancier side by testing table service at hundreds of locations in California. [More]
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Aldi Will Expand Discount Grocery Empire To Southern California
By 6.11.15
Since the majority of Consumerist readers really love Aldi, we thought that it might be good to let readers know that the chain will expand into California next year. Specifically, they’re opening 25 stores in Southern California, and experts predict great things for the chain there. Aldi typically thrives in areas with a high cost of living, which that area certainly has. Currently, the chain has 1,400 stores in 32 states. [LA Times] [More]
Drone Helicopters Used To Sell High End Real Estate
By 11.1.11
Helicopter drones looking for work outside the military might look well to apply at their local real estate office for a job. Turns out they’re not just good for conducting unmanned aerial strikes against insurgents, drones can also be used to sell mansions, via in-depth tour videos made with cameras mounted to their frames. [More]
SoCal AT&T Cell Customers Suffer Weekend Outage
By 9.26.11
AT&T cell phone users in Southern California have an excellent excuse not to return calls received over the weekend, thanks to a nasty outage that eliminated that voice-chatting feature that some people still use. Data and text messages were unaffected. AT&T had its service back online for almost all customers by Sunday evening. [More]
Time Warner Cable: Your Internet Isn't Working So We're Sending A Tech To Disconnect Your Cable
By 3.22.07
Time Warner Cable in Southern California is completely broken. There is no hope. They’ve fired the head guy, but we think the ship may have already sank. They may as well have let the captain go down with the boat.
