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‘Worst day of my life’ says man having to wait his turn at McDonalds drive thru




A Dewsbury man has told of his pain and suffering after being forced to join the queue at his local McDonalds drive-thru.


Jason Beesley took to social media to complain about the ordeal saying that it was 10 minutes of his life he would never see again.


The father of four says his kids had endured an agonisingly long wait before their meal arrived and had missed part of their favourite TV show as a result.


Jason said he could not think of anything worse than having to sit helplessly in his car as he watched other people in the queue get served before him.


‘It was carnage in that drive-thru, I witnessed things I thought had been consigned to the history books. By the time it arrived we had gone off the idea of a burger and so threw it in the bin….we went and got pizza instead.

I made comments about it on Facebook. People need to know about these things and should not suffer in silence.'

'It was an ordeal I hope my kids will never have to suffer again. I’ve a good mind to ask McDonalds for compensation', continued Beesley. 'They don’t suffer inconvenience like that in other countries…..so why here?'



First published 11 Mar 2022


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Everything in the USA to be renamed after Trump


After successfully renaming The Kennedy Center the Trump-Kennedy Center, in a fit of ego, President Trump has decided to name everything in USA after himself.


"He's going to start with things he likes, the Trump-McDonalds-Big-Mac and Trump-Diet-Coke and see how it goes from there," said a Whitehouse Spokesman.


The White House is expected to be renamed "The Trump House" from early January, with Washington DC expected to become "Trumpington DC" by February.


When questioned about this, a Trump aide told us, "The president feels that everything should be named in honour of how great he is and how well he is doing, being the best president ever. Obviously." 


"Not everything will be named in his honour, though. Things he doesn't like will be named after some of his predecessors. For example, illegal immigrants will henceforth be called "Obamas", Stormy Daniels is to be referred to as "Stormy Clinton" and the nasty bits in the bottom of a popcorn bucket, which didn't pop correctly, will now be named "Biden bits".

 

Interestingly, the thing which should be named after him, sexually abusing and defaming journalist E Jean Carroll, will continue to be called "Fake News".


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Children already ‘bored’ in 2nd week of school holiday

Just two weeks after schools broke up for the 6-week summer holiday, children across the UK have officially announced that they are ‘bored’.


“I’ve finished Netflix,” reported 12-year-old Alfie Thompson, slumped dramatically across a sofa, his thumbs still twitching from residual Fortnite reflexes. “Mum told me to go outside, but like… to do what? Look at grass?”

Parents across the nation are experiencing déjà vu, and are recalling their own childhood holidays filled with similar levels of existential despair—though notably with fewer devices and more aimless stick-finding.


“It’s uncanny,” said Claire Jenkins, mother of two and veteran of the ‘I’m Bored’ crisis of last summer. “I presented them with a paddling pool, a football, and even suggested visiting Grandma. They said, and I quote, ‘Is she on TikTok?’”


The UK government has issued no official response, but insiders suggest Downing Street may propose emergency boredom relief measures, such as a ‘National Go and Play in the Garden Day’ - an initiative sure to be ignored by 96% of children in favour of ‘just one more YouTube video.’


Meanwhile, grandparents nationwide are preparing to unleash their secret weapon: tales of how they ‘made their own fun’ with only a ball of string and an overactive imagination, a strategy known to have a 0.2% success rate in 2025.


As the crisis deepens, experts warn that by week 3, the nation’s children may reach ‘Peak Boredom’, characterised by spontaneous living room parkour, and repeatedly whining, “Can we go to McDonald’s?”

Meanwhile, the nation’s parents sigh deeply, and add extra alcohol to their online grocery order.


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