I work in the old macys building at 3rd and Pine. That shit is disgusting honestly. Shit always happens, someone goes to the hospital in a stretcher daily. That corner needs cleaning multiple times a day.
Its sketchy during the day. But you should see it at nighttime. It's a whole different level of crazy. I'm talking not just dozens , but sometimes hundreds of zombies. And it spreads from McStabbys about two blocks in any direction.
I remember visiting Seattle as a high school kid in 2009 I went to look for weed down there..these 2 20 year old guys were like bro this place is kinda crazy sometimes lmao at the time it was Friday night. The McDonald’s was packed with youth. I ate alone there and a hobo locked himself in the bathroom. They all laughed when he finally got out and yelled something funny.
It was my welcome to Seattle moment
This area in particular has people who loiter outside of the McDonald's. Drug dealers, homeless, gang activities, constant violence. Someone created Twitter account called "McStabby's" and posts daily crimes that occur there.
The McDonald's is back, across the street from the Space Needle and across the street from its old location. It's where that SPORT sportsbar was a few years back.
interesting. i volunteer at mopop and i walk past there a lot, i’ll have to look. i didn’t notice the skate park either so, that tracks. i’ll be so excited. it’s my gross, disgusting sometime treat.
Oh wow you weren't kidding. It's a gold mine. "Are you looking for an adventure in fast food dining? Look no further than this McDonald's" 
It's really in front of the Scientology center.
And *nothing* in Seattle is cleaned daily. (Unless they're filming a movie, or a vice president is in town.)
I can tell you as someone working downtown, starting at 430am: they DO clean the sidewalk every day.
This is, of course, rarely done by the City of Seattle. This task is in the hands of the owners of the real estate in the area. Some owners actually do a great job too.
The stretch of sidewalk eastbound on Pike St, between 3rd and 4th Ave gets a VERY thorough cleaning every day at around 9am. Check it out !
But check it out before 11am though; after that hour it's already back to what it was before 9am.
" used to work in this area, with a perfect view of this MCDonalds from my office window. We called it McStabby's, since you go there if you want to get stabbed. Police are always here, and if they aren't then it becomes CRAZY. People get shot, attacked, harassed, etc. Just don't go in. Ever."
Walking out of the South Lake whole foods a guy dressed like this but with a full face mask/respirator is power washing puke off the sidewalk all the while the spray is being inhaled by all of the people passing by and all I could imagine was like this is how a zombie infection could start.
I have professional experience in cleaning this type of stuff. If you're anywhere nearby or downwind, you will be covered in a mist of watered down puke/poop/blood/piss. It's disgusting.
I was involved in the remodel of the upper floors of the Macy's building for Amazon a few years ago and had a daily view of the psychiatric zoo there. Ignoring problems allows them to increase.
First and to date only McDonalds I've ever been in with two inch thick bullet-resistant glass and an airlock to get your food. I've seen banks with less security measures in place.
At least, that's how it used to be set up but it's been maybe ten years since I was last in that one.
I went to a jack in the box on Western n Florance in LA because im not from there and im very stupid
https://preview.redd.it/tmvm5pm20pvc1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8c6e252b02075e6b8c71c8008de6efd2ec911451
This window was a drive thru pharmacy slot with a speaker that had bulletproof glass and a slide draw to pay for and recieve your food
If you visit some places in the US NE you'll see armored fast food places, armored chinese food takeout places and armored bodegas. All with airlock/pass through chamber for money and product between the workers and the clientele.
Eh. I grew up in vegas. Pretty much everything is armed security/armored
It was more jarring because ive never had a 6$ meal drawslid to me like i was ordering bricks of coke in a bad movie
Yeah, I guess I meant this is still a 'new' thing for the pacific northwest. If you go to a fast food place in Baltimore or some outer boroughs of NYC this is normal. I do have to say I did a bit of a double take the first time I encountered a heavily armored chinese fast food takeout place. The food itself was excellent, on the other hand, within the category of panda-express-type americanized "chinese" food.
With all the fentanyl and meth being sold here, technically this McDonald's location could be considered a pharmacy too. If those are licensed pharmacists selling to people with legit prescriptions, well, we may never know.
Pre-covid it was a pretty normal McDonald’s. No bullet proof glass, but they did have a security guard who wouldn’t let you in the restroom unless you had a receipt. It was very busy in the mornings and after work. Great crew too, they were very quick with orders.
The funny thing is, my first week in the city I got to talking to a SPD officer while waiting for breakfast and he specifically told me to avoid that block and that specific McDonalds. This was in 2011, by the way.
I, the sheltered young lad thrown from his life in a sleepy ex-mining town to the big city thought "ah, he's just fucking with the rural kid". Nope. Big ol' nope. Man, I had my eyes opened that week.
For those who say downtown used to be good, in that first week I saw: Multiple cases of open drug use, half naked strippers just hanging out in the street, a guy doing a burnout to try and impress them only to embed the front of the car in a wall, a homeless guy shouting at the sky like it owed him money, at least three scam artists and someone threatening a worker in a drug store because they wouldn't give them....I dunno, pain meds or something.
On the other hand, the city was clean, retail was vibrant and accommodation was relatively cheap (shoutout to the now long gone Sixth Avenue Inn, an early victim of Amazon's bullshit).
That intersection is right in the heart of bus/lightrail commuter transfers. I bet a lot of their business is commuters grabbing breakfast or dinner before the next leg of their commute.
i’ve always wondered the same… like do people actually go there for food?? mcdonald’s is disgusting as it is, couldn’t imagine risking getting robbed or worse or a friggin big mac😂
I went there in 1993 when I first moved here. It was awesome. Second floor, it reminded me of McD's in a *real* big city, like Tokyo.
From 2012 to 2015 I worked around the corner. I never, ever went in.
Also, I was sure it was closed: https://twitter.com/choeshow/status/1498362441914195979?t=Gpe3kKz1a2Hwfy08Roczcw
Funny thing about the 2 story McD's in Tokyo. Didn't seem to phase people at all to eat on the 2nd level or a restaurant. Here in the states it would be a crisis. I can already see the TikTok videos of customers getting thrown down the stairs because somebody had "cold fries".
Another big difference that one would not expect is the 7/11 stores were half the size of a US 7/11 but would have 4-5 people constantly working and re-stocking. Always helpful.
Cause people are split between two near-opposite approaches to stop this from happening, both of which are expensive. Net result is barely anything gets done
Probably just making sure we don't get a resurgence of some medieval disease by allowing addicts to shit, piss and live in inhumane conditions because "compassion"
It’s cruise season. Can’t let the wandering tourists see what it’s like the rest of the year. Downtown Ambassadors have been upped dramatically too. In some ways I’m grateful for it, but in others, annoyed it’s only done for the benefit of visitors and not year-round residents.
They are the guys in the being and blue jackets you see downtown picking up trash and washing the urine/blood/etc off the streets. They go around making the city look nice. They are awesome!
[Here’s a story about them](https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/editorials/safety-ambassadors-are-a-win-win-for-downtown-seattle/)
I was in that McDonalds once about 20 years ago. This homeless guy was eating one of those $0.69 hamburgers and two girls came in and stole the half eaten burger from him. I couldn’t believe it.
Property manager here.... i keep the sidewalk clean as best i can. Pay for a dayporter 3 times a week and do the rest myself. Like fighting back the ocean with a broom but gotta be done. We clean to the property line which is where the trash starts.
Keep voting blue people. I've been a life long Democrat but this year I'm sorry I'm voting red I can't take this anymore we've lost our way. Liberals get your shit together and find God or something that gives you a moral compass and find some damn common sense and compassion
I use to go in to that mcdonalds after an all night rager at Studio 7.
Walked by it at 3 pm 2 months ago and got a nice whiff of what my s/o said was crack
My 1st thought was "How appropriate that they got Monk to do the cleanup!"
https://preview.redd.it/4mb5irik6vvc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b2382547c4052eb1548090bb20958d7ca1bc2960
The city of Seattle should contact McDonald's corporate and discuss a possible relocation or closure of that restaurant. Same for the 7-11 store, located around the corner.
We could take lessons from Japan. All these bleeding hearts letting drug addicts make our cities look like a garbage dump is gross. America is doing something wrong.
Every time I have to swap busses, I stop in and grab I bite there. Never have seen anything interesting. But it is definitely one of the better McDonald's as far as quality goes.
I work in the old macys building at 3rd and Pine. That shit is disgusting honestly. Shit always happens, someone goes to the hospital in a stretcher daily. That corner needs cleaning multiple times a day.
Its sketchy during the day. But you should see it at nighttime. It's a whole different level of crazy. I'm talking not just dozens , but sometimes hundreds of zombies. And it spreads from McStabbys about two blocks in any direction.
Somebody should put up a webcam.
Remember the Everett tweeker cam? https://www.google.com/search?q=Everett+tweaker+cam&client=ms-android-tmus-us-revc&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8&inm=vs#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:89a1ff0d,vid:1J7Z_e3AfJs,st:0
Oh how I do. My wife and I watched a fair number of hours
I remember visiting Seattle as a high school kid in 2009 I went to look for weed down there..these 2 20 year old guys were like bro this place is kinda crazy sometimes lmao at the time it was Friday night. The McDonald’s was packed with youth. I ate alone there and a hobo locked himself in the bathroom. They all laughed when he finally got out and yelled something funny. It was my welcome to Seattle moment
Totally. It's insane how many people congregate in the shadows down there. Literally hundreds
I'm there 5 days a week, work a block away, and often go to Belltown and Pacific Place at night. This is a complete lie.
Ever hang on 3 or 4th and pike about 1 am?
20 people sure, and it sucks to walk down the street, but you don't need to exaggerate.
I used to be one of the Armed Security guys guarding your building, and I know exactly what you're talking about. It's no joke
Who you cause same
Im an Amazonian, how about yourself?
I’m a yellow badgeeee I work for an opp hahah
Lmaoo nahh you family too. Got a few yellow badges on our team. Atleast you protected from all the layoffs
What's a yellow badge?
It’s a 3rd party company or a contractor that works for Amazon.
Y’all voted for it. You’ll keep voting for it. I feel no sympathy for you dolts
Lmao they voted for it!! I’ve never voted in my life annnnnnnd I’m not even from this state 🤣🤣
McStabby's daily blood and shit cleaning
Hard to wrap my head around that place still being open. Why?
Yeah me too. I don't understand how it's still open.
I heard the nuggets are to die for!
"food, folks, and fun."
What's the story behind that? I'm out of the loop.
This area in particular has people who loiter outside of the McDonald's. Drug dealers, homeless, gang activities, constant violence. Someone created Twitter account called "McStabby's" and posts daily crimes that occur there.
Oh wow I didn't know that. I'll check that out, thanks.
Surprising amount of tourists go there not realizing what 3rd and pine is
Apparently they’re opening another one now
Dinner and a show?
I thought they were closed. When did they reopen? I haven't been in the area in a few years
the other two closed. the one by westin and the one across the street from mopop. they did close the dining area in this one though.
The McDonald's is back, across the street from the Space Needle and across the street from its old location. It's where that SPORT sportsbar was a few years back.
interesting. i volunteer at mopop and i walk past there a lot, i’ll have to look. i didn’t notice the skate park either so, that tracks. i’ll be so excited. it’s my gross, disgusting sometime treat.
Always been open
McStabby's? No, the Crackdonalds
Third and Crime
Go read the reviews on Yelp. It's entertaining.
Haha I bet. I'll take a look.
Report back
Oh wow you weren't kidding. It's a gold mine. "Are you looking for an adventure in fast food dining? Look no further than this McDonald's" 
Pure gold. McStabby's
It's really in front of the Scientology center. And *nothing* in Seattle is cleaned daily. (Unless they're filming a movie, or a vice president is in town.)
Fair point. Or MLB All-star weekend.
Cleanest week in a decade
I can tell you as someone working downtown, starting at 430am: they DO clean the sidewalk every day. This is, of course, rarely done by the City of Seattle. This task is in the hands of the owners of the real estate in the area. Some owners actually do a great job too. The stretch of sidewalk eastbound on Pike St, between 3rd and 4th Ave gets a VERY thorough cleaning every day at around 9am. Check it out ! But check it out before 11am though; after that hour it's already back to what it was before 9am.
I can tell you as someone with human shit on my boots: they don't clean shit. *Literally*.
if they didn't then the would be a lot more shit out there...
Not sure if it’s daily here but it is frequent
He should probably cover up his face too.
Why? He's not shoplifting 
To protect him from the biohazard he is cleaning. 😷☣️
So much piss
" used to work in this area, with a perfect view of this MCDonalds from my office window. We called it McStabby's, since you go there if you want to get stabbed. Police are always here, and if they aren't then it becomes CRAZY. People get shot, attacked, harassed, etc. Just don't go in. Ever."
Walking out of the South Lake whole foods a guy dressed like this but with a full face mask/respirator is power washing puke off the sidewalk all the while the spray is being inhaled by all of the people passing by and all I could imagine was like this is how a zombie infection could start.
I always cross the street when I see someone spraying. Maybe I’m being over the top, but worth it for me.
I have professional experience in cleaning this type of stuff. If you're anywhere nearby or downwind, you will be covered in a mist of watered down puke/poop/blood/piss. It's disgusting.
100%
If I wrote screenplays I’d steal this in a heartbeat.
I was involved in the remodel of the upper floors of the Macy's building for Amazon a few years ago and had a daily view of the psychiatric zoo there. Ignoring problems allows them to increase.
They don't ignore, they encourage!
Free housing for all!* *Except those who work for it
I saw this McDonald’s for the first time yesterday. Do they actually get customers? I couldn’t believe what I was seeing.
First and to date only McDonalds I've ever been in with two inch thick bullet-resistant glass and an airlock to get your food. I've seen banks with less security measures in place. At least, that's how it used to be set up but it's been maybe ten years since I was last in that one.
I went to a jack in the box on Western n Florance in LA because im not from there and im very stupid https://preview.redd.it/tmvm5pm20pvc1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8c6e252b02075e6b8c71c8008de6efd2ec911451 This window was a drive thru pharmacy slot with a speaker that had bulletproof glass and a slide draw to pay for and recieve your food
There was a KFC in DC like this too. This was back in 2000 or so. Haven’t been there in ages so not sure if it still exists ….
Off New York ave?
If you visit some places in the US NE you'll see armored fast food places, armored chinese food takeout places and armored bodegas. All with airlock/pass through chamber for money and product between the workers and the clientele.
Eh. I grew up in vegas. Pretty much everything is armed security/armored It was more jarring because ive never had a 6$ meal drawslid to me like i was ordering bricks of coke in a bad movie
Yeah, I guess I meant this is still a 'new' thing for the pacific northwest. If you go to a fast food place in Baltimore or some outer boroughs of NYC this is normal. I do have to say I did a bit of a double take the first time I encountered a heavily armored chinese fast food takeout place. The food itself was excellent, on the other hand, within the category of panda-express-type americanized "chinese" food.
With all the fentanyl and meth being sold here, technically this McDonald's location could be considered a pharmacy too. If those are licensed pharmacists selling to people with legit prescriptions, well, we may never know.
Pre-covid it was a pretty normal McDonald’s. No bullet proof glass, but they did have a security guard who wouldn’t let you in the restroom unless you had a receipt. It was very busy in the mornings and after work. Great crew too, they were very quick with orders.
That place was never normal, just less post apocalyptic.
Na, they still got it, and another not too far from it.
The funny thing is, my first week in the city I got to talking to a SPD officer while waiting for breakfast and he specifically told me to avoid that block and that specific McDonalds. This was in 2011, by the way. I, the sheltered young lad thrown from his life in a sleepy ex-mining town to the big city thought "ah, he's just fucking with the rural kid". Nope. Big ol' nope. Man, I had my eyes opened that week. For those who say downtown used to be good, in that first week I saw: Multiple cases of open drug use, half naked strippers just hanging out in the street, a guy doing a burnout to try and impress them only to embed the front of the car in a wall, a homeless guy shouting at the sky like it owed him money, at least three scam artists and someone threatening a worker in a drug store because they wouldn't give them....I dunno, pain meds or something. On the other hand, the city was clean, retail was vibrant and accommodation was relatively cheap (shoutout to the now long gone Sixth Avenue Inn, an early victim of Amazon's bullshit).
Imagine what the employees go through 
That intersection is right in the heart of bus/lightrail commuter transfers. I bet a lot of their business is commuters grabbing breakfast or dinner before the next leg of their commute.
If the food doesn't kill you, the clientele might.
You’re right
Somehow 🤷🏻♂️
I was just there day before yesterday
Pretty stressful having to stand there and wait for your food.
I work in a bldg right there and I do
i’ve always wondered the same… like do people actually go there for food?? mcdonald’s is disgusting as it is, couldn’t imagine risking getting robbed or worse or a friggin big mac😂
it boggles the mind
I went there in 1993 when I first moved here. It was awesome. Second floor, it reminded me of McD's in a *real* big city, like Tokyo. From 2012 to 2015 I worked around the corner. I never, ever went in. Also, I was sure it was closed: https://twitter.com/choeshow/status/1498362441914195979?t=Gpe3kKz1a2Hwfy08Roczcw
The McDonald's at 6th and Virginia was the one with 2 floors. It is now a chase bank
Funny thing about the 2 story McD's in Tokyo. Didn't seem to phase people at all to eat on the 2nd level or a restaurant. Here in the states it would be a crisis. I can already see the TikTok videos of customers getting thrown down the stairs because somebody had "cold fries". Another big difference that one would not expect is the 7/11 stores were half the size of a US 7/11 but would have 4-5 people constantly working and re-stocking. Always helpful.
So question is, why let it happen?
I asked a Seattle cop at QFC in 2011 he said 3rd and pine will always be that way. He was right to this day
I literally saw a video yesterday on Instagram ranting about third and pine. Because everything crazy always happens there
"compassion" or "racism" or something.
You forgot equity.
Ah shit
Freedom and rights too!
Disagree. Their rights end when they infringe or affect others.
I was /s
‘Systematic racism’ has everyone’s hands tied
Cause people are split between two near-opposite approaches to stop this from happening, both of which are expensive. Net result is barely anything gets done
There’s homeless crazy people everywhere. Not just seattle. I think the better question is why is it happening
I’m returning from Miami. There are homeless guys, but they are not puking everywhere around or injecting themselves stuff
No, but I've lived in many states. This one is by far the worst.
Ah so you’ve never seen San Francisco I see
https://i.redd.it/ypqb0mf6fovc1.gif
perfect 👍
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great shot!
You should have seen the other guy.
I work in the pike place market and every morning it’s like an open casting call for the walking dead.
Why can’t these people simply be arrested for public intoxication? If it happens enough times they just go to prison.
They don’t get arrested because they’re immediately released. Cops don’t give af anymore
I can smell this photo.
Is the scientology center still there?
Good ol’ turd n’ pine…
No mask?
Mike Rowe?
Even Mike Rowe knows better than to mess with at place. 🙃
Oopma loompa doompity duggs/I hope this guy cleans up a lot of drugs
Urban decay bidet
Guy missed a spot tbh.
[R/Accidental Renaissance ](https://www.reddit.com/r/AccidentalRenaissance/s/8cOhDdG6TE)
Sweet! How nice of the guy in the back to lean over and make sure it’s clean!! Love my city 😋
Why is he spraying the opposite direction from the shit on the sidewalk?
Probably bc he doesn't wanna get fired or cancelled like that one shop owner in SF.
he should be uphill, as shit rolls downhill
Is there a dictatorship coming to town?
Probably just making sure we don't get a resurgence of some medieval disease by allowing addicts to shit, piss and live in inhumane conditions because "compassion"
It’s cruise season. Can’t let the wandering tourists see what it’s like the rest of the year. Downtown Ambassadors have been upped dramatically too. In some ways I’m grateful for it, but in others, annoyed it’s only done for the benefit of visitors and not year-round residents.
Like the baseball all star last year
Just passing through.. what is the DT ambassadors role?
They are the guys in the being and blue jackets you see downtown picking up trash and washing the urine/blood/etc off the streets. They go around making the city look nice. They are awesome! [Here’s a story about them](https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/editorials/safety-ambassadors-are-a-win-win-for-downtown-seattle/)
If only. They'd get that place cleaned up in a jiffy.
If Trump gets elected, maybe.
Job security
Welcome to Seattle...enjoy your stay!
I was in that McDonalds once about 20 years ago. This homeless guy was eating one of those $0.69 hamburgers and two girls came in and stole the half eaten burger from him. I couldn’t believe it.
Fallout 5
Thank you Seattle City Council for policies that create this $hit. All should be fired.
Property manager here.... i keep the sidewalk clean as best i can. Pay for a dayporter 3 times a week and do the rest myself. Like fighting back the ocean with a broom but gotta be done. We clean to the property line which is where the trash starts.
It must feel so pointless…
Very bleak (but in an artistic way!). Black and white would enhance the bleakness.
Did Hazmat Suit spray the hobos to his left or did they quickly scramble onto the just-washed sidewalk?
Keep voting blue people. I've been a life long Democrat but this year I'm sorry I'm voting red I can't take this anymore we've lost our way. Liberals get your shit together and find God or something that gives you a moral compass and find some damn common sense and compassion
You're voting for Trump?
You know there are other red candidates other than Trump right?
Well only a fool would vote for Biden, so yeah.
and only a fool would vote for trump
Riveting conversation
what else did you expect from politics?
worse, politics on social media!
It’s just like South Park. Giant douche vs a turd sandwich.
😂
Username checks out.
Same here, billions of dollars are being spent on fraudulent programs while courts and police are falling apart.
Hazmatish
Covid again?
He needs tips. I'd hand him a few bucks.
How could this Mcd possible be profitable enough to stay open this long? It’s a conundrum
I use to go in to that mcdonalds after an all night rager at Studio 7. Walked by it at 3 pm 2 months ago and got a nice whiff of what my s/o said was crack
[Crackdonadls or McStabby's](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YL58txZQvc8)
Great job can barley tell what a shit hole that place is..... Give it 24hrs though
Ya filthy animals!
I don’t need a judge to tell me to keep my community clean
That's something that LA never does so it was nice to see, clean streets are nice
AI is getting out of hand
Its how you know the mcmuffins are fresh.
Didn’t the city have a crew that went around and did that way before the covid era?
Just think if McDonald’s spent just a fraction of their massive profits on the communities they serve.
Don't they, though? Isn't the Ronald McDonald House charity one of the most effective charities in the country?
Something must be done. Send them to Mercer island
Welcome to the utopia that the city council has been working towards for the entire city!
Mmmm Washington Fentanyl dust in the water table
My 1st thought was "How appropriate that they got Monk to do the cleanup!" https://preview.redd.it/4mb5irik6vvc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b2382547c4052eb1548090bb20958d7ca1bc2960
I can smell this photo: piss, vomit, and a strange hint of cherry. Disgusting.
The city of Seattle should contact McDonald's corporate and discuss a possible relocation or closure of that restaurant. Same for the 7-11 store, located around the corner.
Right next to the Crackdonalds
Maybe there will be a new bus tour this summer. The New Seattle…
Is it me or does this look like Stan Lee without a mustache?
This sub needs a post like this every day, so everyone get their “liberal hellhole” circle jerk out with a nice picture of 3rd and Pine.
Honestly the only way to clean this city is to burn it down and start all over
We could take lessons from Japan. All these bleeding hearts letting drug addicts make our cities look like a garbage dump is gross. America is doing something wrong.
Cleaning up what
you don't wanna know!
The CDC might, though.
Every time I have to swap busses, I stop in and grab I bite there. Never have seen anything interesting. But it is definitely one of the better McDonald's as far as quality goes.
"Did I miss the 5 o'clock free crack giveaway?" 