I noticed this in the mcdonalds parking lot, so I poked around in it with a stick to try to clear the drainage path.
I came to the conclusion that it has no outlet at all, it’s a permanent stagnant pond. It stinks pretty bad.
this post was submitted on 26 Jan 2026
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Blast that shit online and shame the fuck out of McDonalds, while explaining the lack of drainage, like WTF is this, a toilet?
Sure they might remove the toilet seat, but the video would go viral and someone else would just come along and cement in a new seat, until McDonalds got shamed into oblivion until they actually fixed the issue.
Or, ya know, do like my first comment suggested and report it to mosquito control, while posting a satire sign saying "MOSQUITO POND - Please protect the local mosquito population - Thanks, McSquitoes"
Any which way, shame the fuck out of McDonalds until they properly fix the issue. Online viral video shame can go a long way, plus McDonalds can totally afford to fix it anyways.
Do nothing and nothing gets done. I do believe OP plans to do something about this...
Sure, they totally can. My only intent with the original comment was that mcds could have spent less than $5 and avoided the whole mess.
Perhaps. I don't know where OP is, but there are laws regarding drainage though, which can drastically vary from one area to another depending on various factors such as flood risks and water shortage risks, amongst other factors. So a ~$5 fix might work, that doesn't mean it meets code or legal requirements.
I do notice in OP's photo that it leads to a somewhat shallow ditch that has about a joke of a tiny and potentially easily blocked culvert towards the top of the photo, but I don't know where OP is located nor do I know the drainage requirements of the area.
So, sure, perhaps a simple ~$5 gravel fix might do the trick, but there might actually be even worse code violations there that a simple band-aid fix won't resolve. Do it right the first time, or fix it right this time, and there shouldn't be any problems.
$5 will buy you a plunger, but $500 might remove the actual clog from your sewage lines. Fix it quick and cheap, it might last you a week, or fix it right and reliably, and it'll meet code and last you many more years.
McDonald's can totally afford to fix that right.
Drainage is serious fucking business here, as are mosquitos.
This mcdonalds has been here for a long time.
Despite the focus on proper drainage, faults go unnoticed for a long time. Something similar happened at my previous job
Fair. I wonder how much of this is 'not my job' territory, where one design was to bring the water down and the next stop was to send it to the culvert.