The secret to keeping McDonald's from becoming a hangout for delinquents is to turn off the Wi-Fi and play Beethoven.

One of the problems faced by fast food restaurants and family restaurants that are open until late at night is that they attract delinquents and homeless people. A McDonald's in Wrexham , Wales, England, is reported to have turned off Wi-Fi and switched the in-store background music to classical music such as Beethoven in order to prevent delinquents from hanging out. Masu.

Fast food restaurant will play classical music in bid to stop more Wrexham trouble - North Wales Live
https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/fast-food-restaurant-play-classical-26083849

McDonald's starts playing classical music to soothe yobs • The Register
https://www.theregister.com/2023/01/31/mcdonalds_classical_music/

On January 25, 2023, an incident occurred in Wrexham where dozens of young people committed violence, including spraying fire extinguishers and throwing signs and coins at shop staff. Young people are known to have been involved in scuffles in groups while hanging out at certain fast food restaurants, and North Wales Police have increased patrols to prevent it happening again.

Detective Inspector Luke Hughes, of Wrexham Police, said: 'I was absolutely appalled to receive the report of the incident. We have arrested some people and taken some people home, but this will solve the problem in the long term. I don't think it will.'

Therefore, the McDonald's store in Wrexham City has announced that it will turn off the provision of free Wi-Fi as of 17:00 and impose restrictions on entering the store after 17:00.

In addition, measures will be taken to change the background music played in the store to classical music such as Beethoven. It seems that this method of changing the BGM has been tested at McDonald's in London, and McDonald's said, ``We have tested the impact on customers by using classical music as BGM in the past, and we have improved the tolerance level. We've found that it encourages a wide range of behavior, so we've adopted it at several of our stores.'

Lieutenant Hughes commented, ``If a famous fast food restaurant plays classical music from 5pm in the evening, some problems should be thwarted, unless the local unruly delinquent is a Beethoven enthusiast.'' .

In addition, local media Wales Online said, ``In the movie `` A Clockwork Orange '', classical songs such as Beethoven's 9th Symphony and Elgar's ``Pomp and Condition'' were used as the background music for the brutal acts carried out by a group of thugs.'' He said it remains to be seen whether McDonald's attempt will be successful.

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