Drivers in McDonald’s queue block ambulance on call out rather than lose place

McDonald’s customers have been queueing for hours for a takeaway since branches reopened, and now some have been blasted for not moving out of the way of an ambulance.

Paramedics driving the ambulance were left fighting the McDonald’s traffic queue in Wolverhampton this week.

In footage that has been shared on social media, a steward in a hi-vis jacket is forced to direct the ambulance out of trouble as drivers refuse to budge and risk losing their spot in the queue for a burger.

Traffic jams have sprung up and down the country as McDonald’s reopened their drive-thrus for takeaway services, after being closed for months during the lockdown.

Hundreds of cars waiting for a burger created a mile-long jam in Salisbury yesterday morning, and drive-thrus in Manchester also saw huge queues. 

In Wolverhampton, people have been furious with the ambulance-blocking queues, and outing drivers behaviour as ‘appalling’.

The clip was posted on Facebook by Tia-Anne Sterling, who captioned the video: “People aren’t moving from a McDonald’s queue for an ambulance!

“I am absolutely appalled to see how selfish people are. No one is letting these ambulances through.

“I feel sick. Imagine if this was an ambulance for a loved one, or someone close to you! What has the world come to?”

And viewers responded with equal disgust. 

One woman wrote: “Those people should be absolutely ashamed of themselves! it’s a McDonald’s [you] can get it anytime!”

Another wrote: “The annoying [thing] is that it’s going to keep happening now they’re all opening because people are too selfish to care.”

One man said: “How desperate are those people to get a f*****g McDonald’s meal.”

McDonald’s revealed plans to have all of its 924 drive-thrus opened by the end of today, and warned people to expect ‘high demand’.

The menu has been slimmed and the teams working in-store have been reduced in order to allow for safe social distancing of the staff. 

This coupled with high demand for a Big Mac has left huge queues outside the drive-thrus.

McDonald’s is asking people to spend no more than £25 at drive-thrus, and to use home-delivery to try and control the high demand.

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