McDonald's (MCD) Vs. Elderly Koreans In Queens, New York: Culture Clash Or A Lesson in Customer Etiquette?

A minor dispute between a group of elderly Korean immigrants in the New York City borough of Queens and the local owner of a well-known fast food establishment revealed some cultural fissures that would otherwise have gone unnoticed in the huge metropolis. A group of senior citizen Koreans in Flushing, a heavily Asian neighborhood in northwestern Queens, have long annoyed the proprietor and employees of a McDonald's restaurant at the corner of Northern and Parsons Boulevard by ordering only coff...