My dad sent me a clipping of this article the other day, and I just had to find the online link so I could share it around. Truly a testament to the power of human obliviousness:
"McDonald's reconstruction under way." Opening line: "Even after a fire in November left the McDonald's at Freeman Road and Pine Street as nearly a total loss, customers still enter the drive-through almost daily and attempt to order burgers and fries. It's been that way since the building was gutted by flames in early November."
Yessiree, that's the region of the country I grew up in . . . *facepalm*