It's understandable but helpless, and it's probably a bit heartbreaking for both the store and the "seat-holders".
Before discussing this, I'd like to describe some of my previous experiences to illustrate the mindset of people who are forced to stay at fast food restaurants. There is a building near my workplace that is a food court of sorts with a KFC, a phenomenon that I have indeed witnessed first hand.
Probably during the summer vacation this year, there was a lunchtime whim to eat the white peach ice cream inside the KFC, so I went to the KFC around 3pm. After going in, it's not hard to find that there are a lot of Meituan and hungry riders sitting inside.
Probably because that time is not meal time, so many riders do not have a single, go home and impossible (afraid to miss some orders), and then outside the sun is big, there is no place to go. Only KFC could offer a seat and didn't kick them out, so it definitely became the best choice.
Did they want it? They didn't want to. And that's just KFC in a normal place, I think it's more common in stations, or some places where migrant workers congregate. And the so-called homeless people who are forced to sleep in fast food restaurants 24/7, do you think they don't want to go home? They probably have no way to go home.
Maybe you'll say, well, they can just go out to a hotel and take a break? All I'm saying is, Why not eat meat loaf. I remember when I first went to college and was long distance from my boyfriend. When he came to visit me, he had to plan out how he could save a night's stay, so he would take the night train (because he could rest for a night).
Because of the lack of money, even young people who love to save face will think about how they can save money, and even think it's a good deal to go to All Time or 711 (I was under the impression that McDonald's and KFC aren't open 24 hours a day) to sit for a night.
These people who are in their early to mid 40's, I think you don't need me to tell you what the reason is. They could be migrant workers or jobless people who have just come to the city and haven't found a job yet. Borrowing a room for 24 hours is because you don't want to spend more money.
So, from the point of view of this group of people, they are really forced to do nothing. Of course, we can't rule out the kind of people who rub the air conditioner and are unreasonable (but, I think it's quite rare).
As for the store, it is definitely more helpless. Because of the existence of these people, maybe the store business becomes bad, the turnover degree becomes less. Also, the workload has increased to some extent.
However, I think that even if KFC McDonald's adopts the relevant solutions, I think this part of the people will still exist in another corner of the city. Only, they will be in a different form, maybe they are called "711 Sleepless People"?