was a status symbol
You'll find that they (and especially MaccyD's) tend in Poland to be a bit cleaner and less full of dog rough people and fùck-awful screaming kids than they are in a lot of places, largely due to the prices and relative disposable income levels.
In a lot of places they are dog rough and the food of course is nasty.
Plus, every time you go to one, you're giving money to anonymous shareholders in trumpland/West r*SSia/South/Canada. Better to support European companies.
And