With just four workers on duty, the McDonald's on Highway 64 in Bald Knob was short-staffed Wednesday night.
It probably couldn't have happened at a worse time.
Flooding on the White River that night necessitated the indefinite closing of westbound Interstate 40 and the implementation of a roundabout, 120-mile detour
Might the manager have been short-sighted, when he should have expected the increased traffic from the I-40 closing? Or tight-fisted? Or just didn't have enough employees to call in to deal with it? Hmm ... Whatever the situation, it' certainly boosting Bald Knob's economy.