But why would the Mafia care if you took photos? Money laundering would happen behind the scenes, in the accountants office.
Definitely agree that something is shady though. Not sure what, but this reminds me of a recent article on 'The Big Mac' index, which is used as an alternative measure of inflation. Perhaps McDonald's is under orders by the French government to prevent people from taking photos of their menus (and consequently their burger prices) to hide serious inflation problems. ;)
On a side note, if you are going to be in Paris on vacation, the food capital of the world, why the hell are you eating at McD's?
it's not a 'French McD' thing. There are also McCafes in Berlin and I believe lots of other places, they are not regular McDonalds and they oparate aside existing 'normal' McD restaurants. The one on Kurfurstendamm in Berlin is a friendly cozy place filled with books and vintage pictures, nice place to sit for a few minutes just like any other cafe. Nearby there is the classic burger-smelly McD with long queues.
But why would the Mafia care if you took photos? Money laundering would happen behind the scenes, in the accountants office.
In order to launder money you need to pretend you have more customers than you do have. A good way for the police/tax man to catch you is to record your business to prove that you don't have that many customers.
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But why would the Mafia care if you took photos? Money laundering would happen behind the scenes, in the accountants office.
Definitely agree that something is shady though. Not sure what, but this reminds me of a recent article on 'The Big Mac' index, which is used as an alternative measure of inflation. Perhaps McDonald's is under orders by the French government to prevent people from taking photos of their menus (and consequently their burger prices) to hide serious inflation problems. ;)
On a side note, if you are going to be in Paris on vacation, the food capital of the world, why the hell are you eating at McD's?
France's McDonald's operates like an entirely different restaurant [1].
[1] http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2012/01/24/145698222/why-mc...
it's not a 'French McD' thing. There are also McCafes in Berlin and I believe lots of other places, they are not regular McDonalds and they oparate aside existing 'normal' McD restaurants. The one on Kurfurstendamm in Berlin is a friendly cozy place filled with books and vintage pictures, nice place to sit for a few minutes just like any other cafe. Nearby there is the classic burger-smelly McD with long queues.
> why the hell are you eating at McD's?
Kids.
all the more reason to avoid the hole: why would such a smart guy take kids to ESAD?
But why would the Mafia care if you took photos? Money laundering would happen behind the scenes, in the accountants office.
In order to launder money you need to pretend you have more customers than you do have. A good way for the police/tax man to catch you is to record your business to prove that you don't have that many customers.
Surely the police could find a better way to do it than send in a guy with a camera-eye for lunch one time?