Toulouse,
France:
After a twenty year battle this town is to get its fourth McDonald's Restaurant,
but only it's first fully nude one. Jean
Michele-Bourger, the manager of the franchise, said he can't wait to get stripped
at the service of his customers, who demand nude service with a smile on both
cheeks. M-B
told us: "Now our customers will be able to see if our servers behinds are
as spotty as their faces. It's only a niche market so far, but it is set to expand
over the next fifty years by up to 100%." The
restaurant is nude in the sense that customers wear no clothing. Everyone behind
the counter wears no clothes too, apart from the legally required protective clothing
to stop things dropping or poking into food or milk shakes. "The
restaurant is on a nude beach, so obviously our main clientele will be those already
accustomed to seeing the naked physique. We will have a 'shirts must NOT be worn'
sign on the front door to show we are different.. Nude
burger eating is not a new phenomenon. Nudists
have been carefully eating without their clothes for centuries. Especially in
Hitler's Germany where the cult of the nude body was believed to have spiritual
powers, along with less laundry at the end of holidays. One
major sticking spot for new nudie consumers is getting used to eating with other
naked people, it can put you off. M-B
again: "This is the problem: getting used to it. To help we have designed
height adjustable chairs which customers adjust depending on how much of their
eating partner they want to see. It can be quite disconcerting watching an over
60 year old nudie eating for the first time, especially if it is a Big Mac." This
McDonald's also says it will take the nude angle a step further and refuse to
wrap up any of the meals, "apart from the fries which are half nude already...
We aim to help the environment by cutting down on packaging," said a helper. M-B:
"The menu is the standard menu, although we will not be offering the super
long hot dogs to start with to avoid the inevitable picture in the papers."
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