"May I take a photo of your store (mall, shopping center, etc.)?"
"May I take a photo your restaurant?"
"May I take a photo of my food at your restaurant?"
It's poll time
If my meal is a W*h*o*p*p*e*r and onion rings I better make that "to go." Here's a conversation about it on Flikr... Flikr "No Videotaping or Photography Permitted"sign all rights reserved on this photo.
Melissa Grant inspired this... Melissa wrote Before you post that Restaurant Picture You might want to read this ! An Alert ! It is members only.. so I am not going to quote Melissa or anyone who commented. Melissa inspired me to stop by the fast food chain in question and look to see if the sign was there. The sigh is there in Westerville Ohio.
Public vs. Private. Local vs. National
Family photos "May I take a photo of my child in your restaurant?" Here's a local (TV station) blog in the Raleigh N.C. area where a fella recounted the story of photographing his family at a fast food establishment in Georgia while on vacation... goLO "Go Local. Talk Local. Share Local"... The story of the mismanagement by the manager in Georgia came back from vacation with him and reflects on the fast food chain locally... nationally... the brand.
Yes it was posted. No he did not see it. Manager could have approached the family while "Dad" was taking the family photos and notified him of the policy, the sign, but chose to handle if differently.
Company policy...
Shutterbugs - Photography Banned
The New York Time's Freakonomic's wrote about the chain and others who are camera shy earlier this month...FREAK Shots: No Photos, or Shinny!
In Silver Spring MD (how close is that to Bob Carney Country?) protecting a development's brand means according to BoingBoing's
Photography banned in Silver Spring, Maryland "Security guards in a Silver Springs business district are enforcing a "no photography" policy, under the false claim that the street in question is private property."
Does Bob Carney say "May I?" before taking each photo he's posted to his Frederick MD as seen through my cell phone
Do Sarah and Chris ask permission before taking ALL their photos?
Elsewhere in Ohio
"May I take a bath in the kitchen sink and videotape it?"
An employee with the fast food chain in X*e*n*i*a Ohio must have thought the companies rule of "No Videotaping or Photography Permitted" just applied to the public. He, the franchise's employee that videotaped the bath and the shift manager (a 20 year employee) were all fired when this employee posted the video online..
The health department was NOT amused.
There are actually a lot of good photos of that fast food chain on Flikr.
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