Confidential Memo
To: All Associates
From: Chairman
Restaurant Industry Association of America (RIAA)

At our recent Board meeting, we have decided that we are the victims of food sharing. Sharing happens each time someone orders a meal at one of our restaurants and shares the meal with someone else. Typically, a parent orders two meals for four pertsons, two parents and two kids. A situation such as this ones deprives us of the sale of two meals.

We have estimated that we loose billions of dollars as a result of food sharing.

Our lawyers has contacted the RIAA’s lawyers for advise in controlling sharing. Unfortunately what RIAA’s lawyer did was threaten us for copyright and trademark infringement, alleging that we cannot call ourselves RIAA too.

Nevertheless we can learn a great deal from what has been published about the other RIAA’s anti-sharing, sue-them-all campaign.

We have therefore made a list of recommendations for our associates.

1. Contact your congressman. Invite them to free meals at your restaurant and then tell them that you support legislation to make the sharing of meals at restaurants a crime. We are sory to burden you on this, but as you know, our lobbysit has not been replaced yet after his arrest and conviction.

2. Hang up a sign that those entering the restaurant see. The sign shall say:

Food sharing in this restaurant and in the privacy of your home is a crime. The FBI investigates allegations of food sharing.

Privately, we know this is not true, but the other RIAA has gotten away with it for several years. We shall too.

3. To close a loophole, when stating prices, add “per person” to the prices.

4. Dont’t forget. We are doing this to protect the cook’s jobs. Always mention the cook when talking about the food sharing problem.

In our next Board meeting we will discuss the possibility having our own program to sue the customers that share food. Our lawyers are working on this. I will keep you informed.

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