part of the charging for use of the restrooms, is to keep the homeless and vagrants from using them. this hopefully allows for true patrons of the establishment to be in cleaner restrooms that we are usually accustomed to. it also helps to offset the menial wages of the people that clean those restrooms.

as for the charge in ketchup at mcd's, many of the prices in europe are less than they are here, in part due to the slipping exchange rate. now how often is any meal in europe cheaper than here? the cost also helps to discourage wastefulness, which we all know, we americans are more than anyone else on the planet. (5% of the world's population, but 25% of the energy usage?? please!!!)