Has anyone else noticed that restaurants are requiring their staff to wear masks and some not?
My wife and I have started going out to restaurants again (we didn’t stop going because we were scared of covid. We stopped going because we weren’t going to play the mask game). Now, if I see any staff with masks on, I ask to see the manager. Then I let him/her know we will not be eating at his/her restaurant because they are dehumanizing and abusing their staff. Then we walk out.
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Love it.
I was at a very poplar Amish restaurant and they had a sign on their door that said they staff may not have masks on. We went into each and only one employee and about 10% of the customers had them on. Then too boot, it was a buffet. So everyone was walking around without masks on. It was almost like normal. I went to the manager and thanked them for not making their employees wear masks.
For anyone that thinks it can cause a major outbreak. There was sale going on and there where over 10,000 people at that sale. Tell me where it was. You know, since the “virus” so contagious and deadly. Anyone should be able to find it but look at the numbers.
Just to give you an idea of the amount of people that attend the sale, We had to drive almost an hour to find a hotel to stay at.
But but what about the potential for moar cases! You could kill granny! Super spreader selfish Trump supporter./s
Good show! Always speak up to the management regarding service, product, policies at any place open to the public. You will usually learn quickly if the establishment is worth supporting or never going back to.
The newest thing is that if you received the holy jab you can work mask-free. Otherwise, it’s the diaper for you. Stores also state that you need a mask to shop if you haven’t joined the jab cult.
I was surprised the other day when I went to Dollar General a couple of miles away and while they still have the silly sign posted on the door, literally no one was masking. Not even employees.
Most of the fast food restaurants by me (NW Illinois) have their employees wearing masks. The other stores, not so much. Many places have signs stating if you’re vaccinated you don’t have to wear one to enter. Fuck that.
If the Nazis had first required everyone to wear a yellow star, and then offered that those who voluntarily identified themselves as non-jewish(so long as you could prove it) could stop wearing it; would that have made everything okey dokey in the minds of the people who are trying to use “voluntariness” as their way around both HIPAA laws and charges of discrimination?
It is illegal to ask for any of your medical information. Federal Law. Hippa etc. Tell them it’s none of their damn business if you’ve had the death jab. Otherwise say you identify as being vaccinated.
Use the king of them all: “You are violating my Civil Rights”.
Can you imagine walking into a shrink’s office, and singing a bar of
“You can get anything you want at Alice’s restaurant without wearing a mask”… and walk out?
They might think you’re crazy.
If TWO of you do it, in perfect harmony, they might think ya’s faggots.
But if THREE or more people do it, then…
So we’re gonna sing it out loud, the next time it comes around, on the guitar…
…here it comes…
“That was horrible. If you wanna end war & stuff, ya gotta sing LOUD. With FEELING.”
Thanks. I really enjoyed this one!
:^)
And grocery stores and banks and lots of other places too. Were I not desperate for a job I’d email them and tell them I’m horrified they’re abusing their employees.
Our local Publix just put up a sign recommending masking, but most of their employees don’t mask.
Also saw that Springsteen mandates a “vaccine” certificate for admission to his concerts. Liberal hypocrite a*hole.
Anyone that goes to a Springsteen concert first needs their ears checked. Nevermind vaccines.
A has-been. Sellout. Sold his soul to the agenda narrative. Fuck that POS.
You couldn’t pay me to go attend one of his shows. A song of his comes on the radio, I change stations. Hasn’t written a good tune in 25 years or more in my opinion.
Absolutely despicable.
He NEVER wrote a good tune, period. Blood awful.
Thank you. I never saw his appeal. He always was a huge phony.
I was never a fan but his song “Thunder Road” is a pretty good song.
Yep, I think Thunder Road is his best song.
Great storytelling, his misguided politics aside.
You realize only the right says things like “his misguided politics aside”, right? The Left cancels them and never forgets. That’s why they win.
True. The government and media sure have done a great job in getting everyone to pick a side and be vocal about it.
Not a fan. He always sounds like he has to take a dump.
+11
Here in Commiefornia Cal-OSHA has decreed that most businesses still require their employees to mask up. It is totally incongruous but typical of government stupidity to have unmasked customers and masked servers, tellers, customers in the same building.
They have announced that they may have updated rules for employees soon.
Just another brick in the wall.
I haven’t gone so far as to speak to management, but I simply don’t go back. To anything that forces anyone on premises to wear face Pampers®
As a bartender/manager of a restaurant, I’d like to say, fuck you – fuck off.
The self righteous ‘speak to the manager’ cunts should just stay home.
Our mask policy is do whatever you want. So if my staff chooses to wear a mask, that’s their business.
I find it fascinating you could not find anywhere during the mask phase to have dinner without a mask? Are you truly that awful of a customer? You didn’t know a single restaurant where you didn’t have to mask? No restaurant could trust you enough?
That seems sad.
Then again, that’s probably the result of berating service industry workers for things they can’t control.
Stick your mask up your ass. If you are wearing one, that means you are an idiot, and I don’t want to be served by idiots. If your staff can do whatever they want, and wear a mask, I don’t want to be around such morons, nevertheless served by them. No tip for you!!!!
Watch it now; the guy’s gonna come back with “No SOUP for you!”.
Oh, and may I ask if your staff folks have been vaccinated. NO I CAN’T. Don’t Shed on Me! You need a better business model. Just stay home is not a good business model. Surprised you’re still in business. Maybe you should put pine needle tea on your menu.
Pine needle tea on the menu… ‘please hold the bird shit’…your killing me ILuvCO2…killing me!!!
Michael,
Calm down. I’m against employers forcing their employees to wear masks or require them to get vaccinated. If some staff are masked and some are not, I assume the employer is forcing those wearing masks to wear masks until they get vaccinated. As a customer and human being, I will not support, as much as possible, any business that forces masking or vaxxing.
However, I think I will tweak my approach to the managers and ask if their staff is allowed to make their own choice. If so, I will eat there as long as they give me unmasked service.
Lighten up, Karen. Not your business what other people do. If they don’t require you to wear a mask, all is well. Enjoy your evening out. Not everything is politics 24/7. And I mean all that in the kindest and gentlest way
“if I see any staff with masks on, I ASK TO SEE THE MANAGER. Then I let him/her know”. NOOOOOOOO!!! NOOOOOOOOOO!!! Jim, get the tranquilizer gun, this one is hemorrhaging gray matter and is in danger of losing his man card. WIPPER, snap out of it. I hope we’re not too late
I was going to switch my wife and I from android to iPhone a week ago. I was stopped at the door of the Apple store and told I had to wear a mask. This is, mind you, after Virginia changed to mask only if you’re unvaxed.
I went into the store anyway so I could give the double finger salute and yell as loud as I could, “Apple is a faggot company”, and walked out. My daughter said I’d probably end up on something called tick tock.
True, not everything is politics. Masks are though.
In my state (Virginia), no one is required to wear a mask unless unvaccinated. HIPPA is a thing so, no one can ask. I find it abhorrent that an employer would require some staff to wear the mask and not others.
I went to the gun show yesterday. Not a single staff member with a mask. Police are always in the building also….no mask. I am quite sure the number of vaccinated in VA. is not 98%.
Star, how do you figure we’re going to get rid of this kabuki theater? Consumers have a voice, we just seem to organize. I’m asking everyone here to help out.
…we just don’t seem to organize.
We don’t have to. You don’t have to wear one anymore. And I’m genuinely happy about that. But we need to not pick on each other. Some people have had a very tough time. Some people have been scared shitless. Lead by example. Go out there and live your life, with no fear and set a good example
Is that why the left and tyranny always win? Or are winning right now? What is the good Pastor telling us to do now?
BE LIONS.
Stop kidding yourself. You’re not being a lion. You’re being an asshole.
You don’t have to wear masks anymore. I’m genuinely happy for you. It’s been a long slog. Now go out there and enjoy yourself. But act like a fucking human being
I am being human by not putting up with other humans dehumanizing others.
Star,
You are a business owner, correct? Do you own a restaurant?
No. And basically we are both anti maskers. So I understand where you’re coming from. But respect for other people comes in first for me.. my feelings about masks aren’t that important to me. Just go out there and be a good dude and treat other people kindly without judgment over something so petty. This has all of us on tilt. But let’s not be each other’s enemy. We chuckle about the niglets beating each other up on here every day. Let’s go back to being a civilized and kind Society.
I think we misunderstand each other’s definition of kindness. I believe there are many employees who are sick and tired of their employers forcing them to either mask or vax. Employers in Virginia, if I am correct, have the ability to let their employees choose. If the employer is not letting employees choose, then they are dictators…tyrants. It’s not that hard to understand Star.
If so, that’s their fight not yours. Think of all the mass shooters. Think of how great it will be when some of them come to their senses instead of killing innocent people take the fight where it belongs. I think the same principle applies here
Well, we just got back from Founding Father’s restaurant. Damn fine meal in a place that respects their employees. The manager told me their employees are free to choose. We enjoyed maskless service from start to finish. Excellent meal.
My apologies – I could have phrased things better.
In NY, your business could be shut down for non compliance with mask mandates. The State Liquor Authority (SLA) controls licensing for restaurants and bars. They would send around inspectors to check compliance with distancing and mask mandates, food with drinks rules. Were the business found to be in non-compliance, you face fines, forced shutdowns and even suspension/revocation of your liquor license.
Yes, it’s an example of a government institution far exceeding it’s mandate. But that is beyond the scope of most service staff concerns.
In that type of environment, trust is the only means to not force people to wear masks. The only thing we were ever concerned about was being shut down because some asshole didn’t want to pretend to wear a mask, or would report us for someone not wearing a mask.
Balancing mask wearing customers and non mask wearing customers was a tricky endeavor. I’d often have to lock the doors and go curbside only, so no one could see my non mask wearing customers. I have a 96 year old customer that not once wore a mask. What was I gonna do, tell her to drop the walker and put her mask on? Kitchens are absurdly hot, I had a customer force his way into the kitchen, see that we don’t force the cooks to wear masks, and he loudly declared he would never eat there again and stormed out.
After 16 months, I have dozens of these stories, and to be honest I did what I could to accommodate both groups of people. Mask nazis? Play along until we get rid of them. No mask nazis? Lock the doors enjoy dinner. Then again, it’s difficult to do that in non community based restaurants and bars.
Perhaps it wasn’t enough, but your waiter or waitress and even your average manager, simply isn’t the person to fight this battle against. Hell, I’d say your waiter or waitress and average manager was the best way to NOT have to wear a mask.
I am on your side, believe it or not. In Virginia, I do not believe anyone has to wear a mask if they are vaxxed. The kicker is NO ONE can ask for proof. So, are the managers/owners of restaurants in Virginia forcing their employees to either wear a mask or get vaxxed? That is where I am at. I will do what I can to help the employees who are being forced by their employer. This bullshit has got to stop.
Masks are voluntary for restaurant staff here.
Where are you located? I’m in northern Va.
I made an appointment for my first haircut in 18 months. About an hour before we were headed out the door I got a text saying that masks were required.
I texted back that I’d waited this long because I wasn’t masking up. I guess I’ll just keep waiting.
I do respect their rules for their business, but I won’t be patronizing them either.
As a long haired person all I can do is remind you of Sampson,keep the hair!
As always,on a side note,”Don’t hate me because I am beautiful”!
Amen HSF.
If I go to a small owner operate store and they ask me to mask up, I just turn around while waving a big bundle of cash in the air. One owner, at a toy store, begged me to come back in.
Ha!
At this point, the only people wearing masks around these parts are the losers who have moved here from blue states. That’s OK, it’s good to know who’s who!
The point of this post is to encourage everyone to tell management you are starting to pick and choose the businesses you will support based on their mask stupidity policy.
Why would any sane person do that?
Because we are consumers and we matter. You’re lucky to be in Florida.
You’re mad at the wrong people and you’re fighting the wrong fight.
Star, I am in Virginia. Plus, why would I not care about my fellow citizens? More people than we know, think the masks are bullshit and an encroachment on freedom.
GnL, ummm I line in N. VA and I have been going to restaurants the entire Covid plandemic. Governor blackface MADE the restaurant employees wear masks. He even had VA statsi making compliance checks. So, the workers had no choice. Customers could be mask less but servers had to be masked. Is that stupid??…of course it is but look at the VA governor. These businesses were trying to SURVIVE! Glad you are so noble but punishing restaurants because VA governor is a totalitarian idiot makes no sense to me. You need to get a clue… to complain to the manager of a privately owned restaurant may get some traction. Complain to a manager of a chain…like Starbucks you are wazzing in the wind! Besides no true TBPers go to Starbucks T4C are you kidding me??? Starbucks??? Where are you going for your next vacation Seattle???
Customers had to wear a mask to and from the table. I have only now started to give managers a hard time about their employees and the mask. I see there are some employees with masks and some not. How does this not jive?
Round here, I see so many bumper stickers that say “my governor is an idiot”.
TLate,
We ordered out and only picked up from restaurants that either brought the food to our car or allowed us to come in maskless to pick it up. I found that many restaurants were willing to let me come in unmasked since the food had yet to be paid for. About 2 months ago a restaurant wouldn’t let me pick up without the mask and they wouldn’t bring it to the car. I gave the restaurant the double finger salute and told them they were faggots.
GNL just stay home the rest of your life you and the restaurants will be better off. Complain to the manager!!! Pathetic. Some of the employees may still WANT to wear the mask! Free country get it??? Do you want the managers to fire the employee if they want to wear a mask?
Yes, because they are covidiots. Who the fuck wants to be served by covidiots? You want to wear a mask – NO TIP FOR YOU!!!!
TLate,
I don’t think you’re reading what I’m writing.
HSF, WTF 18 months without a haircut??!! What is the state motto motto for New Hampshire Live free but you can’t get a haircut? Still people have to wear the masks because it is a gov’t mandate then you cannot blame the barber. They will shut them down. Just like Admins bar in Wildwood!
My $$, my choice.
Love this post and love that someone is willing to go to bat for the servers. As a server who was masked against her will for far too long, I appreciated it recently when I overheard a customer talking to the owner about it.
I will do what I can as a consumer. I too, waited tables for some years. I feel lucky through this whole scamdemic. My kids are all graduated and my grandkids are too young for school. Hopefully, we avoid all this bullshit for them. I cannot imagine the difficulty in being a waiter while having to wear a mask. I refuse to believe anyone would willingly choose to wear a mask while working at a restaurant.