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Posted on 08/25/2021 12:22:40 PM PDT by Trillian
Legends Diner in Denton — the restaurant that made national news for a sign threatening to charge customers a fee if they complain about masks — is closing at the end of August 2021.
Co-owner Wayne LaCombe says the concerns over COVID-19 and mask-wearing are “too much of a variable right now.”
“People just don’t want to comply, and I don’t think they will comply,” he says, looking at the problem from a big-picture sense. “COVID is going to go on for quite some time.”
LaCombe and his wife Kat LaCombe, a retired nurse, opened the Denton diner two years ago, serving pancakes as big as plates for breakfast and cheesy patty melts at lunch. They suffered through the coronavirus pandemic, intent upon keeping employees and customers safe by requiring that everyone wear a mask, even after the mask mandate was lifted by the governor of Texas in March. The city of Denton requires masks again, as of Aug. 12, 2021.
Their hand-written sign posted on the door back in March 2021 went viral:
“Our new surcharge,” the sign says: “$50 if I have to explain why masks are mandatory” and “$75 if I have to hear why you disagree...”
The LaCombes never collected any money, but Wayne LaCombe says it helped customers understand their stance on public health. After the hand-written sign faded from sun damage, a man from New York sent the owners a metal version, which still hangs in the window, Wayne LaCombe says.
(Excerpt) Read more at dallasnews.com ...
Idiot. At least karma is coming quickly for this tw@t
It seems that Americans don’t like being fined for speech.
The Masks are now the Medical Salem Witch Trials of the 21st Century!
They don’t work, the data sucks, and stop worshipping them.
Gargle 3 times a day with Listerine Cool Mint - which kills covid, and in addition you can us a nasal wash of Povidone-Iodine solution purchased over-the-counter. They all kill the virus....
made national news for a sign threatening to charge customers a fee if they complain about masks
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Yeah, that’s a good way to stay in business, threaten your customers.
I remember a time when Texans proudly said of people from New York, "Get a rope".
Now look.
Bully for them Texicans running them rabbits out of town. Now they can move to New York and start a diner.
Your people done good, Bumpkin.
Go Pfascist and go broke.
We need to make it happen everywhere.
Here in Missouri it was all over the news... until it peaked out on July 21. We now have about 40 % of what we had a month ago.
Well, bye.
How about “screw you, legends.”
Does that surcharge work for you?
What a stuck up bitch.
Glad it's a private company, so I am not forced to purchase their products or services.
LOL! Get woke, go broke.
Imbecile. If you want compliance, try opening a restaurant in North Korea.
Karens gotta Karen…
It doesn't matter whether someone agrees with masks, vaccines, or what not. People are tired of being lectured by virtue signaling do gooders, especially ones they're paying to bring them breakfast instead of give them medical advice.
I guess they learned a life lesson, treat the people that pay your bills like children and they'll stop paying your bills.
Denton = Dallas = Foo-Foo fashionable rich folks in Beemers
with Haaa-vad accents what got old money and attract swishy
businesses and decorators and Cotillion designers.
Yes, they in Texas.
No, they are not in balance with the spirit of the land.
They are as cotton candy in the hard canyon water.
Feel good story of the day.
Taxes, permitting, every wretched instrument of extortion and oppression is fully implement by most North Dallas suburbs.
Two over easy and a side of karma!
The free market triumphs.
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