Posted on 04/07/2020 12:02:22 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A Heber restaurant is still open for curbside and delivery service during COVID-19 business restrictions.
However, some locals said it’s not the food at The Junction Pizzeria & Grill that people are buzzing about.
About four weeks ago, the local business advertised a “buy 1 meal, get 1 roll of toilet paper free” campaign.
It was met with mostly chuckles and praise.
More recently owners changed the Main Street sign to read, “This is the longest anything from China has ever lasted.”
Again, many supporters applauded the humor.
One social media commenter wrote, “I think the sign is great; almost as good as your food. Hilarious and truthful too. Thank you for the lightheartedness during these uncertain times.”
But others thought it went too far.
Local Heber City social media pages exploded with comments expressing frustration about the banner.
On The Junction's Facebook page, one commenter wrote: “This is despicable. I will take my dining dollars elsewhere.”
Another person wrote, “This type of action does nothing but stoke hate.”
Those opposing the sign mentioned a spike in hate language since the outbreak of COVID-19.
According to the FBI, as coronavirus has spread across the U.S., so have reports of violence against people of Asian descent. But local Heber storeowners like Ed Hendershot, told KSL TV the comment wasn’t racist.
“I don’t think it was meant to offend anyone, and there’s no reason for anyone to take offense,” Hendershot, owner of Aspen Grove Rustics said. “It’s a little humor — trying to lighten things up; we all need more of that.”
Heber City police officers got involved on Friday after owners at The Junction said someone threatened their employees over the sign.
“Somebody went in this local restaurant and apparently made a threat. We took a police report,” Lt. Jeremy Nelson said.
He offered insight during a time when law enforcement officials are seeing high emotions.
“We’re going to get through this as a nation, but we need to help each other — by helping neighbors and helping strangers,” Nelson said. “We still need to be civil and try to take care of each other.”
The Junction sign on Highway 40 has been removed.
Huh?
I never suggested CCP complained.
It was a bunch of self loathing, blue eyed, devils whose humorectomy proved successful...
How can you tell top notch reporting by an experienced journalist? Every sentence is it’s own paragraph.
I have been through Heber about 4 times, the last being about 5 years ago.
You must be from that area.
Now that I think about it, the last time I was there I don’t remember any oil tanker traffic, especially in Provo Canyon or from Heber up to 1-80.
Nothing say liberal tolerance like INTOLERENCE of any viewpoints except their own.
NOTE: This is called FASCISM for the younger set.
How long did you live there?
My uncle asked me to find a little red house which is now a cafe on main. That is where his mother was born in 1892.
No tankers in Provo canyon on Hwy 189. They roll on Hwy 40 from the oil fields east of Heber right through town carrying crude to SLC refineries. I estimate at least 1000/day counting both delivery and return trips.
A pipeline is proposed and IIRC in the works but we all know the issues a pipeline project entails.
I live north of there but often travel to Heber for business.
I don’t either. At first feeling angry, I said to my husband we should just nuke the Chinese. But then I thought to myself, I don’t want to make the average Chinese peasant suffer or die. Instead come on let’s take them out, the decision-makers at the top who decided to let this happen, take them out one by one, Tom Clancy style. Send in the seals special forces, whatever. Let’s do this intelligently.
And I wonder what the world is going to do with China after all this is over. Methinks there’s a lot of people and a lot of small business owners restaurant owners etc who are going to want some payback
It may not be very pleasant for the Chinese, to say the least.
And when I say small business owners
I’m not just talking about America oh, I’m talking throughout the world. The economic and social consequences—the divorces the domestic abuse, probably even a rise in child abuse—are staggering.
You know the situation well. Thanks.
I’ve been to Evanston, WY and I-80 can be packed with big trucks, as you know.
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