NBC News-
Diners are mostly free to speak their mind at a Northern California cafe, but doing so through the protective confines of a mask will cost a cover charge of $5.
Fiddleheads Cafe in Mendocino on Sunday put up a sign announcing the fee for customers who wear masks while ordering. In March, the cafe announced an ongoing 50 percent discount for those who throw their face coverings in the trash, said owner Chris Castleman, 34.
“I don’t think $5 to charity is too much to ask from mask wearing customers who claim to care so much about the community they live in,” he said by email.
Proceeds will go to Project Sanctuary, a local domestic abuse organization, for two weeks before a new nonprofit enters the rotation, Castleman said. (Project Sanctuary did not immediately respond to a request for comment).
“It’s about time that the proponents of these ineffective government measures start paying for the collateral damage they have collectively caused,” the owner said. more here
h/t Brad.
It strikes me as spineless to impose a fee in order to take a stand against something by making it voluntary and then giving the proceeds to charity
It’s inconveniencing and shining a light on the ‘karens’. Poor things. lol
@Jpm – I suspect that it protects the owner from lawsuits – smart, not spineless.
^^^^Yes. He’s calling attention to them. Rubbing their cottony noses in it.
Precisely.
never met him, but i already like him
Good. Hit them where it hurts.
Why feed the wimps at all?
Cali? Maybe the entire country should have been doing this for the last 18 months and people would have realized the fraud that we have been living under
Maskurbator tax. I like it.
We need more businesses like that in Southern CA. Bravo. Hats off to you. Masks off to you.
He needs to require that masked people put large bags over their heads.
Hand them out at the door.