Matt sent this through to me in a tweet. Unfortunately, it was in a form I couldn’t copy so I retyped it.
Thank you to whoever wrote it. Very salutary!
Freedom to not wear a face mask
Welcome to the Freedom Café!
We trust you to make your own choices if you want to wear a face mask. And, in the same spirit of individual liberty, we allow our staff to make their own choices about the safety procedures they prefer to follow as they prepare and serve your food.
We encourage employees to wash their hands after using the bathroom, but understand that some people might be allergic to soaps or may prefer simply not to wash their hands. It is not our place to tell them what to do.
We understand that you may be used to chicken that has been cooked to 165 degrees. We do have to respect that some of our cooks may have seen a meme or a YouTube video saying that 100 degrees is fine and we do not want to encroach on their beliefs.
Some servers may wish to touch your food as they serve it. There is no reason why a healthy person with clean hands can’t touch your food. We will take their word for it that they are all healthy and clean.
Water temperatures and detergent are highly personal choices, and we allow our dishwashing team to decide how they prefer to wash the silverware you will put in your mouth.
Some of you may get sick, but almost everyone survives food poisoning. We think you’ll agree that it’s a small price to pay for the sweet freedom of no one ever being told what to do – and especially not for the silly reason of keeping strangers healthy.
Yepp. Here’s the original with all the comments:
Cheers Matt – reading those comments is quite depressing. So many ill-informed, stupid comments. There are so many selfish people out there. I blame Trump.
Ugh, why are there so many ignorant people in the world, wear the stupid mask already!
I don’t know Tiffany. There’s a selfish streak in some people.