CDC Advises Employees Not To Push Mask Mandates From Hill: Retail and service industry workers should not argue with anti-maskers, according to updated guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). As part of new guidance for workplace safety, the agency said employees should not attempt to force customers to follow COVID-19 prevention policies if the customers appear to be upset or violent. "Don't argue with a customer […]
One-Fifth Of Small Businesses Will Close If Conditions Don't Improve The continued assault on the small business class continues in the age of COVID19 hysteria. While the big box conglomerates record sky high profits, the middle class continues to suffer. Via The Hill: One in every five small businesses say they will not be able to stay open if economic conditions don't improve in the next six months, and a […]
KFC Cleansing Itself Of 'Finger Lickin' Good' Due To COVID19 Hysteria Another classic piece of Americana is being dropped in the age of COVID19 Hysteria Via Business Insider: KFC will temporarily suspend its "Finger Lickin' Good" slogan citing hygienic concerns amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The slogan suspension is featured as part of an ad campaign in certain countries, with the brand blurring out the words "finger lickin'" from the […]
Brooklyn Mom & Six Kids Kicked Off JetBlue Plane After Toddler Refused To Wear Mask Via The New York Post: A Brooklyn mother and her six children were kicked off a Newark-bound JetBlue plane in Orlando after her 2-year-old daughter would not wear a mask, according to reports. Chaya Bruck, of Midwood, told WNBC that when she boarded the flight with her kids on Wednesday, her youngest child, Dina, refused […]
Krispy Kreme Opens Dispensary Experiment In Downtown Charlotte Via WRAL.com: Krispy Kreme opened a new location in downtown Charlotte -- unlike anything you've seen yet. This donut shop will be a dispensary. It acts like a vending machine, and shop owners say it's going to be a bit of an experiment. "This Krispy Kreme is gonna be different than most Krispy Kremes you would see anywhere else," Rhianna Simard, district […]
Ex-Navy SEAL Banned By Delta For Refusing To Wear Mask Via CNBC.com: A former Navy SEAL who said he killed Osama bin Laden was banned by Delta Air Lines this week for not wearing a face mask on a flight, according to a person familiar with the matter. U.S. carriers all require travelers wear masks on board flights, part of their effort to ease concerns about flying during the Covid pandemic and […]
100 NYC Eateries Plan Lawsuit To Allow Indoor Dining Via New York Post: A coalition of 100 Staten Island and Brooklyn restaurants are planning a class-action lawsuit to force the city and state to reopen indoor dining in New York. “It feels like the government is moving the goal posts,” said Thomas Casatelli, who owns four restaurants in the two boroughs including the self-described “taco joint” Ho’Brah in Bay Ridge […]
Yum! Brands Unveils "New Normal" Resturants With More Dine Out Options Yum Brands, the owners of Taco Bell & Pizza Hut, have given us a glimpse of how corporate American will shift the "new normal" to just "normal" Via CNBC.com: Taco Bell unveiled its latest restaurant design on Thursday, intended to push customers to order their nachos and burritos ahead and keep drive-thru lines short as the coronavirus pandemic leaves […]
Apple Achieves $2 Trillion Market Value As Tech Fortunes Soar Via AP News: Apple has become the first U.S. company to boast a market value of $2 trillion as technology continues to reshape a world where smartphones are like appendages and digital services are like instruments orchestrating people’s lives. The iPhone maker reached the $2 trillion milestone in Wednesday’s early stock market trading when its shares surpassed $467.77. The stock […]
