United States: a couple expelled from a restaurant because they wore the mask

Their evening turned to the nightmare. CNN explique que Natalie Wester et son mari Jose Lopez-Guerrero ont été expulsés le 10 septembre dernier du Hang Time Sports Grill & Bar, un restaurant à Rowlett, près de Dallas, au Texas.Their error?Having carried a mask to protect yourself from the COVVI-19 in an establishment displaying an anti-masque policy.A policy that the young parents, who offered themselves an outing with friends four months after the birth of their first child, were unaware, they assure.

Wearing the mask has not been compulsory since March 10 in Texas, by decision of the State Governor.But Natalie Wester and Jose Lopez-Guerrero prefer to carry it in public to protect their baby, suffering from cystic fibrosis and immunocompromised.A waitress would have asked them to remove it when they entered the restaurant, but they would not have heard it.She then returned around them half an hour later: "Our manager does not believe in the mask", she would have explained to them."He is tired of being told what to do, politics in the country, so you will have to remove the mask.»

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“Je ne veux pas de masques ici»

Faced with their refusal, the owner of the premises asked them to leave the restaurant, despite the surprise and explanations of the couple.“We didn't want to stage. J’ai juste payé et nous sommes partis», explique Natalie Wester.A decision that the owner of the restaurant assumed on the KTVT channel: "I spent my money, I put my blood, my sweat and my tears in this company and I do not want masks here. Je pense que la réaction globale aux États-Unis en ce moment avec les masques est ridicule», a-t-il déclaré.The couple assured that they did not want to file a complaint in this case.

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