Texas Restaurant Is Begging To Go Out Of Business With New Mask 'Surcharge'

Legends Diner in Denton, Texas not only recommends wearing masks--they're requiring it. Customers who don't comply will be assessed a $50 surcharge.

Do these people hear how asinine these protocols sound? Clearly not.

But not only is it going to cost you money if you forget or choose not to wear a mask, the owner claims it'll cost even more dough if she has to explain to you why she made the requirement in the first place:

"$50 if I have to explain why masks are mandatory and $75 if I have to hear why you disagree," Kat LaCombe said.

Apparently LaCombe also responded to a Facebook post in which a fellow Texan wrote "I don’t trust restaurant owners for medical advice.”

"At the restaurant we comply with city and state mandates. But some things must be done without someone telling you to,” she fired back. "All we ask is that customers wear a mask as they walk past another person that is eating and not wearing a mask. Sure doesn’t seem like a lot to ask."

Let's make this quick

Fining customers more money than their entire meal will cost for refusing to wear a mask is authoritarian. These business owners surely hang onto Dr. Fauci's every word like it's the word of God, and they're refusing to engage with customers who disagree. This isn't how America was supposed to operate when it was founded in 1776.

If you have a point of view that differs with the owners of Legends Diner, you literally have to pay an extra $75. Can you imagine what would happen if a restaurant charged $100 for buying into Dr. Fauci's double-mask recommendation? Rachel Maddow would helicopter to the restaurant's roof top to report the injustice ASAP.

“No one wants this world to get back to normal more than small business owners,” LaCombe concluded.

At least she's right about that. The only issue we're running into is HOW we get back to normal. Requiring healthy Americans to wear coverings in a state that already lifted the mask mandate earlier this month isn't enforcing "health and safety protocols." It's a practice Xi Jinping would deploy on hungry Chinese civilians to make sure they knew their place.

But should LaCombe be shut down by Texas leadership? No, because she'll run out of business on her own. No way Texas (of all states) gives any of their hard-earned money to a local business owner who charges them to go mask-less. Kat LaCombe will be in the unemployment line sooner rather than later.