In five western states, this conservative company is now prohibiting employees from wearing face masks unless they have a medical note from their doctor. This new policy is part of the company's effort to emphasize the importance of customer service and allow their associates to showcase their smiles and other facial features. Failure to comply with this policy could lead to termination.
From NBC News:
The rules, which go into effect Aug. 14, apply to employees in Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, Texas and Utah.
The quick-serve chain is also mandating that employees in two other states, Oregon and California — the state with the most In-N-Out locations — only wear company-approved N95 masks if they choose to wear one.
Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, In-N-Out became a flashpoint when San Francisco officials ordered that city's lone outlet for the chain to be closed in October 2021 after it failed to comply with a requirement that all restaurants check the vaccine cards of indoor diners. In-N-Out later preemptively closed all five of its locations in nearby Contra Costa County rather than comply with Covid rules there.
“We refuse to become the vaccination police for any government,” chief legal and business officer for In-N-Out, Arnie Wensinger, said in a statement at the time reported by the San Francisco Chronicle. “It is unreasonable, invasive, and unsafe to force our restaurant associates to segregate customers into those who may be served and those who may not, whether based on the documentation they carry, or any other reason.”
Well done, In-N-Out!
They're truly administering a dose of the government's own medicine by implementing this policy. It's actually quite ingenious.
It wouldn't surprise me if vaccine-crazed liberals choose to boycott the company because of this.
