{"id":5549,"date":"2021-01-16T23:37:38","date_gmt":"2021-01-17T04:37:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/?p=5549"},"modified":"2021-01-16T23:40:20","modified_gmt":"2021-01-17T04:40:20","slug":"covid-police-state-craziness-aurora-restaurant-fined-880-for-allowing-a-customer-to-use-the-bathroom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/?p=5549","title":{"rendered":"COVID POLICE STATE CRAZINESS: Aurora restaurant FINED $880 for allowing a customer to use the bathroom"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Restaurant charged after patio customer comes inside to use bathroom\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/k42iENCUPDs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>COVID POLICE STATE CRAZINESS: Aurora restaurant FINED $880 for allowing a customer to use the bathroom<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chuck\u2019s Roadhouse Bar and Grill in Aurora, Ont. was once a bustling neighbourhood restaurant.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But all that changed once the Wuhan virus lockdowns began&nbsp;\u2014&nbsp;forcing many businesses to close, while others, like Chuck&#8217;s, were only permitted to operate at a reduced capacity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although they&#8217;ve managed to survive so far, <strong>George Aivalis, Chuck\u2019s general manager, knows that he\u2019s on borrowed time.<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier this month, when York Region was still in the Red Zone and restaurants were still permitted to host up to ten patrons indoors, George received a visit from bylaw enforcement to ensure his restaurant was complying with the health orders.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sure enough, the 130-seat eatery was following the rules by limiting capacity to only ten customers.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But here\u2019s the crazy part: while bylaw was inspecting the restaurant, a patron dining outdoors on the patio entered to use the washroom \u2014 <strong>inadvertently pushing the restaurant\u2019s indoor headcount to eleven!<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Obviously, the bylaw officer wasn\u2019t counting himself. Otherwise, he would have counted twelve people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In any event, that\u2019s when the COVID enforcer sprung into action and <strong>came down on George with an $880 fine!<\/strong> Seemingly, <strong>it\u2019s far deadlier to have eleven rather than ten customers<\/strong> inside a restaurant that can hold 130.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How bloody petty can a bylaw officer get?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The whole thing was caught on the store\u2019s security camera. You can see it&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebelnews.com\/restaurant_charged_after_patio_customer_comes_inside_to_use_bathroom?e=05f55ed9bd5ff7e4ccf3c1907a40cf4d&amp;utm_source=therebel&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=dm_chuck_1_15_21&amp;n=7\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><u>right here<\/u><\/strong><\/a>:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rebelnews.com\/restaurant_charged_after_patio_customer_comes_inside_to_use_bathroom?e=05f55ed9bd5ff7e4ccf3c1907a40cf4d&amp;utm_source=therebel&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=dm_chuck_1_15_21&amp;n=8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ci4.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/IHfcsHacJiHnrLX0eDYm-5fcicQrXLqFkwg9vLV_fItvBfZXm-UArJNqTsX9BwwQ5SEbRPmduVIFMW37nNDww0bWqDKxXGLif0lS1YibnkgKg7M6GHZJS8x_F9QYQ1L9WbM_DsTFY9H2F2txHcUw_N3mezUbb6QHGA=s0-d-e1-ft#https:\/\/d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net\/therebel\/mailings\/5034\/attachments\/original\/chuck.jpg?1610741691\" alt=\"Restaurant charged after patio customer comes inside to use\n\nbathroom\" title=\"Restaurant charged after patio customer\n\ncomes inside to use bathroom\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>George is now joining our growing list of \u201cFight the Fines\u201d cases. It\u2019s where we&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebelnews.com\/help_fight_the_fines?e=05f55ed9bd5ff7e4ccf3c1907a40cf4d&amp;utm_source=therebel&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=dm_chuck_1_15_21&amp;n=9\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><u>crowdfund a lawyer<\/u><\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;to help people who received one of these fines fight it in court.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The restaurant industry has been hit especially hard during these lockdowns. <strong>Layoffs, spoiled inventory, and ongoing bills that can\u2019t be recouped with food<\/strong> <strong>sales<\/strong> are just a fraction of the issues they\u2019re facing. A fine like this is only rubbing salt in an already gaping wound.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>We\u2019re hoping you can help us help George fight this ticket.<\/strong> The last thing he needs is to spend any more time and money trying to get out of his ludicrous fine.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019d like to contribute to our legal efforts to defend George and fight for Canadian civil liberties in the process, please donate at&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebelnews.com\/fight_the_fines_canada?e=05f55ed9bd5ff7e4ccf3c1907a40cf4d&amp;utm_source=therebel&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=dm_chuck_1_15_21&amp;n=10\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><u>www.FightTheFines.com<\/u><\/strong><\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yours truly,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>David Menzies&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>P.S. Our Chief Reporter Sheila Gunn Reid is back on the case in Winkler, Manitoba,<strong> where singing outdoors is STILL illegal.<\/strong> This time, we\u2019re helping the Friesen, Harder and Unger families fight&nbsp;their fines for committing the crime of socially distant Christian hymn singing. You can watch her video&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebelnews.com\/manitoba_cops_gave_out_more_christmas_caroling_tickets_three_more?e=05f55ed9bd5ff7e4ccf3c1907a40cf4d&amp;utm_source=therebel&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=dm_chuck_1_15_21&amp;n=11\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><u>right here<\/u><\/strong><\/a>. And as always, if you want to pitch in to help us crowdfund the legal fees to fight those fines, please&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rebelnews.com\/help_fight_the_fines?e=05f55ed9bd5ff7e4ccf3c1907a40cf4d&amp;utm_source=therebel&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=dm_chuck_1_15_21&amp;n=12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><u>click here<\/u><\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;or go to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>COVID POLICE STATE CRAZINESS: Aurora restaurant FINED $880 for allowing a customer to use the bathroom Chuck\u2019s Roadhouse Bar and Grill in Aurora, Ont. was once a bustling neighbourhood restaurant.&nbsp; But all that changed once the Wuhan virus lockdowns began&nbsp;\u2014&nbsp;forcing &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/?p=5549\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[3023,2597,3025,3024],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5549"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5549"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5549\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5551,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5549\/revisions\/5551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}