Employees quit over 'catch the virus' promotion at Washington state bar

[MissMillie]

Source: The Hill via MSN

Employees at a Washington state bar quit over their former employers' "catch the virus" COVID-19 promotion.

Vessel Taphouse owner Steve Hartley told The Daily Herald that four employees quit their jobs and three bands refused to play at the pirate-themed bar over the promotion.

The bar promoted a concert on Jan. 22 by urging ​​bargoers to bring proof of a positive COVID-19 test to get $4 off of their tickets.

"Come see the show, maybe catch the virus, or just stay home and whine," Vessel Taphouse said in a now-deleted Facebook post. "Tickets 10 bucks or 6 with proof of omicron positive test. Have you had enough???"

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/employees-quit-over-catch-the-virus-promotion-at-washington-state-bar/ar-AATkSi6?li=BBnb7Kz

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Yeah, I don't think I need to add anything to this.

[Skittles]

1. lies about Covid and the vaccines leads to this kind of behavior

this is an example of why it should not be tolerated

[IronLionZion]

4. US Senators, Fox News, and podcasters are promoting "natural immunity"

instead of vaccine immunity. Some of these folks won't make it. Oh well.

[Skittles]

8. they are pushing it while they themselves are vaccinated

deliberately harming public health should not be considered free speech

[IronLionZion]

2. People have been hosting COVID parties

and deliberately trying to get infected and share it with others. Some have died from this already. I doubt they expected to die.

But this really isn't too much different from any conservative conference or indoor rally full of unvaccinated unmasked idiots. Herman Cain got an award in his name for his Tulsa Trump rally infection that killed him.

[paleotn]

5. Darwin cleaning out the gene pool.

[IronLionZion]

7. We might have a stronger herd after this

Historians/anthropologists might study this time for when America got better after a lot of stupid people left the gene pool.

[Gore1FL]

9. Far too many have reproduced already. nt

[Bernardo de La Paz]

32. Yes, but their spawn can be disadvantaged by decease of parent / case of Long Covid. . . nt

[ShazzieB]

10. We can always hope!

[appleannie1]

17. Unfortunately a lot of them left behind children

[IronLionZion]

22. COVID orphans are a thing

for some of them, their grandparents are vaccinated and alive. But others were not so lucky.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

33. Their children may not reproduce so well, may have difficulty finding mates when disadvantaged. . nt

[forgotmylogin]

27. OMG it's the "Opposite Idiocracy" timeline.

Isn't that the thing with lemmings? They have an instinct when there are too many of them that they self-cull?

[Rural_Progressive]

29. If it weren't for the whole pesky "longhaulers" sydnrome

I'd be inclined to agree with you. Problem is we're going to have tens of thousands of these dumb asses sucking off the gov'ment health care system for decades dealing with the aftermath of their stupid, selfish decisions.

[wnylib]

31. And, ironically, if their RW leaders win,

they will cut back or eliminate health care for people like them.

[paleotn]

3. Jerk his liquor license and put his ass out of business.

[ShazzieB]

13. Did you read the article?

Hartley [the bar owner] said the promotion was "an ill-advised attempt at humor" and that the employees responsible have been fired from the bar, according to The Daily Herald.

"We were getting comments that we were trying to infect the public," Hartley said. "Clearly we have no interest in that. People aren't going to come and drink if they get sick, and we know that."

I'm skeptical about his disavowal of responsibility for the idea, but it does sound like the whole thing has been shut down.

[AZLD4Candidate]

16. Why is every offensive, rude, callous, and outright disgusting word an action by these RWNJs

just a joke that they only insincerely apologize for "if you were offended?"

Kathy Griffin made a joke, and RWNJs lost their collective minds. But a RWNJ does it, and it's just a joke we hear about "angry liberals" that need to "lighten up."

[hadEnuf]

21. So this guy doesn't even know what is going on in his own bar then??

His disavowal is complete bullshit.

[paleotn]

28. Did his employees quit for other reasons?

His disavowal is disa-bullshit. Covering his ass after the fact.

[OneCrazyDiamond]

6. Close the bars.

The pandemic is not over.

[regnaD kciN]

11. To be exact, the owner didn't come up with this idea...

...the (now-former) manager did, and claims it was all a joke that got taken seriously. Anyway, the bar has had a new manager for the better part of a week.

[hadEnuf]

23. Yup, sure. Greedy bar owners never know about manager's promotions that effect liquor sales.

I think the owner is full of it.

[Emile]

12. They really are in a death cult!

Hopefully they'll stay away from hospitals and instead go to the nearest funeral home after they get it.

[Crowman2009]

14. Just as the RW pricks during the last recession said "you're not entitled to a job"

Well they are not entitled to own a business.

[Cha]

15. JHC.. the Hideous Greedy Ass Insanity.

ETA.. Oh so I read it's all a joke and there were Firings & "Shutdown".

I should hope so!

[Hugh_Lebowski]

18. In this case, it rather perfectly illustrates why no business owner should want anti-vaxx morons

Employed at their place of business, in any capacity ...

[appleannie1]

19. From a different source

Getting customers in the door has been slow, their opening hour has since been pushed back and staff are struggling to make ends meet.

The bar is struggling as it sits with an open door, waiting for customers to walk in, and an empty parking lot.

https://www.q13fox.com/news/even-as-a-joke-its-not-funny-lynnwood-bar-in-hot-water-over-viral-post

[nilram]

20. Lynnwood is in a pretty blue part of the state, isn't it?

I don’t think the “joke” is going to go over well, long term.

[jmowreader]

24. It's a few miles north of Seattle

[Initech]

25. Worst concert ever!

[Sane1]

26. Make it a Celebration of Life Event for Robert Lamay!!

Remember the Washington State Trooper who told Governor Inslee to "Kiss his Ass" rather than get the mandated Covid vaccination??
He really owned the libs and the governor!!!
He's dead from suicide by Covid. Guess he showed us.

[CaptainTruth]

30. Do dead people have to pay the cover charge?

Asking for hundreds of thousands of dead folks who have positive test results.

[BadGimp]

34. wow, just wow