This Pandemic has had many of us stuck in our homes and this isolation has not brought out the best of everyone. A Mashpee, Massachusetts ice cream parlor was forced to close it’s doors again, after opening for one whole day. Surprisingly, it wasn’t the police or protesters that made the owner rethink opening, but instead the poor behavior of customers that refused to follow rules and swore repeatedly at the store’s young employees.
“Mark Lawrence, owner of Polar Cave Ice Cream Parlour in Mashpee, told Boston 25 News that he wanted to open his shop quietly on Friday to kick off Mother’s Day Weekend. He added that he has been able to open his shop under restaurant guidelines, but that he wanted to wait until he felt it was safe to do so. Unfortunately, Friday was anything but business as usual.
“One of my best workers quit yesterday at the end of her shift, she stuck it through her shift,” he explained. “But the words she was called and the language, you wouldn’t even say in a men’s locker room. And to say it to a 17-year-old kid, they should be ashamed of themselves.”
According to Lawrence, it was posted online that all orders had to be placed one hour in advance.”
“Lawrence said that he was greatly disturbed by the customers’ behavior and immediately decided to close the store once more.
“People have forgotten how to treat other human beings in the six or seven weeks that they’ve been confined to their homes,” he lamented. “They have no clue how to respect other human beings.”
Lawrence said that the business was simply trying but pointed out that people are going to have to follow directives if they want life to return to semi-normal.
“We’re not claiming that we know what we’re doing,” he added. “We don’t know what we’re doing, but we’re giving it a shot.”
Wow, you don’t see that every day. Recently businesses have been forced to stay closed during this pandemic as States are trying to keep non-essential businesses closed, but this one is choosing to close after customers proved they had devolved due to the isolation. I can’t wait for the pandemic to be over and for people to get back to at least outwardly acting civil to each other. Geez.
Where was is located? It sounds like it was South of the train tacks.