COFFEE TIME HEAD OFFICE WAS NOTIFIED RESULTING WITH DISCIPLINARY ACTION
Passing through Omemee Tuesday 22DEC20 at 11:30 am, I stopped into Coffee Time to buy a take-out coffee. Michael asked me why I was not earing a mask. I replied that I am "Medically Exempt" from wearing a mask. Micheal asked to to step back 6 feet from the counter. As I placed my $2 coins on the counter to pay for my coffee, I stepped back 6 feet waiting for my coffee to be poured into a cup. Micheal pushed my coins onto the floor, refused to sell me a coffee, called me an a$$h0le, and told me to go across the street. I was the only customer in the store during this entire incident. Not a great way to treat a new customer.
As a business operator, Michael was ignorant to the following facts:
Ontario jurisdictions that have enacted by–laws or regulations regarding the wearing of face coverings will typically stipulate a list of generally exempted individuals:
> Children under two years of age (typically).
> Individuals who are unable to put on or remove their mask without assistance.
> Individuals with medical conditions that could be exacerbated by wearing a mask, such as certain respiratory conditions.
> Employees who require an accommodation based on the provincial or territorial Human Rights Code.
> Individuals who are hearing impaired and need their companion or another person to take off their mask, where the ability to see the mouth is crucial to communicate.
> A person who is temporarily removing their mask to engage in services that require the removal of their mask (e.g. dentist appointment), engaging in a fitness or athletic activity, or consuming food or drink in a premise that offers it.