One of the localish news stories that has gone national is a kerfuffle caused at a Cheesecake Factory in NYC's Queens Center Mall when a bunch of anti-vax assholes (that's redundant) decided to cut the line for tables and demand service in the vaccine-mandated establishment:
A MAGA shitshow ensued, which ended in four MAGAssholes being arrested for criminal trespass because they refused to leave when Cheescake Factory employees told them to do so. Now, the War on Cheesecake Factory has been declared: Cheescake Factory delenda est!A group of 30 + antivaxxers claiming to be doing a “sit in” refused to check in at the host stand, skipped waiting customers, and sat themselves across multiple tables in a Cheesecake Factory in NYC.
— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) December 15, 2021
They are now arguing with police. One antivaxxer compared the police to Nazis. pic.twitter.com/elFKOoTZ98
“We’re going to shut down Cheesecake Factory.”
— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) December 15, 2021
While demonstrating at the police precinct, newly announced Republican congressional candidate John Matland and another antivaxxer plot to “shut down Cheesecake Factory in all 50 states.” pic.twitter.com/ps2zvJPqE8
Oddly enough, the plot to shut down Cheesecake Factory in all fifty states involved a return to the Cheesecake Factory.
Subsequently, the war shifted to an Applebee's in the Queens Center Mall. As an added bonus, dig the couch at the end of this diatribe:The antivaxxers were under the impression they shut down the Cheesecake Factory tonight.
— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) December 16, 2021
As their protest was winding down, this one was disappointed to find out it was still open. pic.twitter.com/myXxsZqEzX
Josephine Valdez, MAGA conspiracy theorist who organizes “Freedom Rally” actions with other conspiracy theorists, went full Karen last night in an Applebees telling the NYPD “Now I see what BLM was talking about calling you guys pigs… I lost my job over this bullshit.” pic.twitter.com/0pDtLA5cDq
— talia jane (@taliaotg) December 16, 2021
Questions remain... as a New Yorker, I have to note that New York is a cheesecake town, what are people doing in a Cheesecake Factory in New York City? That being said, I will note that Brooklyn has its famous Juniors (with outposts in Manhattan) and the Bronx has the storied S&S Cheesecake, but I don't know where to get a great New York cheesecake in Queens.
Also, the Borough of Queens is the most ethnically diverse community in the world, why go to the Cheesecake Factory? I mean, even in the Queens Center Mall food court, wouldn't you rather go to Burmese Bites? On a serious note, I don't hate Cheesecake Factory- I can see a Filipino, or Bangladeshi, or Guatemalan, or Haitian family going there to enjoy an 'American' meal at a fancy-ish establishment on a special occasion.
On the whole, the Cheesecake Factory corporate office is handling this shitshow well. I don't know how they treat their employees on a day-to-day basis, but we all know the restaurant industry is problematic, with workers forced to rely on tips for their livelihood. At any rate, they aren't taking any nonsense from anti-vaccine whackjobs. There's a Cheesecake Factory near my home, and I might have to pick up a slice of cheesecake in solidarity against the MAGA war against them.
Thanks for the links.
ReplyDeleteThese idiot thugs go around like amateur terrorists.
It is place where you can buy food. If you don't like the food you can choose a different place.
You can also make food at home. I don't do that every day. But it is good to know how.
What are they trying to prove? I don't understand.
They must have empty lives. So they act like bullies to prove that they are angry and unhappy.
Hey, this is not a good way to behave. We should be helping each other.
They want to force themselves on other people. Hell, they barged past waiting customers, they approached tables full of diners who wanted to be left alone. They can't bear the fact that they have no clout.
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