"The owner of a restaurant in Gaithersburg, Maryland, wrote a controversial post on social media telling customers that he will not require servers to wear face masks. The since-deleted post on the Grill at Flower Hill's Facebook page read in part:
"Let me be very clear…my staff will not wear face masks while working here at the Grille. If that bothers you then please dine elsewhere and please try to find something more important to occupy your time such as volunteer at a nursing home or soup kitchen."
The owner wrote the post in response to a customer's complaint to the Montgomery County Health Department that restaurant staff were not wearing masks and some customers were sitting too close.
"Now that I know they aren’t going to wear masks, I don’t know that I trust to eat there – even when everyone doesn’t have to wear masks anymore. If they just don’t care, " Susan Gunster said.
The health department says it plans to send another inspector on Thursday.
Anyone who knowingly violates the mask order in Montgomery County is guilty of a misdemeanor and could face up to a year in prison, and/or a $5,000 fine."
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