Welcome to the Freedom Cafe. We trust you to make your own choices if you want to wear a face mask. In the same spirit of individual liberty, we allow our staff to make their own choices about the safety procedures they prefer to follow as they prepare and serve your food.
We encourage employees to wash their hands after using the bathroom. We understand that some people may be allergic to certain soaps or may simply prefer not to wash their hands. It is not our place to tell them what to do.
We understand that you may be used to chicken that has been cooked to 165 degrees. We do have to respect that some of our cooks may have seen a meme or a YouTube video saying that 100 degrees is fine and we do not want to encroach on their beliefs.
Some servers may wish to touch your food as they serve it. There is no reason that a healthy person with clean hands can’t touch your food. We will take their word for it that they are healthy and clean.
Water temperature and detergent are highly personal choices. We allow our dishwashing team to decide how they prefer to wash the silverware you will put into your mouth.
Some of you may get sick, but almost everyone survives food poisoning. We think you’ll agree that it’s a small price to pay for the sweet freedom of no one ever being told what to do, especially not for the silly reason of keeping strangers healthy.
50 years ago a poor black community in Pittsburgh took matters into their own hands and turned some police responsibilities over to a more accountable group trained to better serve people's needs.
If that sounds like anarchy...
It was the world's first ambulance corps. 1/
The world's first ambulance corps was founded in a Black neighborhood, with Black EMTs, because white police wouldn't provide even limited care. Black people were dying because of the racism of white cops. (Sound familiar?) 2/
Every time someone calls 911 and asks for an ambulance instead of a cop, they are acknowledging that sometimes society is better served by taking some tasks away from the police. 3/
Things to think about before you share something on social media:
A few basic questions to ask before sharing anything you did not write yourself, especially something you found on social media:
(1) Who wrote this?
(2) When was it written? Is it still current?
(3) What do you know about the author (not the person who shared it, the *author*) that makes them a trustworthy source? What conflicts of interest do they have?