Posted on 09/03/2020 7:57:10 AM PDT by plain talk
An Ontario woman battling lung cancer, who breathes through a hole in her neck, was kicked out of her local bingo hall because her breathing hole wasn't covered with a mask, her son says.
Whitby, Ont. woman Elaine Arbeau doesn't go out much anymore, her son says, unless it's to play at a casino or bingo hall with her friends.
According to her son, the 67-year-old was excited to see her friends again when Delta Bingo in Pickering, Ont. reopened following the COVID-19 shutdown.
But things didn't go as planned when she arrived earlier this month. When she got inside, management asked her to leave.
"She was told to leave by management if she didn't cover up the hole on her neck," her son, Joe Gilbert, told CTV News Toronto on Sunday. "She explained that was impossible to do. That's how she breathes."
Gilbert said when the manager saw Arbeau crying in the parking lot, she decided to allow her back in but at that point she refused.
"My mom left," Gilbert said. "She was too embarrassed."
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I can’t BREATHE! (literally)
Can’t make this up.
“Gilbert said when the manager saw Arbeau crying in the parking lot, she decided to allow her back in but at that point she refused.”
Karen must have felt very proud until she was confronted with the damage she caused.
How ironic that in hyper-liberal Canada someone gets tossed in what would be a violation of the USA’s ADA (also known as the “for God’s sake do NOT hire someone disabled” act).
Harsh, man. The world has officially gone crazy.
I’m surprised the idiots in the Bingo Hall didn’t try to put duct tape on it.
Stop accepting tyranny!
In the USA anyone who has a medical issue does not have to wear a mask, despite what the mask Nazis believe.
Thanks Karen!
How about YOU, Karen, go console that customer and hope she forgives you
In the USA, no one has to wear a mask, period, but they do, because the Greatest Generation ended a long time ago.
Just when you thought you’d heard it all...
Back in July, an elderly man who went into a store in Canada without a mask, ended up being shot to death by police at his home. And somehow the media tries to explain that the incident probably happened because he was estranged from his family for decades:
Man shot dead by OPP after mask dispute has been estranged from his family for decades
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