COVID-19 restrictions.Tony Siwicki, owner of Silver Heights Restaurant and a board chair with the Manitoba Restaurant Association, told 680 CJOB he’s received between 200-300 phone calls from customers expressing their concerns — and in many cases, just hurling abuse.Their rage, he said, is misplaced, as restaurant owners across the province are just following public health orders and have no choice but to follow vaccine mandates.“(The calls) are 95 per cent negative.
They’re calling names, making racial remarks, and making reservations and then cancelling… just because we’re following the rules put onto us via health order,” he said.“At the end of the day, you have 15-year-old hosts that are answering the phone and getting yelled and.