Photo: Amandalina Letterio
Kelowna business owner posts signs banning masks from store
February 12, 2021
‘No face masks allowed’ reads the sign at Kelowna’s Sun City Silver and Gold on Bernard Avenue.
“It’s a notice to people that don’t know me that we don’t want them wearing a mask in a store where there’s silver and gold inventory on the shelves,” says owner Steve Merrill.
“The first concern is that somebody walks in with a mask on and puts a gun to my head. My cameras in my store don’t see through these idiot masks,” he added.
Merrill says it’s dangerous for any retail business with product on the shelves to have shoppers wearing masks.
“Sunglasses, make-up, whatever – this COVID opportunity is a shoplifter’s wet dream,” he explains.
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