Chewing the Fat with Jeff Fisher - Ep 395 | The Cinemark Standard | Guest: Andy Trusevich

Episode Date: June 17, 2020

We have a new Bronco coming out and you guess it the release date is July 19. Yes that's OJ's birthday, do you think is a coincidence? Diego the tortoise is going into the retirement, yes the tortoise that saved his species will head into retirement. In 1970 they exploded a whale and now Oregon has a new park named "Exploding Whale Park." Aunt Jemima has lost her job, but don't worry Jeffy and Kris Cruz find the history and explain it all. Movie theaters are trying to open and Cinemark has released "The Cinemark Standard" and the boys are here to digest every new protocol. Andy Trusevich joins the show to talk about this new normal and who will be held financially responsible if a business or employee tests positive for COVID-19. The world is about to get more crazy. This Week Sponsor: Get your life back with Relief Factor and its 3-Week Quick Start for only $19.95. If you are in pain, what have you got to lose? Go to https://www.relieffactor.com Subscribe on YouTube Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Thank you for coming along for the ride today. I appreciate it. You know, I'm looking forward to the global debut. of the new Ford Bronco. Now, they're going to put the new Ford Bronco out on the shelves. It's going to be at the car dealerships, July 9th. And what is that date in American history?

O.J. Simpson's birthday. Yay! Who made the Ford Bronco famous? He made it famous? You know, more famous than it was. He made it famous? Why do he make it famous? Don't. Don't do it. Was he the spokesperson for Ford when he was playing football?

No, he was the spokesperson for the Ford Bronco when he was in the back, and his friend was driving it on the car chase throughout Los Angeles after they wanted to arrest him for the murder of Nicole Brown Simpson. What's his name? Ron Goldman. Rod Goldman. Yes, Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman. her, you know, just the restaurant employee in the OJ case.

Anyway, he was in the back of the Bronco. That was the chase. That was the world-renowned chase in the back of the white Ford Bronco. That is just incredible. So, but now remember, okay, so they're going to bring out the new Ford Bronco. It's going to be on OJ's birthday. And it's, I mean, it was a huge, huge car for Ford in the past. And it'll be huge again.

It was a great car. hopefully it'll be as great as it was. But Ford, their spokesman, has come out with a statement on the debut of the Ford Bronco on July 9th, OJ. Simpson's birthday. It is purely a coincidence. Right. So yesterday I see the news. And look, we've got so much. I, we've got so much to get to today.

I'm just going to end up just giving you headlines because otherwise we're going to be here for, you know, the end of time. It's going to be chewing the fat end of time podcast. It'll just, I'll be ongoing. It'll never stop. Can a podcast actually do that, by the way? Maybe you can just keep going and people could just, well, okay. Anyway, Diego. Remember Diego, the giant tortoise that's, you know, credited with saving the speech.

species. He's fathered like 8 billion other tortoises in his life. He's 100 years old. He actually, you know, fathered about 800 offspring. But he is credited with saving his species. He, I mean, he went around taking care of bidsiness on this island. It was just him and two other males and 12 females. And my man Diego took care of business. Okay. So they're back up over 2,000. thousand, nothing but kids. Diego was taking care of it. And now they've decided, well, it's time for him to retire. So they shipped him off to an island with nothing going on there. I'm pissed.

I'm pissed for Diego. I mean, they gave him all this. Here's this great life. And now it's, oh, sorry. Your life is over now. You can go retire. Well, no. I've been, let's

keeping me alive is, you know, tortoise business. And now you're shipping me off to nothing? That's sad. That's said. Where are the animal rights people on this? Where are they? That's what I want to know.

And congratulations to the Oregon Park, too. They are now, remember the footage of them exploding the whale on the beach where they had put dynamite in? and they exploded the whale. The footage of this whale exploding just goes everywhere. Just shoots everywhere. The news cameras were there reporting on it because they expected just to, you know, have this little pooh.

And it was this huge explosion of whale guts hitting cars and everything. Well, now the park is officially named Exploding Whale Memorial Park. So I wouldn't want anybody to forget. I don't want anybody to forget that this park. is the exploding whale incident. In fact, all right, we got to, we got to find the audio to the exploding whale, because it's worth playing. ...before they tired of its smell were moved back a quarter of a mile away.

The sand dunes there were covered with spectators and landlubber newsmen. Shortly they've begun the land blubber newsmen, with a blasted blubber beyond all believable bounds. I'll tweet this out of the internet. a congratulatory, you know, mentioned for the park because, you know, they've now called the park exploding whale Memorial Park. But cars, I mean, big huge hunks of whales smashed on top of cars. They were damaged now, according to the report. No humans were hurt badly.

Just automobiles crushed. Because I'm guessing if you were sitting at the beach, it's a giant hunk of whale. whale blubber falling from the sky, you probably moved. By the way. It's just a thought. You were born in the 1970s. I wasn't born in 1970s. I was still, I don't know how long my dad was.

Anyways. Whatever. You can hear how America was back in the day. Everybody's having fun at the beach. Everybody is having the time of their life. We're about to explore a whale. Yeah. Oh my gosh.

How I envy them right now. See, now you're bringing me down. They were so wholesome. Like I watched the whole thing, you know, and they just sit in there watching a well explode. And that was the peak of their day. We brought the family.

We brought the family out. And we just chilling outside. Here's a blanket. Here's a reporter making fun of Blubber News. and now this is going to become blubber news and all the news. The guys are there to explode a whale. They're bringing in boxes of dynamite just walking past the people. Hey, how you doing?

Oh, awesome. America was great. Yes, make America great again. Wait, I've heard that somewhere. All right. I mean, we could, I'm just going to start doing headlines. I think today it's just going to be, hey, it's hump day. Wednesday.

Hump day. Hump day headlines. It's just going to be. I was, I sat down after, uh, chewing the fat with Pat this morning on a blaze television and radio network with Pat unleashed.

And I started going through the stories that, you know, to put together for you and, you know, there's some, there's some great stuff. But it's just, there's too much.

There's too much. And you should know some of the stuff that's going on. So I'll give you as many headlines as I can without, you know, like we'll start with the Domino's pizza cancellation. I mean, the Internet tried to bring down Domino's because of an eight-year-old tweet to Trump's press secretary. And I mean, Domino's thankfully responded to the backlash on Twitter saying, well, it's unfortunate that thanking a customer for a compliment back in 2012 would be viewed as political. Guess that's 2020 for you. Thank you. I hope they stick to their guns. I hope they stick to their guns because don't forget, we had the breaking news today that, you know, we've been attacked again. The world is on fire. Everybody is bending the knee,

including Anteimima. I'm going to tell you something. My wife, told me about three weeks ago Amber and I are talking and she's going I need to go by Antimima stuff because they're going to come for it and sure enough 100% right we have to we have to get rid of it I look it's been on the shelf now since what 1883 1893 whatever it is but it's it's viewed as its roots in racism okay Thank you. I mean, so is Mrs. Butterworth.

I mean, is Mrs. Butterworth next? What about cream of wheat? The cream of wheat guy? What about the black guy from the rice? Uncle something. Uncle Ben's. Yes, Uncle Ben.

Another one. Gone. Goodbye. The sad part about all this, I think. I saw one guy that since yesterday we're talking about how the conservative loved to get that boy back home so mom and daddy can be proud of him. You know, we got to find that boy that tells us. But if you remember Zubi from Twitter, I love Zubi from Twitter. He talked about Aunt Jemima. And one thing that stood out very clear was if you're getting offended by a.

topping, you need to check yourself. Yeah, there's no doubt. There's no doubt. Yeah, right here. There's another problem if you're being offended by a top. Yes, and this is the exact quote. If you get triggered over pancake syrup, then we can't be friends. I mean, good.

I hope he believes that. And seriously, I do not. We've talked about this, and I feel like this is just us saying the same crap over and over and over again. And it doesn't seem to be making any headway though. No, it doesn't. Because companies are all bending the knee. Dana Lash.

It's so sad that it's so sad that all these companies feel the responsibility to, um, Jeffrey, I might not know the entire story of On Jemima, but from the little bit research I did, Was it on Tamima a real human? I believe so. I mean, I don't know all the history of Antimima.

And this is going to come as a surprise to you. And I'm willing to learn it. I have no problem learning it. But I just enjoy the product. And so when I purchase the problem, I go to the syrup aisle and I say, ooh, do I want Mrs. Butterworth? No, not really.

I'm not a big fan of Mrs. Butterworth. I like to have my own butter mixed with my own syrup. You know, do I want sugar-free syrup? do I look like a sugar-free guy? Okay. No. I'm going to give you the basic history. This is from what I've learned in the last three hours.

I've done research on Jamima. I'm sure all of these products were based on real people. Okay. So Aunt Jamima's real name was Anna Short Harrington, born in 1897 in Marlborough County, South Carolina. In 1935, she had to support her five kids and moved with her family to Syracuse, New York, where she cooked for a living. Quaker Oaks discovered her when she was cooking at a fair and became Aunt Jemima. I mean, okay.

I mean, it sounds like it's full of racism to me. Oh. And it does? Yeah. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. I can't even think of the words.

The words do not come to me how angry I am. Now, the... This company would find a human being with children trying to support her family and say, hey, we want you, we're going to give you money to be our product. I mean, that screams racism. Which the inspiration for Aunt Jemima was Billy. curse hands an American style song

called Old Aunt Jemima written in 1875 recording I would like to hear the lyrics of that song. Oh really? Okay I would. Let me see Because I have a feeling they're going to be incredible.

Okay so here it is old Aunt Jemima 1876. Are we able to say what's the lyrics? I mean, are we going to be able to say this, or we're going to have to beep it out? I don't know, but let's go find out. Sung by Sheep Music Singer. I went to the church the other night.

Old An Jamima, oh, oh, oh, oh. To hear the colorful sing and pray. Oh, then Jemima, oh, oh, oh, oh, Pompatide and Dinah Walk Along. Old Dan, Jemima, oh, oh, oh, and made old gumbo sing a song. Old Aunt Jemima, oh, oh, oh, oh, can't you dance to be vine? Oh, Dan, Jemima, oh, oh, oh, oh. There was a bullfrog dressed in soldier clothes. Old Dan, Jemima, oh, oh, oh, oh, he went out to Trilden Crows.

Old Dan, Jemima, oh, oh, oh, oh. All right, wait a second. He just said there was a, just wait a one second. He just said there was a bullfrog dressed in soldiers' clothes. Now, I just looked up the lyrics. Okay. According to this, it isn't a bullfrog that's dressed in soldiers clothes. Old Antimima, oh, oh, oh.

It says here that one version of Old Enchamima began with the stanza expressing dissatisfaction with the dullness of worship services in white churches, such as a compliment about the length of prayers. and the song ended with the two following stanzas. The monkey dressed in soldier clothes. Old Antimima, oh, oh, oh. Went out in the woods for to drill some crows. Old Anchamima, oh, oh, oh. The J-bird hung on the swinging limb, old Antimima, oh, oh, oh.

I up with a stone and hit him on the shin, old Antimima, oh, oh, oh. I'm starting to get into the song now. Oh, you dance to beeline. old Aunt Jemima, oh, oh, oh. The bullfrog married the tadpole's sister. Let's see, then we get into the bullfrog here. So we went from monkey to bullfrog. I mean, it's a great, it's a little toe tapper.

There's no doubt about that, Old Antimima. Oh, oh, oh, oh. Put my foot and kicked him in the water. Old Antimima, oh, oh, oh. Caroline, Caroline, can't you dance to Piva? Old Antimima, oh, oh, oh, oh. I carried a hymn coop on my knees. Oh, that Jemima, oh, oh, oh.

I thought I heard a chicken sneeze. Oh, that's nothing but a rooster saying his prayers. And Jemima, oh, oh, oh, oh. He gave out of hymns that she getting upstairs. Oh, that Jemima, oh, oh, oh. Caroline, can't you dance to peeva. Oh, that Jemima, oh, oh, oh. Oh.

That's awesome. Tell me that's not a hit. When she died, she'd set me free, old Anjama, oh, oh, oh, oh. She lives so long, her head got bald, old Anchamima, oh, oh, oh, oh. She swore she would not die at all, old Aunt Jemima, oh, oh, oh, oh. So I'll request afternoon on chewing the fat. Which, by the way, for all of you saying, oh, there's some racist, you know, maybe you find them racist. Maybe you find some of the animals that they use.

some of the language they use um this was written by an american song composer african-american american comedian songwriter and performer billy cursans what's your point what's your point mr racist yeah well old aunt jama oh oh oh crap nope here we go i found it this is why you have to remove aunt jama are you ready Are you ready why they removed it? I found the reason. CTF just broke the news. The reason why Aunt Jamima is no longer part of Quaker family is because back in the day,

the character will be sung by a man in drag in Blackface. Really? I mean, holy cow. That's incredible that they're. would do that. But let me get this straight. So anything that happened in the past, I mean, we needed to change our history.

We need to change everything. So anything, I'm guessing that most things in 1889, most things in what, Antrimine is 1889, 1875. Cream of wheat is, I think, 1893. I looked at the one thing that we have in my cover. imperial sugar since 1843. I'm guessing that most things in that time frame between, let's say, 1825 and

1900, and even long after 1900, but for sure, between in that 75-year period, 1825 to 1900, would be considered in today's world, racist. So they got to go. Have a nice day. Old Antimima. No, no, no. Not, oh, no, no, no. All right, let's go to the break room. I need a drink of Coca-Cola zero sugar.

And I need, boy, they better, you know, they've just changed Coca-Cola zero-sugar. Does that mean anything racist? Coca-Cola, zero-sugar, zero-calorie cola? I mean, I don't want them to get rid of it, that's for sure. Okay, good. Be sure to subscribe to chewing the fat. The podcast.

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So yesterday, I talked about the, you know, the acronym, you know, Chaz, Jop, Capitol Hill, Autonomous Zone, Capitol Hill organized or occupied protest. And, you know, I tried to come up with, you know,

Seattle, you know, something for stupid, you know, Seattle territory, unified political institution derailed. And then I thought, you know what, I'm going to make you work and come up with one, you know, for dumb. For dumb. That's what I want. I want you to work, not me, to come up with dub. And many of you have emailed chewing the fat at the blaze.com with your thoughts on dumb. And I'll just go through. And I did say that the winner would win a brand new.

And so that still holds true. The winner will win a brand new, but I haven't decided what that brand new thing will be. And, you know, the winner will pick on Friday. All right, Friday you get to find out if you're the winner. So if other people want to participate, I know they can email chewing the fat of the blaze.com. But we can go through some of them, some of my, you know, downtown unorganized, messy bastards. See, that's kind of, that's kind of mean. You know, District of Unemployed Maladjusted babies.

That might work. Downtown unpoliced Marxist Borough. I like that. Deliver us more bread. That actually works. Democrats under mental breakdown. Oh, see, that's just, that's just mean. Democrats, useless, maniacal.

Oh, this person is playing right along. I mean, Terry Sue. Demented unusual missing brains. Don't understand most Bolsheviks. I mean, we're playing right long. Three in the same email. One of them might be picked. New acronym.

Oh, this is bliss. Come out with something different than dumb. Neil has, is it Neil or now? Neil, we'll just go with Neil. How about that? Neil has hog the L's, too, according to those emails, two L's. Alliance of Seattle Socialists, woke, intersectional people's experience.

Ass wipe. See, that's just. That's just mean. That's just mean. Denying undeniable moral beliefs. Ooh, see, that might be too close to truth. District under mob besiegment. Yeah, no kidding.

Dominion under Marxist Bliss. Disorganized, uneducated morons base. Ooh, I like that one. Disorganized uneducated moron Bolsheviks. know that they will know what that means. So dim-witted ubiquitous multitude of brats. Defiantly unintelligent, myopic battle zone. Okay, well, and there's more.

And there's more. And we'll get to those tomorrow. And we'll pick a winner on Friday who will win a Brad do for the act of contest of dumb here on chewing the fat. So I'm ready to, you know, they're opening theaters again, which I find surprising. I mean, AMC said it plans to reopen 97% of his theaters in July. They already, I mean, they've lost over $2 billion in the first quarter alone. I don't even know how they're going to open.

Regal cinemas have said that they're going to open July 10th for theaters. I mean, these theater companies are good luck, God bless. Good luck, God bless. We're going to talk to an attorney during the podcast version of, chewing the fat today and talk about the restaurants and what's happening with restaurants. But some of what we talk about with him on the podcast is exactly what some of the things that could be happening at the movie theaters as well. And I don't know, I don't know how they're going to do it. I don't even, I love movie theaters, but I just want to watch it at my home.

Just send it to my home. I've talked about it forever. We've already started it. it let's just let's just do it let's just do it and we'll figure out a way the theaters can you know do something so did i mention that you need to subscribe to chewing the fat podcast did i mention that i don't think i did uh subscribe to tune the fat podcast by picking a platform and subscribing and tell anyone that you run into that they need to be a subscriber to chewing the fat and while you're there as long as you've got uh you know you've got your device in your

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and subscribe to chewing the fat YouTube channel that's it that's all I'm asking did you get the email from Cynemark Fisher because they sent an email out about an hour ago from Cinemark and it no I didn't see the Cine mark did it okay it's a message I might have gotten it though might have gone to my junk file okay here here's a headline a message from our Csie Oh, no, please tell me. In cinema, we're thrilled to welcome you to a shared immersive experience as we begin the phased reopening of our theaters.

There's nothing quite as powerful as great cinematic storytelling on the big screen. And we wanted to ensure the time was right before we reopened our doors. This global pandemic has changed how we live our lives. Our hearts go out to all affected by coronavirus, and we're so deeply thanked. to all the heroes on the front line. The health and safety of our employees and guests and communities is a top priority. Okay. So I want to end it there because it's not bad.

It's not bad. It's not bad. I'm okay with that. It wasn't, thank God, it wasn't a Black Lives Matter thing, but I'm sure they've released their own Black Lives Matter thing anyway. I don't want to do about it. This is just COVID first. Then we'll address George Floyd and everybody else.

But would you like to learn about the Cimarst Standard? The Cynomark Standard. Oh my gosh. So not only are they concerned about my health, their employees' health and everyone else's health and well-being during this new time. We have the Cine-March standard. The Cine-March standard. And I'm going to read to you a couple of points and you tell me which one you want to know more about. Okay.

All right. Good. Point number one. These are things that we've added now that we're through the COVID-19 is the new deal? This is because of COVID-19, we're going to do this. All right, good. High-touch areas and concession areas will be sanitized at least every 30 minutes. Really?

Now, I have a, you know what? I just want, I mean, is there what we should, I would love to talk to a Cynmark spokesperson or the CEO? because every 30 minutes doesn't seem like enough. And it also seems like that should have already been going on. But go ahead. Okay. So here's another one. Auditorium seats sanitize before every viewing.

Okay. Yeah, for sure they weren't doing that. I mean, they weren't even, it was a quick, clean pickup between shows and then you're back in. Yes. Yeah. I mean, there were times when you would sit down at a theater when I used to go to the ones that didn't serve food. When I had to, you know, you had to, when you lowered yourself to go to just a theater that you had to carry your food into the theater. Just to let you know, I thought you were going to ask for more information about how they're going to sanitize this auditorium.

I'm going to give it to you. They're going to have the hose thing, right? the airplane Chinese close kill everything so they're going to do it's a two-face program

okay every morning they're going to use the extensively disinfected pressurized sprayer equipment that's what it is

that they're blowing okay good they're gonna they've got a machine that they're going to run through the theaters that is going to reach all seats handrails armrest

tables footrest and cup holders now you know and you know you know that billy the 16 year old part timer working for cinemark is going to go in and make sure he covers every inch of that theater see it's funny you say that because billy billy is going to have a new boss oh no cinema has created a new position called oh the on duty chief clean and safety monitor. So, bad,

Billy is going to, she's got like two bosses now instead of just one. Yes. So I'm going to, I'm going to give you the description of the chief clean

and safety monitor. You know what this is, though, really. Billy, is now has that title. Absolutely. It's just Billy.

Absolutely. But don't bog me down. Do not bug me down with facts, okay? Do not bug me down with facts because there's going to have an on duty chief clean and safety monitor. Each Cinemark theater will have a chief clean and safety monitor on duty during all

operating hours to ensure the highest standards of safety, physical distancing, cleanliness, and sanitizing. All employees have gone through a new enhanced training that involves cleaning, sanitizing, and food handling. Also, employees are participating in mandatory huddles at the beginning of each shift to reiterate the cleaning and safety protocols. Also, the first. So we're getting new training.

We're a new training on how to clean, which, by the way, that should have been part of the process anyway. No. Makes me a little angry that it wasn't to begin with. Maybe it was. Maybe they're just saying that they're, you know, they're making it a priority now. And it was part of the training before, but it wasn't a priority. You know, that was probably the manager's job to walk around and go, hey,

you know, wipe down the popcorn section. But now it's going to have to be done. But I do appreciate the huddling. The huddle. Is it before each shift or just when it opens? Beginning of each shift. Okay, good. If you come in at nine.

Like if, I mean if the boss, if Billy leaves. Yes. And what's his new title again? Billy's new title. On duty chief clean and safety monitor. Yeah. O. D.C. S.M.

O D.C.C.S.m. Okay. Just the chief cooking bottle washer. Which by the way. When he leaves. I'm going to send you a picture. I want you to tweet this. out because the on chief clean and safety monitor cartoon that they have fantastic.

That's awesome. Whatever money they paid for this company to do this for them earned every penny of it. And I'm going to add a little bit more because this is, you know, this is according to Cinemark, we've trained for this. That's how they start this new chapter. Oh, okay, good. Okay. Mandatory personal protective wear for all employees that include face masks, gloves, and frequent hand washing and changing of gloves are required.

Good. Does Billy get a special suit? Billy, according to this, gets a cape in a spray bottle. That's one. That's world class. And I want to end with this before we go to break. Because, again, they've trained for this. This is the subject.

Well, yeah, there's Cinnemart. my gosh shakes they're gonna this is what it says adding first five minutes wellness check on employees

this means that employees now have the heightened responsibility of completing a checking prior to their shift in which the supervisor

will ask about their wellness complete a temperature check reminded of the protocol updates any employee who has fever or fuels

ill will not be permitted to work but but Billy's not going home without pay they will pay the billy a two hour minimum and

the employee may also be eligible for sick pay reporting pay PTO and or paid benefits my gosh and what happens who gets to decide what customers come in and go

and can't come in thank you for saying that on the last position too? Does Cynemark have a new door checker? They don't, but they do have a guest safety checklist. So they want you to do this before you come. A guest safety checklist, which is what, you know, what we're going to talk about with the attorney on the podcast today, too, that restaurants should do.

Face masks are recommended in lobbies, restrooms, and hallways. Not the theaters, though. Not inside the theater. Wow. Oh. How are you going to eat your popcorn? Now, if you feel sick, they're telling you not to come in. And then instead, request a contactless refund online or in the app.

Oh, okay, good. Good. So anytime that there's a new movie, you need to just reserve your tickets. And if you don't end up not wanting to go, just say it. No, I'm feeling good. I forgot. This is key right here. To reduce potential contact between cash and food handling areas,

cash payments will not be accepted for snack purchases. What? Dude! Oh, no. Come on. For snack purchases. So what do I get to pay cash for? Nothing because you should use the app or you're using the little computer.

to get your tickets. I've never talked to a human being and saying two for I robot. Really? Yeah. Yeah, I have. Oh, okay. But I use the card. I don't remember the last time I paid cash

for movie tickets, but I have used cash to buy snacks and stuff. You know, because you have, you know, cash in your wallet. I just pay cash for it and be done with it. So, you know, it's there. Okay, we have to end with this because I'm going to get pissed. Popcorn and drink free refill program is suspended.

It's over. It's not over. I'm sorry, it's suspended. Suspended, yeah. Wow. So I can't pay cash for the drink. And one time only, that's it. You're not coming back for more.

Oh, no. Who comes back for more? Oh, no, Jeffrey. I'm so sorry. But self-serve bulk candy stations, suspended. I haven't been to a cinema that has the self-serve

bulk candy. I've never seen that. They usually, you know, they have the boxes that are, you know, $25 a box. Oh, no. The Pizza Hut suspended. Oh, what? You can't get a pizza? Come on now.

Why would that be, since I don't understand. These theaters are not going to survive. No. I mark my word. They're not going to... They're saying that some items are not offered at this time due to... And how... I know, due to the virus and due to safety protocols and due to cleaning protocols.

And does it say anything about seating protocols... Seating protocols? Seating protocols? Yes, it does. It says that it's going to be staggered and they're going to reduce the auditorium capacities. So if I buy four tickets, I can stay together, but the next seats around me are not...

Which is what my church is doing. That's a whole other app protocol that I bet doesn't exist right now. Yep. You know what I mean? When I go to the theater app and I say, I want to sit here and buy my four tickets, now you're going to need the app to say, well, then these four tickets are reserved. So these two seats next to those four are not, can't be used. Only the ones on the other sides of those can be used.

I mean, that's a whole, that's a million dollar idea. If you could develop that for, you know, your app protocols, that's for sure. We need to do that. We need to do that today. Only I don't know how to do that, so you need to do that, and then we need to share it. If you're a listener to tune the fat, you need to do that. And then since I came up with the idea, you need to share your Ronnie with us. So, thank you.

And you're welcome. and subscribe to more content at the blaze.com slash podcasts. So several restaurants here in the Metroplex, DFW, have, you know, temporarily close. We're opening up for business here in Texas, and the governor even came out yesterday and said, hey, easy, we're still going to open up for business. We're taking it easy. Some of the numbers that are climbing with COVID-19 are not reflective of what's actually happening. and so he's, you know, battling with some of the counties over that.

And, Jeffrey, don't forget. There are still restaurants and some, there's one in particular that was just talked about in the news in Carrollton, which is here in the Metroplex, that had opened up and now one of their employees had COVID-19. And so I wanted to find out what happens when the, as a customer, had I been, at this restaurant. Am I, are they going to, do they have their own contact tracers? Do they, they let people know online that this took place. So one local attorney, Andy Trusovich, who has represented restaurants and employees

over the years here in Texas, joins us here now on Chewing the Fat. Andy, thank you very much for coming on today. I appreciate taking your time out. Yeah, thank you for having me. So what happens now? I mean, we're in a new world and a new normal and you can slap me across the face for saying that because I don't necessarily like that term, but we are living in it. You know, restaurants obviously are struggling and they're trying to, you know, do their best ever to hose everything down and make everything right and, you know, have everybody be as social distance as possible. but, you know, there are going to be times when an employee and or even a customer comes into your restaurant, but in particular this case had an employee who had contracted the virus.

And now, who's responsible? The restaurant, the employee, both are the, am I able to sue the restaurant? Am I able to sue the employee? Am I able to say, hey, you know, what about all the other people? Who is responsible, I guess, is my first question to you? Well, first, I agree with you. And I also hate the pejorative term. It's a new world, but it is a new world.

Second, the heart of your question is, it goes to the meat of the matter. And that is, who's responsible? At the end of the time, it is the business owner. And the business owners are judged. Every state has the same negligence laws on. the standard is what would a reasonably prudent restaurant owner in the same or similar circumstances do in that case? So at the end of the day, and in fact, because restaurants and businesses establishments invite people in that charge, they actually have a higher duty than if you were just to invite me over to your house for a beer,

that would not be rise to the level of a business owner because you and I are just having a beer. I'm a social invitee versus a licensee. And so at the end of the day, it's what's reasonable. And what's reasonable for a restaurant owner is there's some simple things to do. One, post for customers. Do not come in, you know, make sure you check, have you done your COVID-19 checks, temperature checks, et cetera. Don't come in if you haven't done that. They have to police that.

Second, even if they haven't done it in the past under the, quote, new world, and I think you're spot on on that term, under the new world, at least for now, until a vaccine comes, which could be a year away, you need to come in for contact tracing, have a log on the customers that come in, and at least just have a log, and obviously you want to keep it private, because you don't want to sign in, give your name and phone. Well, again, okay, the privacy. Let's talk about that. I mean, there's so many, you know, layers to this onion.

But, I mean, okay, so then who's responsible for that information? I mean, I guess the restaurant is. Really, we've boiled it down to the restaurant is responsible. But, you know, if I lie, you know, if I come into a restaurant and I'm, and I know that I was sick or, you know, it's possible that I could have been sick. And I say, well, you know, tough, I want my steak. And I lie. Now is the restaurant still liable? So, as you know, litigation's coming, right?

I mean, we are such a litigious. And until the government, either state or local or federal, say, you know what, we're going to give some immunity to restaurants on lawsuits. That hasn't happened yet. Until then, if you go in and lie, it's going to be the reasonable standard. If that restaurant owner, he or she or they, if it's investors, if they've taken reasonable steps and put it in, you can't, you know, it's not going to be anticipated that people are going to come in and lie. You've done the best. can. And if a restaurant owner can look somebody in a deposition or the judge or an arbitrator and say, we did the best we could under the circumstances, that is the defense that as a lawyer, I would want to hear my client say. Now, who's responsible for the privacy? All right. So let's say I'm a restaurant, you know, chewing the fat, come in and dine with us today. And you come in and I say, you know, you've checked off all the boxes that you can come in and my employees are supposed to be, you know, hose down and wearing masks and everybody is social distanced. And I've taken your name. Now, if I have a week's worth of customers and next week, someone comes in that is, you know, has the virus, the COVID, the Rona. And then who gets the names that have eaten at my establishment?

Is it the county contact tracer? Is it the health department? Is it the federal government? Who gets that? And how far back do they go? So good questions. I'll take the last one first. I think what's reasonable is since the CDC and who say, you know,

self-isolation 14 days, I would keep it for 30 days, maybe 45 days, not past that. Second, as far as who's keeping them, just like the employer's responsible for keeping all employee health information under HIPAA private, that those owners of the restaurant need to designate whoever that is, some manager to keep those names and phone number private. So that's going to be on the business because you don't want people coming in and signing in going, okay now I have all the phone numbers for the people that signed in before and finally your last question it would be the county health department they're the ones who are going to say are have you acted reasonable did you keep a contact tracing log we need to reach these people right because the federal government

has said they've left that to the states right they've left all the contact tracing and everything goes to the states yes sir they have so the states obviously you know are breaking it down to the counties um where i don't i have got so much much to talk to you about it. And I know that you keep, you know, using the term, you know, what's reasonable. But that term alone has changed within the last week, let alone the last six months. Right. So, I mean, are we just, are we, am I to assume that I'm letting the courts decide what's reasonable? Because that hurts me. That hurts me. It is. And you would hope that, I would hope my clients don't get there, get to that point where the courts have to decide.

And I think if you can say, here's the checklist of the low-hanging fruit, keeping the log, a log of how often do they clean and desanitize the door handles, opening and closing, are the employees properly wearing PPE? And I'm sure you've been into, you know, when you travel or you go to a convenience store, sometimes in the restroom, there'll actually be a chart on when the restroom was playing, time, and date, and somebody. And I think that's what they restaurants need to do when you say reasonable. You're right. It is changing by the day.

And my heart goes out to restaurant owners because they've been closed down and they're trying to feed their families and make money. But at the same time, I would rather them invest a little bit of money on prevention than have to pay lawyers or legal fees because they're being sued because they didn't take care of some low hanging fruit. That's easy to do. So you're a busy man. and have handled cases like this before. Where are you at now? Are you handling anything as part of this now? Are you just waiting for them to come in?

No. At this point, no. And there's no doubt litigation will be sparked on this. And a lot of litigation will come in. And I think you asked earlier, you know, is the employee liable is the owner sued? You know, as well as I do, they go after the deep pockets. Yeah, no question. And unfortunately, no, go ahead.

I didn't mean to cut you up. I was just going to say, unfortunately, a lot of the restaurants are not deep pockets. They are, you know, couples, people trying to make a living, and they've lost so much revenue over the past three, three, four months. And it's a shame that now they're going to be trying to shadow box against potential lawsuits coming in. I mean, well, a lot of those restaurants are going to be lucky to actually be able to open. let alone take on this fight. Correct. That's a struggle that's in and of itself almost impossible to do.

So let's talk a little bit about, and let's talk a little bit about some of the things that the local governments want to do and keep saying that they're laws, but they're not. You know, the mandate, the directives, the decrees, whatever you want to call them. You know, how are we legally to follow those? So another good question. So if you take look at New York, for example, the state of New York, the state of New York, the state proper, is already into phase three opening. But if you look at New York City under governor or mayor de Blasio, he's still in phase one. Faced for New York City, he hasn't even given a date yet. It may be, he's saying maybe beginning of July.

We don't know what that means. So in Texas, which is much more business friendly. And as Calvin Coolidge said, you know, famously, America is in the business of business. And so, you know, businesses have to be able to reopen or they're not going to be able to reopen at all, like you said, let alone be able to survive. So the state government, I think Texas has done a good job, Governor Abbott saying, here's what we're going to do. And they passed a state law saying that the municipalities and cities cannot make any more arduous. that are stricter than the state, whereas states up north have done just the opposite. They've said, we're going to pass the state law, but the city and counties are free to do what

they want, and if they want to have stricter laws, that's fine with us. And so there's this dichotomy, a patchwork, if you will, from state to state, if you own a restaurant in New York versus one across, you know, the state border, you are in much better shape or different shape. How much money do you look at the bank, Andy? I just messing with you. No, I don't know. I hear you.

Andy Trisovich, an attorney here in Texas, and he is, you know, board certified in both, you know, civil trial law and labor and employment law by the Texas board. Andy, best case scenario without a vaccine and without saying, hey, we're all, it's all good. what, whack, beautiful, go on, get back out of there. You can get a shot and we're all good,

which, by the way, we're banking on that to happen. And if it doesn't happen, good luck, God bless. Correct. I mean, we were just starting human trials.

I was going to talk about this today on the show, actually. So, but I mean, we're already banking on human trials, and we've got a lot writing on that.

And I hope it turns out well because if it doesn't, you're looking at another year on top of that. So, for you, and your company and your business, are you planning on being busy, really? I think all defense lawyers are going to end up being busy that represent companies.

It's just, it's a litigious society. That's the way it is. And those lawsuits are coming. And the best thing that restaurant owners can do is, like I said, do the common sense low-hanging for things to prevent that. You have to. And I mean, you have to do what? While that changes every day, as we said, that you have to do what's diligent to at least make it plausible for your customers. No question.

Andy Trusovich, thank you so much. I know you're busy. I'll let you go. I could hang on. I wanted to talk a little bit about some other cases as well, but I'll let you go. Yes, sir. Have a good day. I know you're busy, man.

I appreciate your time. Thank you very much, sir. Thank you, sir. Be prepared for courtrooms to be filled up as time goes by. here in the Rona world. It was nice of Andy Tricevich to spend a little time with us. We didn't talk about the movie theaters. It was more focused on the restaurants,

but really, the movie theaters and the restaurants are kind of in the same boat with how they've got to do things, and it's all reasonable, and they're all trying to do what they can. I mean, it is going to be tough for any of these businesses to really survive until we, get some sort of vaccine or some sort of end game with this COVID-19.

Until then? Wait, are we ending the show? Is this how you want to end the show? Yeah. Because I'm highly upset. There was two amazing stories that came out today. Oh, go ahead. The most popular candy bar by state and the most popular vegetable by state.

Those things piss me off. Offes. They're never right. You don't want to talk about this. You know what? You're losing your, you're, you're fengue.

I didn't want to, I don't want to, say it. And I don't think I have to bleep that. Losing my feng shui. But you are losing you fonshui. You know, you got the three most Google candy bars by state.

And you don't want to talk about it. They're all snickers. Not just all snickers. Oh, okay, okay. The Northeast, Reese's. Okay. Now you're looking at most of the country is Snickers.

I mean, the Northeast and down the East Coast is mostly Rees with a couple of Snickers in there. And the rest of the country is Snickers, except for out on the West Coast where you have, what is that, Oregon, Kit Kat. Okay. What, okay. Oh, in Hawaii. I don't know that I buy that anyway. In Hawaii. What's Hawaii?

Kit Kat. Oh, yeah. Okay. Hawaii's Kit Kat. Well, give me a break. I find it, you know, the only reason that's probably true is because, you know, people buy the mixed bags. And every mixed bag of the world has snickers in it. So you're forced to take them.

You're forced to take a snicker. If you're standing at the candy bar rack and you're going to buy a candy bar, it's not going to be a Snickers. It's not going to be. It's going to be another one. I would buy Snickers in the candy bar line. I don't get that from you. No, because I buy kick cats. Thank you.

We'll close with this. We'll close with this. What you think is Texas most popular vegetable? Texas most popular vegetables. Without looking at any of it? Without looking at any of it. Because I really want to see what they say because I think it's, okay, Texas is most popular vegetable. the most popular vegetable of Texas.

I mean, they're probably going to tell you what? A carrot? Close. A green bean? Ooh, even closer. Broccoli. What is it? Broccoli.

No way. No way. No way. What is it? Does any state have the Ruebega? Well, I'm not there yet. Most of it is either broccoli or carrot. Yeah.

I mean, that's... Or tomato. You know, an apple of the vegetable, right? Iowa is corn. Yeah. Louisiana, the cucumber. Ooh, okay. Tomato, Nebraska, New Hampshire, carrot, New Mexico, New Mexico, broccoli.

Tomatoes really have fruit. Oh, shut up. I'm trying to find Ruta Bega. Let me see. Virginia. Virginia. Like, maybe Ohio. Michigan, Wisconsin, if you know what those states are.

Wisconsin is a carrot. Wyoming is broccoli. Oh, this is big broccoli. Oh, way. It is. It's big broccoli. This study is paid for by broccoli. So big broccoli and big sneakers are taking the win.

That's what we've out covered here today. They have the most money and they're paying for the most coverage. That's all it is. Those bastards. By the way, Rudebay, guys. It's not on the list. It's only broccoli, carrot, broccoli, carrot, and tomatoes. That's it. You got, you said cucumber too, right?

Oh, cucumber, yeah. That was just a throw away. We're going to make somebody seeing cucumber. Okay, make, uh, it was it Louisiana? Yeah, they're cucumber. The rest of the country. Broccoli.