So I want to put forth a thought that nobody else in a country is freaking talking about.

We are the ones that are going to determine whether these businesses are successful.

Every bit as much as they're going to determine if they're successful.

Understand if we go in as customers without masks and don't behave in what is acceptable ways to

behave during this pandemic.

Nobody is going to come to that restaurant, not because of the restaurant, but because of us.

Our actions can destroy these businesses if we don't act responsibly.

I don't want to share someone else's thoughts.

I want to create my own original thoughts.

I want to create my own original solutions.

I want to look at situations and come up with my own phrasing, my own words, and do it my way.

This is the John Tapper podcast.

Shut it down.

Well, well, well, here we go. I think it's day freaking 60 for me, if I'm not mistaken. This is John Taffer. This is my John Taffer podcast. Welcome, everybody. You know, last week I got sort of a bit of a tirade over the different rules and regulations that are happening everywhere. And I was just reading, those of you who know me and have watched Bar Rescue, know that we've done some work down in Puerto Rico over

the years. And it's been an important place for me with the hurricanes and even the earthquakes

and everything down there. Well, they just implemented laws for 18 months that are limiting

restaurant capacity, limiting the way we operate. And it's amazing to me that one

state can have none and another state can have 18 month worth of regulations. And, you know,

I'm concerned. And, you know, I've generally been pretty supportive of our president and the work

that we've been doing over the years. But, you know, I just keep hearing how things are going to get

better and going to get better. And we did blunt the curve. But I'm concerned, folks. And I'm concerned that we're overstepping now. And I'm concerned that we're going to impact business to the degree that maybe it just won't recover. So I'm very, very concerned. And when I look at the restaurant industry and what's happening here, you know, I'm pretty darn excited about what's happened in Georgia. You know, Georgia's, the numbers have gone down and we've been out now for a couple weeks. I'm building a restaurant in Georgia. We opened in July, Taffers Tavern. We're under construction now. And we are very excited in Atlanta. I mean, people are out and about. Restaurants are getting busy and, you know,

there seems to be an afterlife after this pandemic. And, you know, this afterlife is starting to

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