WE'RE all now familiar with most of the typical COVID symptoms - but a San Francisco eatery has come to the fore by also identifying the impacts of excessive alcohol consumption as yet another outcome attributed to the spicy cough.
Kitchen Story in Oakland's Rockridge district attracted attention on social media this week for notices on its bathroom doors warning customers who drink too many mimosas that they will have a US$50 (A$77) cleaning fee automatically added to their tab if they throw up in the restaurant's bathrooms or other public areas.
Owner Steven Choi told local news outlet SFGate that over-drinking became much more prevalent during the pandemic "and it became a very sensitive issue for my staff having to clean up".
Some would say he only has himself to blame, because the issue is clearly the eatery's "bottomless brunch" offer giving unlimited free refills on sparkling wine and fruit juice mimosa for 60 minutes - perhaps encouraging bingeing.
Fortunately, since erecting the sign it appears people are drinking more responsibly, with Choi saying he doesn't recall having had to impose the extra fee since the signs went up.
"It was really tough cleaning; people were scared with COVID and this was happening a lot," he explained.
"Now customers know they have to pay, they understand."
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