Oyster Bay Resorts in Campbell River is using humour to encourage people to wear a face mask.
鈥淲ear the mask,鈥� reads its letterboard sign. 鈥淚t鈥檚 not like we鈥檙e asking you to wear a Flames jersey.鈥�
The burn on the 91原创 Canucks鈥� arch rivals was the work of Andy Peterson, a longtime Canucks fan.
A photo of the sign quickly made the rounds on social media, including Hockey Night in Canada鈥檚 Instagram, where it has racked up over 12,000 likes.
鈥淚t鈥檚 amazing how much it鈥檚 taken off,鈥� Peterson said. 鈥淭o see it shared on the Hockey Night in Canada page was just surreal. It was the greatest thing ever. I couldn鈥檛 believe it.鈥�
The sign has been a hit in person as well, with many people stopping to take pictures. It has a slightly different message on the opposite side.
鈥淎 guy pulled in here Saturday and said, 鈥業鈥檝e got a bunch of friends that are Leafs fans, can you change one side to Leafs?鈥� and I said sure!鈥� Peterson said with a laugh. 鈥淪o one side says Leafs and the other side says Flames.鈥�
Peterson was quick to point out that it was all in good fun and tongue in cheek. But some Flames fans didn鈥檛 find the joke funny.
鈥淵ou wouldn鈥檛 believe the malicious calls my wife has had to deal with at the front desk,鈥� he said. 鈥淥ne woman called saying she was from Red Deer and she just screamed for five minutes about how offensive it was and 鈥榟ow dare you.鈥� 鈥�
鈥淎nother guy called and wanted to know how much it was for four chalets over Christmas,鈥� he added. 鈥淚t was going to be a little over two grand and then he said, 鈥榃ell you can [expletive] kiss that goodbye, because I鈥檓 a Flames fan,鈥� and hung up.
鈥淚 can鈥檛 believe people act like that and take it that seriously,鈥� he said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 a sign, dude.鈥�
