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'Bumper tables' made of inner tubes:Here's how one Ocean City restaurant plans to enforce social ...
Photograph: Courtesy of Revolution Event Design & Production
From https://www.baltimoresun.com/coronavirus/bs-md-bumper-table-revolution-20200518-z2wrplx6xvgfnd7hquzptiz7ka-story.html
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‘Bumper tables’ made of inner tubes: Here’s how one Ocean City restaurant plans to enforce social distancing
By EDWARD LEE
BALTIMORE SUN |
MAY 18, 2020
An event planning company in Baltimore has unveiled a unique way to socialize while practicing social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic.
Revolution Event Design & Production created what it is calling a “bumper table,” a table with wheels attached to the bottom of its legs and surrounded by an inflated inner tube. The creation keeps participants six feet from each other, but allows them the opportunity to talk, eat or drink in social settings.
“When COVID hit, we found ourselves with a lot of time on our hands because people aren’t exactly booking events in the immediate future,” said Erin Cermak, Revolution’s founder and CEO, who hatched the idea for the bumper tables. “We wanted to come up with a creative and fun way to keep everyone safe and compliant, but still bring back the social and festive and party aspect of the event. So we’ve been working on a number of different products, and this is the first one that we’re launching.”
The bumper tables made their debut Saturday at Fish Tales, a restaurant in Ocean City. Cermak is a cousin of Donna Harman, who along with her husband Shawn have owned Fish Tales for 37 years.
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By EDWARD LEE
BALTIMORE SUN |
MAY 18, 2020
An event planning company in Baltimore has unveiled a unique way to socialize while practicing social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic.
Revolution Event Design & Production created what it is calling a “bumper table,” a table with wheels attached to the bottom of its legs and surrounded by an inflated inner tube. The creation keeps participants six feet from each other, but allows them the opportunity to talk, eat or drink in social settings.
“When COVID hit, we found ourselves with a lot of time on our hands because people aren’t exactly booking events in the immediate future,” said Erin Cermak, Revolution’s founder and CEO, who hatched the idea for the bumper tables. “We wanted to come up with a creative and fun way to keep everyone safe and compliant, but still bring back the social and festive and party aspect of the event. So we’ve been working on a number of different products, and this is the first one that we’re launching.”
The bumper tables made their debut Saturday at Fish Tales, a restaurant in Ocean City. Cermak is a cousin of Donna Harman, who along with her husband Shawn have owned Fish Tales for 37 years.
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