A woman in Oregon reportedly asked to be seated on a restaurant patio during wildfire season, even though the air quality index was said to be around 500 at the time, according to a server who described the incident in a viral TikTok video. The server, who goes by Kelly online, said the restaurant’s outdoor patio was closed that day because of the smoke. She said the woman grew upset when told she could not sit outside.
According to Kelly, the restaurant was a wine lounge with a garage door that opened during warmer months, which reportedly made outdoor seating popular with customers. She said Oregon experiences wildfire seasons each summer, and smoke from nearby fires tends to settle into valleys, which she said made conditions especially severe on the day in question.
