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Would you feel comfortable about walking into a store who's employees aren't wearing masks?
I just tried to get some swimming pool supplies in the store I've been frequenting for a few years now..
Walked in and had to wait for a particular salesman to ask about a problem I was having.
Store is maybe 1800 square feet with approximately 5 employees.
While I was waiting, more customers came in...... probably 6 customers plus me making a total of 12 people in the store........ nobody wearing a mask but me.
Due to my age and some physical conditions, I'm a high risk individual.
Didn't feel comfortable, so I walked out.
Now, I realize that many stores have made the decision not to require customers to wear a mask....
But I think at this point, store employees should be wearing them.
People that wear masks are weak, damaged, and afraid for no reason at all.
Would that apply to all health care workers who have been wearing masks for decades now? Surgeons, dentists, nurses, etc., they are all weak, damaged, and afraid, and their masks are completely pointless???
Then I'd probably wear a mask for MY protection, instead of counting on others do do so. Or not, in my area. Again, 4 total cases in the county, none in nearly 2 months. Those are betting odds. In NYC, perhaps not so much.
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Originally Posted by FatBob96
Reasonable answer.
I still have a hard time with that answer. I get it on one hand, and on the other, not so much. To me, I've always said there must be balance. At risk people should do as much as possible to protect their own safety (so in that sense, it's reasonable), but so should society. It's the same reason we don't let people smoke on planes anymore. Heck, in a sense, it's the same reason dangerous people are taken off the street and put in prison. It's not fair to stomp on other people's freedom, just so some of us don't have to be inconvenienced. Being asked to wear a mask is not an infringement on freedom, but (IMO) telling all the old people, all the people with compromising diseases, and all the people who are otherwise at risk that they can't, or shouldn't be able to do things JUST SO OTHERS can do it more conveniently doesn't sound right to me.
Again, if you live in a rural county with only four cases, and none in two months, you SHOULD have a different set of rules and guidelines than those in hotspots, travel-hubs, or dense population. That just makes sense to me.
I think some of us would have a different perspective if we lived in an area like Toyman, and I'd hope he'd have a different perspective (he said he does) if he lived in NYC. So the only part I really take exception to is continued misinformation, blame, and implication that wearing a mask is a stomp on your freedom.
People that wear masks are weak, damaged, and afraid for no reason at all.
quite the blanket statement there.
Far more often wrong than correct, but I guess you could find a case for either.
What do you say about people who blindly repeat propaganda without understanding the consequences, and people who make blanket statements about things that realistically have different answers in different situations?
Would you feel comfortable about walking into a store who's employees aren't wearing masks?
I just tried to get some swimming pool supplies in the store I've been frequenting for a few years now..
Walked in and had to wait for a particular salesman to ask about a problem I was having.
Store is maybe 1800 square feet with approximately 5 employees.
While I was waiting, more customers came in...... probably 6 customers plus me making a total of 12 people in the store........ nobody wearing a mask but me.
Due to my age and some physical conditions, I'm a high risk individual.
Didn't feel comfortable, so I walked out.
Now, I realize that many stores have made the decision not to require customers to wear a mask....
But I think at this point, store employees should be wearing them.
What say you?
To your question, I would say no, I would not support stores right now if employees are not wearing masks. Thankfully it is not even a choice I have to make. Our governor (USVI) has mandated masks for employees as well as customers at every store, business, and all people gathering anywhere with non-household members.
That requirement, along with banning tourists (until June 1, so fingers crossed), has worked very well at keeping our Covid numbers low. Good thing, because we don't exactly have world class health care here.
When I once again live in the states, I plan to buy my first ever Costco membership, as a way of supporting them for their health-conscious mask policy.
People that wear masks are weak, damaged, and afraid for no reason at all.
I see it the other way around. The ones who refuse to wear a mask are the ones who are weak, because they believe everything they read on the internet, that the big bad boogeyman is coming to take their rights away. It's either that, or they're scared of how it'll make them look.
It is not optional where I live (Florida). You will be denied entry if you are not wearing one. The only place where I saw this not enforced was a one-man bait & tackle shop.
Depends - has your governor made them mandatory? I know my cousin was upset when he went to Lowes in Florida in his area yesterday as he said only 1/2 the people had masks on. He was po'd because he says why aren't they enforcing these things - either everyone should do it or don't make it mandatory.
We wear them in NY because it's mandatory and most stores do have signs saying you have to wear them in order to shop there. I'm in agreement with my cousin though - if it's mandatory everyone should be doing it.
I don't think they're currently mandatory, the only thing I found was a little vague, said it depends on the business and if social distancing was possible.
People that wear masks are weak, damaged, and afraid for no reason at all.
I do have damaged lungs..... so there is that.
I also have to wear them at my work per company policy to protect MY customers, so it would be nice if the favor was returned.
There's a difference between being weak and afraid and being sensible considering your own health.
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