They are not going to care if you decide not to shop there. You'll have to shop somewhere and in my area, every place "requires" masks. But it's not enforced. There's a huge difference to the merchant. Although supposedly they could be fined etc they and their attorneys don't believe that will happen to a major chain because in VA, a Governor's Mandate ain't law; and the Supreme Court has already said the Constitution is NOT suspended during a pandemic or other emergencies--they can't even force people to evacuate during hurricanes etc because the Constitution gives you the right to take your chances. No store wants to be the test case that gets sued for infringing on the Constitution--they don't want the hassle. They just want to go on making money and not pissing anyone off. Yeah, it takes some courage to talk in bare-faced but I got over that in about 5 seconds. Nobody said anything to me but I got lots of friendly nods and excellent treatment by the staff who know that if the customers stop wearing masks, they won't have to either. This is how you end it, with other brave souls reclaiming their rights. Human nature is something you have to understand and use, grasp the motives of the people involved. Put yourself in the store's position--if someone calls to ask, you are going to give the party line--they could be taping you, and if it's a chain, you could get your ass fired. There was one incident in this store I read about where a customer got upset that a person wasn't wearing a mask. The person was told "We're not enforcing it." It's one thing to say it to someone, quite another to say it to some unknown person on the phone. So yeah, it stops when we STOP it, not when they TELL US it's OK.
They are not going to care if you decide not to shop there. You'll have to shop somewhere and in my area, every place "requires" masks. But it's not enforced. There's a huge difference to the merchant. Although supposedly they could be fined etc they and their attorneys don't believe that will happen to a major chain because in VA, a Governor's Mandate ain't law; and the Supreme Court has already said the Constitution is NOT suspended during a pandemic or other emergencies--they can't even force people to evacuate during hurricanes etc because the Constitution gives you the right to take your chances. No store wants to be the test case that gets sued for infringing on the Constitution--they don't want the hassle. They just want to go on making money and not pissing anyone off. Yeah, it takes some courage to talk in bare-faced but I got over that in about 5 seconds. Nobody said anything to me but I got lots of friendly nods and excellent treatment by the staff who know that if the customers stop wearing masks, they won't have to either. This is how you end it, with other brave souls reclaiming their rights. Human nature is something you have to understand and use, grasp the motives of the people involved. Put yourself in the store's position--if someone calls to ask, you are going to give the party line--they could be taping you, and if it's a chain, you could get your ass fired. There was one incident in this store I read about where a customer got upset that a person wasn't wearing a mask. The person was told "We're not enforcing it." It's one thing to say it to someone, quite another to say it to some unknown person on the phone. So yeah, it stops when we STOP it, not when they TELL US it's OK.
Go ahead and do it your way and find out. I'm telling you it won't work.
I'm already doing it my way so MY way -- and that of all the other people going maskless DOES work. LOL, don't shame me because I'm braver than you!