So I live here in Texas, I went today to a mechanic shop to get a routine vehicle inspection. I came in without a mask after leaving my car with them to get inspected to get an ETA on when it would be finished.
As soon as I walk in the bitch at the counter (and yes, it is ALWAYS a woman on purpose to enforce these rules) starts going "mask, mask! sir, you can't be in here without a mask"
I tell her I'm just asking about my car that I see they are inspecting in the garage. She then continues "I can give you a mask, everyone must wear a mask in here"
I tell her I don't care and that I will not wear the mask. She tells me to wait outside until it is done. I wait 10 minutes, they take my card from the bench outside. I call the girl behind the counter and ask for an apology as soon as I get home. She doubles down and says she won't apologize for "doing her job" I let her know that you'll never worry about seeing me again and have lost my business forever and hang up on her as she stammers and attempts to fake apologize.
I just want to say that I can't stand seeing people wearing these masks anymore. It's about to be 2021.Trump won my county here in Texas and yet I'll be one of about 3 people (if I'm lucky) at the store not wearing a mask and basically the only person anywhere else not wearing the mask. If 74 million people or more voted for Trump why are we continuing to comply everywhere with these rules?? I should see people everywhere in theory without the mask.
I'm so frustrated because I know people just want peace but the mask alone (fuck all the other shit) is ruining society. I've never felt more cut off from society than now. I'm a sociable and kind person and have experienced this behavior at least 4 or 5 times now. I've switched gyms, switched restaurants and now mechanics.
We are losing the battle of the mask. Sorry to sound like a doomer, someone give me a hope about this. Are we really going to go to civil war if we are afraid of the consequences of not wearing a mask in public? I'm not so sure...
Thanks for hearing me out. 8 more years of Trump please God!!
Here is the problem, the government knows they can't go after the people directly on this without revolt. So they are cracking down on the businesses. The businesses in my area have been beaten all to hell. Health inspectors have armies of fucking gustapo going around undercover just looking for anyone without a mask on. They are not only fining the business, but they are fining the workers themselves directly! For insane amounts of money. This waitress down the street at a place I frequent (owner is huge Trump supporter) was on lunch (when they don't need a mask because SCIENCE!) but heard a something up front, stuck their head out for a brief second to see who it was and it turned out to be a health inspector. They fined her 15K and the establishment something on the order of double that. These business owners don't have much choice.. The state will bankrupt them one way or another, and they are already treading water due to the shutdowns. These health inspectors have cops/nazi's following them around, so any civil disobedience doesn't go well. I am going to give the people working at these places the benefit of the doubt. What we need to do if fucking beat the shit out of these governors and mayors.
The worst part, is the restaurants are back on take-out only and yet they are STILL going to these places and doing these sting operations on the workers inside! Thats when the waitress was caught. It makes no sense. I want blood from these gov officials. every f u c k i n g ONE of them.