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!!
I posted this about a month ago on a different thread but just wanted to share it again with you - hopefully as some encouragement that you’re not alone ... even though I know it sure feels like it sometimes.
Keep it up - your disobedience IS contagious. I do the same thing everywhere I go including work. I am a Mid-Level practitioner in family medicine, I see sick patients (including ones who test positive for COVID) every day and am no longer wearing that damn mask. Thankfully our CEO is based and won’t wear one either. To be clear, I do still take the other normal precautions that I otherwise would to prevent the spread of infections (wash hands, wipe down my stethoscope between patients, etc). It’s actually pretty amazing and encouraging to see how many of my patients visibly RELAX when they see me not wearing a mask and not being afraid. There are certainly some who look at me like I am trying to kill them, their grandmother, and their dog - but for the most part people start getting glimpses of disobedience and it’s contagious. I just wish there were more out there who were willing to swim against the current. *Also as an addendum to those who will certainly bring this up - no, I have not yet had COVID. Yes, I am aware I could still get it and could still pass it on (just as I could if I was wearing a mask).