Stopped by Costco in Independence, Missouri tonight to pick up a bag of coffee beans. Took my mask off as soon as I was 5' past the greeter (as I usually do), went straight over to the coffee section, snagged a bag of beans and proceeded to the self-checkout aisle. As I'm tendering out, a guy with a clipboard (we'll call him CovidMaskFaggot #1) comes up to me and says "You're going to need to put a mask on if you want to shop here," to which I replied "No, thank you." He says, "In that case I'm terminating this transaction" and SHUTS OFF THE MACHINE! I looked him in the eye and said "Would you please turn that on so that I can pay for my beans and be on my way?" and he says "Not without a mask on." I said "Why are you acting like such an asshole?" He immediately gets on the radio and calls for a manager. I said, "Yeah - get manager, I'd like to speak with him." CovidMaskFaggot#1 scurries off to intercept the manager who has emerged from the back office (we'll call him CovidMaskFaggot #2). I make my way over there and say "Hi! I'd like to pay for these beans, please." Without missing a beat CovidMaskFaggot #2 says "Were you abusive to CovidMaskFaggot #1?" I said "Not until CovidMaskFaggot #1 started acting like a piece of shit to me." CovidMaskFaggot #2 snags the beans out of my hand, says that abuse of their associates will "not be tolerated" and asks me to leave. So I calmly left. Called wife on the way home and proposed canceling our membership...but that I didn't need an answer right away, just think about it. We spend a lot of money there on groceries and I expense office supplies there for my employer (work for a very small business - boss is out-of-state). I can't in good conscience go on rewarding that kind of heavy-handed authoritarianism with my hard-earned money.
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Menards in Grand rapids michigan wanted me to put on my mask or he would walk me out. Told him let's take a walk. Went to lowes and spent money there.
Is Lowe's being chill over the mask nonsense?
I haven't had any problems there...yet. In fact, I've seen a lot of normal people (a.k.a. non-maskers) in Lowes. In Home Depot a few weeks ago one of their employees was walking around without a mask. One of the Karens that works there "reminded" him to put it on and he just laughed. There were a few other customers without them, too.
My HD and Lowe’s in SC don’t say a word. I only wear a mask when I get a haircut.
Stop wearing a mask to the hair cuckery then too. If they don't want your business then they won't get it. I'm sure some people will be upset to miss out on your tip.
Hard to find a good barber though... And breathing through a mask is not nearly so bad when you're sitting still.
Wearing a mask for a haircut is the dumbest thing ever. How they gonna get around your ears?
My Lowe’s sure as hell isn’t
This is why I ask where the fuck are these pedes here living...the ones who claim they haven't had to wear a mask the past 12 months. They are either LARPing as a coping mechanism for the masks bullshit they have to deal with daily or they are schizophrenic.
Depends on the store...some don't give a fuck and some are authoritarian.
Florida.
I think Florida is chill in some places and there is no mask mandate in South Dakota. There are places where they could probably be able to get away with it. Where I live, there's no way I could being a few miles outside of the Beltway.
i live in ne alabama. my guy and i both had the wu-wu 13 months ago. he's now got cancer and is tested regularly; he's had to wear his mask at work and ended up with bacterial infections. i wear mine to dr's appts, but no where else. i help out a friend in her flower shop; she brought pretty embroidered masks for everyone to wear over valentine's day. "out of respect for the clients". i told her that they'll just have to respect the fact that wearing a mask makes me overheat and raises my bp. my pretty mask is still in it's lil plastic envelope and no-one had a hissy fit when they placed their orders for flowers. shrugs i only got into it once w/ someone in the early days...she literally screamed at me for not standing back 6 feet. "ma'am, i watched you literally lay on the conveyor belt in your filthy shirt to place your groceries, touch money, touch the mask you wear below your nose and you want to yell at me for only be 5' back? bless your heart." the cashier would probably have clapped, except she'd screamed at him too, about coupons.
I live in a loony state. If they question the mask deal, I am polite and say no thank you. If they ask if it's medical, I nod. I've only had one place say something and that was zummies when I was shopping with my kid. We walked out.
I haven't worn a mask in Lowes or Home Depot since last summer, never had an issue....
Lowe's in my area is great with it. The only masks are on employees chins.
Menards isn't a bad place to shop, but I have to point out that the politicians are putting the burden of enforcement on retailers. If they don't force customers to wear masks they get fined, and/or shut down. It fucking sucks, but I blame the government. However, I still hate Costco because they've been dickheads from day one.
I've skated by under the radar for nearly a FULL YEAR now at the Costco ref'd in my post above, however today I got a double dose of authoritarian CovidMaskFaggotry. I was oblivious to just how hardcore they have been / are, apparently.
In CA, the mask faggotry just seemed to get worse as time went on. It's like as the COVID death hype ran out of steam, they decided to focus on regulation enforcement. It's so incredibly weird.
Ménards is BAD everywhere
I make them call the cops. In texas, you can't be arrested for any misdemeanor with not wearing a mask as the predicate. Then you have 1: a video of them calling the cops on the customer without any arrest and 2: evidence for a lawsuit
I should move back to Texas.
Some old Mthrfkr did the same thing to me at the Sun Prairie location -- I put it back on then took it off again 8ft. later -- these assholes don't even know the pain they're inviting -- sooner than later they're gonna bump into the wrong person