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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSo you have been asked to wear a mask....
From a friends FB feed:my friend: "I did not write this but wish I had. Couldnt be more succinct. Please steal and repost at will."
"I cant. I just cant. I just logged on... and the first thing my eyes saw was a post about Costco requiring patrons to wear a mask or other face covering starting next week. There were over SIX HUNDRED comments with (people) having an absolute meltdown. I mean... Im dumbfounded. Like boycotting/cancelling memberships/pouting/foot stomping meltdown. So, Im just going to give my friends fair warning. Ive had enough with this trend of self-pity disguised as patriotism.
"You dont need to be a doctor, or a scientist, or an expert or anything else on this particular issue. You just need to be able to see in front of your nose.Things to consider before you clutch your pearls, stomp off indignantly, or get a case of the vapors over this intolerable assault on your human rights... just to shop at Costco.
"You are not the center of the universe.
Nor am I.
"Our supply chain is struggling. Retailers are spread CRAZY thin and can not handle more of their staff being out sick or quarantined if they can help it.
Hourly retail workers have parents and children and spouses who are medically fragile. And they simply want to work in the safest possible environment. I know, HOW DARE THEY!
"Costco in particular has a long history of paying its employees a better wage than any competitors, and provides really solid benefits. They are probably a company worth supporting.
"Your medically fragile friends and neighbors can stay home to a point. They do need to eat. They do need to pick up prescriptions. No one is asking you to wear a mask at a night club. Of course medically fragile people dont NEED to be at a nightclub. They DO need to get groceries and prescriptions.
"No business owner wants to end up being sued when an essential retail worker gets sick or infects a bunch of people. Because lets face it, the governments promises to handle the financial impacts of this hasnt exactly panned out for businesses so far.
"There are far bigger assaults on ones 'freedom' and autonomy. Did you know that many adult women cant get their tubes tied without their partners written consent? Abortion bans. Child trafficking. Sex trades. Discrimination of age, gender, religion, sexual preference. Blink. Blink. Blink. Just imagine the amount of privilege and comfort one must live in to be so insulted or tortured by what is, at worst, a mild inconvenience.
"So, before you get all Scarlet O'Hara, just stop. Ask yourself if of allllll the battles to pick in this whole wide world right now, this....THIS...is going to be the cross you choose bear.
"Maybe this is all for nothing. Maybe face coverings arent as efficient, or foolproof, or comfortable as wed like. But, you arent being tortured or oppressed. Do those hard-working supply chain workers a solid and get over yourself.
"And before I see one more smug, Well they better be handing masks out at the door then; Youre also required to wear a shirt and shoes into stores, but no ones going to provide that for you either.
"Ask yourself why you, a retail shopper deserve a handout from Costco. I mean youve eaten $5000 worth of free samples there in your lifetime anyway. We are asking many of our healthcare workers to wear bandanas and t-shirts as masks. You arent above it. There are school children all over this country who are sewing masks to give away. If a 7-year-old can be a decent person and choose to make the world a little more comfortable or safe, then so can you.
"This isnt a Burger King drive-through, and no we cant have it our way. This disease, infection, pandemic, whatever you wanna call it, doesnt give a shit about you or me. Doesnt give a shit about black, white, short, tall, age, gender. Its not our battle to dictate.
"The bottom line is, dont be a dick. Just put a mask on your self centered, mouth breathing face and let the greeter see the smile in our eyes as we head off to buy our cases of bottled water, pool floats, 10-pound bags of Cheetos, bulk items and cheap premixed margaritas. Youll be fine.
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So you have been asked to wear a mask.... (Original Post)
BadGimp
May 2020
OP
I went to a Costco a couple weeks ago. Early, half hour before "geezer hour" started at 8am.
JustABozoOnThisBus
May 2020
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JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,374 posts)1. I went to a Costco a couple weeks ago. Early, half hour before "geezer hour" started at 8am.
I was about 20th in line, and the line was way over 100 by the opening bell. Everyone I saw was wearing a mask. Even the guy ahead of me who had a red Trump hat, he had a mask. I didn't hear any griping about it.
Maybe the "true believers" were all in Lansing that day.
The River
(2,615 posts)2. Insisting On Your "Rights"
without acknowledging your responsibilities
isn't Freedom....it's adolescence.
Nearly half the country hasn't matured beyond childhood.
I_UndergroundPanther
(12,480 posts)3. Rec this a thousand times
Some people haven't grown past 12.
dchill
(38,565 posts)5. AKA Libertarianism.
yonder
(9,682 posts)6. +1. And that should be a bumper sticker
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)7. +1000
Pacifist Patriot
(24,654 posts)10. + 10,000
Dukkha
(7,341 posts)4. It doesn't give a shit about black, white, short, tall, age, gender.
But it LOVES stupid arrogant people.
niyad
(113,628 posts)8. Excellent. My version: I am extremely claustrophobic, and if I can wear a mask, so can you,
You selfish, brain dead asshole.
Ms. Toad
(34,117 posts)9. This is the point I've been making.
Give EVERYONE a choice that is life-affirming:
"Your medically fragile friends and neighbors can stay home to a point. They do need to eat. They do need to pick up prescriptions. No one is asking you to wear a mask at a night club. Of course medically fragile people dont NEED to be at a nightclub. They DO need to get groceries and prescriptions.
Unless masks are required in essential businesses, essential workers and vulnerable people are given a choice between dying by exposure and dying of starvation.
Mask rebels face no such choice. Their choice is between having their feelings hurt (by putting on a mask) and dying of starvation.
The state has the obligation to protect my life, over someone's feelings.
Hekate
(90,867 posts)11. KnR for a righteous rant
Righteous!