[Pillowtalk]

If I am shopping with my mask on practicing safe distance and if crowded by people who don’t care about me to wear a mask I want to pull down my mask and start coughing. I am not there yet, but I am close....

[Mardarlowe]

In today's world, the last thing a business owner has time for is policing a mask policy. He's probably more concerned about paying this month's rent and providing for his family.

[Marykess1802]

I’m with you! The unmasked “crowders” just about undo me. Coughing on them is probably better than choking them to death.

Originally Posted by Pillowtalk

If I am shopping with my mask on practicing safe distance and if crowded by people who don’t care about me to wear a mask I want to pull down my mask and start coughing. I am not there yet, but I am close....

[bowlingal]

Cal's requires masks and to wait outside for your appointment. there is a sign on the door stating that and has been up since early June

[Joanne19335]

Originally Posted by retiredguy123

I was in Barnes and Noble today, and they have a sign on the front door that says masks are "required". I think that is the first sign I has seen like that, which I thought was a good idea. But, there were several people in the store not wearing masks and I didn't see any of them being asked to leave. I don't understand the management's thinking on this. It would be very easy to have someone walk around and enforce their rule. Otherwise, why not just have a sign that says masks are "requested" like many other stores? They are just making people who follow the rule feel cheated.

Until the Governor mandates people wearing masks in public, the word “requested” is used. Florida is well beyond requesting that masks be worn. They should be MANDATED. Anyone refusing to wear one should be denied entry.

[Two Bills]

Originally Posted by Pillowtalk

If I am shopping with my mask on practicing safe distance and if crowded by people who don’t care about me to wear a mask I want to pull down my mask and start coughing. I am not there yet, but I am close....

My brother in law does that, he throws an absolute coughing fit, but he keeps mask on.
Reactions are hilarious. One person nearly fell over running away!

[MandoMan]

Originally Posted by retiredguy123

I was in Barnes and Noble today, and they have a sign on the front door that says masks are "required". I think that is the first sign I has seen like that, which I thought was a good idea. But, there were several people in the store not wearing masks and I didn't see any of them being asked to leave. I don't understand the management's thinking on this. It would be very easy to have someone walk around and enforce their rule. Otherwise, why not just have a sign that says masks are "requested" like many other stores? They are just making people who follow the rule feel cheated.

I know that in Texas, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey, and probably more states, masks are REQUIRED when you are in a public place within breathing distance of people, and several states have just shut down indoor dining again. I spent three years in operating rooms wearing masks all day. Properly worn, they DO work to stop transmission of air-borne organisms. They work best if everyone wears them. There are all sorts of government “restrictions to your freedom” that you comply with, such as wearing seatbelts, using turn signals and headlights, having a license plate and a current registration and carrying insurance and wearing shirt and shoes if you want service. What’s the big deal about masks?
Republicans Urge Masks for Coronavirus Despite Trump'''s Resistance - The New York Times

[daca55]

I left the Villages for my summer home in New England the first of June. Up here especially in N.H. all stores require masks and people are complying with the exception of a few. After being in FL I couldn’t believe how tighter things are up here. Up till June 15 you still had to have an appointment to get into a Best Buy Store. After watching the number of cases and deaths going up the way they are in FL people need to start taking this virus seriously.

[PJackpot]

My guess is they don't want to lose the revenue. I personally will not go into any establishment that requires a mask be worn. If I want something that bad, I'll get it from Amazon.

[BlackhawksFan]

Originally Posted by retiredguy123

I was in Barnes and Noble today, and they have a sign on the front door that says masks are "required". I think that is the first sign I has seen like that, which I thought was a good idea. But, there were several people in the store not wearing masks and I didn't see any of them being asked to leave. I don't understand the management's thinking on this. It would be very easy to have someone walk around and enforce their rule. Otherwise, why not just have a sign that says masks are "requested" like many other stores? They are just making people who follow the rule feel cheated.

A business cannot require you to wear a mask only their employees. That being said they can refuse to serve you and ask you to leave.

[cheweycat]

Just wear a mask! It’s so simple..

[davem4616]

Originally Posted by JoMar

They try to keep their patrons safe but you can't fix stupid and they have no desire to get into arguments or maybe a legal confrontation.......just avoid those that won't play nice.

exactly

no need to place the folks working for minimum wage at risk by forcing them to confront someone that just doesn't get it and will certainly create a scene

reality is, the stores shouldn't have to post any sign regarding masks

I used to think that if you lived in a higher end neighborhood everyone would get a long and play nicely in the sandbox....but I've learned that accumulated wealth doesn't seem to have much of an impact on being respectful of others...that's a value that should have learned from one's parents growing up...of course if the parent didn't have that value that answers the question

[retiredguy123]

Originally Posted by bowlingal

Cal's requires masks and to wait outside for your appointment. there is a sign on the door stating that and has been up since early June

Not correct for the Cal's at Colony Plaza. The barbers are required to wear them, but masks are optional for customers while getting their haircut. I have been there 3 times since May. I don't know about the other Cal's shops.

[charlieo1126@gmail.com]

If the governor of Texas is requiring people to wear masks , that tells you how bad things are getting . I just don’t understand why people are wearing them . I would like to tin k that many of the deniers of the virus danger and the wearing of mask are just try to get people going , at least I hope so ,or has the constant drumbeat of everything is fake news taken hold in many

[kendi]

So much talk about masks but nothing said about social distancing which is the first step along with washing of hands. Masks? Yes of course. But keep in mind that many who wear them are just as nasty as those who don’t. Sad people turn on each other over a piece of cloth. As far as people in Barnes and Noble not wearing one, I would also look at how crowded it is. It’s very easy to social distance much farther than 6 feet even when not many are in the store.