Maybe if the sign would have read “no entrance w/o mask in your pocket” you would have placed it over your face😆

Ohiobuckeye
 

All I can say is the people who disregards these safety precautions are slow minded or our biggest cause for spreading this virus. Just don’t do what you see, do what your asked to do & do what you’re kindly asked to do. The people that can’t put a mask on for a few mins. to stay safe are just as bad as China the one who was supposed to give this virus to us. These people just want to send you a message, “No one is going to tell me what to do”. Just keep yourself safe!

Strange that you count the people when you are shopping.

:blahblahblah: There are many places where not everyone is wearing a mask, sign or not. All the complaining about others and calling them names on social media is no act of kindness either.

Masks
 

Where are masks available?

You need to ask the Mask Police!
Self appointed vigilantes!

Mask to protect others
 

The mask isn’t really on to protect you (although it might help). The mask is on you to protect others. If you care, get one and wear it in public.

Ummmmmm
 

There IS something to be said for your argument of never again returning to a place that puts up a sign asking you to please give up a tiny, itsy-bitsy morsel of your freedom. However, imho, your response is a psychological response to a reasonable request.

Just to clarify, here is more recent guidance on masks from the Surgeon General and the CDC.

"U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams explained the CDC began advising that symptomatic people wear face masks at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Then as science showed that the virus could manifest in people as presymptomatic and asymptomatic, the organization expanded its guidance that all people wear face coverings when outside the home."
April 3, 2020

Liberty/Freedom of Choice
 

Store policy may or may not be enforced, but customers are needed and if the store wants to lose customers then make a policy which is restrictive of personal choice. I am not saying it is safe to not wear a mask but everyone has the freedom of choice to do so or not. IF I am at a greater risk because someone does not wear a mask then that is the price of freedom. I spent a year in southeast asia fighting a war for their freedom of choice and I respect that no matter how unsafe to themselves and stupid it may be I respect their choice.. I can take precautions against anyone who does not wear a mask and that is my choice. Let's allow personal freedom to choose shall we ....if the store wishes to enforce that policy then we can choose not to shop there too.

There you go providing facts.:icon_wink:

Did you call attention to it while at Whole Foods, if not why not?

Whole Foods does not require masks, but store limits 30 people in store at a time, with social distance. Plus it’s a drive to the closest Whole Foods. We go to Gainesville

Oh please.

Same for Trader Joes ..... we were up in Gainesville today and had to wait in line to get in around 3PM. Masks for customers NOT required but they also limited # of customers. It was actually shorter and faster to get there vs. going to the highly infected Orlando area.

Methinks you are comparing apples and kumqauts with that comparison. Them choosing to NOT wear a mask could kill another person. If they choose to possibly kill someone besides themselves I believe that removes freedom of their choice. If they choose to kill themselves by smoking or jumping off a bridge that is THEIR freedom of choice and doesn't possibly affect someone else. Using your analogy anyone can choose to kill someone because they have freedom of choice and I don't consider THAT (freedom to kill) "the price of freedom." Speech, religion ... yes.

P.S. Thank you for your service.

While I agree with you the CDC is actually a recommendation:

QUOTED: CDC continues to study the spread and effects of the novel coronavirus across the United States. We now know from recent studies that a significant portion of individuals with coronavirus lack symptoms (“asymptomatic”) and that even those who eventually develop symptoms (“pre-symptomatic”) can transmit the virus to others before showing symptoms. This means that the virus can spread between people interacting in close proximity—for example, speaking, coughing, or sneezing—even if those people are not exhibiting symptoms. In light of this new evidence, CDC recommends wearing cloth face coverings in public settings where other social distancing measures are difficult to maintain (e.g., grocery stores and pharmacies) especially in areas of significant community-based transmission.

Recommendation Regarding the Use of Cloth Face Coverings | CDC

Is that what it says? Not 100% sure but I thought the sign at he store said we "request all customers to wear face covering." The COMPANY POLICY on their web site does say REQUIRES but I think the sign on the store said something less than "requires." My glasses get so fogged up from the mask I may have misread it. :D

Pretty sure it said required, or must.

It was off-putting when I walked in, started to walk around a customer who had stopped to examine some bouquets near the entry, and two big beefy guys came barreling through behind me, said "excuse me" and nudged me on their way between me and the other customer. No mask. They went briskly through the store, not caring at ALL about social distancing. At one point one of the two was on the phone saying that "yeah people are complaining that we're not wearing masks." So it's not like they didn't know they were being a*****es. They knew they were, and they just flat out didn't care.

These are the people who make me feel that this state, this community, this country is not even ALMOST ready to open up yet.

Can't Make It Up
 

Honestly, you can't make this stuff up. We all agree that if you are within 6 feet of a person who sneezes you can get the virus..If you are within 27 feet of someone who sneezes either to the left or right you can catch the Virus. These are not guesses but received world wide by the experts. Wearing the mask's is not to protect you..it is meant to protect the other person IF YOU SNEEZE OR COUGH. If we go out and see someone without a mask we assume they don't give a damn about us or are medically challenged when it comes to being able to understand what they read IF THEY READ? If they observed the South Korean's they would see they all wear Mask's and have one of the lowest residents population with the Virus. That is not an accident!! Oh well, I know trying to convince the the naysayers is a waste of my energy but what the heck give it a try. The real question is "Why don't you care about the other person?":ohdear:

Went to Fresh Mkt, just to buy some prime steaks--an amazing experience--they have spaces marked in front of the meat counter--real good exception a couple tried to crowd the lady to my right, told them what the spaces meant--they were not happy--but the best was , when they asked the butcher "what does grass fed mean"--unbelievable , probably the first time they ever shopped for meat !!

Honestly, can't wait for the prime counter @ Sam's to reopen--$17.00 for 10 oz precut ribeyes--is a ripoff--they're to thin to properly cook--they got me now, the only show in town

Thank you for not getting close to cautious folks. Telling us that you are inconsiderate and willing to put others in possible jeopardy to satisfy your own prejudice is appreciated.

Not so strange to notice when your safety is jeopardized.

:bigbow:

I have been there too but everyone was wearing a mask while I was there. They are the only store requiring this which I like. If you see someone without either say something to them or an employee

TJs in Gainesville has had this policy in place since March. All of Gainesville has same policy. Grocery, Target, all businesses. Gainesville took safety to a higher level from day one. Shop there every week