I have never put on a mask since all this started. Ever. I live in a pretty conservative town in a blue state. Not a single store in town has ever hassled me much about masks. So yeah, getting told I wasn't welcome at a store over a mask was a bit of a shock. First time I've been "kicked out" ever.
Not gonna lie, it bothered way more than I thought it would. Haven't been able to stop replaying the incident in my head since. I had just been able to build up enough confidence knowing I could walk into any store without fear of being humiliated. That's gone now. How do you all manage this kinda stuff? I've written corporate a message, but I'm pretty sure I'll just get a canned response. This thing has got me BUMMED out, man. Like.. bad. Makes me want to never leave the house again.
Anyway, sorry for the weird post but I don't really have many friends or family to talk to about this stuff. Thanks for reading.
If you're self declared exempt, then they have just discriminated against you.
Yup. I told this woman I was medically exempt. She didn't care. Wrote corporate and doubt they'll care either. Such a hopeless feeling man.
you need to have a spiel ready and it needs to be intimidating. you can borrow this one: excuse me, but are you familiar w/ the ada? americans with disability act? no? let me inform you: you may ask me two questions...one, am i disabled? i am. two, is your disability affected by wearing a mask? yes it is. if you ask me anything else, you are opening up not only corporate but yourself personally for a big fat lawsuit for violating hippa regulations and discriminating against the disabled. hope you have a big bank account, sweet cheeks, bc i have a hungry hungry lawyer. you have a nice day now.
make a big show of getting the person's name. you can even get a friend on it; make call..."hi jen, it's brownguy. is lawyer badass in? no? well, have him call me back, i've got another one for him. yes, yes, the check did come in...i should send you flowers! have lawyer badass call me when he gets in from court!" have fun with it! twitch a lil, let loose w/ a lil tourette's or do a bob goldthwaite imitation.
speak to a lawyer who specialises in discrimination cases.
mind you, if you aren't drowning in lgbttxxyy+ letters it might be a waste of time these days.
the alternative is to wear your exile like a badge of honour. you stood up to them, didn't cuck out and wear a mask and you still have your dignity.
that ain't nothing Fren, especially in these dark times, that's proper hero stuff.
Just buy a rainbow bracelet or necklace (a cheapo). Then they assume ur apart of the gay mafia lol.
Thanks man. Yeah it's about the only positive thing I can think out of all this.
I have absolutely no desire to cave in and wear their mask. Not after this, not ever. I'll figure things out but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't shook. Sucks.
it's just shock, it'll pass. A nice shot of whisky will calm you down, try to do something calming/distracting, don't dwell on it too much