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.
Welcome to the club.
I lost three jobs over mask non compliance also.
As far as the stores goes: I reject them in return.
I buy from small shops that I have walked into and proven that I was not only respected but welcomed for my stance. They are mostly ethnic shops from Russia and India. They know.
I also buy from a farm online that delivers locally to many counties around their location.
I also buy very few basic items from Winn Dixie because they were the last of the supermarket chains to cave in to the mask police, did not donate to BLM ( I chased their donations ), and I have not had a problem ever with not wearing a mask while shopping there neither have I heard of anyone having being mistreated there. Never had attitude from their employees like I did with the punks from Publix.
I vehemently reject Publix Supermarkets because they were worse that Wal-Mart in pushing and trying to enforce masks and they donated to BLM and celebrated Antifa on the 4th of July with choice of colors and decoration that subliminally gave the message they were anti American.