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.
Yeah, I've been treated pretty bad before. Been yelled at by other customers and been harassed by employees. But I hate confrontation, so I just always ignored it and went about my business. But this one hit a bit different. I had to leave the store. So humiliating.
I'm so sorry fren. It's super shitty humans are being such dicks about this. Even though it may be hard to remember it now, you did nothing wrong. That store should treat its customers better and you are the one doing them a favor by shopping there.
Exactly this!
I told my wife that I feel so stupid and have this dumb feeling of guilt like I did something wrong. It's fucking crazy, never thought I'd feel this way.
Humans generally want to get along with other humans, cooperation and social cohesion are how we function as a society. These maskers are taking advantage of the fact that humans want things to go well with each other to enforce bad policies that don't make sense.