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.
So the messed up part here is from a purely economical aspect it seems like the stores would be looking the other way to survive right now. They have to know, "if I dont get people in house they will buy online and then I as a store owner die" . This obviously mainly applies to smaller stores. Big box can fuck them selves all day long I guess. But the smaller stores are slicing their own throats to be hard core like this. Oh well if you dont want my money then screw you. I have several stores that are dead to me b/c of this stupid crap. Keep you head up!