I wanted to rewrite this post because my last one had a lot of on-the-fly edits and I think I can make this cleaner.
Here's what we should do:
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Find people in your neighborhood/community who are sick of masks and want a change and invite them to participate. Start a facebook group or get people on a massive text chain or something like that.
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Decide the dates and times you plan to do this. Get people to go in groups of at least 15, the bigger the better. That's disruptive, and frankly, people can go in all day in different shifts and keep it going.
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Decide on the grocery store you wish to target.
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Go in with masks on, grab a cart, and grab all the perishable goods (meat, cheese, milk, eggs, etc.) along with a few other things to make replacing things more time consuming.
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Place your list with the demands on the top of the cart filled with items (it will say "replace your 'masks required signs' with a 'we support your constitutional rights--no masks required' signs and then these actions will stop.")
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Walk your cart to the front of the store.
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Leave it there and go home.
This way we:
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Avoid physical confrontations
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Avoid being identified so we can be charged with trespassing, etc.
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Create real disruption for these business owners forcing them to change.
Or you just say “no thanks” or even “i am unable to wear a mask safely” and just walk in. Ive been doing that since July and have only been refused entry twice. Once at ACE hardware (AFTER id already done my shopping and was in line to pay—so i waited outside while they rang me up. So silly) and once at Sprouts.
If an employee confronts you, ask to speak with the corp head office. They are legally liable for discrimination at that point and will likely not bother you further.
Just be polite.
You shouldn't have to be polite. I know what you just described has worked for you but that might be due to where you live. I've personally been accosted quite aggressively by clerks at my nearby grocery store even late on a Saturday night. It's time to end this madness collectively.
You can keep doing your thing though. It just won't help anyone else.
Fair point. I guess what matters is that we all need to do SOMETHING. Take a stand. If being polite is not an option, then so be it. This madness will only stop when we ALL refuse to comply.