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.
Question for OP. When you say store owner are you shopping at a locally owned store, or a chain grocery store. Locally owned are probably conservatives, chain stores ran by manager(s) will just close in that area and set up shop else where, leaving a community to look for food. As far as masks, I go in any store I please without a mask, if they ask me to leave, no problem. Hell I quit shopping at chain stores around me just because they were giving people on here shit. Stand tall and be proud, Show respect, be kool Yolanda be kool. Everyone is watching to see your reaction to/with the mask warriors, your reaction dictates if they will take their mask off with you or next time they go. Most people do not want confrontations ( I don't either, Until necessary). I know there is only one man that has control over me. Wasting food is never a good idea, you may only know this if you've been without it (my experience). We are all here making a difference everyday, small ,large doesn't matter. Just keep moving forward, we will get there.
I think everyone is guilty. I would start with the chains though. My friends and I have been gathering other people for this all day since I posted this. Already got like 6 guys who are down. Won't be hard to find more. Here's what I think the flyer should say:
"Dear business owner. We're sorry it had to come to this but here we are. Kindly replace your mask signs with the following or we will have no choice but to continue with these kinds of actions:
"THIS BUSINESS PROUDLY SUPPORTS THE BASIC HUMAN RIGHT TO BREATHE FREE AND UNOBSTRUCTED. ALL PATRONS ARE WELCOME, WITH OR WITHOUT MASKS. THANK YOU FOR SHOPPING WITH (STORE NAME)."
I'm with you on masks being nonsense and your "Statement" is far. Why don't you go into the store your speaking of possibly your local one and speak to the one running the store. They may be someone you know or your family knows. If this doesn't work or they give you the company policy BS then have a field day I suppose, don't waste food.?