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.
I just don’t wear a mask. I never do. I live in Arizona
I think that's great. But we don't all live in Arizona and the lone wolf doesn't accomplish much. I think this way would actually force business owners to rethink their stance. They have systems that need to work smoothly or they lose money. Disrupt those systems and they'll do whatever you want.
I agree. I just don’t agree with putting perishables in carts and leaving them up front. Doing that will only raise grocery prices, as food spoils. Then the neighborhood ends up absorbing those costs. However I am for filling a cart full of tiny teeny tiny small items from the pharmacy area or make up items or other items that are difficult to restock. I think the idea is actually pretty good, by leaving a note on top of the cart stating what it is people really want for their communities.
In the spirit of “don't be rude,“ I am politely labelling you a “glowie."
Absolutely use perishables. They're not going to spoil - it's just going to disrupt staffing. It takes longer to get these items home than it does to call someone up to put them back.
This messes with staffing levels and normie wait times. The food will be fine. The customer service times and restocking increases staffing levels.
Grocery store managers - I'm talking Kroger, randalls, heb, albertsons, publix - are going to be measured on spoilage more than restocking, but will get hammered on “over staffing“ and forced to explain the cost up the chain.
Local, small grocers will value spoilage over staff costs, since ordering and stocking is directly in their control.
Small, non-perishable items would basically be the same as “heh. Leave the cart far away from the door. Heh.“ at target. No impact whatsoever.
I thought a glowie was an FBI schill?