I walked into my local gas station without my mask while wearing my “liberalism, find a cure” sweatshirt. Everyone to including their kids had masks on. I was hoping someone say something so I could use a funny post I found here. Let’s play the pretend game, I’ll pretend your mask works and you pretend I’m wearing one. Thanks to whoever post that! I can’t wait to use it.
Your head might be cooler than mine, but anytime someone has asked me to wear a mask my blood boils. Any thought I had about what I would say in that situation goes out the window. Very few things in my life have gotten me that angry.
It may not be easy in the heat of the moment, but try and change your focus and maybe you can avoid the negative angry energies. Instead of getting mad, try and focus on how stupid this person looks with a mask on and how clueless they are to what is really going on the world. Remember that this a person that will really need you in the future to explain what has happened. You are in the power position. I try to think of it that way.... "look at these poor people still brainwashed",
A local autozone asked me to put a mask on and I said that I can't and I just need a battery tested, I had the battery in my hands. He said he would test it outside and took the battery from me and headed to the door. When we got outside I just told him to give me the fucking battery back and I'll go to another store where they aren't a bunch of pussies. He was pissed but they didn't get my business. It's discrimination. They refuse service to the disabled. I'm pretty sure if they didn't have a wheel chair ramp it would be discrimination so it poses me off when I am refused service for a reason I can't control. I lose my damn mind with these asshats.
Sometimes I get in a mood to provoke ?. Just beat them down with logic and facts in a calm voice. In combat we would tell the younger ones if shit goes south, take a big deep breath and exhale all at one, called it breath out the stupid. Prevents you from getting tunnel vision. Maintain calm and you will have a fully functional brain pan!
They may have stopped putting it on there then. I saw it last Spring. Or maybe it depends what state you're in? Like how in California everything causes cancer
Prove to me that your mask works. I would say it doesn’t, my step brother (PhD) worked in a level 4 containment lab dealing with the nastiest crap on the planet and he disagrees with you. Usually that shuts them up. If not I give the example from when I was young and worked in an operating room and we had to wear special masks when laser burning off genital warts since it would carry on the smoke and go into our nares. That one throws them off.
I hear you. I have turned that anger into confidence. Hopefully giving others the ok to not wear a mask. I have only been asked 3 times to wear a mask out of the hundreds of times going into places, I say I have a medical condition and keep walking with my head held high. And that is in a state with mask mandates. You can do it!
That is what I do, if they ask if I need one I smile and say no, I'm good and keep walking. If that doesn't work I tell them I have a medical and that usually does the trick but mostly no one says anything.
I went in to my local gas station to find the 2 attendants not wearing masks along with the person checking out. I ripped mine off and smiled. Felt great. FWIW- I wear out of respect but have been wearing less and less in grocery stores. I don’t ever wear in a restaurant as that’s the dumbest thing I’ve heard- to wear it from the door to the table.
My favorite one was when I was going into a store and the Brownshirt at the door asked me if I needed a mask. I took the one out of my pocket and said "no, I already got one" as I kept walking. Promptly put it back in my pocket. "you have to put it on!" was the exclamation distantly fading behind me :)
I'm dating a girl who works at a restaurant from where I carry out food pretty often. She says she was immediately attracted to me because she could see my face. Good things happen when you share a smile. That's been lost on people
Some millennial in my neighborhood tried to tell everyone how to distribute candy last Halloween (OCT ‘20). Sadly, some followed her directions (who appointed her, I have no idea ... I think of her as a “self-appointed hall monitor”), but I put out my candy in a pumpkin like I always do, but this time taped a face diaper across it! It was hugely funny, but it didn’t stop anyone from taking candy.
If we can make jokes out of it whenever we can, maybe some people will realize how foolish the whole thing is.
I make an extra effort to smile and be pleasant to people. The staff in my,local store seem to appreciate it.I can't imagine what it must be like being forced to wear a mask all day and look at other people in masks.
Congratulations and Welcome... Make sure you stay the course and not be forced or shamed into wearing a useless mask. This world is in desperate need of free thinkers like us.
Where i live hardly anyone wears a mask. When Im out and someone is talking to me with a mask on, I alway say Sorry I didn't understand you, and almost always they drop the mask down to say it again. ?
Maybe I should start saying didn't that feel good !
i went to a big grocery that i haven't gone to since the beginning of c19.
big sign on door 'wear a mask to shop'
i haven't worn a mask yet n have no intention to start now.
so, i walked in anyway, ready to be confronted (i was feeling a bit rebellious that day). no one said a word n all the store workers were VERY nice.
i see less drivers n walkers wearing them.
i live in a very blue midwest college town
The only place ive worn a mask the last 8 months or so was the hospital when my kid was born. I live in KY and FL and havent worn a mask anywhere else and ive only once had something said and that was best buy at Christmas. I'll never go back.
Holy cow I was just going to ask where do you live cuz I’m in NY and wow you are fearless! There are mask nazis everywhere and I dont like confrontation so I’m too wimpy to even try.
Try it once or twice, you might actually inspire others. Maybe get a few other like minded folks with you and go mask commando together. Safety in numbers and all that. Who knows you might start a mask revolution. ?
I'm in the city - if I did this, I think I'd be tackled to the ground, set on fire by wilhelm's antifa goons, arrested, sexually harassed by our il duce gov, then and put in a reeducation camp - all while the karens film it and doxx me so that i can never work again.
I'm amazed and angry at how obedient everyone is - and I know for a fact that many don't fully believe it's as serious as the media claims. I think they're mostly just afraid of looking uncool like a gasp red stater.
I had a conversation with a friend yesterday who is a serial TDS sufferer - pointing out cdc data, recovery rates without the vaxx, head scratchers like, why aren't the homeless piling up dead, same with airline passenger, etc. He acknowledged everything I said, but didn't want to discuss it - saying, the lockdown is almost over, vaccines are here, life will get back to normal soon.
So it's proof the lefties aren't blind or oblivious, they're just following the narrative like the TV told them to and not questioning anything. I should point out that my friend has absolutely zero idea that I voted for Trump. If he did, he never would have allowed me to engage in this conversation.
I hear you and understand. The city is a scary place right now. But like you said, they know it is not right, that it is a lie but they are to afraid to go against the narrative. You know, can't be cool if you think for yourself.
When we take the country back, tell him who you voted for LOL
Did you just realize that we are living in the twilight zone? It is insane! I am a strong alpha female and barely leave my home because i hate the masks. Living in doubt and fear that i will be arrested if i refuse to wear it. Today i said FUCK IT, this is my life. So yeah I felt empowered and free that I finally decided to be me and not let others tell me what i can and cannot do. Tomorrow Walmart with no mask, next week the world!!!!
I remember the first time I walked in a store without one. I too was nervous, then I realized the worst they could do is ask me to leave. I now just walk in like I a. The normal one and everyone else is weird.
Doesn't the air feel fresher and cleaner when you appreciate being maskless in a sea of masks? That's how I feel at our local Publix. Today we stopped at an event at an Orlando garden/park just to meet up with a daughter and say hi. Masks were mandatory and hubby and I could only stand being there 15 minutes. IT WAS FRICKING OUTSIDE!!! It was depressing.
Husband had a woman in Sam's, an employee, sir you need a mask? He says ok thanks and walks away just ignoring her. No one else said a thing. No other problems.
Yeah I haven’t been back in Sam’s since they put a mask nazi at the door. Maybe I’ll go in one day & see what happens. It’s the only place here that really put up a fuss about masks. Wonder if they lost business because of it?
Ditto. Every time I go to Sam's I put my airpods in and pretend I can't hear the mask nazi at the door, MA'AM! MA'AM!
Works every time, they give up. Except the last time when a day worker was there for some traveling show product. She thought she was helping by stopping me and pointing at the nazi at the door. I took one airpod out and the guy asked me if I had a mask. I said yeah and plugged my ear back, turned around and kept walking. Just. Don't. Do. It. Granted, I'm in Texas so maybe it's easier for me but I've only had to leave 2 places in a year. I either tell them no thank you, say ok and ignore them, or tell them I'm unable to wear one (let them draw their own conclusions)
I look at them, smile and say. "If you can smell a fart through underwear, jeans and a face mask it doesn't work." and keep on walking as they laugh. Sometimes I substitute "gutchies" for "underwear" and that really gets them laughing. LOL
Went out today and was maskless except for walking into the local diner because I don't want them fined. No face diaper anywhere else.
Just did the same today for the first time! Very liberating! May I ask what excuses you had ready? I wasn’t that prepared and had nothing ready to say but like you did not have to worry about it because no one said a word. Not even any looks.
I know this sounds like I’m making this up given our little conversation here but my husband and I just walked into a gun store in our town and NOT A SINGLE PERSON WEARING A MASK! It’s amazing! I almost got emotional. Great feeling to be around a bunch of other gun loving no-mask wearing PATRIOTS!
Hubby & I went into a gun shop also at beginning of the month, no one was wearing them, well a few older folks did (customers like in their 70’s), not even the employees. One of the owners helped us, we had good conversation, talked about everything, before we left I said I just want to thank you about the nonmask wearing. She laughed and said eh, we probably all have already had the virus already. They probably never wore them to be honest, good people in there, even had their pups in the store!
Pathetic, no excuses, if they refuse you service you tell them you'll spend your money elsewhere. Enough of us do that and businesses will catch on soon enough.
Apparently in NJ if you enter an establishment the cops will be called on you. Happened when i was working today where front end called the cops on a lady who didn't have one. Couldn't wear it because of breathing problems. They were called regardless.
I haven't wore a mask ever since the pandemic started, not even once, and I've been asked to put a mask on maybe 3 or 4 times. Two of these times, they were persistent with me needing to wear a mask and I tried to explain to them that the state's mask mandate policy made me exempt from wearing one and they said they don't care. I wear it or else. I chose the "else" part by leaving their business and will not visit them ever again.
The many times I've gone into an establishment, they didn't ask me to put one on. This is why I've been telling people on TD.W, here and IRL: Just walk in without one and see what happens. The worse they can do is tell you to put one on and you can just say, "No thanks" and walk past them. That's what I did that one time I walked into Meijer's and someone told me to put one on and I shook my head and said, "No thanks" and walked toward the food aisle. Waited a while and looked around. No one came after me to tell me to put one on. So they're just there to be the "gatekeeper" but an awful one at that.
Remember, animals are just as afraid of you as you are of them when approaching them but they will attack you when you threaten them. Don't threaten them, just ignore them and walk by. Be polite along the way and the gatekeepers will be afraid to confront you because you're too nice to be argued with.
Take it from me, been doing this since the pandemic started and I haven't complied to their Nihilistic demands.
Just walk in without one, be cool and carry on. Say "No thanks sir/madam" and smile while walking toward your destination in the store. You'd be glad you did it and realize how easy it is doing so.
I walked into my local gas station without my mask while wearing my “liberalism, find a cure” sweatshirt. Everyone to including their kids had masks on. I was hoping someone say something so I could use a funny post I found here. Let’s play the pretend game, I’ll pretend your mask works and you pretend I’m wearing one. Thanks to whoever post that! I can’t wait to use it.
Your head might be cooler than mine, but anytime someone has asked me to wear a mask my blood boils. Any thought I had about what I would say in that situation goes out the window. Very few things in my life have gotten me that angry.
It may not be easy in the heat of the moment, but try and change your focus and maybe you can avoid the negative angry energies. Instead of getting mad, try and focus on how stupid this person looks with a mask on and how clueless they are to what is really going on the world. Remember that this a person that will really need you in the future to explain what has happened. You are in the power position. I try to think of it that way.... "look at these poor people still brainwashed",
CS is my favorite one!
Or asking if they have ever smelled a fart before? Jeans AND underwear can't save you from that.
Sounds like my husband lol. He goes off if someone tells him to put a mask on and walks out haha
I just say ok if they ask to put a Mask on and keep walking
I wish I had a nickle for every time I did that. You have a mask? Yep. Keep walking & go about my business
A local autozone asked me to put a mask on and I said that I can't and I just need a battery tested, I had the battery in my hands. He said he would test it outside and took the battery from me and headed to the door. When we got outside I just told him to give me the fucking battery back and I'll go to another store where they aren't a bunch of pussies. He was pissed but they didn't get my business. It's discrimination. They refuse service to the disabled. I'm pretty sure if they didn't have a wheel chair ramp it would be discrimination so it poses me off when I am refused service for a reason I can't control. I lose my damn mind with these asshats.
Sometimes I get in a mood to provoke ?. Just beat them down with logic and facts in a calm voice. In combat we would tell the younger ones if shit goes south, take a big deep breath and exhale all at one, called it breath out the stupid. Prevents you from getting tunnel vision. Maintain calm and you will have a fully functional brain pan!
I usually just say "read the box that the masks come in. They don't work, it says so right on the box"
I used to think to try that but no boxes in real life seem to say that, just that one pic that circulated online.
Not true. My sister has a box, and I saw it with my own eyes.
Cool I wish they all did/were required to. Like I said the ones I have checked haven’t, which is like three different brands.
They may have stopped putting it on there then. I saw it last Spring. Or maybe it depends what state you're in? Like how in California everything causes cancer
Lol no one is fact checking me, they don't work and everyone knows it.
I've never had any logic sink in with these brainwashed people.
What kind of stuff are you telling them?
Prove to me that your mask works. I would say it doesn’t, my step brother (PhD) worked in a level 4 containment lab dealing with the nastiest crap on the planet and he disagrees with you. Usually that shuts them up. If not I give the example from when I was young and worked in an operating room and we had to wear special masks when laser burning off genital warts since it would carry on the smoke and go into our nares. That one throws them off.
I hear you. I have turned that anger into confidence. Hopefully giving others the ok to not wear a mask. I have only been asked 3 times to wear a mask out of the hundreds of times going into places, I say I have a medical condition and keep walking with my head held high. And that is in a state with mask mandates. You can do it!
Exactly..me too..only been approached once.
That is what I do, if they ask if I need one I smile and say no, I'm good and keep walking. If that doesn't work I tell them I have a medical and that usually does the trick but mostly no one says anything.
Me too. I told a lady at Costco to fuck off. The people I was with were not impressed.
I called a woman a sheep and "baaa'd" at her. Lol
Lmao
I know I shouldn't, but that made me laugh out loud.
Give them an over exaggerated thumbs up and keep walking
I went in to my local gas station to find the 2 attendants not wearing masks along with the person checking out. I ripped mine off and smiled. Felt great. FWIW- I wear out of respect but have been wearing less and less in grocery stores. I don’t ever wear in a restaurant as that’s the dumbest thing I’ve heard- to wear it from the door to the table.
"If your mask doesn't work, why do you want me to wear one? Oh, your mask works? You're good then, have a nice day."
Excellent logic
I mean, where can you go from there except to have the same conversation again. Kek.
Oh shit.. ~writes that down for later use~
I'm in SE Houston area and I must say it's lovely seeing people's faces again ?
I told my husband when I got home. He asked if I went inside the store and when I said yes he busted out laughing.
Well done! I've only had two people approach me about not wearing mine, and I just ignore them and walk away.
"Excuse me, sir!"
"You're excused."
My favorite one was when I was going into a store and the Brownshirt at the door asked me if I needed a mask. I took the one out of my pocket and said "no, I already got one" as I kept walking. Promptly put it back in my pocket. "you have to put it on!" was the exclamation distantly fading behind me :)
I'm dating a girl who works at a restaurant from where I carry out food pretty often. She says she was immediately attracted to me because she could see my face. Good things happen when you share a smile. That's been lost on people
Masks are the new beer googles. I work at a hospital and even the ones I know are homely look cute.
This is REAL reason why burqas were invented....its a religious form of single bagging.
Some millennial in my neighborhood tried to tell everyone how to distribute candy last Halloween (OCT ‘20). Sadly, some followed her directions (who appointed her, I have no idea ... I think of her as a “self-appointed hall monitor”), but I put out my candy in a pumpkin like I always do, but this time taped a face diaper across it! It was hugely funny, but it didn’t stop anyone from taking candy.
If we can make jokes out of it whenever we can, maybe some people will realize how foolish the whole thing is.
Priceless
Yes!! Humor is the way!!! Love ur creativity!
I smile a lot at people, I think that helps.
I make an extra effort to smile and be pleasant to people. The staff in my,local store seem to appreciate it.I can't imagine what it must be like being forced to wear a mask all day and look at other people in masks.
Congratulations and Welcome... Make sure you stay the course and not be forced or shamed into wearing a useless mask. This world is in desperate need of free thinkers like us.
Where i live hardly anyone wears a mask. When Im out and someone is talking to me with a mask on, I alway say Sorry I didn't understand you, and almost always they drop the mask down to say it again. ? Maybe I should start saying didn't that feel good !
i went to a big grocery that i haven't gone to since the beginning of c19. big sign on door 'wear a mask to shop' i haven't worn a mask yet n have no intention to start now. so, i walked in anyway, ready to be confronted (i was feeling a bit rebellious that day). no one said a word n all the store workers were VERY nice. i see less drivers n walkers wearing them. i live in a very blue midwest college town
The only place ive worn a mask the last 8 months or so was the hospital when my kid was born. I live in KY and FL and havent worn a mask anywhere else and ive only once had something said and that was best buy at Christmas. I'll never go back.
I live in New York, that should put in perspective what this represents for me
Holy cow I was just going to ask where do you live cuz I’m in NY and wow you are fearless! There are mask nazis everywhere and I dont like confrontation so I’m too wimpy to even try.
Try it once or twice, you might actually inspire others. Maybe get a few other like minded folks with you and go mask commando together. Safety in numbers and all that. Who knows you might start a mask revolution. ?
Lol “mask commando”
Also known as normal.
I upstate, orange county, this is MAGA country so not so fearless lol but thanks
I'm in the city - if I did this, I think I'd be tackled to the ground, set on fire by wilhelm's antifa goons, arrested, sexually harassed by our il duce gov, then and put in a reeducation camp - all while the karens film it and doxx me so that i can never work again.
I'm amazed and angry at how obedient everyone is - and I know for a fact that many don't fully believe it's as serious as the media claims. I think they're mostly just afraid of looking uncool like a gasp red stater.
I had a conversation with a friend yesterday who is a serial TDS sufferer - pointing out cdc data, recovery rates without the vaxx, head scratchers like, why aren't the homeless piling up dead, same with airline passenger, etc. He acknowledged everything I said, but didn't want to discuss it - saying, the lockdown is almost over, vaccines are here, life will get back to normal soon.
So it's proof the lefties aren't blind or oblivious, they're just following the narrative like the TV told them to and not questioning anything. I should point out that my friend has absolutely zero idea that I voted for Trump. If he did, he never would have allowed me to engage in this conversation.
I hear you and understand. The city is a scary place right now. But like you said, they know it is not right, that it is a lie but they are to afraid to go against the narrative. You know, can't be cool if you think for yourself.
When we take the country back, tell him who you voted for LOL
Tbh when the truth comes out, I have a feeling he's going to need a padded cell. No need to rub it in by telling him I was a secret deplorable ?
I heard they are putting them on newborns.......wouldn't doubt it..
Something is really fuckin' wrong in America we feel free and empowered for not wearing a mask. Fuck.
Did you just realize that we are living in the twilight zone? It is insane! I am a strong alpha female and barely leave my home because i hate the masks. Living in doubt and fear that i will be arrested if i refuse to wear it. Today i said FUCK IT, this is my life. So yeah I felt empowered and free that I finally decided to be me and not let others tell me what i can and cannot do. Tomorrow Walmart with no mask, next week the world!!!!
We need strong men to lead the rest! Thank you for your courage!
Not saying anything negative towards you, just that the state of America is such horse and bullshit
I remember the first time I walked in a store without one. I too was nervous, then I realized the worst they could do is ask me to leave. I now just walk in like I a. The normal one and everyone else is weird.
Right on ? I don't wear a mask. Instead, I open carry my sidearm in an American flag holster.
Only questions that I get are; where did you get the holster, what model gun/caliber do you have, are we truly a 2nd Amendment/open carry state?
I get more questions/comments about my beard than about not wearing a face diaper ??????
Nice! Feels great doesn’t it
YES
Doesn't the air feel fresher and cleaner when you appreciate being maskless in a sea of masks? That's how I feel at our local Publix. Today we stopped at an event at an Orlando garden/park just to meet up with a daughter and say hi. Masks were mandatory and hubby and I could only stand being there 15 minutes. IT WAS FRICKING OUTSIDE!!! It was depressing.
Yes...but now we know it takes more than 15 minutes to get infected.
Husband had a woman in Sam's, an employee, sir you need a mask? He says ok thanks and walks away just ignoring her. No one else said a thing. No other problems.
Yeah I haven’t been back in Sam’s since they put a mask nazi at the door. Maybe I’ll go in one day & see what happens. It’s the only place here that really put up a fuss about masks. Wonder if they lost business because of it?
You just have to say you can't wear one and keep walking...works at my Sam's
Ditto. Every time I go to Sam's I put my airpods in and pretend I can't hear the mask nazi at the door, MA'AM! MA'AM! Works every time, they give up. Except the last time when a day worker was there for some traveling show product. She thought she was helping by stopping me and pointing at the nazi at the door. I took one airpod out and the guy asked me if I had a mask. I said yeah and plugged my ear back, turned around and kept walking. Just. Don't. Do. It. Granted, I'm in Texas so maybe it's easier for me but I've only had to leave 2 places in a year. I either tell them no thank you, say ok and ignore them, or tell them I'm unable to wear one (let them draw their own conclusions)
YAY you! Congratulations!
My favorite reactions come from the “SIR YOU NEED TO PUT A MASK ON”
“Sorry I just got diagnosed with CFS a couple days ago”
“Ohhh I’m sorry what is that?”
“COMMON FUCKING SENSE” Then walk away :)
I bet they are too stunned to say anything hahahahaha
I did also...and had one drive by comment thrown at me “No Mask” but they kept on moving.
Next time the immediate follow up is “No brain”
I look at them, smile and say. "If you can smell a fart through underwear, jeans and a face mask it doesn't work." and keep on walking as they laugh. Sometimes I substitute "gutchies" for "underwear" and that really gets them laughing. LOL
Went out today and was maskless except for walking into the local diner because I don't want them fined. No face diaper anywhere else.
Just did the same today for the first time! Very liberating! May I ask what excuses you had ready? I wasn’t that prepared and had nothing ready to say but like you did not have to worry about it because no one said a word. Not even any looks.
Just that I forgot and pull it out of my pocket. I wasn't going to apologize for not wearing though.
I know this sounds like I’m making this up given our little conversation here but my husband and I just walked into a gun store in our town and NOT A SINGLE PERSON WEARING A MASK! It’s amazing! I almost got emotional. Great feeling to be around a bunch of other gun loving no-mask wearing PATRIOTS!
Hubby & I went into a gun shop also at beginning of the month, no one was wearing them, well a few older folks did (customers like in their 70’s), not even the employees. One of the owners helped us, we had good conversation, talked about everything, before we left I said I just want to thank you about the nonmask wearing. She laughed and said eh, we probably all have already had the virus already. They probably never wore them to be honest, good people in there, even had their pups in the store!
That sounds exactly this store and my experience...but this place had cats! Lmao not even joking they were running around the store it was so funny.
There's 2 vape stores I go to often, one has a cat and one has a dog. Neither has a single employee wearing masks nor do they expect me to.
The gun stores in my area have signs that tell people not to wear a mask.... because IT'S A GUN STORE lol
That’s kind of what I was thinking. Thanks pede!
What state if I may ask?
New York
Impressive
Good for you!!
NY
Makes me proud to see people doing what I've been doing for months, lol
Pathetic, no excuses, if they refuse you service you tell them you'll spend your money elsewhere. Enough of us do that and businesses will catch on soon enough.
Just tell people you had bacterial pneumonia and your pulmonologist said it was from the mask. Lol. Watch the crater of horror form.
Pssst it’s ok to lie about this stuff. You could also say your tuberculosis is much more severe with the mask on, so you have an exception.
LMAO
How have we come to this.
Yeah you'd be surprised how pussy most people are. I've gotten more resistance from other shoppers than store owners or workers at this point.
QT of Kansas doesn't ask for shit so props to them
Apparently in NJ if you enter an establishment the cops will be called on you. Happened when i was working today where front end called the cops on a lady who didn't have one. Couldn't wear it because of breathing problems. They were called regardless.
Woman cuts hole in mask to make it easier to breathe(https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/11541898/coronavirus-face-mask-cut-hole/)
Not sure if she knows it doesn’t work that way or is master troll. But I like it!
"Where's your mask?" Where's your tinfoil hat?
LOL good idea
“Can't, doctors orders!” ?
i said same n gal said she needed to see a doctor's note i said FU!!!!
Yeah next time that happens you own the business easiest lawsuit ever.
Exactly.
I haven't wore a mask ever since the pandemic started, not even once, and I've been asked to put a mask on maybe 3 or 4 times. Two of these times, they were persistent with me needing to wear a mask and I tried to explain to them that the state's mask mandate policy made me exempt from wearing one and they said they don't care. I wear it or else. I chose the "else" part by leaving their business and will not visit them ever again.
The many times I've gone into an establishment, they didn't ask me to put one on. This is why I've been telling people on TD.W, here and IRL: Just walk in without one and see what happens. The worse they can do is tell you to put one on and you can just say, "No thanks" and walk past them. That's what I did that one time I walked into Meijer's and someone told me to put one on and I shook my head and said, "No thanks" and walked toward the food aisle. Waited a while and looked around. No one came after me to tell me to put one on. So they're just there to be the "gatekeeper" but an awful one at that.
Remember, animals are just as afraid of you as you are of them when approaching them but they will attack you when you threaten them. Don't threaten them, just ignore them and walk by. Be polite along the way and the gatekeepers will be afraid to confront you because you're too nice to be argued with.
Take it from me, been doing this since the pandemic started and I haven't complied to their Nihilistic demands.
Just walk in without one, be cool and carry on. Say "No thanks sir/madam" and smile while walking toward your destination in the store. You'd be glad you did it and realize how easy it is doing so.