This was back on Good Friday (haven't had time until now to post my experience), to buy food for Easter Sunday. I sat in my car before I went in, determined not to wear a mask again, said a prayer to God asking for strength, and for St. Michael the Archangel to defend me against the "mask Nazis and any demons inside these people." I'm just a young woman so of course I was scared of getting harassed and even physically pushed around for not wearing a mask. I told myself "Hold your head high, don't look down, don't appear meek and timid, stay strong, hold your ground..."
I walked in and immediately was greeted by a worker. He wore a mask but he said "Hello" very cheerfully. I was a little taken aback that he said anything to me so I quickly said "Hi" and walked on. Came across A LOT of workers in there (more than usual, they were restocking), all wearing masks and NONE said anything to me about putting on a mask; rather, they were all VERY cheerful and VERY nice. Nicer than when I USED to wear a mask. I smiled at every opportunity, but my legs and shoulders were shaking in fear. I was terrified either a worker or some mask-Nazi-Karen would stop and accost me, but not even other customers seemed to care. I was the only one not wearing a mask.
I got to the checkout and was expecting the cashier to say something about me not wearing a mask, but she was EXTREMELY polite and VERY cheery. I smiled a lot! I think that helped! We happily talked about Easter and the nice weather, etc. And she was so nice to me without my mask that I knew right then that not wearing a mask, people being able to see your face, see your smile, makes them INSTANTLY connect with you and like you (except for mask-Nazis of course, but I'm speaking of generally normal people). I left and heaved a sigh of relief and thanked God that I got out of there without problems.
My next place to experiment this will be Walmart, but I've already seen people walk in and around the store without masks and nobody says anything to them, so I have high hopes for that. I'll post my experience the next time I go there.
TLDR: Didn't wear a mask into grocery store, the workers were SUPER nice to me and didn't say anything about wearing a mask! Have hope! If you try this at your grocery store, smile a lot, it really helps!
That’s awesome, congratulations! I don’t think you’ll have any problems at Walmart either, especially if you’ve seen others there without one already. What state do you live in? I’m in S. Alabama, I don’t wear one anywhere, no one says anything, everyone is nice to me like they normally are, probably a good thing because I’m vocal and don’t mind speaking my mind, hubby isn’t always thrilled with this but oh well, at times it works to his benefit, lol.
The point you made ...
is Exactly why the dems don’t want us maskless! Why they don’t want us to interact with each other or to get back to normal. They don’t want us to connect with each or like each other, they want us Divided. They think they can control us better if we aren’t sure what others think & if we are afraid to go against their new norm, will we be ostracized fo it. But more and more people who are brave enough to leave the mask off and go places without it, the more others see and become brave enough to do the same thing. Before you know it no one will be wearing them regardless of mandates.
I'm a native Minnesotan, but all my shopping is done in Wisconsin. Wisconsin at this point is getting more based and will probably lift the mask ban before MN. I'm betting MN will be one of the last to do so, along with CA and NY. Socialist commies and migrants have taken over Minneapolis and St. Paul and run the whole state. Those of us in the rural regions have no say in anything and our votes don't even matter anymore. It's a sad state of affairs. I'll be so happy when Omar gets arrested and taken away in cuffs.