Mission complete! I live maybe 15 minutes from Portland, OR. Almost 1 hour in Safeway without a mask tonight. Not one word from anyone or any weird looks except from the shopping cart kid who thought he'd flex on me by asking, "do you have a mask?" I said, "nope!" and kept on. Saw 2 other dudes with no masks and they smiled when they saw me and from down the aisle shouted, “how’s it going, dude?!” I replied, “all good and you?” They said, “awesome!” and that was that but they were just as stoked to see me without a mask as I was to see them without theirs.
STOP WEARING THE MASKS! I’m typically a push over but I had a shit day and needed to book a win to close it out, so I made my win happen. If I can stop with the mask nonsense, you can too!
I live in blue Illinois and just had this interaction yesterday: "I got into a tiff with the manager lady at the Casey’s in Central Illinois – mind you, I saw this SAME lady last Sunday and she didn’t make a peep – but I stopped wearing my mask in small places like that – I’m just over it – BUT, she caught me this time and told me I had to wear a mask – I told her no, and then I asked her if she wanted me to leave – she said no, BUT, kept trying to hand me a mask. I asked her WHY Texas and Florida are almost 100% open with no mask mandate and their cases are FALLING – AND I told her about covid units CLOSING due to lack of patients – and guess what she told me (NOTHING ABOUT THE VIRUS) – she just said we have a different “governor” and huffed and said she was done talking about it… I yelled back – YES – that’s the issue – the fat boy is keeping us locked down and wearing masks for control – stupid lady!" So, it's really NOT about the virus - it's all about control!
When that’s the best answer they can come up with its mind bending they can’t see it has nothing to do with the virus.
EXACTLY!!! And she stopped the entire conversation after that!