They can't physically stop you. That's what I meant by ignore as you walk past or just say " No thank you " I'm in a liberal state and it's never stopped me once. You just need the cojones to do it. What's stopping you is you.

honestly it's not even cojones that it takes, it's just remembering what normal life is supposed to be.

Just ignore. You aren't doing anything wrong.

I go in to all shops maskless, very rarely does anyone say a word, if they do I calmly ignore or say "no thanks" and move on.

Don't make a mountain out of a mole hill, you did this every year up to now.

Hmm reading the drops now and it does look like ES is a bad player in all of this. Thanks.

Eric Schmidt was commonly referred to as ES as well. Do you have a Q post naming Snowden as a traitor?