Shirley wrote: ↑Wed Jun 16, 2021 11:54 am
Did my grocery shopping without a mask the other day for the first time in 15 months. Felt weird. But nice.
Was just about to post this almost verbatim. I had on a gaiter, so if I felt weird I could (in theory) pull it up quickly, but I'd say about 30 percent of shoppers and well over half the employees weren't wearing masks so... At one point, a woman bumped into my cart and looked up to apologize. Saw me without a mask and said "Oh, wow... Totally forgot that's allowed" and took off her mask. My intuition is that she saw someone else and realized she wasn't going to be alone with her mask off and followed suit. I think there are a ton of people around here that are just waiting for the tide to turn... For MANY ppl in this area, wearing a mask has been performative for months now.
It was weird down in the USVI, where they are remaining REALLY strict about things. Like, asking you to wear a mask in open air shopping centers, putting on a mask to cross the a bar to get to the beach, etc etc. Employees all have masks, no exceptions.
Living where I live, it was just a continuation of how we've been operating (for the most part) for 15 months. But, I have to say, at this point I'm with BSF... I did my duty back in March/April as did my family and almost all of my co-workers (in my dept, at least). We're at well over 70 percent vaccinated in this county. I'm over it.
That said, not sure I'll fly without a mask on again. At a minimum, wearing a gaiter or similar face covering.
You can lead a horse to fish, but you can't fish out a horse.