People want to boycott Costco over the store's new mandatory mask policy

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

As businesses across the country continue to implement new practices to help stem the spread of coronavirus, face masks have become the norm in public places with several stores recently implementing mandatory mask-wearing policies. But not everyone is willing to follow the recommended protocols.

Last week, Costco announced it would be requiring all shoppers to wear a mask or face covering "that covers the mouth and nose at all times" while in stores nationwide. Those under the age of 2 are exempt from the policy.

The retailer's decision is line with current guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which has been advising people to wear some type of facial covering "in public settings where other social distancing measures are difficult to maintain (e.g., grocery stores and pharmacies), especially in areas of significant community-based transmission." The CDC says that even simple face coverings are better than nothing in order to "slow the spread" and limit the transmission of coronavirus, even among those who don't know they might be infected.

Despite this recommendation, which has been issued for people in all 50 states, Costco faced immediate backlash from a sizable number of people who declared they would no longer shop at the big-box retailer if forced to cover their faces.

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Just stay the fuck home Eric Torres.

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. Great news, anyone NOT wanting to do this I dont want them within 1000 feet of me anyway

[Renew Deal]

2. Good. They should

It's better for everyone else.

[Iliyah]

3. Let them . . .

it won't hurt Costco.

[Claustrum]

4. Really? I boycott any businesses that doesn't require mask/gloves

And I will run away from anyone who come close who isn't wearing a mask.

[TheCowsCameHome]

5. "No shirt, no shoes, no mask, no service"

Got that, Eric, you worthless jerk?

[PoliticAverse]

6. In other news some people are boycotting places over "no shoes, no shirt, no service". n/t

[StarryNite]

7. I love Costco.

[Polly Hennessey]

8. Good. Shopping will be

safer and a little more pleasant without the Eric’s around.

[yellowcanine]

9. Good. There are too many people at Costco anyway. Let them boycott.

[niyad]

10. Stay home, eric. You are to stupid, too selfish, too f'n dangerous to be anywhere near sane,

thoughtful people.

By the way, you jerk, I was not aware that "american values" included killing people with gross stupidity and arrogance. Go read a civics book.

[DBoon]

11. We don't want them shopping at Costco anyway

People who won't follow basic hygiene policies don't belong in public.

It's like insisting on your right to urinate in the deli section.

[LakeArenal]

12. I'm guessing Costco won't be renewing that membership anyway.

Yeah. ‘Merikan values, man.

Freedom to make them serve ME!!

[jberryhill]

13. Is that a joke?

What "American values" oppose a private club owner making rules of conduct on their private property?

But how do you just stumble across someone who, since 2015, has 21 followers and has tweeted like six times?

[Jake Stern]

14. That just means less people I have to deal with

when shopping at costco.

[Squinch]

15. Good. Toilet paper for me.

[SoCalNative]

16. People like that

are the reason I have not left the house in weeks and have everything delivered now, including from Costco.

[stopbush]

17. The self aggrandizement of these snowflakes is appalling.

[Hekate]

18. How big is "a sizable number"? How many are not even Costco members? Seriously...

... I doubt Costco investors have to worry. Everyone's shopping experience will be enhanced by the absence of hostile death-cultists.

I just hope management hires a few more security guards until this all blows over.

[gratuitous]

21. That was my knee-jerk reaction: How many is a "sizable number"?

These anti-precaution idiots are a small percentage of the population, badly informed, angry, scared, and convinced of their own superiority. These are not people who deserve serious attention, or any attention at all.

[Hortensis]

25. No kidding, and right. Also, Costco's urban, and most of

its customers are too sophisticated for this nonsense. My kids were confirming Costco's protections appreciatively to me just the other day.

Reportedly, the CEO of Walmart America said the biggest worry their associates are expressing, again and again, is customer behavior that endangers their personnel.

[muntrv]

20. Hey Eric Torres!

[procon]

22. STAY THE FUCK AT HOME!

What law or section of the Constitutional states that retail stores are"obligated" to support his virus loving Amarakhan values?

None of the other shoppers want to be around a stupid fool like him spreading whatever diseases he has all over the store.

What a spoiled baby. All this petty, tantrum outrage over a 6 inch piece of fabric. Is it because he thinks a mask makes him look less masculine, or is it a secret code that says he's really a virus hating liberal?

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

27. As Samuel Jackson said

[procon]

36. I could listen to that man all day! nt

[Alex4Martinez]

23. Costco responds to "Sharon" about mask policy. I love this.

.

Well played, Costco. Well played.

[dalton99a]

24. Costco is a private membership club.

End of story.

[bluecollar2]

26. Sounds good to me Eric

Would it be too much to hope your Costco store is the one in Kendall, Florida?

[comradebillyboy]

28. Went to Costco today with my wife.

There was an unmasked guy who crowded too close to us in line. I was delighted that Costco staff refused him entry.

[Jirel]

29. Costco staff say please do!

Costco has been mobbed. I know a long time staff member who will be delighted if the shitwit contingent stays away. It has gotten better, but some hoarding continues, as does overall excessive buying.

[GeorgeGist]

30. Good riddance to them ...

they belong at SAM's anyway.

[cry baby]

31. The people that buy a membership because of their policy won't make

news.

I’ve decided to buy a membership there because they have a safer policy than others.

[MarcA]

35. +1,000 n/t

[Buns_of_Fire]

32. The nerve of Costco.

Pretty soon they'll be requiring that people wear clothes in the store.

[John Fante]

33. Trumper-free Costcos? I think I'll renew my membership.

[Sogo]

34. Good, I hope they stay away.

I'll feel safer at Costco if they aren't there....

(And there will be plenty of toilet paper for the rest of us!)

[totodeinhere]

37. Let them boycott Costco all they want. That will just make it safer for you and me to go there. n/t

[Karma13612]

38. I really love Aldi's BUT!

But was dismayed when I encountered a staff member walking around the store without a mask. The facts are:

All are required to wear masks, customers and staff, in NY State.
Aldi guideline: On break, they can remove them.
She said she was on a break.
She was doing a bit of personal shopping during her break so she could just clock out at the end of her shift and go home. Save her time and she could get home sooner.
She explained that during this break, she was off the clock so the face mask rule did not apply.

Hmmmmm.

[sinkingfeeling]

39. Wow, how can they do that? Can I demand to go nude in their stores?