No masks allowed: stores turn customers away in US culture war

[brooklynite]

The Guardian

In the last few weeks a spate of American stores have made headlines after putting up signs telling customers who wear masks they will be denied entry. On Thursday, Vice reported on a Kentucky convenience store that put up a sign reading: “NO Face Masks allowed in store. Lower your mask or go somewhere else. Stop listening to [Kentucky governor Andy] Beshear, he’s a dumbass.”

Another sign was posted by a Californian construction store earlier this month encouraging hugs but not masks. In Illinois, a gas station employee who put up a similar sign has since defended herself, arguing that mask-wearing made it hard to differentiate between adults and children when selling booze and cigarettes.

Meanwhile, Donald Trump finally caved and wore a face mask yesterday – something he didn’t want to “give the press the pleasure of seeing”. But while it is gratifying to see the emperor finally forced to wear clothes, you’ve got to wonder to what extent the virus will spread thanks to the actions of citizens insisting on protecting their “freedom” over the right of others not to get sick.

Anti-lockdown protesters have argued that it is anti-American for the government to curtail people’s freedoms in order to reduce deaths as a result of Covid-19. Meanwhile, store owners tell customers what they can and cannot wear before entering, and customers cough in the faces of workers in the name of freedom.

[Celerity]

1. wel, ffs, I was just typing my own little OP that said THIS was next, and real life beat me to it

fucking MAGAts

[tulipsandroses]

2. mask-wearing made it hard to differentiate between adults and children when selling booze

Here's a thought. Ask for a damn ID!!!!
I doubt this is a real problem though.

I swear these days I don't know if I'm reading the Onion.

[LisaL]

4. You are supposed to ask for ID anyway.

Unless the person looks so old, it's obvious they are of age.

[rurallib]

5. Many cash registers require a birth date be entered for alcohol and nicotine sales

Sort of a way for the store cover their butt if someone tries to buy underage.
Of course you can enter a bogus date, but it would be much easier to just get an ID and enter a real date.

[Girard442]

7. My local grocery store cards everbody for beer.

Short circuits all the argments at the register. "My boss makes me do it."

Makes me smile. If there are underage people out there who look like me, I feel bad for them though.

[dawg day]

10. I always say, "You caught me!"

"That's a fake ID! Look at the photo! I'm not that old person!"

[Arkansas Granny]

6. That's a pretty lame excuse. Around these parts, everybody gets carded.

[Iliyah]

3. Fine, I just won't spend my money there ..

[Turbineguy]

8. Obviously a fake sign.

No spelling errors.

[moondust]

9. Reckless endangerment.

Charge them with hampering the war effort and perhaps involuntary manslaughter.