Run in with religious nut over mask wearing at grocery store

[packman]

Had to go to the store today with my wife. We shop at Publix and compliments on how they have responded to the virus - except for one thing. The store does not have a mandatory face mask policy. For some reason I asked a woman why she wasn't wearing a mask, she smiled shyly and replied that she didn't know why.

Later going up an aisle (they have aisle marked up or down to control crowding) the same woman and her companion were coming down the up aisle. The woman's companion asked me if I was the one that admonished her friend. I said I was and why wasn't she wearing a mask also. "GOD WILL PROTECT ME AND SAVE ME" she shouted. I (And I have never done this) called both of them fools and said "Hallelujah" and called them both dumb asses.

Later I thought about the temptation of Christ by the devil who told him to throw himself from a cliff and God and the Angels would lift him up so no harm would come to him. Christ responded, “It has been said, 'You shall not tempt THE LORD JEHOVAH your God.' “.

The religious nuts are tempting God with their attitude and are too narrow-minded to recognize it.

[SCantiGOP]

1. I've only had one mask confrontation

A middle-aged guy asked me, in a non-threatening manner, why I was wearing a mask. I just said, “Because I don’t want to be an asshole.”
He shrugged his shoulders and walked on.
Don’t think I would have done it had it been an angry MAGA hat guy.

[coti]

7. That's a really good answer. nt

[DeSmet]

2. does she

brush her teeth at night or does God have her covered for tooth decay as well?

[packman]

5. Dammit, you have the perfect reply

Wish I had thought of that-

[FoxNewsSucks]

15. Holy crap, you may have solved a mystery for me

Many years ago, in a martial arts class I used to attend, there was a guy from a rural family. I think he was about 17 or so, went for 4 years then moved away. Highly religious family, home-schooled, no doubt they went to many anti-abortion protests, listened to Limbaugh, addicted to Fox, loved Bush and the Iraq war.

Very intelligent people, but the one thing that stood out was they had terrible teeth. Clean, nicely dressed, nice looking otherwise, but I always wondered "didn't anyone ever show you how to brush and floss????"

So maybe they really were relying on God to provide their dental care. . .

[bobbieinok]

3. Very good verse to quote to people like this!

[leftieNanner]

4. So let's make sure that if these lunatics DO get sick

That they stay out of the health care system and let God decide whether to keep them alive or spirit them up to heaven.

They aren't allowed to have any medical attention, nor are they permitted to be treated by a nurse or doctor that might run out of PPE.

Geeez.

[coti]

6. Exceptionalism. The magical thinking of a 6-year-old.

Same folks who go to the casino thinking THEY'RE going to beat the slot machine. They're so special.

[bullimiami]

8. I would not go into any place without a mandatory mask policy

I’d let Publix know
No masks, no money.

One ignorant woman puts everyone at higher risk.
Unacceptable.

[nocoincidences]

9. Point at them

(a la Donald Sutherland in Body Snatchers) and start yelling:

Plague rat...plague rat...virus spreader...typhoid Mary...etc.

It will shine a light on them and humiliate them.

[silverweb]

24. These days?

That would be a good way to get shot. The MAGAts and their ilk have completely lost whatever sense they might have had (which is questionable to begin with) and are prone to violence.

[Freddie]

10. My store (Giant) has been good

Sign at entrance that masks are mandatory. Plastic shields at cashiers and enforcement of 6 feet while waiting. But they gave up on one-way aisles and took the arrows down. I admit I forgot about it a couple times as I know where everything is and skip aisles if I don’t need anything in that aisle, and went the wrong direction.

[FoxNewsSucks]

11. Someone at the Y was blathering on and on

a few years ago about relying on God and prayer for illnesses etc. I asked him if he were to start choking on something, which would he rather I do - the Heimlich maneuver or get on my knees and pray for God to save him.

[silverweb]

25. HA!

Love it! I'm going to remember that one.

[keithbvadu2]

32. +1

[keithbvadu2]

33. Faith healing service cancelled.

Faith healing service cancelled.

https://www.christianpost.com/news/bethel-church-suspends-faith-healing-work-at-hospitals-amid-coronavirus-outbreak.html

[SCantiGOP]

34. The rest of the Cameroon preacher story is interesting

Police had to come in force to remove his body since immediate disinfecting and burial is required for any virus deaths.
His hundreds of supporters were not panicked because he had laid hands on them, but because they were removing the body before the third day when they we certain he was going to rise from the dead.

[malaise]

12. Interesting

I went to pick up something at an institution yesterday and they were allowing ten persons inside at a time. Most of us in the line outside had on our masks and were social distancing. This woman with no mask came up and was not social distancing so I told her not to come close to me. A guy in the line repeated what I said and she took off on us - telling us some religious BS about getting saved. Eventually I asked her to shut up since all she was doing was spreading germs. Others in the line gave her some choice Jamaican bad words and eventually she unleashed her own bad words and took off. We did laugh.

[luvs2sing]

13. I've only had one confrontation.

At Kroger. Guy said “You know you don’t need to wear that, don’t you?” I gave him my death glare and said “I do if I don’t plan on dying of stupidity.” He had no comeback and didn’t hassle me any further.

[silverweb]

26. +1000

Another great answer to keep in mind for future use as required.

[MiniMe]

14. ...

[ProfessorGAC]

16. "God Told Me To Tell You 'Wear A Mask!'"

What would they say? No he didn't? All you have to do is repeat it.

[RAB910]

17. Should have asked them

if God is going to protect you from the virus, why do you fight to carry a gun?

[paleotn]

18. The same people....

who "ain't scared a that ole virus" need an AR-15 and a couple thousand rounds of ammo to "protect" them from everything else. Go figure.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

19. doG says: "I sent you doctors, masks, epidemiologists, stay-at-home orders! That's enough!"

Ah, someone posted a cartoon that captures the idea!

[cwydro]

20. Amazing the confrontations people here have in grocery stores.

I must be lucky. I shop at Publix, and I see most wearing masks.

I keep my distance from everyone, masked or not. I would not see how my confronting someone would help to make them do what anyone with a brain is already doing.

Stress is not something I seek out. How was your wife with this confrontation? And I can't help but ask, would you have confronted a MAN not wearing a mask?

[Steelrolled]

30. Agree 100%

Funny that the confrontation comes from both sides. Like you, I do everything I can do to avoid virus, and just get out. I don't know why people would want to encourage shouting by people without masks - that's a lot of flying droplets.

[packman]

36. Are you implying I confronted the woman BECAUSE she was a woman?

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Well, I did look around to see if there was any crippled 5 year olds in a wheel chair not wearing a mask, but there wasn't so - what the hell- confront that stupid ....

[tanyev]

21. Moses wore a veil out of consideration for the Israelites:

Exodus 34:

29 When Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the covenant law in his hands, he was not aware that his face was radiant because he had spoken with the Lord. 30 When Aaron and all the Israelites saw Moses, his face was radiant, and they were afraid to come near him. 31 But Moses called to them; so Aaron and all the leaders of the community came back to him, and he spoke to them. 32 Afterward all the Israelites came near him, and he gave them all the commands the Lord had given him on Mount Sinai.

33 When Moses finished speaking to them, he put a veil over his face. 34 But whenever he entered the Lord’s presence to speak with him, he removed the veil until he came out. And when he came out and told the Israelites what he had been commanded, 35 they saw that his face was radiant. Then Moses would put the veil back over his face until he went in to speak with the Lord.

New International Version (NIV)

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Exodus+34%3A29-35&version=NIV

[IggleDuer]

22. A small suggestion

How about establishing checkout lines for masks and a single line for non-masked individuals.

[sanatanadharma]

23. I wear the mask to live long enough...

I wear the mask to live long enough...
...to go to your funeral.

[aikoaiko]

27. Chances are if you ask people why they aren't wearing a mask, you'll get a kooky response.

I'm not surprised by your interaction.

[obliviously]

28. Publix does not have a must wear mask policy.

Stay away and get canned goods from your local food bank

[leftyladyfrommo]

29. I just say that the life I save might be mine. nt_

[madamesilverspurs]

31. Just a thought . . .

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[ecstatic]

35. I was thinking the other day--couldn't this situation be compared to the Noah's ark

Bible story?

Those of us wearing masks and sheltering as much as possible have chosen to go onto the ark.

Then you have the people who are mocking the people who have gone into the ark, so to speak.

In the Bible story, when the flood came, the people who previously mocked the ark were begging to be let on the boat.

Could it be that some of the religious nuts out there are completely oblivious to what could potentially be a modern day test of faith?