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Behind the Aegis

(53,944 posts)
Sat Aug 21, 2021, 02:45 PM Aug 2021

Really?! You won't wear a mask, but you will wear a gun on your hip?! (mini-rant)

So, my new mattress finally arrived today, after purchasing it a MONTH and HALF ago! I am really excited because I have been having back problems and I really needed a new mattress, as it has been over 10 years (I got my monies worth!). The dude shows up and stares at me though the door. I ask, "So, what's the plan here?" He said he needed to see where he was taking the mattress, so I show him to the room. Of course, he has no mask (I was wearing one, in my own home), and as he walks past me, I notice he has a gun on his hip! WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK?! Who needs a goddamned gun to make furniture deliveries in this town?! We have lower crime stats than the national average by quite a bit. There were 2 murders here last year and 300+ incidents of violent crime in a town of 40K!

Anyway, I just needed to rant because here we are in a pandemic, and my county is in the SEVERE range, and neither of the delivery men have masks, and one has a gun strapped to his hip! BTW, about 60 people have died of COVID here in the past year, 100's have been hospitalized, and like so many places in the US, our hospital, one of the only ones for several miles, is at capacity and are now using office space for temporary ICU beds.

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Really?! You won't wear a mask, but you will wear a gun on your hip?! (mini-rant) (Original Post) Behind the Aegis Aug 2021 OP
Did you say anything to him? FreeState Aug 2021 #1
No. By the time I saw the gun, what was I going to do?! Behind the Aegis Aug 2021 #2
I've done the same with masks FreeState Aug 2021 #3

FreeState

(10,570 posts)
1. Did you say anything to him?
Sat Aug 21, 2021, 02:46 PM
Aug 2021

If you are entering my house you wear a mask and unless your a police officer there are no guns period.

Behind the Aegis

(53,944 posts)
2. No. By the time I saw the gun, what was I going to do?!
Sat Aug 21, 2021, 02:48 PM
Aug 2021

Was I going to refuse delivery? I don't think so. However, from this point on, I think I will just start handing out masks at the door for people having to come in my house for various things, though I have limited it to absolute necessity for over a year now.

FreeState

(10,570 posts)
3. I've done the same with masks
Sat Aug 21, 2021, 02:53 PM
Aug 2021

We have a large bags of them ready by the doors. We have an AirBNB/MisterBnB and on both we have clear rules on following county rules, our own rules and no guns. I’m not sure we’ve ever had a gun though (we don’t check but I haven’t seen any).

Nice to see you around by the way!

Hope you enjoy your new mattress - amazing how much they can improve your health

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