Local natural foods store - NO MASKS!!

[cilla4progress]

Welp, just sent them an email. Will no longer shop there.

How can they pretend to care about their customers' health (organics, supplements) when their employees don't mask!

Clerk told me it was my choice, when I told her I am only shopping where they mask.

Umm...it's actually the law here. Guess they feel they have the right to pick and choose which public health safety laws to follow!

[leftieNanner]

1. Some folks in my area

believe that eating organic and mostly vegetarian food will keep you healthy. And that's all it takes.

I wouldn't shop there any more either.

[Mr.Bill]

11. People at the gym think

lifting weights will keep you from catching the virus, too.

[FalloutShelter]

2. Sadly not surprised.

A lot of people in the “holistic health and wellness community” are anti-vaxer’s and anti maskers.

[orwell]

3. +1 n/m

[paleotn]

4. Ugh. Too many times that's true.

[luckone]

9. Agree . So many think they are super healthy so covid will not be a problem . Never a thought for

the children or the compromised , or that they contribute to mutations by not complying if they get it even asymptomatic, and the new vaccines are voodoo to them .
Plus they have all the knowledge that will help if someone does get it they unfortunately think.
A lot of propaganda also with some fitness places (which I have only heard about as I have not returned ) where people together are not masking or spacing . Again , they think they are exempt because in shape, so no harm , which is not true
Here it’s a state mandate again
Real turn off to shop at a lot of local businesses these days it’s sad to say

Whole Foods if I need something I can t get on line or at a larger grocer which I hate to use these places but they at least seem to have employees who aren’t flaunting their We don’t care it won’t hit us attitude and the bigger businesses seem to be masking and following safe protocols here

[IronLionZion]

14. And anti-pharma

it can be very irritating to see these people use only their natural treatments on a loved one to prolong their suffering for something that modern medicine can treat very quickly. This is true of mental health and physical health.

A hippy ex-friend of mine stubbornly believes in herbal birth control and has had a lot of unplanned pregnancies. She claims to have a latex allergy but doesn't trust polyisoprene condoms either.

[Sapient Donkey]

30. I don't understand how that translates to them stopping others

From wearing masks. That’s just a political statement.

[FalloutShelter]

32. Some of these folks believe that

when you are wearing a mask you are exhaling impurities, especially carbon monoxide, into your mask and then re-breathing them and making yourself sick.
This is their mask objection, especially for children.

[Sapient Donkey]

34. I understand the arguments they make for themselves when it comes to masks

I'm confused by these "you can't wear a mask either!!!" types. It's also like those people who protest the routine testing for the unvaccinated. They don't even attempt to make sense.

[FakeNoose]

5. We have curbside pickup here at a lot of stores in the Pittsburgh area

Many stores offer the ability to order items online, pay by credit card and then you drive to the store and wait outside in the designated parking area. A store employee will bring the purchased items out to your car for you. I can think of several grocery stores that do this, also pharmacy/drug stores, and a few Target-type general stores. We have several restaurants in the area (not just fast food) offer the same, but you probably have to park and go inside to pickup your food order.

At Pittsburgh-area stores, the employees are all still wearing masks however the customers have gotten more lax during the summer months. I have a feeling that the customers' masks will come back on very quickly in the fall.

[Treefrog]

6. That's ridiculous!

What state are you in?

God, even the redneck stores here are filled with masked people.

[prodigitalson]

7. well....nothing more natural than disease and death....nt

[Cha]

8. In my local Store & All Over Kauai.. MASKS

are Required .. no Ifs ands or buts.

[Silent3]

10. Most of the stuff in "natural food" stores is about pretending to care too...

...so it's not actually a huge leap.

[Mosby]

12. Your not going to get covid at the grocery store.

[leftyladyfrommo]

13. I was at HyVee here in Parkville, Mo.

Everyone had masks on and the store was full.

[appleannie1]

15. I quit going to physical therapy because they did not wear masks.

I told my doctor why I quit.

[George II]

16. As of last week our town has had a mask mandate, few exceptions. Went into our package store....

....yesterday - all THREE employees behind the counter were unmasked. Will be calling my contact at the town tomorrow to report it.

There is also specialty Italian place (coincidentally next door!) where they didn't wear masks earlier this year, I never went back.

Finally, one guy at the local IGA never wore a mask. I took a photo and sent it to them. Next time he had it tight around his nose/mouth. But after the mask mandate was cancelled in the spring and reinstated a week ago, back to no mask. Will be contacting them again, too.

I don't give a crap about this - follow the town mandate or get fined and lose my business.

[dflprincess]

17. I notice most (by a lot) of the customers at the Target I frequent are wearing masks.

And that is true of a grocery store I like, thought it's a little more expensive (it's a Lunds for anyone familiar with grocery stores in the Mpls/St Paul area).

Meanwhile, I stopped by the discount grocery store in my neighborhood that I can actually walk to, and hardly anyone was wearing masks. (That would be a Cub store, again for anyone in my area).

[Sapient Donkey]

31. I'm in north Texas and I notice a good number of people masking up

But there are still enough not only going maskless, but also not keeping their distance. I bought some N95 masks because of it.

[wackadoo wabbit]

18. My local natural foods store -- Natural Grocers by name -- has had the worst mask policy since...

the very beginning.

They never mandated masks; even when the city did, they never enforced the mandate. When I complained to the manager, I was told that that was company policy. It was impossible to get through to corporate to complain (I was going to go full Karen), so I finally gave up and started doing all of my shopping at Costco and Trader Joe's, even though they're nearly two hours away.

The last time I went, about a month ago, no one, not even the employees, was wearing a mask there. I go very, very infrequently these days.

[meadowlander]

19. Welcome to the intersection of Pseudoscience and Capitalism.

[Lancero]

20. Don't worry, they stock a variety of natural suppluments and essential oils that prevent the virus.

It's a store that caters to naturopaths, is it really a surprise that they're ignoring mask mandates?

[OhioChick]

21. I refuse to shop anywhere that doesn't mandate masks...

Hit them where it hurts, $$$$

[Polybius]

36. What city do you live in?

I live in supposedly "liberal" NYC, and so many stores are maskless here.

[UTUSN]

22. It's all over my area. The veterans place has always been the worst.

When the whole thing started, the VFW dudes were maskless because they were so tough. Then the quarantine for a shut-down, and when it opened up they were maskless because "everybody" was vaxxed. Then the thing kicked up again and still the same.

[democrattotheend]

23. I went to stores for the first time in a while last week

And I was surprised that most store employees and customers were not wearing masks. I think I was the only one wearing one in one of the stores. I do live in one of the most heavily vaccinated counties in the country, though, so I wasn't super worried.

[Rhiannon12866]

26. +1000

[Jim G.]

27. LOL!

I deleted it before I saw that you had replied.

[Rhiannon12866]

28. And I caught the post you replied to for the obvious reason.

[Jim G.]

29. Sometimes You Need To Throw A Little Reality At Em

[Rhiannon12866]

33. It's doubtful that this one had time to learn anything, but you never know

But it was the perfect response.

[Polybius]

35. Here in NYC there is no mask mandate except for transportation (cabs, busses, and trains)

In virtually every store I go into, the employees are maskless. Although I always wear mine, if I only shopped where they masked I'd starve.

[ShazzieB]

37. If masks are mandated by law where you live, report them!

I don't know if anyone has already suggested that, because I haven't had time yet to read all the comments. But I am a strong believer in reporting these kinds of infractions.

If they have broken the law, as you say, they deserve to be reported to whatever authorities handle things like this. Even if the penalties are very small or even nonexistent, reporting them should result in some inconvenience, at least.

I know there are places where laws like this are not being enforced at all, and if you live in a place like that, feel free to ignore this. I hope that's not the case, but at least you did the right thing by bringing it up to them. Good luck!