So I decide I am going to do some shopping today. And that's not a

[Maraya1969]

regular thing but I just needed something to do.

The first store, a big department store, had gone under. So I went into the mall, which is an outside mall since I am here in FL and almost 2/3 of the stores are closed!

So I see this one clothing store and I decide to go in. It's go a lot of touristy island type things, very cute.

And the two women behind the counter say, "Hi" and they don't have any masks on! I said, "You don't wear masks?" and they said "No, we don't wear masks"

So I just turned around and left.

Across the way I went into another little clothing store and I saw the woman behind the counter with no mask and I said, "Can you please put on a mask?" To which she said, "I don't wear a mask"

So I turned around and went out.

I did go into Williams Sonoma, which is a corporate store and everyone was wearing masks. So of course I had to tell them about the other stores and they were kind of surprised. But I bought something from them.

The other stores - they didn't get my business and won't get my business. And they piss me off to no end because these are the people that are ruining it for everyone else.

The stupid..............burns!

[rurallib]

1. I hope the clerks not wearing masks have health insurance in their compensation package

sounds like they will need it.

I am sure they don't and probably get minimum wage.

[Croney]

2. Where was this?

Here in Mass. I've seen 100% compliance in stores lately. Thank goodness. I wouldn't react kindly to a bare-faced store clerk.

Edit: Oh, I see you're in FL. Ok.

[NJCher]

3. imo, you did the right thing

some people don't learn until it's an actual experience, such as what they saw when you turned around and left today.

No mask = lost customers.

Simple as that.

[sinkingfeeling]

4. Know what you mean. I called Walmart's Customer Support and filed a complaint

against their store here this afternoon. Ran in to get some cat items and found 3 customers without masks, 6 employees improperly wearing a mask (including woman filling pickup orders), no cart cleaning nor wipes to do it yourself, and a cashier who didn't know if the state was under a mask mandate. Store also wasn't restricting the number of people in the place
I'm tired of this nonsense. Walmart has made ads about how they're protecting shoppers, but they aren't here!

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

5. I am so grateful I live in a state

where people wear masks, and mostly wear them properly. Every store I go into has signs saying masks are required.

I'm in Santa Fe, NM.

[Rhiannon12866]

16. Same here in New York!

Though I haven't done any non essential shopping, groceries, gas stations and pharmacies - plus one pet supply store that has been the strictest of all since the beginning, they even restricted the number of customers in the store early on.

[sfstaxprep]

6. I Wish There Were Many, Many More Like Yourself

The only thing some of these A-Holes care about is $$$$$$$. I hope they were thinking of their lost Sales as you walked right back out the door.

[LuvNewcastle]

7. +1

[Maraya1969]

8. I would have loved to have some big packages and been able to walk back in

say say, a la Pretty Woman, "Remember me.......Big mistake, Huge Mistake"

But alas all I had was a little package.


But it would be great if we could spread this around social media somehow to get people to stop buying stuff at stores that don't care about people's health.

[sfstaxprep]

13. It's The Cockiness That Pisses Me Off

Their whole attitude, like they're above putting on a Frickin' mask. Or some BS excuse that they're not effective, because they of course have a degree in communicable viruses.

It goes along with the "Owning The Libs" BS. Then they wonder why we refer to them as Deplorable.

[kimbutgar]

9. In the SF Bay you never see anyone without a mask

The few times I have seen massless they’ve been runners or people riding bikes. But the stores are 100% compliant.

Like you though if I went in a store and the workers weren’t wearing masks I’d walk out also.

This virus is real, deadly and dangerously contagious. I chose to lower my odds of getting it by wearing a mask which is not that hard to do. I even work a physical job where I wear my mask for at least 6 hours.

[TexasBushwhacker]

10. I wonder if the unmasked clerks made that decision on their own

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I know the family of a Publix employee in Miami Beach is suing the store because he asked if he could wear a mask and was told no. Soon after, he caught COVID-19 and died.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/family-sues-after-publix-grocery-store-worker-70-dies-covid-n1248801

[Maraya1969]

12. That is horrible. Now, at the Publix I go to everyone wears a mask.

They learned their damn lesson. Too bad someone had to die for it.

[sfstaxprep]

15. If There Was Any Justice, That Store Would Be Closed Permanently

I wonder if Publix will back the store, or leave them out on their own. Publix could pay the big bucks, but hopefully that store, and those who run it, suffer Severely.

[Skittles]

11. I guess I am lucky

I live in a very red area but clerks and customers wear masks (although I do occasionally see the MAGAt dick-nose); every store I have shopped from has a notice saying masks are required. Like you, I would not shop anywhere the virus is not taken seriously.

[Maraya1969]

14. I just left a message on the FB page of one of the stores. The other one I cannot

remember the name.

But I told them that if they do not respect the health of their clients then I see no reason why I should shop there.

We'll see if they write back. I'll post here if they do.