Mask mandates back everywhere here.

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They just waited til after the hols and sales then, wham. Mask mandates in almost every municipality. We don't have a state wide mask mandate because our governor says no way to that so there are NO "no mask no service" signs in stores, but local towns are doing the dirty work for him. I was confronted twice the other by store clerks which never happens. I didn't even know they had brought back the masks in this particular town. There have been complaints that they are giving people no time to prepare and that is true.

I will lose my job again, but this time I networked and can take private clients so I'll make something but am seriously considering moving out of this state for good. I cannot and will not live like this. It's just ridiculous and never ending.

As it is I'll have to shovel a foot of snow today and plan for traveling north all winter to shop out of state. That is going to be a major hardship with food shortages and high gas prices thrown in. :mad:
 

A friend of mine works at a clinic and you have to wear a mask to enter the waiting room. She says its crazy that people will come in with big signs everywhere to wear your mask or wait outside and they will not have a mask on. And they are insulted when you insist they wear one. My clinic has this rule and I am glad they do. They try to do the televisits and I like that . But if I ever get out again I will have my mask on.
 
chic said:
I was confronted twice the other by store clerks which never happens.
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That is strange, and perhaps rare (?) that store clerks would do that.
The only time that happened to me was at Costco, and I immediately canceled my membership.
I would ask to speak to the manager if they did that, and if the manager insisted then I'd shop somewhere else.

Fortunately most of the stores here do not enforce any mandates and are courteous and welcoming to the customers.
 

I think we can all agree that we wish some or one of the ideas worked but masks have been problematic from the beginning.
Many people are tired of it and many simply do not comply anymore.

I have no problem in putting on one to go into store but i just shake my head as half the staff and customers have their nose out of it just hanging on the face .... It was a small item people hoped would work but simply has not been that effective.

very few stores here enforce they might say did you forget your mask but not drive them out etc.... would be ridiculous as half their staff has noses hanging out and other customers not wearing it correctly to block any aerosols when a person breathes and speaks.
 
chic said:
They just waited til after the hols and sales then, wham. Mask mandates in almost every municipality. We don't have a state wide mask mandate because our governor says no way to that so there are NO "no mask no service" signs in stores, but local towns are doing the dirty work for him. I was confronted twice the other by store clerks which never happens. I didn't even know they had brought back the masks in this particular town. There have been complaints that they are giving people no time to prepare and that is true.

I will lose my job again, but this time I networked and can take private clients so I'll make something but am seriously considering moving out of this state for good. I cannot and will not live like this. It's just ridiculous and never ending.

As it is I'll have to shovel a foot of snow today and plan for traveling north all winter to shop out of state. That is going to be a major hardship with food shortages and high gas prices thrown in. :mad:
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Missouri has freedom. Just stay away from Columbia, KC, and St Louis.
 
I wear a mask when I went to the dentist. I don't mind; it's required & for those few minutes in the waiting room or when shopping, it doesn't affect me. Neither does taking my temperature.
But when I was shopping for a dentist, I made an appointment with a dentist a friend recommended & they e-mailed me, saying a blood test would be done before treatment. I cancelled the appointment & had the work done by another dentist who only required a mask while in the waiting room & a temperature check, which is reasonable enough. When they asked me why I cancelled, I explained; "I will only go so far; taking blood at a dentist is as stupid as can be."
Their loss - of $4,700.00 for a root canal, extraction & bridge.
And here's something interesting. I later told my friend who recommended her dentist why I cancelled. She told me they stopped requesting a blood test before treatment. Apparently, they realized it was costing them.
 
Lawrence00 said:
Hoping to retire to Ozark, Nixa, Mountain View, somewhere like that. Rural but not too far from a small city. Stuck in St Louis County for now, but spend my freedom time, and money, in St Charles County.
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We left Kansas City, nearly 20 years ago, and moved to a nice forested area in Morgan County. It's been real nice. We have the basic stores just 3 miles away, and nearly everything else we might need within 15 miles. About the only thing lacking nearby is a hospital....so we try to take good care of our health.
 
I've only seen a sign on the pharmacy window saying masks are recommended by the CDC. I've not seen more mask requirements yet on stores here yet in Ohio. I haven't been wearing one in one store where I just keep my distance from others. I wear a winter hat and it's hard to keep a mask and hat on at the same time I find with the particular hat I wear. I'm not going to worry about it.
 
John cycling said:
That is strange, and perhaps rare (?) that store clerks would do that.
The only time that happened to me was at Costco, and I immediately canceled my membership.
I would ask to speak to the manager if they did that, and if the manager insisted then I'd shop somewhere else.

Fortunately most of the stores here do not enforce any mandates and are courteous and welcoming to the customers.
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win231 said:
I wear a mask when I went to the dentist. I don't mind; it's required & for those few minutes in the waiting room or when shopping, it doesn't affect me. Neither does taking my temperature.
But when I was shopping for a dentist, I made an appointment with a dentist a friend recommended & they e-mailed me, saying a blood test would be done before treatment. I cancelled the appointment & had the work done by another dentist who only required a mask while in the waiting room & a temperature check, which is reasonable enough. When they asked me why I cancelled, I explained; "I will only go so far; taking blood at a dentist is as stupid as can be."
Their loss - of $4,700.00 for a root canal, extraction & bridge.
And here's something interesting. I later told my friend who recommended her dentist why I cancelled. She told me they stopped requesting a blood test before treatment. Apparently, they realized it was costing them.
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Reminds me of this. Skip to 1:22. :ROFLMAO:

 
John cycling said:
That is strange, and perhaps rare (?) that store clerks would do that.
The only time that happened to me was at Costco, and I immediately canceled my membership.
I would ask to speak to the manager if they did that, and if the manager insisted then I'd shop somewhere else.

Fortunately most of the stores here do not enforce any mandates and are courteous and welcoming to the customers.
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One of them WAS the manager!
 
terry123 said:
A friend of mine works at a clinic and you have to wear a mask to enter the waiting room. She says its crazy that people will come in with big signs everywhere to wear your mask or wait outside and they will not have a mask on. And they are insulted when you insist they wear one. My clinic has this rule and I am glad they do. They try to do the televisits and I like that . But if I ever get out again I will have my mask on.
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I'm not happy about it. I still have broken/fractured bones in my hand from that fall I took last spring because I can't see a doctor without a mask and I can't wear one due to a medical condition. I can't accompany my 89 year old mom to her doctor either. And, she's deaf and needs to read lips so she needs me to interpret for her and help her get through simple tasks especially shopping! She can't hear the store clerks and she does the wrong things then gets upset and her blood pressure is soaring lately. Also, after constant mask wearing for 13 months, first time around, she can no longer breath normally with a mask on.

There are exceptions and exemptions for everything and I think it's a form of discrimination against us both not to at least be able to buy food and shop for necessities without a mask.

After I shoveled yesterday I took her shopping everywhere buying everything before the mask mandate descends on just about everywhere tomorrow. She had a blast and we had lunch too. It's important to a person's mental health to live normally and enjoy what life you have, especially for seniors.
 
You can blame healthy anti-establishment types for your problem. You know, those people who think they own everything because of "freedom" and go around harassing people for trying to obey the mandate? No I am not excusing members of the law and order group either. I know. Sheep and all that, but now we have all the jerks in the country coming out of the closet. How about some peace for a change? Everybody is just trying to get though this.
 
Our parents lived through the Depression and WWII without whining. My immigrant Grandma was a Marshall during WWII who went around, bravely on her own, insisting all lights be turned off after dark. She never told me about people wanting their lights on due to their freedoms, or arguing with her, or threatening her, over it.

It's our kids without freedoms, not us, especially the littlest ones who can't understand why their nostrils are often painfully probed by strangers. We're supposedly adults, "acting more like children than children" comes to mind.
 
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Pepper said:
Our parents lived through the Depression and WWII without whining. My immigrant Grandma was a Marshall during WWII who went around, bravely on her own, insisting all lights be turned off after dark. She never told me about people wanting their lights on due to their freedoms, or arguing with her, or threatening her, over it.

It's our kids without freedoms, not us, especially the littlest ones who can't understand why their nostrils are often painfully probed by strangers. We're supposedly adults, "acting more like children than children" comes to mind.
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My mom lived through both and she says this is worse. She never stops complaining about it so I guess it must be. The isolation alone is devastating for many.
 
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