More Anti-Maskers

 You'd think after basically a year...we wouldn't have to deal with anti-maskers at work anymore. 

And yet...even with the mask mandate in place since November...

We have to deal with antimaskers.

I had a family of four come into the store today.

Parents with their teenager children.

All not wearing masks.

And so I informed them that masks were required to be worn in the store.

And the kids and woman seemed alright with it.

But she was like "My husband can't wear a mask for medical reasons." 

Which is unfortunate because all customers who come into the store need to wear a mask. So if they cannot wear a mask then we do offer curbside pick up.

...Which gets tricky when the customer wants to buy fish because we don't do curbside pick up with live animals. (Besides Crickets) 

But like you can have other people come into the store and buy the animal for you.

Or if you can't wear a mask...you could always invest in like a face shield or something similar that protects your face but doesn't restrict your breathing.

In any case. Mother and two children vanished...I'm guessing to find the husband and inform him that he can't be in the store.

No idea where they ended up...but I ended up encountering the husband who was still maskless. 

And I had to have the same conversation with him.

"I have a medical condition which exempts me from the mask mandate." was his response.

Which no it doesn't. You need to wear a mask in the store. If you can't wear a mask then you can use curbside pick up instead.

And the customer got rather upset at me.

Saying that he was 'tired of being treated like a second class citizen." because he 'can't wear a mask' and he's 'tired of being stuck at home.'

*exhales.*

Like aren't we all dude?

Do you think I like having to go up to people and tell them to put on a freaking mask? No i don't. But some people insist on being children about it and that's why we're still dealing with the pandemic a year later. XP 

In any case. If the white male doesn't like being treated like a second class citizen...imagine how other people who are treated as such feel? And they get worse discrimination than being politely asked to wear a mask. 

*exhales*

But yah. It wasn't a fun encounter to have to deal with today. I hate dealing with the anti-maskers. They bring such dark energy to the place.

Until you next find these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!

-Sarnic Dirchi