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I tried out going bareface today. My first stop was Wal-Mart, where some dezhurnaya at the entrance immediately requested that I put on my mask. Since I went out planning to respect staff requests, I did so and went in to get some things.

I went ahead and wore the mask into the local locker company where I get some of my meat and eggs. Being that I was buying eggs, which are delicate, I didn't want a carton of broken eggs courtesy of an irate cashier.

At the farm outlet, I got some vegetables barefaced. The young lady at the counter didn't seem worried at all, and two other customers, both masked up, didn't seem to notice or care.

Then the big one: the Food Lion supermarket. I must admit, as somebody who is not used to taking potentially dangerous legal risks, I would up standing outside the store for at least a minute before gathering up my courage and going in. Once in, I was going around for at least 15 minutes barefaced. Staffers and other customers noticed me, but didn't seem to care, in spite of the sign on the door mentioning Maryland's mask mandate. One of the checkout people, an older lady, even said hello to me! It was only when I got to the deli counter that one of the deli people asked if I had a mask; the practice of wearing masks there was also to protect exposed food, according to him. So I went ahead and put it on to get the deli items and then through the checkout.

As it is, tomorrow, May 1, is the end of Biden's 100 days of masking, so I suspect some of these people are going to have their hands full, heh-heh.