Told I may be asked to go home and provide proof of my anxiety condition to wearing masks

Vanity | 11/24/2020 | Vendome

[Vendome]

Wast just informed by my boss I will be asked to go home if I don't wear a mask while on premise.

Informed him of my anxiety condition and he said get a doctors note.

Informed him the are I work in is 900 Square feet and I am generally the only person in that office and "the rules" say I am exempt from a mask under those conditions.

"Go tell your king newsom but, that is the way it is" he replied.

"If you have to wear a mask at the grocery store, you can wear one at work" was another answer.

Mthfkr! When I go to a grocery store I am in and out. I don't shop for a full weeks groceries anymore because I cannot have that damn thing on for very long without getting highly anxious.

Regardless, you are imposing a draconian measure where there, even if this whole thing is a fraud, clear rules such as:

If you are interacting with another person and within six (6) feet of each other.

If you cannot maintain a distance of more than six (6) feet you are required to wear a mask.

and On and On

1. I do not work near anyone at all. Colleagues are in another room. My desk is 25-30 feet away from my office door.

2. I do not have to interact with them to even do my job.

3. I can totally do my job out of the office. One wonders why they handed me a laptop and a cell phone.

I completed an order just the other day without coming to the office.

[BunnySlippers]

I saw face sheilds today worn by the servers at the restaurant I went to at lunch. They clipped onto your clothes as opposed to going around the neck. Seemed better to me.

[BunnySlippers]

I see them called GAITERS here in the stores:

https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=gaiters&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

[BunnySlippers]

https://www.amazon.com/neck-gaiter/s?k=neck+gaiter

[EVO X]

Sounds like a crappy place to work. My guess is some Karen complained that it is not fair you can go without a mask in your own office or it might have been the companies insurance carrier forcing the issue. If you have your own office, you shouldn’t need to wear a mask when alone.

https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/COVID-19/guidance-for-face-coverings.aspx

From the link you provided:

Individuals are exempt from wearing face coverings in the following specific settings:

* Persons who are working in an office or in a room alone.

Also forcing you to be there when you can work from home seems to me to violate the spirit of CDC guidelines. If you are an older worker, you are the one with the higher risk of complications from Covid.