So I had the weirdest experience this week.
I had just parked my car, in my own space, and gotten out. I had my mask in one hand, and a bag of tools in the other, when this guy, across the street, 30 feet away, starts yelling at me to “put your mask on”.
I should have been kinder. I could have been kinder. But somehow, some of the frustration with these morons leaked out, and I found that my command of certain pithy Anglo-Saxon words was undiminished. I think I might just have made my old DI proud, bless his crusty heart.
Dude actually called the cops, and I was so entertained that I waited for them. They were chill, and rolled their eyes when they explained to the poor sod that even in Cali, there is no mask mandate out of doors “unless it’s impossible to maintain 6’ of social distance”.
People are on edge though, and I’ve resolved to try to be better if/when a similar opportunity arises in the future.
I had just parked my car, in my own space, and gotten out. I had my mask in one hand, and a bag of tools in the other, when this guy, across the street, 30 feet away, starts yelling at me to “put your mask on”.
I should have been kinder. I could have been kinder. But somehow, some of the frustration with these morons leaked out, and I found that my command of certain pithy Anglo-Saxon words was undiminished. I think I might just have made my old DI proud, bless his crusty heart.
Dude actually called the cops, ?!!!?
and I was so entertained that I waited for them. They were chill, and rolled their eyes when they explained to the poor sod that even in Cali, there is no mask mandate out of doors “unless it’s impossible to maintain 6’ of social distance”.
Nice to hear that the cops were chill and reasonable.
People are on edge though, and I’ve resolved to try to be better if/when a similar opportunity arises in the future.
Thank you for sharing that.
I think people are very, very afraid of being written up by law enforcement if they are bare-faced even a centimeter closer from someone than the local ordinance of the day says they should be.
Yes, people are on edge. You are very right. Everyone wants to see the light at the end of the tunnel. everyone wants to see freedom returned, and then there's the gov't announcing another restriction, another rollback, another closure.
It's breaking people's hearts.
With these stupid masks on, we can't even smile at each other anymore. How sad is that?
I hope you didn’t have to wait long for the cops to arrive.
You’re absolutely right - people are on edge. I’d say that more than 50% are currently certifiable right now. And it ain’t getting any better!