What you said.
I gave in the other day though.
Riding on a spare and needed a tire.
Went in to the repair shop and the guy had a stroke yelling “YOU NEED A MASK!!”
What was I gonna do? I need the tire.
The way her screamed it like b.tch I wanted to knock him out.
It felt terrible capitulating
Why did you feel like you capitulated? It was his shop and if he wanted to you wear a mask, you had the choice between going somewhere else or using his business under his rules.
You gotta know when to hold ‘em
Know when to fold ‘em
Personally I think a business can require whatever they want of me and I can decide whether to shop there or not. Obviously we are way beyond that with the state using businesses to force compliance but still. I don’t want to require my local businesses to risk fines etc because I don’t want to mask up.
I’ve run in to that a couple times recently, once even when I had a mask on.
I needed a part for our refrigerator and stopped by a local appliance store. There was a mask warning on the door. This is Oregon so I already knew that. Inside the store the floor had 6’ taped markings, more signs. There was no one in the store except appliances. It was quiet, too quiet:)
As I walked up to the counter and placed the broken part on the counter, a person came out and loudly told me “don’t touch the counter, get back behind the line”.
I decided I didn’t need the part that badly and left. It was fortunate because two more things broke or went squirrel on the refrigerator. I am buying a new refrigerator from the only other appliance store in town.
Look at it as a property rights issue; your place your rules, their place their rules. Temper that with the realization that they function with the government’s bayonet at their back. Don’t view it as an impingement upon your manhood... Just be glad that they aren’t demanding to be paid in rolls of nickles. :)