The idea is, aided by the little marks on the floor, that you all form a nice orderly line where each of you is six feet from everyone else.
NOT that one person stands at the register while everyone else stands in a clump twelve feet away.
I know it seems like a small thing, but to me it proved that is isn't a "momentary lapse": for some people, acting stupid is a way of life.
Also: wearing a mask to prevent the spread of respiratory disease means it covers your mouth and nose. Entering a business without such a mask is a misdemeanor. And entering a business with a mask or anything else covering part of your face, except masks worn for medical purposes as described above, is a felony. And while part of me would feel better if anyone stupid enough to walk into a store with their mask covering their chin lost the right to vote, part of me realizes that using the police to enforce my judgemental whims probably isn't a wise use of resources, so ...
* All laws mentioned herein only apply in my local jurisdiction, the laws of your community may, and probably do, vary.
NOT that one person stands at the register while everyone else stands in a clump twelve feet away.
I know it seems like a small thing, but to me it proved that is isn't a "momentary lapse": for some people, acting stupid is a way of life.
Also: wearing a mask to prevent the spread of respiratory disease means it covers your mouth and nose. Entering a business without such a mask is a misdemeanor. And entering a business with a mask or anything else covering part of your face, except masks worn for medical purposes as described above, is a felony. And while part of me would feel better if anyone stupid enough to walk into a store with their mask covering their chin lost the right to vote, part of me realizes that using the police to enforce my judgemental whims probably isn't a wise use of resources, so ...
* All laws mentioned herein only apply in my local jurisdiction, the laws of your community may, and probably do, vary.
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