It depends on where. I know of two stores in my area where they don't say anything, the rest are sheep feeding the wolves.

defy, if the business gives you grief turn and walk out. Try again a couple weeks later.

My experience with this is that very quickly a business learns which is the hand that feeds them and suddenly they stop enforcing anything.

Many sheep still wear the mask to virtue signal, but you are also able to virtue signal that their compliance isn't actually required, which will encourage less brave people to remove their mask too. But someone has to go first. Be that volunteer.

There is a warning on every box of masks that destroys the criminal lie of wearing a mask for Covid. It says This mask is NOT for medical use. IT does NOT protect against Covid-19 OR, YES it says OR any Virus. THIS 'mask' crime has to be placed in front of a Grand jury.

just talking to a customer of mine about this. Our local Menards has been very strict about enforcing the mask bullshit. A large contractor here, placed, and payed for an order of lumber, right around $120k. The runner went in to pick it up, the "door greeter" grabbed him by the vest and demanded he wear a mask... actually put hands on him. The dude told him to go fuck himself, and the Menards employee called the cops. Cops showed up, told him he was trespassed indefinitely. He pressed charges on the dude that grabbed him and cancelled the order.

Places like that need to feel the sting. I personally avoid places that do this shit, but if you have to go, make it difficult

I walked into a "specialty store" a little while ago and planned on buying several items. When I walked in the lady at the register loudly says "You need a mask to be in here!". I looked at her, looked at the box of masks next to the door, looked at her again, then walked out. Everybody clapped.

Too bad though, I always liked going in there.

I was told to put on mask while in waiting room of dental office.

I know the places who aggressively push masks, so I make sure to wear a ski mask in there with a full size 1911 in a shoulder holster. Makes em real uncomfortable. This state is constitutional carry.

In my jurisdiction, and I suspect yours as well, the county dictated that business display the mask signs on their door in an act of forced speech. Very few care to follow up with you, they just don't want to get shuttered by the health department. If they care enough, I confirm with the person asking me that it is their personal desire that I wear the mask. If they say yes, I wear it, buy my stuff, and throw it away on the way out. Almost never does anyone care. I'm not going to start a scene in my neighborhood hardware store - I need them. Another good strategy is to ignore them and keep walking, only the rare autist escalate that.

You can go 99% barefaced about your life if you don't want controversy with your local shops. I'm not dying the 1% mask time hill even though I object to it.

Now, the Sacrament - yeah, I'm ready to die on that hill at the moment. We'll see what happens when I have to decide on future paychecks. That's a tough choice for anybody. However, I can live off of savings while the world burns because once it gets rolling I don't really think that retirement accounts are going to have much utility. Plus I'll need the capital to build my own business to undercut my former employer or buy a truck for my Emergency Authorized corpse disposal business and pozole kitchen.