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Coming back home walking through the back way. My manager is outside crushing boxes for the bin, wearing his mask. "Hey friend, why are you wearing your mask outside?" I proceed to tell him fresh air is the best thing for you. There's no virus in the air. "Oh I know" (no he doesn't) he tells me. "I have to wear it for all the buildings I go to so it's a hassle taking it off so I wear it all the time". I lean in, "You're conditioning yourself to wear it for the rest of your life" I tell him. He laughs sarcastically "No I'm not" as I just turn around with my milk and walk away.

"Yes you are"

Those were my last words as I disappeared back inside. I hope it rings loud on repeat, inside his head for the rest of the day.

Coming back home walking through the back way. My manager is outside crushing boxes for the bin, wearing his mask. "Hey friend, why are you wearing your mask outside?" I proceed to tell him fresh air is the best thing for you. There's no virus in the air. "Oh I know" (no he doesn't) he tells me. "I have to wear it for all the buildings I go to so it's a hassle taking it off so I wear it all the time". I lean in, "You're conditioning yourself to wear it **for the rest of your life**" I tell him. He laughs sarcastically "No I'm not" as I just turn around with my milk and walk away. "Yes you are" Those were my last words as I disappeared back inside. I hope it rings loud on repeat, inside his head for the rest of the day.

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I am willing to wear a mask inside of local businesses that I frequently patronize. Here's why.
It's not the business owner who will give me a hard time, it's the other patrons. While I don't give a shit what other people say about my mask-wearing, I really don't want to be even remotely responsible if the business winds up on a viral video and gets shut down or fined. It's hard enough for most of them to stay in business right now so I don't want to make it any harder.

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I'm the opposite. Businesses I frequent I won't wear the mask and they never say anything. I discovered that the small business owners will look the other way. The low skill cashier on the other hand has something to say simply because they don't understand B2B relationships. I also have a large gray beard and perhaps psychologically that might also have an effect around other customers. I just look confrontational.

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I just look confrontational.

Ah, I miss the days when I had the long beard and long hair. Blending into corporate life really saps the strength out of a man.

;-)

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Yeah, I was on a construction job for awhile and stopped shaving. That was around the time when Gillet came out with their anti-men ads. Fuck it. It grew out white while I'm still not very gray at all and wondered if I would get more street cred. I did. lol Now I seem to get away with more shit.