I walked out of a convenience store last night (UP
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Posted On: 05/03/2020 3:24:56 PM
I walked out of a convenience store last night (UPDATED)
Oopps, another corporation riding roughshod over an employee's right to be a dumb-ass.
Last edited Sun May 3, 2020, 02:52 PM - Edit history (2)
I ran in to get some pop after buying gas. I was wearing a mask.
The cashier was wearing neither mask nor gloves. He gave me a condescending look.
As I approached him, I noticed a sign taped to the wall behind him saying, "NO MASKS REQUIRED. THIS IS A NO-FEAR ZONE." This despite the fact that both the state governor and local city council have issued mask orders. I put the pop down and walked out.
I'm thinking of contacting the national chain office to let them know what one of their franchises is doing.
Additional note: this was in Illinois. Strictly speaking, the governor's order doesn't specifically require wearing masks in stores. It requires wearing them if maintaining social distance is not possible. Which would be true for pretty much any convenience store.
UPDATE: This particular store isn't very close to where I am in Illinois. (I'm not a full-time IL resident, but for a couple of reasons, I've been here for most of the pandemic.) But I thought that if I were to contact someone about this, photographic evidence would be useful - so I went back to get some.
Long story short - neither the sign nor the idiot behind the cash register was present. I'm not the only person who saw them, nor am I the only one to have had a problem with either. Turns out, this wasn't the policy of the local franchise. It was entirely on the single late-night staff member, who is evidently now a former employee.
He was one of the don't tread on me, and don't stop me from treading on you types, and the store had gotten complaints about him before, mostly for running his mouth at people who really didn't care what he thought of the current state of affairs.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213384760
Oopps, another corporation riding roughshod over an employee's right to be a dumb-ass.
Last edited Sun May 3, 2020, 02:52 PM - Edit history (2)
I ran in to get some pop after buying gas. I was wearing a mask.
The cashier was wearing neither mask nor gloves. He gave me a condescending look.
As I approached him, I noticed a sign taped to the wall behind him saying, "NO MASKS REQUIRED. THIS IS A NO-FEAR ZONE." This despite the fact that both the state governor and local city council have issued mask orders. I put the pop down and walked out.
I'm thinking of contacting the national chain office to let them know what one of their franchises is doing.
Additional note: this was in Illinois. Strictly speaking, the governor's order doesn't specifically require wearing masks in stores. It requires wearing them if maintaining social distance is not possible. Which would be true for pretty much any convenience store.
UPDATE: This particular store isn't very close to where I am in Illinois. (I'm not a full-time IL resident, but for a couple of reasons, I've been here for most of the pandemic.) But I thought that if I were to contact someone about this, photographic evidence would be useful - so I went back to get some.
Long story short - neither the sign nor the idiot behind the cash register was present. I'm not the only person who saw them, nor am I the only one to have had a problem with either. Turns out, this wasn't the policy of the local franchise. It was entirely on the single late-night staff member, who is evidently now a former employee.
He was one of the don't tread on me, and don't stop me from treading on you types, and the store had gotten complaints about him before, mostly for running his mouth at people who really didn't care what he thought of the current state of affairs.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213384760
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