- Joined
- Jun 11, 2018
Unless legally required, I wouldn't wear a mask when it's that hot or humid out. I had to go someplace where masks were required of all people indoors. It was humid enough I left it off until I set foot inside. I feel for those who have breathing issues during the summer or year-round that have to deal with this.felt very weird looking at people masked up with 35°+ C, it probably was the signal that this is not going to end, people still believe there is no treatment to this.
Now everywhere is closed from 11 or midnight until 6 or 7am.
Keep in mind that the media frenzy about COVID has left many people buying into the hype and feeling too afraid to leave the house for practically anything. Sure, groceries are necessary/essential; and shopping overnight might be a good way to avoid the rush of people during the day, but with so many people afraid to even go shopping (or letting their groceries air out even after that was long debunked or retracted as a good idea), it wouldn't surprise me if people are skittish about going out to stores during the midnight/overnight hours unless they absolutely have to.I know the real reason is management was tired of paying employees for low traffic hours and used the pandemic as an excuse, but I don’t get the COVID logic as to why they did it.
The fact that stores get to save on expenses during off-peak times is just an added bonus.
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Empirically, it sounds like people opposed to vaccines are calling places en masse to demand contact information for someone they can talk or write to about their views. Someone I'm acquainted with has to answer the phone at her job and has mentioned that she's been fielding a large influx of calls from people wanting to write a letter to someone in charge discouraging vaccinations and such. When asked, though, the people calling have neither ties nor a relationship with the organization they're calling. A letter-writing campaign is one thing, but behaving like a Karen towards to low-level person stuck with taking calls isn't going to win any influence, either -- especially when these folks act like a personal army or Twitter hate mob. Spoiler: Letters and petitions sent in those circumstances usually get shitcanned.