I just came back from Dollar Tree. Possibly 10 people in the store overall, 2 masks, the checkout clerk and me. DH had to go to the lumber yard, 90% wearing masks. all the men there masked up and the staff but the women at DT not. Strange!

Theresa

I wouldn't have gone in w/out them being masked.

All my produce stores have all masked staff, one that was not, I reported to Store Mgr (who knows me), & made a BIG to do about it. It's not optional, it's not a style or trend, it's basically THE LAW & for the the Greater Benefit of Us All. What part of this don't folks understand besides the idiots in the WH?

I had been coughing & having throat symptoms, so I was tested a week ago since I've been asked to consider going back to work & all my Employers have large families.

Sorry Folks I see no wiggle room on this.

ETA: I tested negative.

I wouldn’t have bought anything and I would also complain to the manager. I think that certain states have been more loosely goosey about masks snd social distancing. here in Massachusetts 95 percent of shoppers and all staff wear masks. I don’t think Joanns has even reopended yet.

That would certainly bother me! Our JoAnns is just reopening - and the employees have all been wearing masks since March. They stopped doing curbside pickup in early April, and now they limit the number of customers in the store. Even our Walmart and Home Depot have someone at the door keeping track of how many people go in/out. It has been pretty strict here in Colorado - and I am glad! I have not ventured back to JoAnns yet, although I need some backing fabric for a quilt I finished ... maybe I will see if I can order online & pick up!

I wanted to stop at Home Depot today and get some flowers. The parking lot was packed and there were so many people. I told hubby I wasn't going to go into the garden area and have to stand in line with so many people, so we skipped it. Instead we went to our favorite pizza place and sat outside. It was lovely. Hardly anyone there.

I do what I think is best. I've lived long enough to have seen the 'experts' time and time again change their minds on what is the right thing to do. Just like we've seen/heard about this virus. I have a pretty good mind and can discern for myself, I can do research and ask questions of people I trust who are on the front lines, working in the ERs and they tell me what I wanted to know.......if they had an answer. We stayed home for 2 months before venturing out. Then we stayed home for a week to make sure we were still ok. Since then, we've gone out, with masks, about once a week and then stayed home for a week. Today, almost everyone was wearing masks. I stay away from those who do not.

Here In my area of Dallas, most people are wearing masks. Most/Many stores have up signs that you cannot enter without a mask, including Walmart and Dollar Tree (although I've seen people in Walmart without them, even with the signs on the door and a person standing there counting people in and out.). I haven't been to JoAnns or Hobby Lobby.

In Texas, it's not mandated that you wear a mask, but are encouraged to do so. Masking is not a LAW, however. It's a mandate. A law has to be passed by the overall elected officials whether they be city council, state legislators or the Congress. Officials are issuing mandates based on emergency powers statutes that were given them in prior legislation.

I agree, it's confusing. First they said we didn't need masks. Then they said we needed masks and social distancing. Now they are saying masks don't make much difference.

Who knows what's real and what's not?

bkay

I think my biggest issue with this is that Joanns is making millions of dollars off of 'Mask Making Supplies'. This is how they advertise it. They should require their employees to wear them. Hobby Lobby and other businesses should tell their employees if they are going to wear them, they should wear them correctly. A mask hanging below your nose is useless and makes you look stupid LOL

Ritaweeda said, " Why is the comment section above the previous posts and not below?? "

Houzz has installed some new software. On the right hand side at the top is a "thingy" where you choose how you want the posts ordered on your screen, "oldest" or "newest". The default is "newest", which makes no sense, since many of the posts are referring to the previous posts. I"m sure it has to do with selling something or the way they use 6 year old posts to hook you into another click, before figure out the subject is irrelevant because of it's age.

bkay

No, it's a new wrinkle, I've noticed it for the last day or 2 as well. It's driving me batty at the plant forums, 'cause it asked FIRST for you to make a Comment, following by all the posts you probably want to read BEFORE Commenting. Dumb.

They don't seem to realize it's flipped the order of the posts now.

I am required to wear a mask at work. I don't wear one otherwise. It isn't a 'law' in our state. The governor made it a strong suggestion (or something, she can't declare laws on her own) Your state's constitution may be different. For those shopping because they're bored, popping on a mask at the entrance of the store and taking it off outside, it's no problem. To those of us whose chests start to hurt after 20 minutes of breathing through layers of damp cotton, it's decidedly different.

Most masks are prone to 'venting:' if they don't fit snugly around the perimeter, the wearer is inhaling and exhaling unfiltered air through the gaps. I make sure my mask is loose for just that purpose. There's little evidence homemade masks actually stop infection ( I don't consider Facebook memes about the percentage of decrease in infection 'evidence')

I'm not going out shopping for fun,I'm using contact-less shopping when I can. I'm not spending my life in fear. Trying to breathe through damp cotton because it "may" reduce infection is virtue signaling and I chose not to participate. There are stores that have advertised "Masks required." That is their right, as is mine to spend my money elsewhere, at least for the time being.

virtue signaling ??? Pls advise what this means.

"Virtue signaling" is doing something, wearing something, etc. to tell other people how virtuous/good you are. Of course, whether you support a cause or are just "virtue signaling" is in the eye of the beholder. A "virtue signaler" for me would be someone wearing a T-shirt that has ASPCA on it.

Obviously they don't know that the ASPCA gets a C+ rating for how much they spend on advertising and overhead.

bkay

Dallas County just passed a law (may be called an ordinance) that requires all businesses to require masks for employees and customers before they can enter the store. (only exception is eating).

bk