Help, I woke up to another Monday. That’s 2 down, 50 more Mondays to go this year.
As I’d predicted, things have been molasses slow around here. My activities are limited to cooking, cleaning, crafting, working out at the Pain Cave, grocery shopping. Good news is such limited contact with others reduces my risk of contracting what’s going around — except for the fact, it appears the market is the most dangerous place to be.
Week before, it was that guy on the phone in the market announcing, "I just tested positive for Covid".
A few days ago, it was a skinny meth head looking guy, no mask, coughing his guts out in the market.
I first observed him when he crossed in front of me and coughed as I was exiting an isle.
He was moving too fast, had a too intent a look on his face, and came across as a little too frantic when he looked this way, that way, as he passed the isle, craning his neck, looking for whatever it was he was looking for. It was his movements that led me to believe he was tweaking on some kind of drug.
He had tweaker skin as well — dressed normal, but skin greasy, grimy, blotchy AND coughing as he went along, with no mask and not the decency to cover his mouth when he coughed.
I froze before moving forward, when I should have backed up and exited elsewhere so as to not walk through his germs but, in retrospect, as I observed him coughing/super spreading his germs throughout the entire market as he went along, there was actually no place actually free of whatever he was spewing out.
Later, when I was in the checkout line, I heard him coughing in line behind me, but with enough other people for him to make sick between us that I didn’t have to worry about his coughing on me. Nevertheless, I turned and gave him a dirty look.
He noticed, but looked puzzled with his twitchy self — like do I know her? … why she looking at me?
Just completely oblivious to bringing attention to himself because he was being disgusting.
Noticing not one but two security guards on duty, wondering why they let the guy in like that — no mask AND coughing, when I got to the cashier I said, "That guy is coughing and has no mask. I thought they weren’t letting people in without masks".
She said something to the effect about a mask mandate not actually being in place, and they can’t make people wear them.
I replied, "Okay, but he’ll be coughing directly into your face pretty soon. So, good luck".
I’m seriously looking for a small spray disinfectant, something that would fit on my wrist, shoot out disinfectant like Spider Man shoots out his web.
When someone coughs anywhere near me in the market, I’ll hold up my wrist and pew pew disinfectant spray out before I move forward.
UPDATE: Just to make certain I was not mistaken, I drove by the market after this morning's workout to take a look, make sure "masks required" was posted.
Not only that but, off to the right, not in the photo, was the same message plastered to the market's window.
What's wrong with "No Mask, No Entry"? Why are they coddling the cougher and putting the rest of you at risk?
ReplyDeleteOddly enough, the sign on the market door does say must wear mask to enter. Go figure.
DeleteThat was the dead giveaway for my on New Year's Day when my uncle and cousin were over for dinner. My cousin was coughing terrible, but covering himself. I asked if he'd had a test done, which good luck finding. The next day, his oldest son came for a visit for the weekend with rapid test, and sure as shit, my uncle and cousin tested positive. In the meantime, my cousin's wife who is a doctor, sent us a supply of rapid tests. Luckily was tested negative, as well as my uncles home health care specialist. So far he is doing well, but my cousin is having a terrible cough and breathing issues. We and Yvette, the health care lady are taking meals and food to the door for them. So, your right to beware the cough. I could never understand why when people are sick, they even go into work anyway, no matter what they have? They just infect everyone else.
ReplyDeleteThat was a close call for you. Glad you're okay. It's looking to me like we're never going to see the end of this virus. I'll always be wearing a mask, carrying wipes.
DeleteIt's the same here, masks are posted on the door but not enforced. I am boosted and still wear a mask. I had a cashier coughing at me the other day and with a mask barely hanging on. After I got over the shock of it all, I was reminded that it's more accepted to "toot" now than to cough.
ReplyDeleteWhat point is there, if not enforced? I'll be keeping an eye out to see if the market posts news of an infection. If so, I'll know where it came from.
DeleteStores here have "masks required" signs on doors, but no real enforcement. Crazies out there.
ReplyDeleteYou'd think store personnel would care if not for customers, for their own safety.
DeleteI can always see why Garfield hated Mondays
ReplyDeleteLOL. Thanks for that. I'd forgotten about Garfield and his Mondays. I'll have to work those memes into the next 50 Mondays.
DeleteI'd be outta that store in a snap if somebody started that coughing shiz anywhere near me!
ReplyDeleteI not only had my mask on and always use wipes on the cart, when I got back to the car that day, because he'd coughed everywhere, I sprayed myself head to toe, front and back, with the Lysol I keep in the car for just such emergencies.
DeleteMy sister who is boosted got Covid with no symptoms, Then two weeks later she got it again, this time with symptoms. We guessed that she got Delta then Omicron.
ReplyDeleteHoly Smokes!
DeleteThe world will always have idiots because covid won't get them all. I wear an N95 (found some more good cone ones at the Ace Hardware store.) I'd bought some months ago, but they still weren't as comfy. I wear some beautiful cloth masks with pockets for filters in safer spots where everyone's status is known and no threats are entering.
DeleteCovid hangs in the air for 3 hours. It's not droplet, it's aerosolized, even tinier. If I can, in a store, I don't go down an aisle that has another person in it. Most teens working at stores don't cover their nose. I point to my nose and stare at them. They look startled and then hurry to pull up their mask. I tell them covid hangs in the air for 3 hours. Most say, "oh, I didn't know that." I wish the CDC had emphasized that fact more at the beginning of this mess. I guess they didn't think there would be so many anti-vaxxers.
Most employees have been told not to enforce the mask signs, as they are not trained to argue with people, and it's just too dangerous to try.
I even wear my N95 at fast food and the bank's drive-through because they are wearing masks. You never know which way the air is sucking: in or out.
Wish I could patent a new water gun toy that has a vaccine dart on it. Be careful out there. Linda in Kansas
I can understand employees not risking their lives to enforce the mask mandate, but Security is getting paid to enforce, risk.
DeleteThis whole thing angers me so. If the unvaxxed would just do their civic duty this could be over. I live in a redneck county even with mandates they refused to wear them. I wish even with laws I could hurt them and get away with it. :-)
ReplyDeleteBeing able to hurt them and get away with it would be ideal. LOL.
DeleteMost places here say Masks Require, some say Recommended, some specify requirements for Unvaxxed, it's all so random and so seldom enforced, since, no Employee wants some unhinged Anti-Mask Anti-Vaxxer going Mental about it... they're not getting Paid to be Pandemic Enforcers and take the obvious risks of how risky doing so can be with some of these of the Lunatic Fringe or strung out on whatever they're on. I self-quarantined when I got the Pneumonia because I did have a Cough with it, and no Test to be had anywhere, so I'm speculating and acting AS IF I might have it, but who knows? That's the problem, Testing, Contact Tracing, Mitigation is so all over the place and so not available that most people can't know their status for sure. The Asymptomatics will never even know they're Sick and contagious. Those with Colds or Allergies will speculate if it's the Rona or not? The Young Prince was saying Tik Tok was talking about Flurona, some new variant that mutated with both strains, but I dunno if that's reliable source or a Joke, like Sharknado... I'd rather imagine it not to be true.
ReplyDeleteFlurona is a real thing. I've been reading about and hearing on the news about Flu and Rona at the same time.
DeleteOMG Flurona being Real, what a Joy 2022 is gonna be!
DeleteI'm with Cynthia. Whose right is more important? My right not to get infected and die or their right not to be uncomfortable wearing a mask.
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