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Exactly. I wouldn’t care nearly as much if the mask obsessed group hadn’t for two years glared at me, walked out into oncoming traffic to avoid me, and made under the breathe comments about “not caring about lives” when I didn’t feel like wearing a mask OUTSIDE. At the beginning of the pandemic, I was actually one of the first people I know to go out and a buy a mask - it’s not the mask itself but the ridiculous cult following around it that I have a problem with.
My paralegal and a secretary in our suite make catty comments, about me and others, saying, (they) won't wear a mask, they don't care."
I for one will miss mask wearing. I forgot how bad some of my co-workers breath were. Now they are back to hovering with no masks. Like please send me an EMAIL!!!
I for one will miss mask wearing. I forgot how bad some of my co-workers breath were. Now they are back to hovering with no masks. Like please send me an EMAIL!!!
It really demonstrates how ridiculous living in NYC is, packed like sardines, when you can’t even tolerate being in close proximity to your co-workers.
Also it’s the only city left in the country where I still see a significant number of people with masks on when they’re outside and walking alone. I don’t see that nearly as much in DC, Boston, SF…..
Westchester too. Half of Wegmans is still masked up to the nines. You go to a grocery in CT you're lucky to see one or two.
Westchester too. Half of Wegmans is still masked up to the nines. You go to a grocery in CT you're lucky to see one or two.
I think it’s partially because back in Spring 2020, Cuomo really harped on this idea that obsessive mask wearing makes one a “good New Yorker”, whereas in other places, the mask was seen more as a necessary, yet TEMPORARY tool to mitigate an emergency situation. Masks don’t have nearly the identity politics attached to them in other places as they do in the NYC area. That’s why other liberal cities around the country, and Europe to an even greater degree, have been able to shed their mask addiction much faster than NYC. And, please, spare me the whole “we were the epicenter” or “we’re so densely packed” thing. European cities were also considered early epicenters, they’re just as dense, yet they aren’t clinging to their masks like the folks here.
Westchester too. Half of Wegmans is still masked up to the nines. You go to a grocery in CT you're lucky to see one or two.
I think it’s partially because back in Spring 2020, Cuomo really harped on this idea that obsessive mask wearing makes one a “good New Yorker”, whereas in other places, the mask was seen more as a necessary, yet TEMPORARY tool to mitigate an emergency situation. Masks don’t have nearly the identity politics attached to them in other places as they do in the NYC area. That’s why other liberal cities around the country, and Europe to an even greater degree, have been able to shed their mask addiction much faster than NYC. And, please, spare me the whole “we were the epicenter” or “we’re so densely packed” thing. European cities were also considered early epicenters, they’re just as dense, yet they aren’t clinging to their masks like the folks here.
I was in the Wegman's in question this morning and didn't see many masks. Connecticut overall was more laid back on restrictions. Their barber shops got at least one more customer, me, since they reopened a few weeks earlier in June 2020 than did NY. I don't know that Cuomo's "leadership" is at fault; I just think NYS is a more statist/socialist location than virtually anywhere, California included. Heck, New York and CT were among the last to get a 65 mph speed limit back.
I was in the Wegman's in question this morning and didn't see many masks. Connecticut overall was more laid back on restrictions. Their barber shops got at least one more customer, me, since they reopened a few weeks earlier in June 2020 than did NY. I don't know that Cuomo's "leadership" is at fault; I just think NYS is a more statist/socialist location than virtually anywhere, California included. Heck, New York and CT were among the last to get a 65 mph speed limit back.
Go at lunch. My office is around the corner. I go atleast once a week for lunch, sometimes twice. There's days when there's a masquerade ball in there, 50% give or take. A slow day is probably 25-30%. Still exceedingly more than anywhere else I've seen lately. To be fair, Yankee games don't have many maskers.
Here over the border it's almost non-existent now, even in ultra-proggy Westport. You do see an occasional outdoor grandstander.
I think it’s partially because back in Spring 2020, Cuomo really harped on this idea that obsessive mask wearing makes one a “good New Yorker”, whereas in other places, the mask was seen more as a necessary, yet TEMPORARY tool to mitigate an emergency situation. Masks don’t have nearly the identity politics attached to them in other places as they do in the NYC area. That’s why other liberal cities around the country, and Europe to an even greater degree, have been able to shed their mask addiction much faster than NYC. And, please, spare me the whole “we were the epicenter” or “we’re so densely packed” thing. European cities were also considered early epicenters, they’re just as dense, yet they aren’t clinging to their masks like the folks here.
Go at lunch. My office is around the corner. I go atleast once a week for lunch, sometimes twice. There's days when there's a masquerade ball in there, 50% give or take.
Office workers (minus Finance/Wall Street types) are some of the most frequent maskers from my perspective. The NYC subway has a lot more people in masks during the morning/afternoon rush, than it does off hours or nights/weekends. Probably because Corporate America has devolved into a cringey virtue signaling wokefest over the last half decade.
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