"then “forgetting” your mask and making them ask, every single time"
A thousand times, YES. I did this for roughly the entirety of the mask tyranny. I MADE them tell me. Sometimes I'd turn around and walk out, if I didn't really need what I went there for. At Econo I'd say, "Are you still doing this shit??" when they'd accost me upon entering.
Other times I'd mask up when they told me to, then unmask when I left their jurisdiction. This worked very well in airports, because you go through up to 3 jurisdictions (bag check, TSA check, metal detector) before you escape to the freedom of the airport terminal, so I made every jurisdiction make me...and quite often at least 1 and sometimes 2 of the jurisdictions wouldn't confront me.
Even at the agriculture scanner in San Juan I deliberately entered the airport and carried on a conversation with the ag personnel for a minute or until my bags came through, and more often than not they didn't say boo. Ditto at bag check-in counters, and even the TSA checkpoint person. The point is, we MUST be, as you say, ungovernable, and MAKE them make us, if we've no other choice (e.g. to fly), and then immediately resist again. At Boston's Logan Airport earlier this year before the mask mandate was struck down, I went unmasked the entire time, and at one point I walked past maybe a dozen city cops, state troopers, and TSA agents over the course of 30 seconds, and I made sure to walk right next to them, and I looked at their faces, I didn't look away. Not a one of them said boo.
We must resist at every opportunity. Because it'll be easier to fight, when that time comes.
I did what you did, but I said, “No, I’m not putting a mask on, and you do what you need to do.” I did my grocery shopping with dirty looks. Big deal. But “I won”. Just say NO...most people have no idea how to handle confrontation. It’s actually pretty amusing!
One store actually, physically took my ONE item out of my hand while I was paying for it because I wasn’t wearing a mask. Insane!
And for very rare, necessary doctor appointments, I wear a Fake Mask. I hate doing it, but I cannot get medical care if I don’t wear a mask (a Fake Mask).
I once actually got to the checkout line at my supermarket without a mask, and was bagging the last couple of items after having already paid...and some store employee idiot made me put my mask on at that point, even though I'd been in the store for 30 minutes unmasked and even though was leaving the store in about 10 seconds.
Here in Puerto Rico the mask tyrants seemed to enjoy their power.
I saw Kathy Hochul after 'winning' the gov race in NY was in Puerto Rico dancing with some school kids... she was unmasked by they kids were all muzzled. So weird.
I remember that! It’s just like Stacy Abrams in a classroom with all masked kids, and she wasn’t wearing one. It’s really evil looking. And that is not normal behavior!
Absolutely. I would grab the mask handed to me and smile. Say thanks. When they would ask me to put it on, I would say, "You bet." Or "Got it!" Or even, "I never wear one." But always with a smile. And then I would ignore their comment and continue with my business. Rinse, repeat.
I have a doctor's appointment coming up this week and this and Uber rides were the only time I wore a mask since being released from the hospital. I wore the same effing dirty mask that was given to me in the hospital that does not work, and I just feel like such a fake/pretender/idiot when I wear something I know doesn't work.
I feel so so so angry and downtrodden when wearing a mask. My husband got mad once when we were in a store so I put my mask on to shut him up. And I thought, "Is this how Muslim women feel when forced to wear the hijab? Haven't I always thought no husband would force ME to wear the hijab?" And that was enough to snap me out of the compliant mode.
Sad to say I complied for the first masking period, which was much later and much shorter here in the Netherlands than elsewhere, but when they came around for round two I was ready. Wrote a letter for my kid in school (only for over 10s and only in the hallways 🙄) which was easy. My favorite confrontation was when the parent library volunteers were allowed back in school and were asked to mask whereas teachers (rightfully) were not. I said I didn’t have one. They said we can give you one! I said then I am going home. I don’t have to be here to help. The pace of back tracking was beautiful to behold. I was allowed to go maskless as long as I sat at the checkout desk the whole time. Ok sure. And then I got up to put away the books which is what I am there to do. It got even richer when the coordinator came by with some prospective parents touring the school wearing masks and explained to them apropos of NOTHING why I wasn’t wearing a mask. I was embarrassed for her. And laughing in my fist for the rest of the day. 😂
We need to use every tiny ounce of power we have. I relished reading about a volunteer referee refusing to stay for the game he was scheduled to supervise last year because his wife who usually accompanied him was not allowed in the canteen without a QR code. People were right pissed about that. They didn't back down, but neither did he. Volunteer pool is shrinking with these policies. We call that "koekje van eigen deeg" here. Another good one is "laat ze een poepie ruiken." With pleasure....
I KNOW that feeling! Isn’t it awesome?! That’s what freedom FEELS like! I applaud you and what an outstanding example for your child. That lesson will be with him or her forever!
Now the most important part is…do not ever forget this! Standing up right away will help you in the future. God bless you and your child.
"then “forgetting” your mask and making them ask, every single time"
A thousand times, YES. I did this for roughly the entirety of the mask tyranny. I MADE them tell me. Sometimes I'd turn around and walk out, if I didn't really need what I went there for. At Econo I'd say, "Are you still doing this shit??" when they'd accost me upon entering.
Other times I'd mask up when they told me to, then unmask when I left their jurisdiction. This worked very well in airports, because you go through up to 3 jurisdictions (bag check, TSA check, metal detector) before you escape to the freedom of the airport terminal, so I made every jurisdiction make me...and quite often at least 1 and sometimes 2 of the jurisdictions wouldn't confront me.
Even at the agriculture scanner in San Juan I deliberately entered the airport and carried on a conversation with the ag personnel for a minute or until my bags came through, and more often than not they didn't say boo. Ditto at bag check-in counters, and even the TSA checkpoint person. The point is, we MUST be, as you say, ungovernable, and MAKE them make us, if we've no other choice (e.g. to fly), and then immediately resist again. At Boston's Logan Airport earlier this year before the mask mandate was struck down, I went unmasked the entire time, and at one point I walked past maybe a dozen city cops, state troopers, and TSA agents over the course of 30 seconds, and I made sure to walk right next to them, and I looked at their faces, I didn't look away. Not a one of them said boo.
We must resist at every opportunity. Because it'll be easier to fight, when that time comes.
I did what you did, but I said, “No, I’m not putting a mask on, and you do what you need to do.” I did my grocery shopping with dirty looks. Big deal. But “I won”. Just say NO...most people have no idea how to handle confrontation. It’s actually pretty amusing!
One store actually, physically took my ONE item out of my hand while I was paying for it because I wasn’t wearing a mask. Insane!
And for very rare, necessary doctor appointments, I wear a Fake Mask. I hate doing it, but I cannot get medical care if I don’t wear a mask (a Fake Mask).
I once actually got to the checkout line at my supermarket without a mask, and was bagging the last couple of items after having already paid...and some store employee idiot made me put my mask on at that point, even though I'd been in the store for 30 minutes unmasked and even though was leaving the store in about 10 seconds.
Here in Puerto Rico the mask tyrants seemed to enjoy their power.
I saw Kathy Hochul after 'winning' the gov race in NY was in Puerto Rico dancing with some school kids... she was unmasked by they kids were all muzzled. So weird.
I remember that! It’s just like Stacy Abrams in a classroom with all masked kids, and she wasn’t wearing one. It’s really evil looking. And that is not normal behavior!
She is a piece of human debris. POS garbage American.
The “mask Nazis” are EVERYWHERE! They come out of the woodwork like roaches. Unfortunately, “light” doesn’t scare them away!
I refused in the examimation room and won...
Did you make them ask you to wear it at the doctors office?
Absolutely. I would grab the mask handed to me and smile. Say thanks. When they would ask me to put it on, I would say, "You bet." Or "Got it!" Or even, "I never wear one." But always with a smile. And then I would ignore their comment and continue with my business. Rinse, repeat.
I have a doctor's appointment coming up this week and this and Uber rides were the only time I wore a mask since being released from the hospital. I wore the same effing dirty mask that was given to me in the hospital that does not work, and I just feel like such a fake/pretender/idiot when I wear something I know doesn't work.
I feel so so so angry and downtrodden when wearing a mask. My husband got mad once when we were in a store so I put my mask on to shut him up. And I thought, "Is this how Muslim women feel when forced to wear the hijab? Haven't I always thought no husband would force ME to wear the hijab?" And that was enough to snap me out of the compliant mode.
Sad to say I complied for the first masking period, which was much later and much shorter here in the Netherlands than elsewhere, but when they came around for round two I was ready. Wrote a letter for my kid in school (only for over 10s and only in the hallways 🙄) which was easy. My favorite confrontation was when the parent library volunteers were allowed back in school and were asked to mask whereas teachers (rightfully) were not. I said I didn’t have one. They said we can give you one! I said then I am going home. I don’t have to be here to help. The pace of back tracking was beautiful to behold. I was allowed to go maskless as long as I sat at the checkout desk the whole time. Ok sure. And then I got up to put away the books which is what I am there to do. It got even richer when the coordinator came by with some prospective parents touring the school wearing masks and explained to them apropos of NOTHING why I wasn’t wearing a mask. I was embarrassed for her. And laughing in my fist for the rest of the day. 😂
We need to use every tiny ounce of power we have. I relished reading about a volunteer referee refusing to stay for the game he was scheduled to supervise last year because his wife who usually accompanied him was not allowed in the canteen without a QR code. People were right pissed about that. They didn't back down, but neither did he. Volunteer pool is shrinking with these policies. We call that "koekje van eigen deeg" here. Another good one is "laat ze een poepie ruiken." With pleasure....
AND PAY WITH CASH!!!
I KNOW that feeling! Isn’t it awesome?! That’s what freedom FEELS like! I applaud you and what an outstanding example for your child. That lesson will be with him or her forever!
Now the most important part is…do not ever forget this! Standing up right away will help you in the future. God bless you and your child.
Thank you Renee! Yes this wakening will have far-reaching consequences for me and mine and there is NO going back. Blessings right back atcha!
Right on!