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Daniel D's avatar

In my professional opinion, wearing masks is very beneficial. I never work without one. It provides very high levels of protection. For professional bank robbers like me, masks are essential.

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NAB's avatar

What I love is how our bank has a sign about removing sunglasses and hats before entering the building but during Covid they threw all of that out because everyone was masked.

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rjt's avatar

It would be a fun study to look at the success rate of your fellow bank robbers before and after mask mandates.

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Pi Guy's avatar

Long time ago when I worked at a store next to a bank - people we knew, saw often - one of my coworkers donned a gorilla mask on Halloween and wandered into the bank as a joke. Turns out that people who work in banks didn't find that funny.

Now you're more likely to be judged suspiciously if you're NOT wearing a mask in a bank.

PS: At the bank last week, most bank employees - front desk, security guard, a couple (or three, if you count the lady in her office) of bank people - were wearing masks.

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jim's avatar

It seems most public facing employees are remaining masked at high rates. Grocery clerks, baristas, restaurant staffs, department stores...I donтАЩt get it, and I live in Florida. I would say customers in grocery stores are about 10% masked but employees seem to be over 50% at least. IтАЩm tired of it and avoid or ignore masked employees for open facers.

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Myriam's avatar

It makes me viscerally uneasy to see people in masks. It feels like weтАЩre living in a dystopian movie and people have now grown bird beaks. I have felt this way since 2020. I find it highly disturbing. я┐╝

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God Bless America's avatar

I feel very naughty every time I see someone in a face diaper anymoreтАж it makes me want to go sit EXTREMELY CLOSE to them and cough suspiciouslyтАж ЁЯШЗЁЯШЗЁЯШЗ

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Porge's avatar

Same

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Myriam's avatar

They are already traumatized to be wearing one...just sayin'

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Porge's avatar

Yes Yes yes! Damn yes!

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Rhymes With "Brass Seagull"'s avatar

Same here. It is utterly dystopian indeed.

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Pi Guy's avatar

I'll bet in many of those cases, there's at least social pressure from coworkers if not an actual edict (not sure that's legal anymore) but it could be more like, "Nice job you have here. Shame if something were to happen to it."

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jim's avatar

No mask mandates allowed here thanks to Desantis.

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Porge's avatar

Not sure it was ever legal ЁЯдФ

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Pi Guy's avatar

*nods* I think you're right it never was but I was a little loose with my phrasing.

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Tom Tunes's avatar

IтАЩm in Southern California. IтАЩd guess 15% of employees in retail wear masks. I always avoid them if at possible. I want them to be without anything to do.

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CarO Lyn's avatar

A lot depends on where you are in Florida.

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Lindsay.'s avatar

Only Trader Joe's in WA seems to have a high employee mask rate for grocery stores.

I heard several years ago Trader Joe's employees (maybe easily brainwashed?) we're donating their hard earned hourly wages of $14 to $17 dollars per hour to Bill Gates- apparently Gates was asking for money. . .one of the richest men in the US was being given money by hourly employees!? ЁЯдг

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Tom Tunes's avatar

IтАЩve found them a mixed bag. Some likeminded, some totally brainwashed.

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Dr Linda's avatar

Weird feeling to go to the bank and the employees have masks

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Daniel D's avatar

Hey, the best way to rob a bank is to work there! Stickup men do hard time; the executives at Bear Sterns, Lehman Brothers, etc stole much more and did no time.

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NAB's avatar

Sigh.

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Susan's avatar

Hilarious!

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CaliforniaLost's avatar

What is the best type of mask for your profession? Asking for a friend.

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╨▓тДУ╧Г╬╖тИВ╤Ф ╨▓╬▒╬╖тИВ╬╣╤В's avatar

HAHA! Your comment was a reminder to read the entire statement, not just the first sentence!!

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INGRID C DURDEN's avatar

you know, they made it a lot easier on folks like you !

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Dan Telford's avatar

That is awesome ЁЯСПЁЯП╗

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up late's avatar

Many of the people I work with can now use chewing tobacco at work which makes them much more pleasant! A great mask benefit!

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God Bless America's avatar

I wonder if panty hose on the face would garner the same reaction going into a bankтАж hmmm ЁЯдФ

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Daniel D's avatar

As long as you have your N-95 mask over it, you should be fine.

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God Bless America's avatar

Lol ЁЯШВ

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