We should not fear these shopkeepers. If any shop has the temerity to ask if you are exempt when you enter unmasked, tell them very firmly, "No." Make sure you video what happens. Better still, go with someone who can video the event. If the shop tells you to leave or they will call the cops, then walk out. I expect they are within their rights to bar entry to anyone they choose (but I am no lawyer so I could be wrong here). Shame the ******** on social media. Broadcast their name to all and sundry.
Stand up for your rights. If you don't know what they are, read this:
https://www.carolinestephens.net/post/the-mask
https://archive.is/5Bdu3
They told us that we would only be in lockdown for a few weeks. I have been furloughed for about 12 weeks now and I have no idea when or if I will go back.
I knew back in early April that this was wrong after doing extensive research and each month they keep taking us step by step to their end agenda.
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If anybody has any doubts, checkout this video by Dr Scott Jenson
Hmmm. Hubby has announced that he will not take me shopping in Waitrose any more and I don't drive these days because of my cataracts. LOL!
This is a war. Our freedom is at stake. Force these shops to show where they stand. Do they respect your freedom and your rights or are they going to collude with the government into fooling you to give up your freedom?
If they kick you out, do your food shopping at Tesco or Sainsburys. They are the largest and 2nd largest supermarket chains in the country. Tesco has saturated this city with their shops - they are everywhere. You won't starve.
You are not doing them a favour by entering their shop. They need you more than you need them. You as the customer has the power. If no-one shops there, they will close down. Remember this.
Why should I lie in order to enter a shop? It's money from people like me that keeps the business viable. Speak up for yourself. I am alive. I need oxygen. That is good enough for me to have no need for a mask.
Challenge any shop that seeks to embarrass you into wearing a mask. Grow a pair everyone. Be bold. We are not little chickens. Be an eagle. Stand up and give them a resounding NO! Get off your knees!
I expect that this may be the shopkeeper's worst nightmare. What do they do when someone says, No," instead of playing this little game of charades where you say meekly, "Yes, I am exempt. " State clearly and calmly, "No, and what are you going to do about it?" What are they going to do if they get a lot of these confrontations? This puts them in a spot, doesn't it?
This is why Tesco and Sainsburys have told their staff not to ask if people are exempt. They don't want to be put in a position where an awkward customer says, "No." If you ask a question like that, the answer is either yes or no. Well, OK, maybe someone will say, "I don't know; what do you think?" but that's probably even less likely than No. A genuine shopkeeper just wants to sell his goods. He's not an unpaid enforcement arm of the government. He wants footfall in his shop. He doesn't want to discourage people from coming in because that has to happen before he makes his sales. Any shopkeeper who wants to stay in business and has thought through the whole process (like Tesco has) will choose not to ask. Asking may cause an aggressive response from an irate customer who objects to being asked. Why should the shop put the staff into such an awkward position?
Tesco and Sainsburys have shown great common sense in not asking. I was told by the ladt at the Tesco service counter that if they see a customer without a mask, they will assume that he/she is exempt. Kudos to Tesco. And Sainsburys. And I appreciate the way they have made this clear. Unlike Waitrose who insists they will question all unmasked customers as to whether they are exempt. But the CEO of Waitrose has probably been asked by Charlie to give his full backing to the government's campaign to SAVE LIVES and probably hinted that a nice surprise may await him one new year in the future