When covid is managed, will you support businesses in the future that ignored guidelines and acted recklessly?

[DrScruffleton]

Several businesses I frequented in the past have acted like complete shitheads during covid. Saying masks not needed, employees dont wear masks, no limit on people inside the store, etc..

Will you visit places like this in the future? Or will you completely cut them out of your life? Sucks, as I have spent thousands of dollars in these stores beforehand, would not care at all if they shut down forever now.

People often make the argument that stores had to remain open and not follow guidelines to stay in business(doesn't make sense to me). But now I dont care if they are in business or not, I wont go to their store ever again.

 

[thekonamicode]

No. Not at all.

 

[Rag]

Nope. There's lots of places I won't be going back to. This last year was a test of character, and a lot of places I liked going to failed that test.

 

[Hollywood Duo]

Nope, doesn't seem to be much of that in my area though thankfully

 

[Deleted member 17399]

in America, the land of the free, we shop where we want

 

[Border]

I can't think of any retail business that didn't at least make an effort. The main violators are bars and nightclubs that just went back to business-as-usual.

 

[DiipuSurotu]

Examples?

 

[Deleted member 46948]

Absolutely not.

 

[B'z-chan]

Nope. There's lots of places I won't be going back to. This last year was a test of character, and a lot of places I liked going to failed that test.

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This!

We had a hair stylist that I'd been going to for 15 years. She lost us as a customer after what she did during this last year. Skirting the rules and ignoring the science more than a few times was enough for us to stop using her services. She showed us who she really was. And it only got worse with time through the year.

 

[EdibleKnife]

Examples?

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Isn't Whole Foods one? I also think Amazon had an issue with this too and is currently being sued over it. No place I've been to was specifically anti-mask but plenty seemed to have issues in regards to protecting employees behind the scenes

 

[nsilvias]

probably, i wouldnt know anyways since i havent stepped foot in many stores during this

 

[BashNasty]

I would, yes. I'm not going to cut something I enjoy out of my life just to make a point.

 

[metal]

I have never seen this before. Every store either has masks required or don't enforce them, nobody making a statement like "no masks allowed".

I'm a little confused by the question. Do you mean businesses who just didn't have a mask mandate?

 

[DrScruffleton]

Examples?

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For me, it was a lot of mom and pop shops. A comic shop near me was one of them. In the summer they held a big sale and took pics and posted on facebook. Dozens of people in the store, not a mask in sight. And on top of the sale they held some kind of card tournaments coinciding, so there were also people already inside for that.

For major chains, home depot was the absolute worst place I had to go to once, never went back. That was just gross. Literally saw the cashier cough into her hand and then touch stuff without sanitizing. No mask requirement and no limit on people in store

 

[kess]

Uh...

no.

 

[Septimus Prime]

I'm not aware of any businesses around here that did that, so I might unknowingly visit one, I guess. But otherwise no, I wouldn't.

 

[Officer Big Mac]

I can't think of any.

 

[maxxpower]

Nope.

 

[sirap]

Fuck no.

 

[jett]

I can't think of any such example where I am from.

 

[Hound]

Nope. I've got a few local restaurants that are already off my menu. I liked them too, but now I actively hope they go under and replaced with a better owner/restaurant.

 

[gimmmick]

Nope, usually these business are associated with maga and Trump. Why would I throw business to people that support such a horrible individual?

 

[TheMadTitan]

The places that flaunted guidelines are the places I never gave my business anyway, so this is an issue I'm likely to avoid.

 

[Imperfected]

I mean, I guess I'd need a list. Most of the ones I'm aware of were already on my shit list. (Hi GameStop.)

 

[Scottt]

Does this include companies that aren't customer-facing like Amazon and the food production industry?

 

[Kazooie]

I wouln't even know which ones acted recklessly. Also it is hard to judge, because businesses may have struggled for survival and I won't judge people for trying to fight for their livelihood. I was lucky to have a secure job unaffected by Corona, so it would be unfair for me to judge others in much more difficult, possibly ruinous situations.

 

[TaySan]

I will do my best to avoid businesses that knowingly broke Covid rules.

 

[xxracerxx]

I have not even been in a store that wasn't a grocery store in the last year, so I cannot think of an example of where I would do this.

 

[Jive Turkey]

No, though all of the places I patronize are either big chains (Fred Meyer, Target) or are family owned shops and restaurants. The chains aren't going to defy their corporate mandate and the smaller places are just happy to be open.

 

[shaneo632]

I would love to cut Amazon out but the convenience makes it very hard.

 

[Fleck0]

I'm not going to know most places that flaunted the rules. However there is a liquor store down the street that hasn't required masks or mdke the employees wear them and there's a restaurant/bar near a park I walk in and they've been operating like a speakeasy the whole time, they even had a super bowl party in there.

Both these places were trash before the pandemic but I will make note to never give them any money.

 

[Chouster]

The local Texas BBQ joint was a favourite of mine but after the stunts he's pulled, I'm never going back. https://www.blogto.com/eat_drink/20...adam-skelly-arrested-standoff-toronto-police/

 

[Bing147]

Ya, I will, mostly. Depends on what and how and how aware I was though. So I guess it's more of an it depends.

For example, I have a restaurant near me which made headlines for refusing the last shut down. They just paid the fines and stayed open.

I read an interview though with them and they aren't anti mask or anti distancing. They knew if they had to close again they wouldn't be able to reopen. They also knew if they closed again it could take months for their employees to start getting unemployment again because of how behind the state was in processing claims. They didn't feel like they had much choice. They still required masks. They were still distancing tables. They took COVID seriously. They just weren't willing to close.

I ultimately disagree with them. I feel indoor dining shouldn't be open at all and shouldn't have been at any point in the last year. I understand why they felt differently though. Our government failed these businesses, first by not doing enough to get COVID under control and then again by not doing enough to support small businesses and their workers. This failure led many to make stupid, bad decisions, but let's not forget what put them in that position in the first place. They were forced into a situation with no good options.

That's a lot different from say, refusing to require masks

 

[RiOrius]

I haven't noticed anything objectionable, but then I haven't been going out enough to notice, nor do I tend to follow placed on Facebook or whatnot. I'm pretty isolated and out of the loop. But I'm also in Seattle, where I expect there's enough social pressure to follow standards that that's the norm; presumably in less blue areas you get more mavericks.