I had a couple of stops to make today. One of them was mailing a package at a post office.
When I entered the post office three windows were open. Two of them had customers; the clerk at the unoccupied one motioned me down to hers. As she went through her spiel I kept thinking something was different. The whole area around her work station looked brighter and more open. Then I realized that this window did not have a plexiglass shield in front of it. something I haven't seen for almost two years.
St. Louis County's mask mandate expired in late February, and the City of St. Louis followed suit in early March. Was this no-plastic barrier workstation another sign of things loosening up? The clerk and I did not discuss the change, but I wondered if she had an opinion about the matter. The National Institutes of Health recommends the use of shields, but some think having a barrier makes things worse.
As things continue to open up I wonder if plexiglass-free workplaces are the wave of the future, or if there will be choices.
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Interesting observation. We are now in wave 6 of Covid and they no longer mandate indoor masking.
ReplyDeleteIt's interesting to me how each area draws lines differently on this.
DeleteI am drawing my own line and I wear my mask when I am in any stores or doctors' offices. We are still not going into sit down restaurants for meals. It just takes somebody with the virus coming too close to me and a sneeze or cough from someone who may unknowingly have Covid and I could end up getting it and having severe health problems. We do get carry out food from many restaurants that we used to go into.
ReplyDeleteI love how people are able to do what works for them.
DeleteI'm with Susie!
DeleteI still feel I'm missing something when I go into stores now. It's the mask. It became a part of shopping.
ReplyDeleteI don't know if it's a positive or negative that I only feel semi-naked on those occasions I don't don a mask.
DeleteI hate it when I come back to a comment section and think, "Didn't I leave a comment here? I know I was here before..."
ReplyDeleteAnyway, I had the same experience at Dierbergs. I rolled up to the checkout and thought, somethings wrong here. Not only was the plastic gone but they rearranged the checkout to be more like Target.
And when I was walking into a Dierbergs today the sign reminding me to bring in my reusable bags was back. At the height of the pandemic I had a clerk at the self serve lane fuss at me for using one there.
DeleteThe shields remain up wherever I visit. Masks are optional, but I wear mine.
ReplyDeleteNow I wish I had asked the clerk about her lack of shield. It would be interesting to see what her response was.
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