As a small business owner I completely agree with this. Enforcing the mask mandate that Governor Pritzker put in place on business' across Illinois was something I never want to ever have to experience again as long as I live. It was a horrible experience that many of you around here have never and never will have to deal with.
I could give two shits about how blunt or badass NYC business' are when it comes to confronting customers because that doesn't apply to me or 99% of the US. I guarantee you that if Illinois decides to follow suit there is no fucking way I'll be asking my customers for their vax card before they can come into my store.
I've also decided that mask wearing is also no longer mandatory before entering my store. Fuck that shit. It ain't worth it.
What kind of business?
Do you have the lonely guy who comes in and wastes a bunch of you or employees time because he thinks you are his friends?
Do you have the crazy person come in to ask about crazy things like can I speak to the mars rover with this amazon Alexa (and is serious about it)
I have spirits in my house can you advise me how to use XX & YY to appease them?
If so are they the fun crazy person or the offensive irritating crazy person?
How about the creepy dude that falls in love with a girl who is uninterested in him and far age inappropriate? I used to have the fat guy or former sports guy help the creepy dude out. They’d eventually figure it out and wander off somewhere else.
I’ll never forget one of my crazies and she may have not been that crazy in retrospect.
2005(ish) she used to make big scenes about buying a prepaid phone with cash and whom she would trust to sell it to her. She used to disguise herself and she did this pretty well, she was a former TV model, advertising extra and a few small budget movie extras. She said her ex worked with the government and could read all her emails, text messages, could access her computer and phone could delete contacts and email, he could access he phone when it was powered on and listen in they the speaking to who she was talking too on call or even off calls. She didn’t want cameras because he could access them too.
At the time what she described sounded possible it also sounded pretty crazy. Then Edward Snowden happened years later and I am like hmmmm, she was pretty nutty however maybe.....