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by shoppers angry at being challengedShoppers who refuse to wear a face mask to visit Walmart will still be served, as the company seeks to protect its staff from "a physical confrontation," according to a CNN report.
Walmart had announced that as of July 20, face masks would be compulsory for all but those whose medical conditions prevent it, as Business Insider's Hayley Peterson reported. At least 27 other retailers have recently required the same thing.
However, a training video seen by CNN tells management to let people who refuse to wear a mask "continue to shop."
Home Depot, Lowe's, CVS, and Walgreens have also said they'll serve customers without masks, CNN reported.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/walmart-wont-enforce-its-own-rules-on-mask-wearing-because-it-fears-staff-could-be-attacked-by-shoppers-angry-at-being-challenged/ar-BB17d7RQ?li=BBnbfcL&ocid=DELLDHP
Eyeball_Kid
(7,432 posts)Mariana
(14,857 posts)crickets
(25,981 posts)Iliyah
(25,111 posts)employees will be subject to COVID-19 and possible shut downs
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There is no ending to stupidity which come from the top and trickles down.
dalton99a
(81,513 posts)Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)No Shirt, No Shoes, No Mask, No Service. Simple as that.
Thekaspervote
(32,771 posts)SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)Maybe maggots should be charged with attempted murder for not masking up! 🤬
Hekate
(90,705 posts)...been done, like the salespeople who have been brutally assaulted and sometimes killed.
We are in a public health emergency. The time for shilly-shallying and coddling is over.
Runningdawg
(4,517 posts)and I happened to be out and about as church let out today. I passed 3, all with large groups of people congregating in the parking lots - not a mask in sight. QT (convenience store chain) has been better, but even their enforcement is not consistent. My MIL asked a lady behind her in line for the ATM to please give her 6ft, the lady went OFF. The guard @ 10ft away, stood there and looked at them. My MIL left and went to another ATM.
CanonRay
(14,103 posts)sop
(10,190 posts)but endangering others' lives by not wearing a mask is ok. Trump should send his goons to uphold the law and protect the public.
Mosby
(16,317 posts)Employees are not even allowed to ask a customer to put on a mask.
DeminPennswoods
(15,286 posts)They have an employee outside to enforce mask wearing before customers even enter the store.
lame54
(35,292 posts)It is the job of the clerks to make the customers wear masks
A Governors mandate does not deputize the employees
Corps side with customer complaints and fire employees to save face
customerserviceguy
(25,183 posts)I know what it's like to get the blowback from customers on company policies they disagree with, no matter how reasonable those policies are. Hopefully, the anti-maskers will just give it to each other.
Tanuki
(14,918 posts)even though that also places staff at risk of being "attacked by shoppers angry at being challenged."
theaocp
(4,237 posts)stopdiggin
(11,314 posts)No smoking, no spitting. No foul language. No public urination. (in fact, many of these stores DO have security that are already trained for these situations, and are perfectly capable of handling hissy fits -- and anything more complicated than that is a trespass violation to be handled by LE.)
This is a failure of corporate will. Nothing more -- nothing less.
NYC Liberal
(20,136 posts)for the exact same reason. Its a huge safety and liability issue. Id be surprised if Walmarts policy was otherwise because theyd be risking major lawsuits if an employee was injured confronting a shoplifter.
ooky
(8,923 posts)Walmart should hire them. Regular employees are not bouncers.
This should not be that hard.
LizBeth
(9,952 posts)I would be considering that as an employer myself. And because I do not want employees. Not my liability.
ProfessorGAC
(65,057 posts)They're putting bigger employees at the door and walking the floor.
I've seen with my own eyes a guy get kicked out.
Must be up to store management how assertive they want to be.
luv2fly
(2,475 posts)Big employees in lots of fields get the shit tasks when it comes to the potential for confrontation with other humans.
ProfessorGAC
(65,057 posts)But, it probably does make the dumbasses think twice about starting something.
Bruce Lee could have done it, but there would be 10 fights every day.
The size is a likely deterrent.
Smilo
(1,944 posts)sued because he turned away a gay couple just because he was a homophobic cretin & won?
So by that standard surely "We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone" or the "No Shoes, No Shirt, No Service" is more than enough to get the cretins out of stores.
Bayard
(22,075 posts)There are 2 in my area of KY. If I have to go out for essentials, sometimes I go there for TP, paper towels, and stevia (yes, they have it). Last month I was in one, where the cashier was wearing his mask down under his nose. I pointed out that didn't do the job. He quickly pulled it back in place.
I was at the other one last Fri. Same thing, cashier with mask hanging around her neck. I said, that's not helping anyone. She said--yeah--and kept right on at the cash register. When I called DG corporate to complain, they put me on hold for 10 minutes, and I finally gave up.
Most of the people I see now if I do go out, are wearing masks here. But there's still a few that say they're too hot, uncomfortable, or think they're immortal. My husband works with a guy that says--masks are about as useless as our governor. (you know--Gov. Beshear that has kept our state at one of the lowest rates, but is getting sued for the mask mandate. Including by the idiot AG.)
Ms. Toad
(34,074 posts)Two unmasked shoppers paraded right in - fully expecting no one to challenge them. They weren't challenged, and when I asked the cashier why she didn't say anything to them, she told me they were not allowed to say anything to them.
Report to health department; complaint to Dollar General corporate office informing them I won't be back until they start enforcing the mask rule.