> > What they've done is faux-empower a lot of stunted little people to police the rest of us.
> Banal though it now seems to say so, this is exactly how it worked in Germany and the USSR. >From Rebecca S.: > > I was in a supermarket in Avon, Colorado with a companion who is a senior > citizen and had been recovering from a serious back injury. (We both had > masks on, btw.) My companion has pain when walking around sometimes. So we > had to get in and out of the market quickly. > > This supermarket had the one-way "arrows." While shopping, we walked in > the "wrong direction" a short way down an aisle to get a product. A young > man rushed up to us from another aisle. He came up 1-2 feet away-- not > social distancing at all. Then he began accosting us for "going the wrong > way in the aisle." He all but ordered us to turn around and retrace our > steps. I was surprised that someone would march up and speak to us this > way. He was not an employee of the supermarket. > > He stood waiting for us to retrace our steps. Neither of us did. I > politely said "thanks for letting us know" and we turned back to our > shopping. Then he intentionally continued to stand in my way to make us > uncomfortable. This went on for long enough to be bizarre. > > My companion was in pain. Regardless of your view on masks and arrows in > supermarkets, this man's behavior was very inappropriate. Especially toward > a senior citizen with an injury. > > > --- Support News from Underground: http://bit.ly/NFUSupport You received this email because you are subscribed to News from Underground. To unsubscribe from this email list, please go to: http://www.simplelists.com/confirm.php?u=pIdjNUgiG2h8yxbhC54SSy4SEskAoEMs For archives, please go to: http://archives.simplelists.com/nfu
