No Shirt, No Shoes, No Mask, No Service

Hard to believe all the pushback businesses are getting when they request that customers wear face masks for COVID-19 protection.  We are seeing demonstrations and even physical altercations over this.  Some individuals have even been shot.  People claim it is an infringement on their freedom.

Funny thing is businesses for years have had signs in their windows that read “No shirt, no shoes, no service.”  I don’t recall any protests or claims of restricted freedom over that.  People just comply.

I got to thinking maybe it wasn’t really about one’s freedom after all.  The people of the U.S. have always had the worldwide image as being a very vain population when it comes to their appearance.

Maybe that’s the key to all this foolishness, vanity.  When we cover our faces others can’t see how attractive or handsome we are.  They can’t see our expensive makeup or our expensive plastic surgery nose, cheek, or lip modifications.  They can no longer grasp our natural beauty.  Gee, maybe that’s why Donald doesn’t wear one.

Sadly, these damn masks sometimes make us look similar to each other except for our eye and hair color.  They may even hide that perfectly manicured beard or mustache.  Maybe it’s the perceived loss of our individuality and uniqueness and not our freedom that are the real driving forces behind all this resistance.

If we go along with this temporary request, we will no longer be able to categorize people according to their attractiveness.  Just think if all those online dating sites only included masked individuals.  What a dent that would put in the dating game.  And what about all those bar pickups?

Maybe I’ve carried this a little too far, but then again how do we explain “No shirt, no shoes, no service” is ok, but “No shirt, no shoes, no mask, no service” is an affront to our freedom and serves as the catalyst for protests and refusals to comply.

Give me vanity or give me illness, that is the question!