respect the 'right' of people to reject mask-wearing, but given it is essentially for the protection of other they should then stay at home or at least make extra efforts to avoid getting near other people.
Unfortunately, mask-rejection seems to go hand in hand with wanting to carry on as normal.
Our community shop allows one customer in at a time (it's unlikely that separation could be maintained otherwise) and asks that everyone wears a mask - volunteers and customers. Anyone who doesn't have a mask can be served at the door and we do this for a couple of regulars. But occasionally we have problems with young males (always young males) who make a point of entering 2 or 3 at a time, unmasked.
Given that the average age of the volunteers is about 65, and that of the customers even greater, I class their behaviour as irresponsible.
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