I find it in poor taste to mix business with personal politics. I was raised that there are 2 things that you don’t discuss with anyone…politics & religion. My Mom always said that everybody is entitled to their opinion & both politics & religion constitute VERY personal opinions & arguing the point is fruitless!!!
I have 2 local businesses that I’ve stopped visiting due to their attitude, I walked into one & heard the owner discussing his lust for trump. That didn’t bother me although I wasn’t thrilled to hear him declare it. Then he went on to say that anyone who didn’t vote for trump was an idiot. I took it very personal & decided that this idiot didn’t need anything that he had in his store & I left & haven’t been back. I know that he would have NEVER looked me in the eyes & called me an idiot & I feel that he should be smart enough to understand that NOT every customer feels the way that he does & calling the customers in the store idiots was NOT one of the smarter things that he’s done!!! I have noticed that the parking spots in front of his store are empty more often than they used to be.
The other is my doctor who wore a mask when we first went into lockdown & she required patients to wear masks as well. I’ve always known that she was a rabid trump supporter & I decided to just refuse to discuss politics with her IF the subject ever came up. Well, since trump started attacking wearing masks, she & her office staff have stopped wearing masks & now NONE of he patients are wearing them either. She’s stopped disinfecting the table between patients & I find that wrong on so many levels. She treats around 80 patients a day & I see that as an imperative reason to have face masks worn. So, I’ve decided to continue to do what has protected me so far & I’m taking care of me first. I wear my mask on going in & I don’t remove it until I return home where I can wash thoroughly. Now I’ve decided that since she doesn’t care enough to take care of her patients, that I don’t care enough to continue going. I might end up having to go back, but I’ll most definitely check out other options before I do!!!
Now that there’s a new surge in cases, I feel it is MORE important than ever to take care of me first & that’s going to mean that I’ll have some tough decisions to make!!!