I love the products and am usually greeted by a friendly staff. However, it is completely unacceptable for the staff to NOT wear masks. How can you require customers to wear a mask to enter and not have the same standard of safety for your employees? Do they not realize that the original customers of this establishment were often patients with a terminal illness? Do they not realize the reason why they are designated as "essential" (and still in business) is because of the medicinal benefits of cannabis? So why would the staff here put their customers lives in danger by handling transactions without wearing masks? I recall at the beginning of the pandemic, the staff was offering face coverings to customers who didn't have one, and now they've done a 180.
This is not only unprofessional, it's a liability. Some of us are high risk. Some of us will actually die if we catch COVID-19. The audacity to show up to work every day and be so cavalier about not protecting the people who are keeping your doors open. I'm sure the LA County Health Department wouldn't approve of a business operating every day with 90% of its staff unmaked.
Meanwhile, at the dispensary up the street, all of the employees are masked, they take a temperature check before you can even step past the front desk, they have hand sanitizer at the front door. They are taking the pandemic seriously. And because they are taking the necessary steps to protect my health and life (and theirs), I will be handing over my money to them instead.
I actually like this dispensary, but not enough to catch Coronavirus. Do better, be responsible. If you're going to wear a mask, wear it over your mouth AND nose, not under your chin, not under your nose. At the very least have a fundamental understanding of how germs spread. That's something we all should've been taught in grade school.
But don't just mask up and sanitize to protect the customers, but also to protect yourselves, your coworkers, and your family. If you're a business taking money from people during a global pandemic- it is not optional, it is mandatory that you make an effort to stop the spread of COVID, otherwise you can close your doors and sit at home like the rest of us who have been put out of work.
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