Everyone in the gym wears a mask (mandated in our state in the gym) however, one of the guards spent most of the hour I was swimming in the chair (in between breaks) with the mask off, unless she had to speak to the other guard. She's taken short mask breaks in the past, but this was ridiculous. All member have to wear the mask in the gym, while working out, on the deck, etc. and an employee of the fitness center doesn't. I'm surprised the other "main" guard has let this go, since he never removes his mask.
I'm somewhat in the middle on this. Certainly covid is awful but it seems odd to worship at its alter at the expense of everything else. I am a rule guy but wearing masks on a lifeguard stand is ridiculous and is simply a form of virtue signaling. I'm sure at any given moment there are 10 people in this country having sex with perfect strangers with a mask on (out of fear of covid) but no condom (as whatever happens below the belt is cool). Oregon has legalized hard drugs (and presumably condones the increased domestic violence, murder, theft, etc) but want you to rat out your neighbor if there are too many people in their home for thanksgiving.
As an aside, not sure when all the Berkeley hippies who championed free speech back in the 60s became their polar opposite fathers but it's kind of annoying.
I'm somewhat in the middle on this. Certainly covid is awful but it seems odd to worship at its alter at the expense of everything else. I am a rule guy but wearing masks on a lifeguard stand is ridiculous and is simply a form of virtue signaling. I'm sure at any given moment there are 10 people in this country having sex with perfect strangers with a mask on (out of fear of covid) but no condom (as whatever happens below the belt is cool). Oregon has legalized hard drugs (and presumably condones the increased domestic violence, murder, theft, etc) but want you to rat out your neighbor if there are too many people in their home for thanksgiving.
As an aside, not sure when all the Berkeley hippies who championed free speech back in the 60s became their polar opposite fathers but it's kind of annoying.