Dear Editor,
I am all for wearing masks and having them be mandatory in settings where social distancing is not possible and/or is indoors.
However stores should be providing disposable masks to customers who may have forgotten one at home or don’t have the ability to get one themselves.
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Telling people that they cannot shop until they go to customer service and purchase a mask is akin to charging a fee to shop at your store, and stores that charge fees to shop there have to follow other government guidelines that they are not doing.
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If a place like Walmart cannot afford to give out a few masks every now and then to a child who forgot theirs or someone who cannot afford the extra cost of a mask, then they must be doing something wrong.
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Perhaps their “profit-first mentality” isn’t working anymore.
Stop trying to take advantage of the pandemic for a little extra profit.
Chris Mulvena, Maple Ridge
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