Masks at drop off... why?

[Anonymous]

Same reason as the pompous yard signs: virtue signaling.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why does such a trivial thing like wearing a mask piss people off so much? I just don't get it. People are completely deranged about it. Just @#$% put the mask on, if for no other reason than it is polite and makes some people feel more comfortable right now. Isn't that enough? Or do you enjoy being a jerk?

Why does it piss you off so much to learn that it’s totally unnecessary to wear a mask outside? That is also deranged.

Did you know that wearing underwear is pointless too? It pisses me off when others wear them. That is deranged

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why does such a trivial thing like wearing a mask piss people off so much? I just don't get it. People are completely deranged about it. Just @#$% put the mask on, if for no other reason than it is polite and makes some people feel more comfortable right now. Isn't that enough? Or do you enjoy being a jerk?

Why does it piss you off so much to learn that it’s totally unnecessary to wear a mask outside? That is also deranged.

Did you know that wearing underwear is pointless too? It pisses me off when others wear them. That is deranged

I’m appalled that you don’t understand the function of underwear.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Three families at my school lost a parent or grandparent who was a primary caregiver so the relatively minor inconvenience for two more weeks is fine by me to make everyone comfortable.

Wasn’t aware masks bring people back to life. Someone should let the CDC know.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Three families at my school lost a parent or grandparent who was a primary caregiver so the relatively minor inconvenience for two more weeks is fine by me to make everyone comfortable.

Wasn’t aware masks bring people back to life. Someone should let the CDC know.

Wasn't aware that demons still walk the earth.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:1. I didn’t have time to put on makeup and my mascne isn’t gone.
2. It’s a show of solidarity for the kids.
3. How can we expect such a huge ask from our kids when we can’t be bothered to wear one 2 minutes per day?
4. I live with someone who couldn’t get vaccinated and don’t want to take even the small chance.
5. Habit.
6. I don’t want to talk to anyone.
7. I have a cold.
8. I don’t want the RSV that’s been circulating in our school.
9. I’m going to the store right after and it’s easier to wear it up than have it pulling under my chin.
10. To piss you off.
11. I forgot to brush my teeth.
12. Shall I go on?

This thread is about why schools still *require* masks on parents outdoors, not why you love wearing them.

But are they really required though? Has someone made you leave school property for not wearing one?

It’s official policy. I occasionally ignore it, but I’m one of the few who do. I bet lots of (most) parents only wear them because they are rule followers. So the policy definitely has power, in conjunction with peer pressure.

DC is the land of blindly following rules regardless of how effective or useful they are. For such an educated region of the country independent thought is really lacking.

Couldn’t be more true. The hysteria I continue to see by vaccinated folks has me frightened. I belong to PG pool and some of the posts of members there have me worried about the future of DC. Some of the super hysteric ones don’t seem much different than the anti maskers stuff the beginning of pandemic.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:1. I didn’t have time to put on makeup and my mascne isn’t gone.
2. It’s a show of solidarity for the kids.
3. How can we expect such a huge ask from our kids when we can’t be bothered to wear one 2 minutes per day?
4. I live with someone who couldn’t get vaccinated and don’t want to take even the small chance.
5. Habit.
6. I don’t want to talk to anyone.
7. I have a cold.
8. I don’t want the RSV that’s been circulating in our school.
9. I’m going to the store right after and it’s easier to wear it up than have it pulling under my chin.
10. To piss you off.
11. I forgot to brush my teeth.
12. Shall I go on?

This thread is about why schools still *require* masks on parents outdoors, not why you love wearing them.

But are they really required though? Has someone made you leave school property for not wearing one?

It’s official policy. I occasionally ignore it, but I’m one of the few who do. I bet lots of (most) parents only wear them because they are rule followers. So the policy definitely has power, in conjunction with peer pressure.

DC is the land of blindly following rules regardless of how effective or useful they are. For such an educated region of the country independent thought is really lacking.

Couldn’t be more true. The hysteria I continue to see by vaccinated folks has me frightened. I belong to PG pool and some of the posts of members there have me worried about the future of DC. Some of the super hysteric ones don’t seem much different than the anti maskers stuff the beginning of pandemic.

My conclusion about most people I've met in DC is that they may have a lot of degrees, but few of them are actually educated, critical thinkers. They've checked all the right boxes in life to get where they are, but outside of their particular area of expertise, they're painfully provincial.

Anyway, I haven't worn a mask at pick up or drop off at our NW elementary school since I got vaccinated in early March. The school sent out some e-mails about the supposed rule. I deleted them. A teacher once stopped me and asked me to put on a mask. I ignored her and kept walking to go get my kid. I've been done with pandemic theatre for months.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:1. I didn’t have time to put on makeup and my mascne isn’t gone.
2. It’s a show of solidarity for the kids.
3. How can we expect such a huge ask from our kids when we can’t be bothered to wear one 2 minutes per day?
4. I live with someone who couldn’t get vaccinated and don’t want to take even the small chance.
5. Habit.
6. I don’t want to talk to anyone.
7. I have a cold.
8. I don’t want the RSV that’s been circulating in our school.
9. I’m going to the store right after and it’s easier to wear it up than have it pulling under my chin.
10. To piss you off.
11. I forgot to brush my teeth.
12. Shall I go on?

This thread is about why schools still *require* masks on parents outdoors, not why you love wearing them.

But are they really required though? Has someone made you leave school property for not wearing one?

It’s official policy. I occasionally ignore it, but I’m one of the few who do. I bet lots of (most) parents only wear them because they are rule followers. So the policy definitely has power, in conjunction with peer pressure.

DC is the land of blindly following rules regardless of how effective or useful they are. For such an educated region of the country independent thought is really lacking.

Couldn’t be more true. The hysteria I continue to see by vaccinated folks has me frightened. I belong to PG pool and some of the posts of members there have me worried about the future of DC. Some of the super hysteric ones don’t seem much different than the anti maskers stuff the beginning of pandemic.

My conclusion about most people I've met in DC is that they may have a lot of degrees, but few of them are actually educated, critical thinkers. They've checked all the right boxes in life to get where they are, but outside of their particular area of expertise, they're painfully provincial.

Anyway, I haven't worn a mask at pick up or drop off at our NW elementary school since I got vaccinated in early March. The school sent out some e-mails about the supposed rule. I deleted them. A teacher once stopped me and asked me to put on a mask. I ignored her and kept walking to go get my kid. I've been done with pandemic theatre for months.

You go girl! Noting so liberating as refusing to engage with someone asking you to follow a rule that all the other parents and kids are following. I bet when the other kids ask their parents why you aren’t wearing a mask they hold you up as a beacon of rebellion

[Anonymous]

So many people thinking rules don’t apply to them is how we got here in the first place

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Because you’re crowded around the entrance with a lot of unvaccinated children. You can wear a mask for the 5 min it takes to drop your kid off. Be kind.

And because you are around a bunch of kids who still have to wear them all day. It’s modeling good behavior.
Are you kids cool about wearing a mask while you don’t?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Because you’re crowded around the entrance with a lot of unvaccinated children. You can wear a mask for the 5 min it takes to drop your kid off. Be kind.

And because you are around a bunch of kids who still have to wear them all day. It’s modeling good behavior.
Are you kids cool about wearing a mask while you don’t?

DP. It’s not my job to model your model of good behavior to your children.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1. I didn’t have time to put on makeup and my mascne isn’t gone.
2. It’s a show of solidarity for the kids.
3. How can we expect such a huge ask from our kids when we can’t be bothered to wear one 2 minutes per day?
4. I live with someone who couldn’t get vaccinated and don’t want to take even the small chance.
5. Habit.
6. I don’t want to talk to anyone.
7. I have a cold.
8. I don’t want the RSV that’s been circulating in our school.
9. I’m going to the store right after and it’s easier to wear it up than have it pulling under my chin.
10. To piss you off.
11. I forgot to brush my teeth.
12. Shall I go on?

This thread is about why schools still *require* masks on parents outdoors, not why you love wearing them.

But are they really required though? Has someone made you leave school property for not wearing one?

It’s official policy. I occasionally ignore it, but I’m one of the few who do. I bet lots of (most) parents only wear them because they are rule followers. So the policy definitely has power, in conjunction with peer pressure.

DC is the land of blindly following rules regardless of how effective or useful they are. For such an educated region of the country independent thought is really lacking.

Couldn’t be more true. The hysteria I continue to see by vaccinated folks has me frightened. I belong to PG pool and some of the posts of members there have me worried about the future of DC. Some of the super hysteric ones don’t seem much different than the anti maskers stuff the beginning of pandemic.

My conclusion about most people I've met in DC is that they may have a lot of degrees, but few of them are actually educated, critical thinkers. They've checked all the right boxes in life to get where they are, but outside of their particular area of expertise, they're painfully provincial.

Anyway, I haven't worn a mask at pick up or drop off at our NW elementary school since I got vaccinated in early March. The school sent out some e-mails about the supposed rule. I deleted them. A teacher once stopped me and asked me to put on a mask. I ignored her and kept walking to go get my kid. I've been done with pandemic theatre for months.

Cool story

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So many people thinking rules don’t apply to them is how we got here in the first place

actually, how we got here was by people obsessing over things that don’t help (cleaning, outdoor masking) and ignoring things that do help (testing, tracing, isolation, vaccination.) if you purport to care about covid in DCPS you shouldn’t spend a single second on compliance with absurdly stupid and ineffective rules like outdoor masking or quarantining after car trips out of the DMV. instead, you should be wondering why DCPS is not requiring all staff and teachers to be vaccinated, and also be working to make sure all DC residents get vaccinated. Because there are still big unvaccinated pockets.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:At my kids upper NW school I am one of the few parents wearing a mask at pick up. Do I think I need to wear one outdoors fully vaccinated? Of course not. Do I do it out of respect for the schools rules, regardless of what I think of them? Yes.

I tell my kids, when you go to someone’s house and they ask you to take off your shoes, you do it. Your rules do NOT apply on someone else’s property, and if you think they do, that’s called entitlement.

Thank you.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:At my kids upper NW school I am one of the few parents wearing a mask at pick up. Do I think I need to wear one outdoors fully vaccinated? Of course not. Do I do it out of respect for the schools rules, regardless of what I think of them? Yes.

I tell my kids, when you go to someone’s house and they ask you to take off your shoes, you do it. Your rules do NOT apply on someone else’s property, and if you think they do, that’s called entitlement.

Thank you.

And out of respect for the kids. They are stuck wearing them. We can support them in that instead of flaunting how it still sucks for only them.