Are you aware that you must follow all direct orders no matter what they are?
This question sends chills down my spine. Reminds me of the Nuremberg trials where the criminals would only say "we were just following orders".
Do you all really wish to start losing your few employees that actually come to work and do their job to the best of their ability over something as small as a mask?
It seems like the answer is a resounding "yes", even to the point where they're OK with the entire industry collapsing - they figure they can blame all those "non-compliant" workers and get lots of COVID money from the FED's printing presses. They have to make the free-people enemies of society somehow... when the entire economy collapses they have a perfect segment of society to blame.
I had to leave them with a question of my own
Good. They have a lot to answer for. Society as a whole has been trained to believe the world system is hierarchical and those above (employers) always look DOWN on those below them (the employed). The reality is that the employer always relies more on the employee, than the employee relies on the employer. It's a lesson that business have to learn over and over:
BUSINESSES ARE IN BUSINESS TO DO BUSINESS - NOT TO ENFORCE SOCIAL CHANGE
So many businesses are on a path of self-destruction. I would say "serves them right", but it will severely damage our society's standard of living, at least for a while.
Seriously you make a great point with the whole following orders thing. If I were blind maybe, but I see just fine. Some things that I am witnessing just do not seem like acceptable behavior on my part.
You are spot on with your observations today. Clearly, the company feels as though it would be just fine without its dedicated work slaves. Maybe they do expect to be bailed out if things go south. Perhaps they don't even want to exist anymore. I could see the government wanting to find a way to control what we ship even more than they already do. It is too easy to sneak things with the way USPS is now.
I know that the place will suffer at least momentarily without me. Most likely they will recover just fine, but if they realize for even just one second that I was a valuable asset, then I've made my point.
As much as I want businesses like this who try to control their workers to fail, at the same time it is a scary thought. Like you said it will cause major disruption with the way our society is used to functioning.
Thanks for a great comment!