My company is now requiring masks to be worn in office

My firm has announced we must wear a mask anytime we aren’t seated at our desk. Absurd that we do this yet have external outings at bars and such. Will be using this to try and get wfh approved for the foreseeable future.

If it’s so dangerous we have to wear a mask in the office, then it’s reasonable to argue that wfh should be allowed

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I’ve heard other companies adopt a must wear mask policy when not at your desk, but if you’re in the office.

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Ah yes finally waking up to the stupidity of this whole thing. And just imagine uninformed morons that run HR dictating your health decisions, what a concept. Idiots all around.

Meanwhile young men are having 1/2700 incident rate of irreparable heart inflammation. I’d take my odds with the virus over booster after booster after booster any day. But alas, it’s booster or be fired or ostracized.

 

I disagree with having to wear a mask in an office and not just WFH but that’s absolutely nothing like the Holocaust man. Bad take.

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if they didn't specify what type of mask I'd suggest one of the following

lucha libre

bane mask with wires and all

"guy with sign" type thing with sayings across the front of your mask like "all this for a 2% CFR," "we're already vaxxed, this is stupid," "WFH or mask, not both," "2 weeks to stop the spread," "how come we allowed the christmas party but not my nose and mouth?" "WFH is more effective than a face diaper," "HIPAAcrisy," "does covid only exist when I stand up?" how come you need an ID to get a vax but not to vote?" 

an image of fauci with 50% of his face covered in a mask but 100% of it covered with clown makeup

wear an actual diaper across your face

your biggest competitor's logo on the mask

a ball gag with a post it note on the top so your nose is covered

alternatively, you could just begin army crawling everywhere around the office. if the logic is once you stand up you're exposing others, then just stay low to the ground, because apparently covid doesn't exist down there (the only logical explanation for this policy)

in closing, my firm has the same policy. among many other reasons, this is why I'm still WFH, maybe been in office 4x since march 2020, all for client/team meetings (maskless)

 
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