"COVID Exhaustion" in a nutshell....

[Dem2]

27. Raises hand

Not one of my 7 coworkers wears a mask at work. Most of them smoke and have a smokers hack, which is just wonderful for me to have to listen to. I wear a mask faithfully, even tho I'm the only one who had been doing so since the beginning (we never closed.) One of them calls me "bubble boy" because I rightfully stay in my office until after they leave for the day (I occasionally do work on the production floor, but keep my distance and wash my hands a lot.) I often have to back away from them as they don't respect my space. All except the one that calls me bubble boy claim they wear masks everywhere else they go. It's quite odd, they seem to think they can't possibly have the virus, but feel like the mask protects them, even when I point out that they have it essentially backwards, after which they shake their heads in acknowledgement. I try to not bear a grudge (it's been like this for several months), but there are days when I want to go off on them.