so as I mentioned, I have been having back pain of the repetitive stress injury variety for several weeks now. I have now gone to the urgent care center near my home twice, and will be seeing my PCP at the end of the month to possibly get further checked out and maybe start doing PT. that doesn't matter for this story, just that I went to the urgent care center again today for a follow-up and a few more prescription pain relievers.
this is partially my fault for not asking explicitly, but over those two visits, only 1 out of the 4 people who examined me wore a mask. I find this trend especially upsetting in the medical field -- when I go to the pharmacy, I will maybe see one masked worker on a good day. so I made a point to thank this nurse practitioner for wearing her mask during our visit as she was leaving the room. she turned back to me and said "we all wear masks here." and left.
I sat there for a second just thinking .... no you very much all do not! that's part of why I thanked you specifically! and making things even more bizarre, I then had to walk out to the exit past six other staff members waving goodbye who were presently unmasked! I was truly dumbfounded and I still don't really understand how to square this circle. why would this person tell me all of her coworkers wear masks when we can both see with our own eyes they don't? wouldn't she, an employee of this place, know that even better than me?? what kind of con are you trying to pull here lady???
I'm trying not to read too far into this interaction but holy shit. if I didn't already feel like a weirdo for still masking (even imperfectly) everywhere I go, today sure got me there.
