Shocked and suffocated - woman who cannot wear a mask told she was not welcome at Dunedin supermarket
A woman who has a medical exemption for wearing a mask during Covid-19 restrictions was horrified when a store manager said she should shop elsewhere.
“I was treated like a leper,” the Dunedin woman, who requested anonymity, said of the incident, which underscores the complexities customers and shop workers face when grappling with rules under different alert levels.
Each Thursday for the last two decades she has caught a bus to shop at Countdown in central Dunedin.
But that loyalty was tested after an incident which unfolded on the morning of August 26. Read the full story here.
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10.3% Yes! New Year, New Me
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20.1% Yes - but I rarely stick to them
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69.6% Nah - not for me
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