Collected Item: “Bad science, bad business practices”
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Bad science, bad business practices
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News article
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The attached article is about a plant nursery in Snohomish, Washington that banned its employees from wearing face masks on June 3, 2020. This business did not take safety precautions for its employees seriously, and actively encouraged and promoted unsafe practices. This is something that is worth being documented in the JOPTY due to the fact that the stereotype of Western Washington state is that it is very liberal, very progressive. But there are still many pockets of areas that still are not. It’s important to remember that this stereotype isn’t true. I think this is also something that is another example of the general public not taking the lives and significance that service industry/customer service workers seriously.
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HST580, ASU, Snohomish, Washington, customer service, service industry, unsafe, anti-mask
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https://www.heraldnet.com/news/local-nursery-under-investigation-for-barring-face-masks/
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Julia-Grace Sanders
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2020-07-03