Around four months ago here in Germany, I started to notice this odd trend. You'd be in a grocery parking lot and walking toward the store....when you looked down and noticed a mask on the ground (dirty, wet, and obviously there for a day or two). Probably dropped by some customer walking out of the store or by the car as they were loading their purchases into the car.
Virtually every month....masks on the ground goes up a notch.
Last week, I parked in an exceptionally large parking lot in Wiesbaden. Around the car and walking up to the front-door....I probably noticed at least fifteen masks.
Later in the week, I went to a mid-sized grocery operation, and probably counted ten masks on the parking lot pavement while I walked to the entry.
Most of these operations have a cleaning 'sweeper' who comes in once a week and cleans the lot at night after after everyone has left.
I would make a guess in a big lot....at least two-hundred masks a week get dropped on the ground in an average parking lot. I stood there last month and observed some guy drop his mask....look for a second (debating on whether to even pick it up), and by the 3rd second....said 'no', and left there. It was like....is that still clean/sanitary, and the answer can only be 'no'.
At some point in 2021.....I expect the Greta-kids or the environmentalists to get hyped up about this business, and demand people recycle, or pick-up their masks. It'll be some challenge to the public and folks shaking their head (they hate the mask but wear it because of the virus).
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