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> if businesses start to pretend that I owe them something for the privilege of spending money there, I just won't do it.

I've started doing exactly the opposite. Almost every place I spend my money these days caters to reasonable people and quickly kicks out most of the riffraff.

I don't want to go to a business that caters to all customers, because being surrounded by annoying people is miserable. I want to spend my time in an enjoyable ambiance. "Take all comers" places typically aren't that. Doubly so for any place that serves alcohol.

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I support businesses with principles: what you cited is materially different. Subjective criteria for annoying people.

Yeah. I'm not looking for a religion. I'm just looking for a good relaxing time. Last thing I want is to deal with some mouth breather don’t tread on my rant while trying to enjoy a cocktail.

I agree with everything you say. But to me, it's places that cater to "riff raff" that I associate with carding for a vaccine pass or whatever. Same as I would never go to a bar that would search my bag, or fly with a discount carrier that treated me like a cow being herded around. The fact that I only go to places that treat me respectfully and as an adult is exactly why I would not go to a place that makes me go though a bunch if hygiene theatre before I can pay them. To me, covid has made lots of businesses reinvent themselves under the economy airline model where customers are stuck with them and have to do what they say, and all service inadequacies are "for your safety". If that's why makes you feel better, none of my business, but it's not for me.

Unfortunately, even flying business won't spare us from the "no tread on me" man-child espousing on his manifesto on security theatre in the airport security line. I'm happy to pay extra for an environment without that sort of exhausting neck beard bullshit polluting the ambiance. Avoiding exactly that crowd is why I TSA PreCheck and pay for lounge access.

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