Dear Sir, 6/10/20
I watched you approach the seating area and I waited to see where you would choose to land. You weren’t wearing a mask.
There were many (at least a dozen) seats available, yet you chose to sit about 6 feet away from me. I was wearing a mask.
Almost immediately after sitting down, you stood and walked to the service counter. I moved to a different seat (about 15’ away from yours).
During the next 20 minutes or so I saw you:
Set up your laptop on a small table.
Move your jacket over to a chair by the table.
Try 2 different plugs for your power cord.
Approach employees at the store and ask them about the WiFi password.
Set your laptop on a counter at the center of the store.
Sit down in yet another chair and talk on your cell phone.
Your phone conversation was not discreet. It was held in the waiting room of a business open to the public. You told someone that you “tested positive but I don’t have any symptoms”. You told someone that you “have to work from my hotel room for 14 days to satisfy my employer.” I heard these things. I also heard that your hotel smoke detector chirped all night and you are being moved to another room.
When the manager brought me my paperwork, I told the manager what I'd heard. I told him I’d have to leave my car and come back later because I couldn’t take a chance and wait in a room with an unmasked person who stated he tested positive. I told the manager, “Good luck with that.”
The manager immediately asked you about it. He directly asked you if you’d tested positive.
You said. “No, I don’t have Covid 19. You need to mind your own business.” You and I both know what you said on the phone. It’s absolutely my business. It's also the business of every person you interacted with this morning.
Oh, sir. I sincerely hope you remain symptom-free. I sincerely hope you don’t have to go through the terrifying experience of becoming breathless. I sincerely hope you don’t have to be placed on a ventilator and I sincerely hope you don’t die from COVID19.
I hope even more that you don’t infect someone. I hope that their family members don’t have to go through the pain of losing a loved one. I hope you don’t cause someone to become so sick they lose months and months of time and are unable to work at all.
Most of all I hope you (somehow, someway) felt a tiny bit of awareness during our uncomfortable encounter this morning. I hope you are led to responsible behavior regarding your fellow human beings.
Most Sincerely, Michelle Scofield, Houston, TX
