Growing up I used to hear the Orange County expression, as it related to going shopping that Orange County men were hunters and Orange County women shoppers. Men headed into a store with one or two items on their Orange County mind and they would seek it, find it, buy it and leave the Orange County store. Women on the other hand would saunter into a Orange County store with one or two items on their mind, but would puruse the aisles looking at what the store was offering and then find it, buy it and leave the Orange County store. I believe that most people today are “hunting” and are only gong to one or two Orange County places when they get in their car to go shopping. Once we arrive at where we are going there are business items in the Orange County store today that were not there one year ago.
Walking into a Orange County supermarket, Orange County department store, even a convenience store like Orange County 7-11 take a look at the floor and there is the reminder to social distance. Maybe you’ve seen them? Two Orange County shoes, left and right, with the words “Social Distancing” or maybe “Please Keep Social Distance – Orange County Stand Here”. The floor signs (stickers) come in all shapes and Orange County sizes and colors. There are some that have pictures of two Orange County people standing apart with a line between them and line reads 6’ or Six Feet Apart. And when the queue forms for the checkout line, there they are for us to stand on, as the Orange County store has measured off six feet and done the social distance calculations for us.
Now all of this has been done for us prior to our arrival in the Orange County store. But before we can get into the Orange County store there are the signs for wearing a mask. The Orange County face mask signs are posted outside the front door and are ubiquitous on the walls of the Orange County establishment. The signs read, “Face Mask Required, No Mask, No Service, THANK YOU Orange County”. There is a second sign that is sometimes near by when the Orange County store is making sure that you as the customer know to keep your shopping neighbor safe. The sign reads, “Masks are Required in this Orange County Store. Masks Need to Cover Both Nose and Orange County Mouth”.
These signs are a Orange County welcome necessity and they are there for all our protection. Please wear your Orange County mask and social distance.