From a “thanks, science” syringe pin to a distinctly groovy 'happy vax' pin, vaccine-themed pins are selling like crazy on the internet
are becoming bestsellers across the site. She attributes their popularity to people’s pride and excitement around being vaccinated. “I think people are ready to go out and dine with friends, and they want people like restaurant workers and bartenders to feel safe around them.” The pin, as she puts it, is “my flair to let them know I’m safe.”
Duval gets the sense that those larger orders are coming not from official representatives of a business, but rather from staff members who want to get pins for themselves and their coworkers because of the nature of their job. He mentions a message from a Starbucks worker in South Carolina who bought a dozen pins for fellow baristas: “Anyone whose job requires them to be near people, this [pin] helps with the limbo we’re in where masks aren’t needed, but it’s an honor system.
“People are doing stickers, wristbands; or if you have a policy where vaccinated individuals don’t have to wear a mask,” he says. “Are you as an employer shining a spotlight on someone’s religious beliefs or disability?” While vaccine status isn’t a legally protected class in many states , disability and sincerely held religious beliefs are. And discriminating against protected classes is illegal.
There just isn’t a rule book dictating how to navigate this moment of mixed vaccination status and changing mask mandates. Due to the in-person nature of restaurant work, operators are going to have to figure out the balance between keeping workers and guests safe while making sure that discrimination against protected statuses like disability and religious belief does not happen. “Restaurants are always going to be incubators for these kinds of policies,” says Klein.
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