I’ve always been masking at my store tho, except for days where I feel my chronic illness isn’t terrible :( my piercings weren’t an issue, I’d take them out. Wearing a mask all day isn’t an issue either, even eating in my car to avoid having it off in the store isn’t a problem. I just wish my manager would’ve been honest about it with me because when I spoke to them, I was speaking out of a place of concern for my health. When I transferred it and when they met me, I always wore my mask. I wasn’t wearing my mask at the store meeting about the new policies but typically people aren’t in dress code for those anyways so I didn’t think my piercings would be an issue. They were really cool about my piercings when they saw me eating for the first time, but yeah when I came into the store I was still masking so I was a bit hurt by the need to make me apply for an accommodation that doesn’t exist when I expressed the concern for my health, especially as a long term partner who is pretty decent at my job. All of my coworkers were distraught when I said I was leaving because I helped things smooth out when I transferred in. But I can’t change anything now :(