Stay Away

So a bit ago...who knows how long really because time doesn't really exist anymore it feels like. So maybe a weekish ago.

We placed tape on the floors to mark places for customers to stand or not stand.
One of those areas being in front of the habitats for our live animals.
As we're trying to keep customers from touching the glass on the cages when they look at the animals and such.

So half of my interactions with customers really are to tell them to step out of the blue boxes in front of the cages. 

Most people don't seem to realize that they're there really. I guess they look too much like part of the floor. 

In any case.

I had a family looking at the birds and told them that they needed to step out of the blue box as we wanted to keep everyone safe and healthy.

And the customer assumed it was because the animals could give us the virus.
*exhales* 

No.
We're having customers keep their distance from the cages because people love to touch things. And if we have a ton of kids and even adults pressing their hands and faces against the glass then there's a higher chance, if any of them are sick, of there being cross-contamination and people could get sick if someone is sick. 

So yah. We're just trying to keep people safe.

It took repeating myself like four times before I got it through to the customer that we wanted them away from the glass because of humans touching it. Not because the animals could give them the virus. So far that's not a thing.

-Yes I'm aware of the tigers catching it, but like regular pets? haven't heard anything yet.

But yah. We're just trying to keep people from touching things. That's all. 

-Sarnic Dirchi