scrapngranny
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Post by scrapngranny on Sept 22, 2020 19:40:57 GMT
I don’t bother. I don’t want to give them a platform for their anti mask rhetoric.
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Post by peano on Sept 22, 2020 19:42:17 GMT
Mask compliance is pretty much universal here. The only time I ever said anything was with cashiers sporting the under the nose look since I was forced to stand near them. I said, “You are not protecting you or me when you wear your mask like that. “
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Post by mollycoddle on Sept 22, 2020 19:47:24 GMT
No way. Some of them are nuts. I silently judge them.
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julie5
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Post by julie5 on Sept 22, 2020 19:47:59 GMT
No, not even in my head. Because I don’t believe I’m close enough to any non mask wearer to have any effect on me. I’m wearing my mask. I don’t really think masks are preventing like people want to believe. It just gives people, sanctimonious people, someone to blame when deaths are reported. Masks have been proven to have no effect which is why they weren’t recommended right away. Only after people started wandering away from home did the mask mandate come out-as a way of appeasing those who think the world is ending. I’ve seen so many people here act like non mask wearers are responsible for scary thing in the world and you can tell yourself that all you want. It isn’t true c
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Post by femalebusiness on Sept 22, 2020 19:51:11 GMT
I was in the grocery store and all had on masks. I went to the fresh veggie section and there was a masked guy stocking the potatoes and onions. When he thought that I wasn't looking he lifted his mask, bent over the onion bin and was blowing on the onions as hard as he could to blow the loose onion skins out of the bin before he restocked it. I just shook my head and kept going.
Wash your veggies people!
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peabay
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Post by peabay on Sept 22, 2020 19:55:10 GMT
I just yell UNCLEAN, UNCLEAN!!!! and throw some salt at them. Lol! This made me snort laugh. I do not say something. People around here do a decent job wearing masks out in public. If I see someone not wearing a mask properly, I avoid them.Same
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Post by colleen on Sept 22, 2020 19:56:32 GMT
No, not even in my head. Because I don’t believe I’m close enough to any non mask wearer to have any effect on me. I’m wearing my mask. I don’t really think masks are preventing like people want to believe. It just gives people, sanctimonious people, someone to blame when deaths are reported. Masks have been proven to have no effect which is why they weren’t recommended right away. Only after people started wandering away from home did the mask mandate come out-as a way of appeasing those who think the world is ending. I’ve seen so many people here act like non mask wearers are responsible for scary thing in the world and you can tell yourself that all you want. It isn’t true c So all the medical people who have been wearing masks all these years just liked the look? They were doing it for fun? I don't think non-mask wearers are responsible for anything except being selfish.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2020 20:08:42 GMT
I've said something on a few occasions.
1. On 4th of July we rented a hotel room to watch fireworks from. I refused to let anyone not wearing a mask get in the elevator with me.
2. In a medical practice office, a woman sitting right next to the door and the queue refused to wear her mask properly. I asked the manager to address it. She put it on properly until the manager's back was turned and then she yanked it right back down. When she walked close to me I said something. She ignored me.
3. We were on an outdoor carousel. A woman wearing her mask under her nose tried to sit near to us. I told her to put her mask on. When she wouldn't do it properly, I addressed it with the ride operator. I don't normally wear them outdoors but when bodies are close, we do. If she didn't want to wear it, she could sit elsewhere.
Normally I just give people a wide berth. But if they invade my space and there's no way to regain distance, I say something.
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Post by pixiechick on Sept 22, 2020 20:10:33 GMT
Nope. Don't know their situation, so I'm not going to assume anything. When leaving the post office last week, I was headed to my car and saw a guy coming towards me not wearing a mask. I casually thought, oh my first nonmasker I've spotted and I'm going to give him a wide berth. As soon as he saw me, he stopped, turned around and went back to his car to grab his mask. He simply forgot to put it on! So no, I cannot imagine commenting or shouting something at someone about a mask. How shitty would I have felt in that situation if I had said something? I've done that a couple of times, myself.
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Post by pixiechick on Sept 22, 2020 20:14:26 GMT
ope. Don't know their situation, so I'm not going to assume anything. This!! I have been advised by my physician not to wear one on my daily exercise walk. Im fighting a non COVID respiratory issue as it is. I wear it everywhere else but I fear the day someone approaches me because they feel I am non compliant. I walk a 2 mile circle and I don't stop, except for traffic lights. Many are out exercising without them as well. Until told otherwise I will continue to follow my provider's recommendations, but I don't have a visible mark that says I am cleared to do this per my provider. So sooner or later someone is going to want to "educate" me on how I am non compliant, but I am. I don't think its the general publics job to be mask monitors. This is the main reason I wouldn't be telling anyone what to do. Just like I wouldn't judge anyone carrying a designer purse and using a government food card. You just don't know all the information.
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Post by auntkelly on Sept 22, 2020 20:18:40 GMT
I don’t say anything to people not wearing masks. I just don’t think it’s my job to enforce the rules.
I was in Nordstrom Rack last week and a man and a woman in front of me got into a terrible fight In the checkout line. They were both wearing masks, but apparently he thought she got too close to him and he said something about it. According to him, she smarted off when he asked her to move back. They just kept elevating the fight. I couldn’t hear everything, but I heard the man yell “Are you going to pay my hospital bill when I get covid?” Later, she yelled “You are a great American, you just said you hope I get covid and die.”
It was one of the most uncomfortable things I’ve ever witnessed. I was starting to think I should just put down my items and leave. Finally, the woman checked out and left and the man looked at all of us In line and said “she wasn’t on her circle and when I asked her to move back she smarted off to me.” He acted like he expected us to cheer. We all just ignored him.
It was a strange and uncomfortable encounter and I was beginning to think it was getting dangerous. They were both well dressed nice looking people who were acting ridiculous and making everyone miserable.
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schizo319
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Post by schizo319 on Sept 22, 2020 20:28:50 GMT
I do not. In addition to not changing anyone's mind, you just never know who's just itching for a nasty confrontation, and everyone around here is armed (it's why we have a reputation for being "polite" - to your face). Public confrontation just isn't how I want to spend my time, if something seriously dangerous is going on, I will call authorities if necessary (partner abuse, child abuse, etc) - otherwise I mind my business.
The only person I can control is myself, so I go out to the grocery store once every 2 weeks, try to avoid the dicknosers as much as I can and then go home and bitch to DH about how many idiots there are out there. He did have a bit of a back and forth with a guy who got all pissy because DH politely pointed out the arrows on the floors when they first put them in (I keep telling him to stop going to Walmart - lol)... People are just ridiculous.
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Post by gmcwife1 on Sept 22, 2020 20:30:41 GMT
No, I don’t for mask non wearers just like I don’t for other behaviors.
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julie5
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Post by julie5 on Sept 22, 2020 20:31:48 GMT
No, not even in my head. Because I don’t believe I’m close enough to any non mask wearer to have any effect on me. I’m wearing my mask. I don’t really think masks are preventing like people want to believe. It just gives people, sanctimonious people, someone to blame when deaths are reported. Masks have been proven to have no effect which is why they weren’t recommended right away. Only after people started wandering away from home did the mask mandate come out-as a way of appeasing those who think the world is ending. I’ve seen so many people here act like non mask wearers are responsible for scary thing in the world and you can tell yourself that all you want. It isn’t true c So all the medical people who have been wearing masks all these years just liked the look? They were doing it for fun? I don't think non-mask wearers are responsible for anything except being selfish.
In a medical setting where diseases are prevalent- yes. In Walmart- no.
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muggins
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Post by muggins on Sept 22, 2020 20:34:52 GMT
I went to a local quilt shop last week. It’s mandated in MI to wear masks inside public spaces. As I parked, I noticed an old lady with a walker going into the store with no mask on. There was a notice on the door saying
‘Our ‘lovely’ government has made it mandatory to wear masks. However if you have a medical condition preventing you from wearing one, we are not allowed to ask why according to HIPAA. So just come right in’
None of the 3 staff members were wearing masks inside the store, so I didn’t bother going inside.
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Post by Zee on Sept 22, 2020 20:37:08 GMT
Only at work when visitors (we have those again, for limited hours) forget or patients forget when they're in the halls. I'm not rude about it and haven't had any issues with people complying.
Outside work, i don't bother.
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edie3
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Post by edie3 on Sept 22, 2020 20:39:24 GMT
I had to take my dog to PetSmart for her nails today and saw one person without a mask. I yelled really loud "Maskhole" in my head. My sister works in a courthouse, and the jail released a sex offender because he was Covid positive. They sent him home to quarantine. So what does he do? Goes to the courthouse to register as an offender. Not sure if he decided to go on his own, or someone told him to register on his way home.
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kate
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Post by kate on Sept 22, 2020 20:56:07 GMT
How shitty would I have felt in that situation if I had said something? You wouldn't have to feel bad at all, if you asked nicely. "Could you please put your mask on properly?" "No, I'm sorry, my doctor has recommended against it." "Ok, let me go to another store; my doctor has recommended I not be around people who aren't masked." If someone has their mask on, but nose exposed I scream "your dick nose is hanging out" loudly inside my heart. (I saw a meme and that's all I can think about now.) YES!!! I don't confront people in the subway if they aren't properly masked, but I do move away from them without bothering to be subtle. At school, the children have been more compliant than the adults!
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Post by buddysmom on Sept 22, 2020 21:27:23 GMT
I haven't said anything to anyone but I give them the stink-eye.
But they probably don't notice since I have my mask on.
Plus I don't want to be one of those people that makes the news having a brawl about masks.
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Post by smokeynspike on Sept 22, 2020 21:29:59 GMT
Nope, not outloud. It isn't my job in life to police everybody else's choices, even if I and the government think they should be wearing them. There are WAY too many unstable people in the world for my comfort and I can't gauge who is going to threaten my physical safety.
Melissa
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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2020 22:02:08 GMT
No, I wouldn’t question anyone or suggest to them they wear one. I have no idea if they have a valid medical reason for not doing so. I wear one and that is all I feel is my responsibility. Saying that though,I do give people a wide berth when or if I have to get past them if someone isn’t wearing one.
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Post by Really Red on Sept 22, 2020 22:15:47 GMT
I just yell UNCLEAN, UNCLEAN!!!! and throw some salt at them. HA HA HA Nope. Don't know their situation, so I'm not going to assume anything. When leaving the post office last week, I was headed to my car and saw a guy coming towards me not wearing a mask. I casually thought, oh my first nonmasker I've spotted and I'm going to give him a wide berth. As soon as he saw me, he stopped, turned around and went back to his car to grab his mask. He simply forgot to put it on! So no, I cannot imagine commenting or shouting something at someone about a mask. How shitty would I have felt in that situation if I had said something? I wouldn't even think bad thoughts in the street because I don't think being outside is an issue. You are far enough away (at least in my state). I park from from the grocery entrance and also forgot my mask. I was feeling SO FREE and then realized why. But I wouldn't have gotten inside without realizing. If someone has their mask on, but nose exposed I scream "your dick nose is hanging out" loudly inside my heart. (I saw a meme and that's all I can think about now.) In reality, I try to have no visible reaction other than positioning myself further away from them. I’ve only said something once so far. And it was because the guy was already being obnoxious. Check out line in Target. He had his mask only covering his mouth and was going on to people in line about us being sheep. Etc. I said that’s okay I’ll keep being a sheep while you walk around with your dick hanging out. He immediately looked down. Didn’t get the joke. Oh well. He shut up after that. And a few of us in line got a giggle. Both of these are too funny!
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Post by Really Red on Sept 22, 2020 22:17:15 GMT
No, not even in my head. Because I don’t believe I’m close enough to any non mask wearer to have any effect on me. I’m wearing my mask. I don’t really think masks are preventing like people want to believe. It just gives people, sanctimonious people, someone to blame when deaths are reported. Masks have been proven to have no effect which is why they weren’t recommended right away. Only after people started wandering away from home did the mask mandate come out-as a way of appeasing those who think the world is ending. I’ve seen so many people here act like non mask wearers are responsible for scary thing in the world and you can tell yourself that all you want. It isn’t true c I'd ask what news media you're reading, but I am afraid it's pretty obvious. Every actual fact about COVID spreading has shown that places that have mask ordinances in place are doing better than those that do not.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2020 22:17:46 GMT
I don't say a word. Every now and then, "maskhole" or "dick nose" might slip out but I don't confront anyone.
Dirty looks on the other hand...
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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2020 22:21:52 GMT
I have to admit that I go out so rarely that I’ve been guilty more than once of forgetting mine in the car. But I always remember before I enter the business and I turn and go back for it.
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purplebee
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Post by purplebee on Sept 22, 2020 22:27:56 GMT
I also think “inconsiderate maskhoke” real loud when I see a non-masker, especially if they are in a store with me and not observing any of the COVID protocols. I wouldn’t say anything out loud, however, because if you are that unwilling to help protect those around you, you could also be one of the crazies who would hit me with a blunt object if I did. Yes, we all forget to put our mask on occasionally, but those who just won’t because they are selfish I will judge ‘til the cows come home. And I do admit that I immediately think, ah...Trump humper.
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Post by FurryP on Sept 22, 2020 22:43:17 GMT
I would never approach someone who wasn’t wearing a mask. Me accosting them or confronting them isn’t going to change their minds and I wouldn’t want to interact closely enough to get their spittle near me. I move away and roll my eyes to myself. Yes, and they might get crazy and start huffing all over you on purpose. No thanks. Not worth it. I will just stay away.
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Post by scrapsotime on Sept 22, 2020 22:56:02 GMT
I work in my husband's business. I have had to say something once since we opened back up. The guy was immediately apologetic and got his mask. I know almost all of the people that walk in the door so I don't think I'd have a problem with any of them.
There was one time 3 men came in with masks on and then took them off. My husband told them they had to have their masks on and they complied. One of the men came to talk to me and had some spiel about social distancing indoors and not having to wear it. I said my husband already said he had to wear it and did he want to have this conversation with him. He just sheepishly said no and walked away. My husband is a martial arts instructor. lol
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nogfz
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Post by nogfz on Sept 22, 2020 22:59:06 GMT
I pay very little attention to what others are doing with their face. I wear a mask when I'm in a public place because the signs say to and because there are nutjobs out there who might very well have a conniption fit if they see anything they consider non-compliance mask-wearing. I ain't got time for some deranged stranger's conniption fit.
And honestly, I think all mask-wearing does is create a false sense of security and in the end will do more harm than good to society as a whole.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2020 23:07:59 GMT
I don’t even roll eyes at anyone these days. Most people are just looking for a fight. I believe that is their intention in the first place - hoping someone will say something so they can fight back. Because this whole “it’s infringing my rights” thing is unintelligent crap. No one with a well-reasoning brain would think temporarily wearing a mask is an infringement. Like seat belts, speed limits, filing taxes.
PS - Exercising outdoors is a whole different ball game for me. I don’t wear a mask while power-walking but I do try to use less traveled paths and walk as far as possible from other people. Around here people will step into the street or off the sidewalk to distance.
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