inkedup
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Post by inkedup on Sept 22, 2020 23:10:10 GMT
No, I don't.
My MIL has always been a Karen. She hates masks and wears them incorrectly most of the time. She's had several people call her out on it. Karen vs. Karen. I find the irony delicious.
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Post by scrappersue on Sept 22, 2020 23:16:00 GMT
The other day after work I was walking into a grocery store and I saw a gal from work walking in without a mask. I seriously thought she had forgot it so I said "where's your mask" in a really upbeat way. She looked at me and smirked and said "What mask" and walked on. I was shocked. Then last week I saw another coworker and her SO in the same store without masks - and they were strutting around waiting for someone to say something. I avoided them. I have to say I was shocked in both cases. This was a mask required store and no one else was maskless.
PS My daughter is a nurse and frequently works on the Covid floor. The thought of purposely not wearing one is beyond me.
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Post by ScrapbookMyLife on Sept 22, 2020 23:18:29 GMT
I wouldn't say anything to anyone, about any given subject matter because..... I don't know who is volatile, has a weapon, looking for a fist fight, is an at the top of their lungs "I'm the victim" making a scene screamer, will follow car, etc.... It's not worth the risk. If I do anything at all about whatever the infraction, it would be to notify management.
In general, I am not the "make a scene, arguing, loud in public" type....my style is >> "karma is coming for you".
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Post by refugeepea on Sept 22, 2020 23:46:32 GMT
Law enforcement do not want people policing. I live in an area where 90% plus do not wear masks. I.just.can.not.
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Post by pierkiss on Sept 22, 2020 23:56:03 GMT
Not to their faces.
But if my toddler points out some idiot not wearing a mask I don’t go out of my way to shush her.
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paigepea
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Post by paigepea on Sept 23, 2020 0:02:12 GMT
Haven’t said anything but I think the same things as you.
I usually go home and vent to my family. Some stores I have left out of discomfort rather than speaking up. I’m not interested in confrontation, just in staying safe, so I weight the benefits of speaking up and really the benefits of leaving always win.
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Dalai Mama
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Post by Dalai Mama on Sept 23, 2020 0:40:29 GMT
You mean like, “What the fuck are you doing?!? Put your mask on asshole!”?
No, I would never yell that at someone. 😬
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Post by freecharlie on Sept 23, 2020 1:22:38 GMT
I think they are a bunch of fucking idiots who I hope don't spread it faster.
But the only ones I correct are my students
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Post by whipea on Sept 23, 2020 2:19:17 GMT
In my county masks are mandatory. Most people comply but there are some nose hangers. I do not say a thing and stay far away.
I work at a university and we started face to face instruction three weeks ago with a promise protocols were in place. Well, temps taken and security at the door insuring people wear masks. Unfortunately in some classes once in the room, some students wear their masks on their chins or around their necks. Even worse the professors are doing the same or not wearing a mask at all. I saw a class of about 15 no masked students clustered tightly around the no masked professor. It was late in the day and I went to say something to the dean and he was sitting in his office with two professors and none were wearing masks. At this rate we will be back to remote only very soon. Oh yes, the university has it under control.
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Post by MichyM on Sept 23, 2020 2:35:07 GMT
In my head, yep. Big time. That’s as far as it goes.
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Post by laureljean on Sept 23, 2020 2:58:39 GMT
I don't. But I do silently judge.
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Post by tincin on Sept 23, 2020 3:10:20 GMT
Only if they approach me. I avoid them like the plague they are. I will skip an aisle and comeback to it. I will move out of the area they are in. If they approach me I will politely ask them once to back off. After that all bets are off. We have a governor issued mandate to wear masks in public.
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Post by doesitmatter on Sept 23, 2020 3:48:16 GMT
Nope. I have lung issues and seriously struggle in my mask for even a few minutes so I don’t go anywhere and order curbside when at all possible. I have a medical exclusion but I will run in A store with my mask for just a few minutes, if it’s busy I Just leave ... People have gotten crazy over this. I don’t need the attack. I don’t judge others.
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Post by Lexica on Sept 23, 2020 3:48:55 GMT
People in my area, at least those that I see on my rare trips out of my house, have all had masks on. If I saw someone that wasn't wearing a mask, I would mentally judge them, but not say anything. I would avoid them at all costs.
I did notice a young girl today with the mask pulled down just under her nose, but covering her mouth. She and her younger brother were with their mother all waiting to pick up a prescription in the pharmacy, just as I was doing. The pharmacy has taped notices to various chairs marking them as non usable to insure people were sitting 6 feet apart. This family came and sat next to each other, using both the marked and unmarked side-by-side chairs.
That wouldn't typically bother me since they are a family, but I was sitting with my back against the outside wall facing into the center of the room. The boy was sitting in the row of chairs that faced the pharmacy counter, making his chair only 3 feet from my chair.
Since I had no idea who among them was sick and with what, I just quietly got up as if I was going to peruse the items for sale on the far wall and then took a seat over there. The boy was probably just fine, and was wearing his mask correctly, but why take a chance when it was so easily remedied? And no, I would never have said anything to them. It was a simple matter to just move myself.
We all have that personal bubble of space that we need around us when in the company of strangers. With Covid, my bubble has increased, of course. But I fear that it is going to take a long time to get back to my original smaller bubble size.
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Post by katlady on Sept 23, 2020 5:11:58 GMT
All stores here require masks and Sunday I actually saw my first person not wearing one. She had one on initially (below her nose) and when I saw her later, she had it completely off. I wasn’t going to confront her. An employee walked by her and said nothing. So I just avoided whichever aisle she was in.
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Post by LeaP on Sept 23, 2020 5:27:46 GMT
They are required here in Los Angeles. I hate, hate, hate when people (mostly old women) wear them under their noses. I don't mind when people slack outdoors. I would hate to live in a place where they weren't required. After Memorial Day when the city "reopened" people were really careless and the our cases went through the roof so they closed bars and gyms and started PSAs about wearing masks. Also they cut utilities to party houses.
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Post by uksue on Sept 23, 2020 7:40:45 GMT
I see loads of people either not wearing or wearing one under their nose/chin in this area, but they are also usually wearing their ‘challenge me if you dare’ expression so I stay clear.
My pet hate is people getting too close/leaning across you in the supermarket, especially Aldi. I (nicely/quietly) asked a lady to stay back from me in the queue at Aldi a couple of weeks ago ( every time I tried to move away she followed me) and she called me racist . I just pointed at the markings on the floor and didn’t say anything else but moved to pull my trolley from the front instead of push it to get some distance from her . I’m hoping that mask wearing starts being officially enforced in my area as the new studies about the benefits of small amounts of infection from mask-wearing helping our immunity sounds really promising .
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Post by gypsymama on Sept 23, 2020 11:01:29 GMT
all day every day, lol, but i work in a school and its my job!
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Post by maryland on Sept 23, 2020 13:54:15 GMT
I would be afraid to say anything - the anti-maskers are the majority in my area (no mandate) and very vocal and I strongly suspect there's a big overlap between them and the conceal carry 'good men with a gun' crowd For being in Trump territory, most are good about wearing masks. But that's if you go early. Do not go to Walmart on a Saturday night! I look at them and roll my eyes, or quickly move away from them. But I don't say anything because people (men and women) love guns around here.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Sept 23, 2020 14:03:05 GMT
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. Ha ha ha! My DD will whisper to me, “That person’s wiener nose is out!” whenever she sees someone with their nose out! We never say anything to them but we clear a wide berth. I also think to myself, “Hey dummy. You do know that the virus can go IN YOUR NOSE, right?” SMDH.
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Post by RedSquirrelUK on Sept 23, 2020 16:41:36 GMT
In work, I say a cheery "don't forget your mask" which weeds out the forgetful from the rebellious. Outside work I say nothing. There may be a law that states everyone has to wear a face covering, but some of the medical exemptions are invisible and I don't want to upset people who are already struggling. I have found that the best way of getting people to put masks on is to cough. Not that I do it on purpose, but I have my own breathing problems and I just happen to have noticed that.
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Post by anxiousmom on Sept 23, 2020 17:08:58 GMT
Selectively I might say something. My city has a mask order, I work in a gov building that requires masks and is not open for walk in visitors. I’m old enough to say to the young workers “darlin’ put your mask on” without anybody getting upset. But I wouldn’t say anything to the random maskless at Publix... who also has a store wide and well known mask requirement as they are likely not wearing a mask just to stir the pot.
I have the hardest time with my mom. She was a medical professional who wore a mask for years. But she’s a tiny little thing and all her masks are too big and she’s constantly fiddling with the thing. So I stand there with my hand sanitizer ready for every time she touched it. I’ve mafe her a couple that fit me (meaning they will fit her) but she is probably that older lady in Publix with her nose sliding out because even with the nose wire she can’t manage to get them to stay up.
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Post by pierogi on Sept 23, 2020 17:15:16 GMT
I live in a city that's pretty mask compliant, but I don't say anything to non-maskers. Mostly because I don't want them anywhere near me.
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Post by 16joy on Sept 23, 2020 21:36:03 GMT
I would never say anything. You never know why people aren’t wearing one. My mother hates wearing one because she doesn’t have the best of lungs (she’s never been a smoker), but always says she hates it as she puts it on. Half the time I get out of my car without my mask. as soon as I see someone in the parking lot it hits me I didn’t put it on and I turn around and get it. I always have two on my dashboard, but that reminder isn’t enough half the time. At least I’m getting extra steps. I only go to the grocery store, Costco, Target(mainly drive up) on a regular basis. I’ve gone to the bath fixture store and appliance only store where I was the only customer because of appts.
i did wear it when I had the fractures in my hand for dr and PT appts. My temp was checked and pertinent questions asked as you entered the lobby. That ended in July, so I’m not going to the health park anymore.
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Post by peasandthanku on Sept 24, 2020 13:58:07 GMT
My city has a bylaw that you have to wear them in public spaces so we wear them (I hate them, but I do it). We went to the mountains on the weekend, about 3 hours away, and stopped in a town that does not require masks but we are used to it so just automatically do it. The very first store I went into, I got yelled at twice and was kind of shocked. I don't say anything to anyone but sure want to.
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Post by sassyangel on Sept 24, 2020 14:25:02 GMT
No. I know there are a ton of people on my city who don’t wear them because they don’t want to and it’s their inalienable rights to not. 🙄😒 I know this, because they’re very vocal and proud of it.
However, there are people who can’t wear them genuinely, and on the off chance the person I see is one of them I’d rather err on the side of that, than say anything.
I might vent about it here, though. 😏
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Post by smartypants71 on Sept 24, 2020 14:28:31 GMT
No i don't say anything to them about not wearing a mask. What I WILL do those is ask people who are not wearing masks to back away from me if I'm out in public. We were staying at a hotel in Amarillo last week, and I had to refuse quite a few people from sharing an elevator with us if they weren't wearing one. I wasn't ugly about it simply said " you mind taking the next one?" and they were all pretty cool about it.
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Post by lesserknownpea on Sept 25, 2020 10:37:45 GMT
I don’t say anything, but stay away.
Once, I had to pee during a road trip, and dashed into a grocery store to use the restroom. I was halfway through the store when I realized I forgot it, but by then I would have peed my pants if I turned around. All the employees were fine about it, as I apologized on my way out, but in retrospect, I was in a small town in the rural part of our state, and there’s a good chance this crowd didn’t believe in masks anyway.
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Post by scrappyoutlaw on Sept 25, 2020 11:58:36 GMT
I have never said anything yet, but I was in a long well spaced out line at the hardware store recently and a chatty stranger stopped to discuss the line with a gentleman a few spots ahead of me and chatty stranger had his mask around his chin. After a few moments the gentleman very nicely asked chatty stranger to put his mask on properly and he apologized and quickly put it on as if he forgot he had pulled it down. I was pleasantly surprised at how well the exchange went.
It made me realize if I'm feeling uncomfortable around someone who has a mask down or under their nose and I kindly ask them to properly cover up, they more than likely would oblige, kindness will hopefully be reciprocated. I will be more likely to say something now after seeing that exchange if I'm ever put in that situation.
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Post by MalleyCat on Sept 26, 2020 22:24:14 GMT
I only saw 1 person not wearing a mask at Sam’s the other day. I figure that they probably have a good reason since employees check for masks at the door.
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