Masks spark public judgment, ridicule among customers as businesses reopen

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Patricia Dawe, 66, rarely wears a mask in public, and people give her the "stink eye" for it, she said.

She'll wear one in order to get past security guards at a grocery store in Brooklyn. But once she is inside the supermarket, she takes it off. Most customers rush to other aisles when they see her coming, she said. Others stop and stare.

"There is judgment. They're rude,” Dawe said. “But I don’t care. The mask is uncomfortable and when I breathe, it fogs up my glasses. So I don’t wear it.”

Public ridicule and judgment is an experience that’s common for people who selectively wear masks, forgo them altogether, or otherwise go against Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendations, state guidelines, or an individual establishment's rules in the middle of a pandemic. And the number of social conflicts at businesses have erupted as states have begun easing restrictions.

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[Siwsan]

1. Wearing a mask was really uncomfortable in 90 degree heat, yesterday, BUT I KEPT IT ON!!!

[TeamPooka]

2. As they say, if you don't like the mask, you will hate the ventilator

[WePurrsevere]

3. She deserves to be given the "stink eye". SHE'S the RUDE and inconsiderate one...

There are a variety of masks & tips to use. Some are easier to breathe through, cooler and fog up glasses less... FIND AND WEAR ONE.

I don't care much for wearing a mask but I WEAR ONE when we go out as does my husband and most others I know because THEY PROTECT US AND OTHERS.

I don't particularly care for seatbelts, because they're uncomfortable and cut me odd, but I WEAR ONE.

Hubby hates wearing a shirt in the Summer but when he goes to a store... HE WEARS ONE.

Life is full of 'inconveniences' that we have to put up with because it's the rule or law of where we are.

There are a lot of businesses that have signs up, "No shoes, no shirt, no service" and people follow that. Change it to "No shoes, no shirt, no mask, no service" and tell customers/clients follow the rule or take their inconsiderate rude whiny self elsewhere.

[GoCubsGo]

4. You want to know what's really rude, Patricia?

Spreading your potentially virus-riddled respiratory waste products on everyone around you in the middle of a goddamn pandemic. I'm willing to bet that you don't wash your hands after you use the toilet, either.

[GemDigger]

5. Ain't she special...

[tanyev]

6. And this is their complaint about 'political correctness'.

They want to say and do things that are inappropriate and rude and when people hold them accountable for it they whine about being punished just because they were politically incorrect.

[MiniMe]

7. And she does this in NY of all places

I'm surprised that more people don't give her hell for not wearing a mask