So, went to the local grocery store to get much needed essentials.

[OAITW r.2.0]

Beer, 1/2 and 1/2, eggs, and a strip steak.

On the way in, I put my mask on. Guy coming out is my height and 2x my BMI. Looks like your typical moron.

He says, "You can stop hiding behind your mask." Not breaking eye contact, I said....."good one, you must be a Comedian." I stopped and I knew what I'd do if stupid guy stopped. Lateral Kick to his his left side knee. He didn't.

[Cracklin Charlie]

1. I tell them to shut up.

They don’t expect it from a little old lady.

I don’t have time for these fools.

[yardwork]

31. I aspire to become old enough to do that!

[Cracklin Charlie]

38. I like to tell the younger guys to shut up.

The twenty year olds.

I caught a grocery cart that was about to hit a car at the grocery one day. Two young guys walking by, one says “way to go, old lady”.

I said “Shut up”, and walked to my car. I could hear them laughing all the way.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

2. I'd stop, look him up and down and say: "It's too bad you've taken your own advice"

At least, if I had 30 secs to construct my witty and similarly obnoxious retort

Yours was still very good given the timeframe involved

[OAITW r.2.0]

13. I really was surprised.

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That anyone will joke about masks. TBH, there were few masks now in the Store,,,,,I bet most are fully vax'd.... Still. for any person to challenge your medical choices, that's a really stupid person. a true asshole. He has no clue what my medical history could be, but felt compelled to act like a Republican.

[FakeNoose]

3. I hear ya! It's happened to me a few times too

I still mask up every time I go into a store or public building. If anybody says anything to me (it's rare) I look them in the eye and I say, "I'm making my choices and you're making yours."

Most people accept that with no problem.

[blm]

4. What a Dumb@ss

[Diamond_Dog]

5. Best one I heard, here on DU

If some idiot says “You can’t hide in fear!”

Say

“And you can’t die in ignorance!”

[GoCubsGo]

35. "Mind your own goddamn business." is usually sufficient.

[OAITW r.2.0]

15. The guy was 2X my size, weight wise. And 25 years my Junior. Like I said

a formal plan of 1st strike can be crippling and this moron would have been crying if he wanted to escalate the encounter.

[Thtwudbeme]

7. Tell them your Dr said you tested positive

Today, but you feel fine because you are vaccinated.

[Hekate]

24. "I tested positive & doc told me to quarantine, but I feel fine & just need to pick up a few things"

*Cough*cough*

[Comfortably_Numb]

8. Great story!!! Why the left side knee?? Asking for a friend.

[Treefrog]

11. Assault. No matter what knee.

:

[Comfortably_Numb]

14. Just making sure either one works .... For my friend you know!

[OAITW r.2.0]

19. If you are in counter-assault mode....

plan ahead! Left leg was closest. him leaving the store. My point is....if he decided to escalate, I had a plan. He didn't.

[sarisataka]

9. Seems reasonable

[Treefrog]

18. A tough hombre thread! I love these!

Darn, it’s been awhile!

[Raine]

22. LOL! 😁 nt

[Dial H For Hero]

30. You don't come up with a detailed plan on how to cripple someone within moments

of them saying something stupid to you?

Talk about not being prepared…..

[Maru Kitteh]

10. "Pity you don't have a mask - your face could really use one."

I've just decided that's my line.

[OAITW r.2.0]

16. That would have been better!

Keep it for when you may be insulted. This dude was not interested in discussing COVID....just get his learned joke used, He can report back to Central that he pawmed a Lib!

[Lochloosa]

12. I've told them this a couple of times when someone says something

I pull my mask down and tell them to look at this face and remember it when they are shoving the tube down your throat.

[DemocraticPatriot]

17. Still wearing my mask everywhere in public, but I don't get out much yet.

No one has said anything to me yet. I see a few others still wearing, but most people seem to be unmasked.
If anyone says anything, I intend to just ignore them. Not worth my time.


Of course the other option is to pull the mask aside, cough uncontrollably at them and say "sorry, I'm not feeling too good today.."

[Ferrets are Cool]

20. I haven't had anyone say anything to me.

If they do, it's already in my brain to retort "Mind you own fucking business" and keep walking.

[Raine]

21. No one has ever said anything to me one way or the other 🤔

I don't understand why anyone would risk making a comment to a stranger.

[Treefrog]

34. No one has ever said a single word to me.

And I’m not even a big strong tough guy. If anyone has ever looked at me askance, I’d be unaware of it because I stopped worrying about how people view me somewhere in the high school years.

[phylny]

39. No one has said anything to me but if they do, I've decided I'll say,

"I'm sorry, do I know you?"

[niyad]

25. Nobody has challenged me yet, but I am in a bluer section of town. And there is my oak

staff. . . .

[BradAllison]

26. I'm just confused

Wouldn't wearing a mask possibly signify you weren't vaxxed and therefore a fellow MAGA chud???

Oh that's right, the Racist Right doesn't follow the actual rules.

[Demovictory9]

27. no veggies?

[ZonkerHarris]

29. Almost a year ago a guy gave me shit for wearing my mask. "You can't live in fear!" he said...

"But you can die from ignorance" I replied and just kept walking away to the sound of laughter from the guy's girlfriend.

[Blue_Adept]

32. Thanks for reminding that high BMI folks look like a typical moron.

It's always reassuring that fat-shaming is allowed and glossed over so easily at DU throughout the decades.

[Treefrog]

33. And never mind the fact that those bragging about their fitness probably resemble Homer Simpson.

You can be anyone on the internet.

[Treefrog]

36. So you'd try to cripple someone for making an inane remark to you?

Trust me, you wouldn’t have lasted long living as a woman. Every woman here probably has a story about some silly, and often offensive, remark directed at her.

Gotta wonder, how are you going to handle it when arrested for assault and thrown in the pokey? Oops! Just exposed yourself to WAY more chance of infection.

[MineralMan]

37. I used to come back at people like that.

I've stopped doing that. I just ignore such comments altogether, unless I'm in a really, really bad mood at the moment.

I'm not about confrontation these days.