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Ferryboat

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35. As someone who has to confront maskholes at work,

Sun Oct 18, 2020, 06:05 PM

Oct 2020

I have developed a few techniques. Since they are trapped onboard a vessel underway there is no way to remove them.

Politely reminding them of the mandatory policy, sometimes using humor and with other passengers always watching there is an element of peer pressure.

Usual excuse is eating or drinking. Or other health excuse. Fair enough. But unless you are actively chewing or drinking please mask up.

Only have had one get in my face, and he backed down.

The motorcycle commuters I always let them off first as a courtesy...but once they decided not to comply with masking up, well they got on the road much later then usual. Only took that group once to figure it out.

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What do you think about calling attention to people who don't wear masks in stores? [View all] Cousin Dupree Oct 2020 OP

I don't engage, I simply go the other way as fast as possible Sherman A1 Oct 2020 #1

Same here. NightWatcher Oct 2020 #7

FYI Trumpocalypse Oct 2020 #14

Me too SheltieLover Oct 2020 #55

I do it this way Eliot Rosewater Oct 2020 #2

Lol Faux pas Oct 2020 #3

That's the spirit! LOL Cousin Dupree Oct 2020 #5

Old prank of wetting fingers, 'pretend sneezing behind someone', and flipping the water onto them... JustFiveMoreMinutes Oct 2020 #4

Love it! Cousin Dupree Oct 2020 #6

I say loudly to my daughter, "HONEY, MAKE SURE YOU HAVE YOUR MASK ON APPROPRIATELY" Vivienne235729 Oct 2020 #8

If they get close, I engage and tell them to back up and put on a mask. Otherwise, I hlthe2b Oct 2020 #9

I call them out. But I do it by saying very sincerely and loudly, "Thank you for wearing a mask." Squinch Oct 2020 #10

I go to the checkout counter and tell the clerk, nicely, that as long as you sell these people stuff flamin lib Oct 2020 #11

The person behind the checkout counter Sherman A1 Oct 2020 #15

I left out the part about telling management about my comments . . . I was nice. nt flamin lib Oct 2020 #16

I've done both of those things and got no results. llmart Oct 2020 #43

Then perhaps file with the appropriate authorities Sherman A1 Oct 2020 #44

I've never once told a store employee to enforce the mask bit. llmart Oct 2020 #47

No one said you did Sherman A1 Oct 2020 #50

No, do NOT directly confront them. Let an employee know JI7 Oct 2020 #12

No. Employees have been assaulted for confronting these socipaths friendly_iconoclast Oct 2020 #49

Depends where you live, I guess. SergeStorms Oct 2020 #13

I just stay the hell away from them. liberalmuse Oct 2020 #17

I ignore them. If they made that decision I doubt I'm going to change their mind and RKP5637 Oct 2020 #18

I do lot all the time and I get sort of loud about it. mobeau69 Oct 2020 #19

I don't think it is a good idea. I wouldn't do it. Zing Zing Zingbah Oct 2020 #20

I don't call them out. Laelth Oct 2020 #21

Confront them loudly Bobstandard Oct 2020 #22

Uh huh. cwydro Oct 2020 #26

I just nonverbally make the gesture of lifting a mask over my nose mahina Oct 2020 #23

I start coughing very loudly Olafjoy Oct 2020 #24

I have noticed this weekend that many more people are not wearing a mask. I think doc03 Oct 2020 #25

I had a couple walk right into a grocery store without masks. They were brazen about it. Blue_true Oct 2020 #27

Every storefront should show a picture of a person wearing a mask, and next to that, 42bambi Oct 2020 #28

I tell an employee, preferably the manager Arazi Oct 2020 #29

I agree rockfordfile Oct 2020 #33

Depends on how much energy I have at the moment FirstLight Oct 2020 #30

Nothing, just stay away from them Rice4VP Oct 2020 #31

I have the luxury of choosing to shop in 2 stores that enforce mask wearing Hekate Oct 2020 #32

Well, if you want to really make them feel they are outsiders, you can try this DFW Oct 2020 #34

As someone who has to confront maskholes at work, Ferryboat Oct 2020 #35

I can't make myself NOT say something to them, so Silver Gaia Oct 2020 #36

Just say, "Hello there. Are you Cartaphelius Oct 2020 #37

I'm a cashier at a grocery emporium. no_hypocrisy Oct 2020 #38

I keep my distance Dem2 Oct 2020 #39

I've been toying with the idea of getting a T-shirt ... Straw Man Oct 2020 #40

I carry an extra mask. If I see a maskless person tavernier Oct 2020 #41

I've only been in a store once since March. marybourg Oct 2020 #42

I give them a dirty look and move as far away from them as quickly as possible. llmart Oct 2020 #45

One time I got into it with a guy not wearing a mask in a store. Midnight Writer Oct 2020 #46

Like a few others here I'll belt out a couple obnoxious loud coughs PTWB Oct 2020 #48

Mask shaming of Average Joe's is a bust Shermann Oct 2020 #51

I 'accidentally' bump my cart into people going the wrong way down aisles. zackymilly Oct 2020 #52

I've changed my shopping habits spinbaby Oct 2020 #53

There are so few that don't wear masks now. I just ignore them. Kaleva Oct 2020 #54

I GRAB 'EM BY THE FUCKING HAIR AND SMASH IN THEIR STUPID... LuckyCharms Oct 2020 #56