After getting a few "stink eyes" for being double masked in a store, I decided I'd better

[Atticus]

plan a response if someone got vocal with their disapproval. This is it:

"Yeah---cough, cough---I know it looks silly but I just---cough, COUGH---tested positive and I want to---cough, cough, COUGH!--- pick up a few things while I can still get around."

They may not still be there to hear that last part!

[FSogol]

1. Just say, " Some of us are more expendable than others."

[I_UndergroundPanther]

5. Love that one

That will burn thier ass but it will take awhile, to hit them by than you will be home.
Feeds right into thier fantasies of preference while feeding thier insecurity,

Brilliant!!
😹

[GoCubsGo]

23. Or, tell 'em that the mask screws the Deep State's facial recognition software.

[nilram]

2. I'm ready with "the chip makes me do it..." (as I stare off to the distance)

[bullimiami]

3. I guess that's more clever than "go F yourself" which is my first impulse.

[Skittles]

39. that would be my response

or maybe ask them, when did what I wear BECOME YOUR FUCKING BUSINESS???

[Spider Jerusalem]

4. My response to anyone commenting on my mask-wearing:

"I'm wearing this because I love triggering assholes who can't mind their own business. Good to see it's still working!"

[ProfessorGAC]

7. I Keep It Simpler

"Mind your own business!"
But, i make hard eye contact the whole time. Seems to make the blowhards nervous.
Only happened 3 times during all of COVID, though. Not like it's a regular thing. Mask wearing was pretty solid around here.

[GoCubsGo]

21. Yes, this is the correct response.

Although, I would add "goddamn" or "fucking" between "own" and "business." I haven't had to say anything yet, although I've had a person or two snicker. I just ignore them, and pretend not to hear it.

[bif]

6. I like "I'm masking so people don't think I'm a Republican."

But I've yet to have anyone comment on my mask. Around here about 25% of folks are still wearing masks.

[bif]

9. Plus I'm a fairly big fella

So people tend to leave me alone.

[marybourg]

12. I think I like that best. But nobody has said anything to me. I'm an old lady.

Another one I saw here on DU a while back: “ Cough, cough. Yeah, my doctor says I’m still ( making air quotes) you know, (said mockingly) contagious”

[cinematicdiversions]

36. Yeah I live in a fairly red area but I have yet to see anyone IRL comment on masks

Mostly just keyboard warriors around here.

Of course the Republicans may be the majority bit they tend to be poor and disabled so it simply maybe I am rarely in a place filled with republicans outside of the ones busking at the street corners.

[barbtries]

8. if i've been given a stink eye,

I didn't notice it, but I have already planned my response to any asshole who may challenge my decision to remain masked in public:
"My body my choice."

I don't see how they argue with that.

[fierywoman]

10. I like the response I read here when all this started:

"It's not a" (I think the word was) "mask, it's an intelligence test."

Atticus; stay safe !!!

[luvs2sing]

11. My favorite..

You do know you’re not my doctor…right? Then I walk away as they’re stammering.

[BlackSkimmer]

13. You're still having this problem?

Two years in and I’ve never had a single person “stink eye” me lol.

I rarely look at other patrons of a store to see if they’re looking at me however.

[Atticus]

15. Areas are different. In mine, I was in a big box store a few days ago with at least a hundred

other customers. I was wearing the only mask.

Some here make it very obvious that they consider you a feeble-minded snowflake if you wear a mask. So far, none have said anything---maybe because I stare back at them.

[Aristus]

14. I plan to say:

"I'm wearing this so that I don't get infected by" - waves in speaker's general direction - "whatever caused that!..."

[Hekate]

16. GMTA. That's been my plan all along -- fortunately have not had any problems at all in stores. nt

[BlueIdaho]

17. "Do you want what I have?"

“I’d be glad to give it to you” While pulling my mask down slowly…

[Patterson]

18. "I want to make sure I live long enough to vote against that MFPOSSOB Trump."

[Kaleva]

19. Masked and unmasked are not bothering each other where I live

[blogslug]

20. A man walked by me at the Post Office

He gestured at his bare face and said: "You don't have to wear those anymore."

I said in my best no-nonsense voice: "I'm fine."

He kept going out the door, saying quickly: "I know you are."

Make of that what you will.

[Emile]

22. I tell them I wear one to make a political statement.

[Meowmee]

24. Lol 😹

Good response. I noticed the other day when I walked into a store wearing my duck bill n95 and I coughed that some people they’re seemed to sort of move away from me.

When I was in one store last night I am pretty sure that a young woman or her bf were laughing at me although I did not see it for sure. She was wearing shorts and sandals in 40- 50 degree weather. We have so many idiots here. Most of the people I see wearing masks lately seem to be Asian, Indian or Middle Eastern and people of color from islands or other countries. This is not a scientific survey obviously. There are still quite a few people working in the stores wearing masks but I would say they are in the minority.

I used to get people laughing at me all the time when I was wearing my Kn95 and my goggles for like the first 3/4 of the pandemic probably. I should go back to wearing the goggles now and see what reaction I get but it’s just too hard physically. 😹 I have been thinking about getting prescription protective glasses for protection which I was thinking about anyway for things like outside gardening where I need to protect my eyes. It’s hard for me to wear protective goggles over my glasses since everything fogs up and I can’t see very well, in addition my glasses tend to fall off somehow when wearing them alone.

[Iggo]

25. Anymore I just say "Don't talk to strangers."

And then straight ghost ‘em like they ain’t even there.

[tanyev]

26. "Oh, I'm sorry, I think you've mistaken me for someone who cares what you think."

[Rhiannon12866]

27. Tell them that "this is a free country" and wearing a mask is your "personal choice..."

[CTyankee]

28. And if they are NOT masked, then ask them WHY?

[LiberalFighter]

29. Tell them HIPAA does not allow me to tell you why I must be masked?

Just to be clear I know HIPAA doesn't.

[oldsoftie]

30. I don't get why anyone would give a shit.

I don't wear them unless its required. But why do I care if someone ELSE wants to? It does nothing to slow my day down. Its costs me no money. It doesn't take me out of my plans.
idiots. Just damn idiots. I'm so tired of them

[ificandream]

31. I wear a neck gator and a mask because of skin issues. And I don't care what anyone says or thinks.

[liberal_mama]

41. Like psoriasis? I have some psoriasis on my face and a mask does hide a lot of it

Some of it by my left ear is still visible, even with a mask though. I've had psoriasis for almost 20 years, but it was never on my face. I got a bad flare up from my Pfizer vaccines and now it's on my face. I'm afraid to get anymore doses so I'm going to be wearing a mask forever probably. Not just to hide the psoriasis, but because I'm scared of Covid!

[Rebl2]

32. If someone

dares say anything to me I will tell them I take chemotherapy which is not a lie. Have taken a chemo drug since 1985 for RA. Maybe I will throw a cough in there too.

[HipChick]

33. Could not care less...It's keeping the pollen out

They can eye roll till the cows come home..

[Sparkly]

34. There should be a CARD you could hand out.

Wayyy back in the days of dance 'clubs' (no actual memberships, just 'discos'), a girlfriend distributed fancy business-sized cards that read, "Yes I do, But not with you." (I came across one recently going through an old box of memorabilia and snapped a pic, if anyone is interested.)

Maybe because nobody could hear what anybody else was saying anyway, it was an easy way to reply to "D'ya wanna dance?" Or, "So ya wanna (fill in the blank)."

What if there were a card for:

"Your choice not to wear a mask exercised your American Freedom! My American concern for fellow citizens compels me to notify you that you may have been exposed to viral infection. Chances are you will be fine, and there is no specific need to consult government sources or healthcare providers; however, you might want to self-monitor for symptoms."

[mgardener]

35. I've been confronted twice.

My mother used to lower her chin and give you the stare.
You knew you were in trouble when she did this.
It works very well with a mask. The eyes convey everything.

When confronted, I give the stare.
And then I ask, " do I know you?"
One guy kept going on about masks.
So I repeated my question.
And he said "no" but...
So I just said, " so why do I care what you think?"
And walk away.

It worked.
I did practice ahead of time. My cat thought I was crazy.

[Cheezoholic]

38. Wear a bunch of the cheap paper ones

Like 5 or 6 over a k95. When they do that, fake a sneeze, pull a paper mask off and wipe your hands with it, then present your hand as if to shake theirs when saying "do I know you?" and watch the look on their faces. I've done it several times, freakin; priceless.

[Pluvious]

40. You might also...

… take off your mask and approach them really close, and talk in a hoarse whisper

I’d just say I’m worried I might have caught something from my young nephew’s who’s been in daycare, so I’m planning to get tested later today.