If you saw a pregnant woman pull down her mask for a few moments, would you confront her?

[ShutUpAlex]

Had a woman confront me today I’m a supermarket for pulling my mask down for a few gulps of air. Suddenly felt very faint and breathless and just needed to suck in a few deep breaths, then returned the mask to my face.
Woman confronted me, accusing me of putting the whole store in danger and how people like me are the reason we are in this situation in the first place. She hadn’t confronted anyone else wearing lanyards, just me.

Was I being unreasonable? Should I have just left the store? Or was she being OTT.

@DagenhamRoundhouse

Saw woman in Waitrose last week with no mask. I pointed it out to one of the staff, not sure what they did. This woman was definitely not pregnant!

Gosh what a story !!

Woman is bat shit crazy.. Ignore her

I would tell her where to go.

I am all for mask-wearing, quite vocal about it here actually, but she was an absolute bully.
YANBU OP, you were totally justified to remove your mask.

Gosh what a story !!

I've got hundreds of 'em but do you have to be so sarcastic?

She's a bell end, don't give her another thought. I hope you enjoy the rest of your pregnancy

She’s a nutter.
I had an incident in a supermarket over the weekend where my blood sugar dropped so quickly I almost fainted. Luckily my husband was with me, he removed me from the aisle, took me to the end (so there was more room for people to get around me) and forced me to remove my mask and drink some fizzy pop.
Without the drink I could have very easily fainted and ended up in hospital. Not ideal.
I honestly think if you actually NEED to medically, ie if you’re going to faint/pass out or something, then you should remove/pull down for a few seconds. Especially if it avoids tying up NHS resources with other things.

I’d say she needs to wind her neck in.

@Ilovewatermelon I accept your right to refuse to wear a mask, but they don't cause oxygen deprivation, otherwise surgeons, doctors, nurses, carers etc would be keeling over all over, and we're not!

YANBU

I had someone do this to me when I needed to take my reliever inhaler. In a fit of pique I puffed some air at her! My asthma was too bad for me to tell her to piss off 😂

@Ilovewatermelon

I'm 20 weeks pregnant, have started to not wear a mask, why should I deplete my baby of oxygen just to comply with something which has very little to no evidence of helping me not 'catch' covid. Was confronted yesterday , didn't mention I was pregnant just reminded him that's he's more likely to dye of bacterial pneumonia from the mask than covid.

You aren't depleting baby of oxygen.

Btw, being pregnant is the time to wear your bloody mask. You're OK with you and baby having covid are you? I presume you'd expect to be treated then ?

Btw, your story about being more likely to have pneumonia is absolute bollocks and insulting to the many people on here who have lost relatives.

@Butwasitherdriveway

I feel more out of breath wearing one , therefore I can tell it is reducing my oxygen, simple as that really. The surgical ones are not as bad but bring my face out In a rash with all the chemicals so I'll continue to not wear one. Self exempt.

My chances of suffering from covid are next to none and I didn't wear one with my last son whilst I was heavily pregnant over flu season so I'm not worried.

I respect other people's views , particularly if they are vulnerable, who feel more comfortable wearing their mask and I'll keep my distance , they also don't need to speak to me.

Even the science suggests though that these flimsy masks would not help an air born virus so pretty pointless but each to their own. I'm just glad I can finally breath freely

If I'd have been in store and seen this I would have confronted her for being an absolute cockwomble.

My partner has Cystic Fibrosis and wears oxygen, we went into a store the other day and my partner was shouted at by the store manager to put a mask on..
Imagine being that person shouting at someone wearing oxygen and not a face mask. My partners lungs function at 29%.
The funniest thing though.. he was wearing his mask around his chin! 🤣

@Chimboo

Someone had a go at me for taking my husband’s mask off him when he was having a seizure caused by his brain tumour. I told her exactly what I fucking thought of her, which is out of character for me. I will never forget how inhumane people have been over fucking masks, which are, mainly, stupid bits of dirty cloth that people whip in and out of their pockets and hence probably do fuck all in the grand scheme of things. I’m sorry this happened to you. People never cease to amaze me.

So sorry to hear about your husband.Bless you.Hope things work out..

I think you missed a trick here, you needed to gasp, retch, sink to the floor and say "oh god I'm going to be sick" then watch her run

She was far out of her lane. The longer the pandemic goes on, the more the nuts think they are the mask police. I'm going to be kind and assume that their anxiety is just getting the better of them and they have lost touch with reality to a degree. (Some of my co-workers are ott with masking and starting to drive the rest of us nuts with their anxiety- we all wear masks all day, every day.) Ignore her and just go on with your day. Sorry she got your adrenaline up. Wish they would all stay home!

If I see someone without a mask or behaving as I consider not proper I would just step out of the way and move myself. No need to comment. I believe live and let live. Doesn't suit me??My problem

[quote Ilovewatermelon]@Butwasitherdriveway

I feel more out of breath wearing one , therefore I can tell it is reducing my oxygen, simple as that really. The surgical ones are not as bad but bring my face out In a rash with all the chemicals so I'll continue to not wear one. Self exempt.

My chances of suffering from covid are next to none and I didn't wear one with my last son whilst I was heavily pregnant over flu season so I'm not worried.

I respect other people's views , particularly if they are vulnerable, who feel more comfortable wearing their mask and I'll keep my distance , they also don't need to speak to me.

Even the science suggests though that these flimsy masks would not help an air born virus so pretty pointless but each to their own. I'm just glad I can finally breath freely [/quote]
I don't even know what to say.

In what way are your chances of getting covid next to none?

Feeling breathless is not oxygen being depleted.

Mmm. But I assume youl expect mask wearing doctors and nurses to treat you after you couldn't be bothered?

I'm glad you can breathe freely. Shame about those in ICU and the nurses battling to treat them.

Ps - self exempt due to having a rash. Wow.

Just wow.

YANBU... she's just a bully. I would've told her to piss off & mind her own business!

I'm an absolute pro masker and tell idiots who wear it just over their mouth they need to pull the mask up.
No way would I confront someone pregnant dropping their mask for a bit to get some air.

I imagine pregnant women are very protective of their unborn babies, so least likely at risk of covid anyway.

Ignore, carry on and all the very best with your pregnancy.

@TheBigFatMermaid

I'm an absolute pro masker and tell idiots who wear it just over their mouth they need to pull the mask up. No way would I confront someone pregnant dropping their mask for a bit to get some air.

I imagine pregnant women are very protective of their unborn babies, so least likely at risk of covid anyway.

Ignore, carry on and all the very best with your pregnancy.

How do you know the 'idiot' with their mask just over their mouth isn't pregnant? Or desperately trying to wear a mask, but like the OP, needs a quick breather? Maybe they have a health condition, or there's a psychological reason? How can you know and more importantly, why do you feel it's appropriate for you to accost strangers?

@TheBigFatMermaid

I'm an absolute pro masker and tell idiots who wear it just over their mouth they need to pull the mask up. No way would I confront someone pregnant dropping their mask for a bit to get some air.

I imagine pregnant women are very protective of their unborn babies, so least likely at risk of covid anyway.

Ignore, carry on and all the very best with your pregnancy.

Why are you confronting anyone? Do you not have more pressing matters to attend to, like your shopping?

I have witnessed an elderly chap struggle with his mask.. he pulled it down to let his nose out so he could catch a breath. I would hate to think anyone would confront him for that.

There are very few people who don't have to get a few gulps here and there. I will say, though, that I generally pull my mask away from the bottom of my face to get those gulps, simply because it isn't quite so obvious. See if that works for you.

However, that said, the woman who accosted you was a ball-bearing bitch. Pure and simple.

@Ilovewatermelon being PREGNANT makes you breathless, not your mask! Your chances of getting covid are HIGHER than normal as being pregnant makes you clinically vulnerable, and wearing a mask is to stop you SPREADING covid-19 not to stop you catching it. Your ignorance is making ME breathless!

No! You’ve done nothing wrong! Take no notice.