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.

Big hugs, I had difficulty breathing while pregnant and there were no mask restrictions at the time. We are all wearing a mask so that you can breathe. Let her go, enjoy your day.

What a twat. I had to take mine off on the tube once as I was overheating (and had to run for it to find a toilet) - it’s impossible to keep it on when you’re feeling that unwell and hot

I felt very hot and went to the loo,took off my mask .(Not pregnant!) She was well out of order here I think . Tell her to push off ! She is just an interfering busybody

I’m pregnant and had to do the same in a bank the other day because it was really stuffy in there and was making me feel faint. Nobody said a thing. I wouldn’t dream of saying anything to someone in that situation, it would be very obvious to me that the woman was doing it because she was feeling faint/breathless etc.

She’s an arse. I wear masks for my whole 9h shift but I take it off to have a drink while working. If anyone told me off for that, I’d be telling them where the door was.

Take no notice. She’s an arse.

What a stupid, intolerant reaction from her.

Tell her that next time you’ll lick her.

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.

Did she really?

I would have to assume she had an issue with her mental health.

So 21 (ish) posters have said YABU.

As far as i can see only one has been, at least, brave enough to actually post to say they wouldn't have been happy.

What are all these people going to do when mask wearing dies out? 'Cos it will. Soon too i recon.

Covid brings out the crazies.

Lots & lots of people have lost the ability to be sociable and polite with lockdown. Sounds like you met one today.

She’s hideous. I’m heavily pregnant and have had to do this on numerous occasions.

‘I felt faint and if I do faint they’ll take my mask off and have me breathing all over the store, whilst some poor employee has to give me first aid, until an ambulance turns up. THAT would put everyone at far more risk’

She was BVU to confront you. I can not stand self appointed mask police.
I had some bloke confront me in a supermarket (I am mask exempt and have a card on a lanyard to say this)... he told me we were still in lockdown because of people like me.

I thought you were the person wanting to reprimand a pregnant woman when I read the title, phew.

You are absolutely not unreasonable.

I totally understand the breathlessness and dizziness, I'm pregnant too and occasionally have to lower my own mask.

I really think some people have waited all their lives for this. Like, it's their time to be allowed to be the school monitor, sanctimonious, rude twats they've been keeping swallowed back all these years.

Bloody idiots

@SakuraEdenSwan1 your response is really not on. I'm completely on the OP side but the only thing more reprehensible and ignorant than the woman who screamed at her is a person like you with phrases like that. Why would you think that was anything but an ignorant or nasty response even if you disagree with the pp. Which I do. I completely have no problem with pregnant women removing masks.

You however are absolutely not on.

She is being unreasonable, I've had to do it before if I suddenly don't feel well (I'm not even pregnant) usually if I've gone shopping on an empty stomach. Feeling unwell is a good reason to remove the mask!

If she stopped to say anything other than "do you want any help at all?" She was being out of line. I am extremely anxious about people not wearing masks but I know that's me, my brain weasels and that it isn't rational. She's a nasty fool

@Nohomemadecandles

I really think some people have waited all their lives for this. Like, it's their time to be allowed to be the school monitor, sanctimonious, rude twats they've been keeping swallowed back all these years.

Bloody idiots

I totally agree. The self appointed COVID police who are delighted they now have a valid reason to snitch on their neighbours or to look down their nose and judge anyone with a different opinion.

Its really shown me the true colours of some people I thought I knew

She has no business telling you that and was extremely rude!

My exh pisses me of if I ever have to go anywhere with him as he’d forever hoiking his mask down. But he has no good reason! I don’t say anything though. More significantly no one else ever does, because of course he’s a man, and people don’t spend their lives telling men what to do!

My grandmother used to tell us of how annoying it was in WW2 when people were forever saying “there’s a war on, you know!”. This is the same kind of person - definitely loving the pandemic if you ask me!

She was a bit dramatic ...buy some people are very anxious at the moment. No excuse to talk to you like that. It is not like you are that Ingham woman who goes to a shop virtually every day and doesn't wear a mask.

Any descent person would have asked the pregnant lady if she was ok, not make her feel bad for pulling mask down.

She is clearly a dick! To add, statistically Saturday afternoon is probably one of tvs busiest times to be in a supermarket - if she’s that OTT, perhaps she should go on a night when it’ll be dead!

I wouldn't confront anyone! Mask mentalists! I swear this level of paranoia they emit is a mental illness. The audacity!
I personally would have knocked her into the frozen chips freezer but then, i have zero time for fannies like her.

She was being unreasonable