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.

I'd of flicked her big fat nose out if my business! Ignore the silly moo

I wouldn't no and I have no respect for people like that. To avoid situations like that might be better picking up a lanyard can wear it with your mask and should keep most morons like that away ;)

And this is why I am now the proud owner of a sunflower lanyard.

While I do have legitimate medical exemptions, I can wear a mask most of the time without an issue so I have been doing so, but when I got a mouthful of abuse for pulling my mask aside as I was struggling to breathe/not vomit I’ve called it quits, and will just wear the lanyard now.

I wish these people would cotton on that they are the selfish ones, as due to them I am now putting “everyone’s health at risk” by not wearing a mask at all.

Absolutely not. I felt bloody awful when pregnant and adding a mask would have been horrendous. Stupid woman should mind her own business

Well I didn't know people in kitchens didn't have to wear them! That's me cancelling my first planned meal out next Saturday then! 🤮

I’d go out and buy a “Fuck off, I’m pregnant t-shirt” and don your best resting fuck off face for next time OP.
YANBU, I’m so sorry this happened to you. There are some idiots out there. Take care

You are totally not being unreasonable! Bless you! What an idiot. If she’s that concerned she shouldn’t be leaving the house!! Idiot

I'd approach you, if you were visibly pregnant. To see if you were OK / needed water etc

Mask police piss me off no end.

It's the sblime to tbe ridiculous. On the one hand you have people lime this woman who act like you're a serial-killer if you take your mask off for a few seconds, on the other you've got the Covid denier idiots in London, one of whom was interviewed likening mask-wearing to genocide. People need to calm the F down. And, of course, you were in the right and she was way OTT.

If I saw pregnant woman remove her mask for air, I'd be straight over to make sure she was okay/to see if she needed anything.
Shame on that woman for not doing that, and even more shame on her for acting the way she did!
She was bang out of order!

Ffs. Stupid autocorrect Sublime, like

I've taken my mask down to blow my nose or sneeze before.

Like fuck am I going to snot into it!

Oh, also to sniff a scented candle to see if I liked it!

Is someone is too close to me that they would have felt "in danger" then that's their lookout!

When shopping you e for to rely on all your senses no matter what the rules are.

Yesterday I was in Sainsbury’s and wanted some shower gel, the stuff I buy was on offer abs they had three new fragrances. How was I to know what they were like unless I could smell them so briefly lowered my mask to smell each one

Hardly a crime and if you were shouted at by some demented fool for trying to catch your breath you should have simply told them to politely f**k off !

I am 8 months pregnant and have to do that as well and if someone said anything to me they’d get the full force of my angry and frustrated hormornes

@ShutUpAlex I’ve taken my mask down to breathe in for a few seconds (asthma and peri-menopausal). No biggie. That person was just taking their issues out on you. I hope it doesn’t happen again, but if it did, report them to store staff, supermarkets are constantly reminding customers to be respectful of everybody.

Ignore her.im on tamoxifen and get hot flushes and i often feel like tearing mine off so if you are pregnant im sure you felt you had no choice. I had a quick pull down of mine the other week to have a sip of water in a shop.

This damm lockdown gas made some paranoid and judgemental.They really should get over themselves

I would have told her to fuck off, at 19 weeks I'm already struggling in a mask but it doesn't matter pregnant or not if you feel unwell, need a drink or whatever you should be able to do that with out fear of the covid police!!!

I'd also say 1) why the feck are you standing close to me if I'm a danger 2) you do realise pregnant women are included on the vulnerable list so why would I take my mask down unless necessary 3) surely if I'm vulnerable then it's likely those in the supermarket are more a danger to me esp those who can't wear or don't wear a mask properly!

Ugh just ugh!

I struggle too, wear a mask as much as i can, but i actually struggle to breathe when it’s fitted properly.

That’s an incredible insensitive and rude thing to do with you. People seem to think pregnant women are public property and they have a right to police your behaviour. They don’t. It’s inappropriate and if it happens again report her to staff for harassing you. People like this are bullies. Bet she doesn’t do this to people who don’t look vulnerable.

Unbelievable how people think all this gives them the right to talk to other people like crap.

I’m not pregnant and I’ve had to do the same a few times this week as it has been so hot. She was awful!

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I've had to give up trying anyway; even the visor was still enougn to cause frequent sensory overwhelm/ panic attacks.

No bloody way could I have worn the bloody things in pregnancy, first the sickness and exhaustion in the first semester, then the pain and exhaustion of SPD in the second semester. Plus being prone to fainting throughout.

With a heightened sense of smell and sensitive gag reaction to just about any innocuous smell, recycled breath was never going to be a healthy or safe option.

If someone isn't wearing a mask or has pulled it down, it's none of your business. So many invisible reasons, many linked to trauma or undiagnosed because they didn't interfer with life before and diagnosis processes would last far, far longer than the mask mandate. It's simply been a bullies' charter for nasty little power trips at the expense of someone in a vulnerable position.

So true. The masks didn't bother me at first but now I'm beginning to hate them. Hopefully they'll be on their way out soon..... Some nasty busy body woman on a train had a go at my daughter for not having her mask on properly. I think she thought my daughter and her friend weren't with an adult as we were all sat spaced out so she had a shock when I appeared to tell her to do one! Nasty bully targeting DD and friend because they're teenagers, plenty of people on the train weren't wearing their masks properly.

People like that are, I think, the exception. I would have asked you if you were ok and asked an assistant to find you somewhere to sit.

Nope