I would find it a lot easier to carry on with masks if the message was “ok, we know they’re a pain, we’ll ditch them as soon as we can, but we’re asking you for now to keep on with them until all the over-18s have had a chance to be double-jabbed.” Or something like that. But when it’s “masks indefinitely because they’re no bother really so shut up asking how long they’re here for” it’s a bit harder to keep plodding on.
“But it’s such a little tiny thing, just a few minutes when you pop into a shop, what’s the problem? And in every other shop. And on your way to work, and in the office, and any time you need to go somewhere beyond walking distance, and in cafes and restaurants and pubs, and in museums and libraries and galleries, and in church, and in your office, and outside at school and nursery pickup, and indeed anywhere that even vaguely meets definitions of ‘indoor’ and ‘public’ right down to birdwatching hides on RSPB reserves…”