Current Events > Personally, how uncomfortable do you consider wearing masks to be?

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idk some people can't stand wearing them at all

Not at all. The worst thing is glasses fogging up.
But TBF, I don't wear those masks with elastic round the ears, I tie a folded bandana or a buff.

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I'll be honest. I hate it. Pulls around the ears, breathing is hot and uncomfortable after a while. Not a fan. Bandanas are better, but less helpful. I'd never let my personal discomfort stop me from wearing one, but I don't like it.

TBH it was better in winter. Now that its getting hot and muggy again, though? much less pleasant.

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Doesn't bother me, but I haven't worn them out, just to answer the door.

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I'm a teacher so I wear one pretty much nonstop during the day.

It falls down constantly since I'm talking, unless I tuck it under my nosepiece for my glasses. But then that gets the lenses both foggy and dirty if it's not done right.

I hate the damn things but I know it's important to keep wearing them even if I am vaccinated.

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Don't mind it in the slightest except wearing it for extended periods of time like on an airplane (plus I chew gum on takeoff and landing and it messes with the fit), and also makes it tough to hear people sometimes.

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I really really don't like it

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Like 2 or 3 / 10

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Scale of one to ten? Uh maybe a five or six. And I'm a glasses wearer. I have to wear one all day, in a hot kitchen, which is unfortunate. But whatever it takes.

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I've been wearing one almost daily since March of last year - and aside from the discomfort of the medical mask strings rubbing up on my ears after a few hours, it's been fine.

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It's hot and uncomfortable, especially when you work in a building that's already pretty hot. I understand and agree with the reasons for wearing them, but I can't wait for the time when we don't have to anymore.

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It can be a pain at times while I'm at work because I have to wear safety glasses and they fog up pretty bad at times.

I regularly have to shout at people to be heard over the noise, that sucks too because it causes my mask to shift and I'm always having to readjust it.
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I hate it, but I've never had a mask make me feel sick for a whole month like covid did.

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CableZL posted...

I hate it, but I've never had a mask make me feel sick for a whole month like covid did.

you got covid?

My only issue is if I'm using a cheaper/one use mask and makes my glasses fog up, but otherwise no issues personally despite having to wear one a lot.

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CwebbMichSac4 posted...

you got covid?

Yeah. My washer/dryer was messing up last year. I had an extended warranty on it, so I called Home Depot to have them send someone out to fix it. It took about 5 calls for them to finally fix it, but the guy they sent out on the 5th request was sick.

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CableZL posted...

Yeah. My washer/dryer was messing up last year. I had an extended warranty on it, so I called Home Depot to have them send someone out to fix it. It took about 5 calls for them to finally fix it, but the guy they sent out on the 5th request was sick.

wow, were both of you wearing masks? you sure you got it from him?

It doesn't bother me but I rarely have to wear one and could see it being unpleasant wearing it everyday.

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It's completely fine at this point, I forget it's on most of the time.

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CwebbMichSac4 posted...

wow, were both of you wearing masks? you sure you got it from him?

We were both wearing masks, but he kept taking his mask off to cough, sneeze, and wipe his nose while he was in my utility room. The dude knew he was sick. He has also the guy who came out on the 4th request and he wasn't visibly sick then. I kept asking him if he was sick while he was working because I kept hearing him blow his nose and cough. He wouldn't even answer. I had to sign his iphone to acknowledge the work he did. He couldn't even look me in the eyes and just left afterward.

I sanitized the utility room multiple times after he left, but I was still scared to even go in there much. A few days later I washed my clothes and started feeling sick a few days after that.

Bastard.

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It's not that bad at all.

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it's uncomfortable while exercising. like weights is fine, but not cardio

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About 3%, but only because I forget I have it on sometimes when I go to eat or something. I hardly even notice it

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Not at all. Most people who make a big deal out of it is just being a bitch.

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Was wearing them every flu season anyway, not uncomfortable at all even as a glasses wearer. Easiest way to stop them from fogging is wear them a little more down your nose.

Not at all. Sometimes I forget I'm even wearing one.

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I will enjoy no longer having to wear a mask 8 hours a day, but it causes mild discomfort at worst.

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My ears start getting sore if I have to wear one for more than 2 hours, but I can live with it. Having my glasses fog up is annoying, but it doesn't happen that often.

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I got used to them when I lived in Japan in the '90s. Never thought I'd have to regularly wear them again though.

1/10.

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IronChef_Kirby posted...

My ears start getting sore if I have to wear one for more than 2 hours, but I can live with it. Having my glasses fog up is annoying, but it doesn't happen that often.

Put a little lotion behind your ears 15 minutes before going out/putting on your mask.

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brestugo posted...

Put a little lotion behind your ears 15 minutes before going out/putting on your mask.

Interesting, I've never heard that before. Thanks for the tip!

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IronChef_Kirby posted...

Interesting, I've never heard that before. Thanks for the tip!

Keeps the chafing down if that's a problem. It also reminds you to wash out the mask at the end of the day - you don't want "gummy" earstraps.

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IronChef_Kirby posted...

My ears start getting sore if I have to wear one for more than 2 hours, but I can live with it. Having my glasses fog up is annoying, but it doesn't happen that often.

If you pinch the wire to bend it around your nose, it keeps your glasses from fogging up.

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DravenRainrix posted...

Not at all. The worst thing is glasses fogging up.

this. might be a perspective issue but unless you suffer from some type of anxiety or asthma-related illness then i see any and all complaints as pure karen-like drama queen behaviour.

either that or you have no idea what type of mask to buy and go for the ones meant for painters that leave you with a red face after 10 minutes.

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Kind of. No matter what I try, I can't make it so my glasses don't fog up.

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CableZL posted...

We were both wearing masks, but he kept taking his mask off to cough, sneeze, and wipe his nose while he was in my utility room. The dude knew he was sick. He has also the guy who came out on the 4th request and he wasn't visibly sick then. I kept asking him if he was sick while he was working because I kept hearing him blow his nose and cough. He wouldn't even answer. I had to sign his iphone to acknowledge the work he did. He couldn't even look me in the eyes and just left afterward.

I sanitized the utility room multiple times after he left, but I was still scared to even go in there much. A few days later I washed my clothes and started feeling sick a few days after that.

Bastard.

Jesus. Someone's got to be liable for sending a visibly sick person out on a job.

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Ehh, Im used to it by now. It fogs up my glasses when I wear glasses, but I try to make public appearances as brief as possible, so I havent ever had to wear one for more than an hour or so.

DravenRainrix posted...

Not at all. The worst thing is glasses fogging up.
But TBF, I don't wear those masks with elastic round the ears, I tie a folded bandana or a buff.

I'm planning on getting glasses soon, and in my experience with them...yeah, the fog is AWFUL.

Some masks also hurt my ears, too, after extended periods, but my workplace gave me perfect ones...so honestly not even an issue now.
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I hate it but whatever I'm used to it.

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I literally forget I'm wearing them all the time. When I get to the point at my shift at work when I'm not around any people and can take it off, I won't remember to until it's been like half an hour or so.

So not uncomfortable at all.

0. I could see the argument from people with glasses, but asidde from that, it's super easy, barely an inconvenience.
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I don't wear glasses at work, so it's pretty comfortable most of the time.

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Even after getting used to it, it's still annoying. But, y'know, I don't want to be an asshole to every person in my vicinity.

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ArianaGrandSlam posted...

on a scale of 0 to 10 its like a 1

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Doesn't bother me at all. Once the pandemic is over, I'll probably keep wearing a mask when in crowded places or public transit. Before COVID I would go to Japan a lot for work and mask wearing has been normalized over there since forever.

I wear em cause work says i have to. I only wore them when they said i had to and when they say i dont have to ill never wear again.

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