I would have done the same thing if anyone seemed to have a cough or runny nose at a group dinner.
I wore a mask to a big indoor holiday market called the One of a Kind Show yesterday, and I’m glad I did. The One of a Kind Show has over 750 vendors, and over 1500 people would have been shopping inside at any given time on Sunday.
I backed out of 2 sales, where I had a product in my hand and was next in line to purchase it, when another shopper with a really terrible cold or other bug. was hacking right next to me. The second time it happened, the woman was about 8 inches away from me, and even being masked, I felt like I was being showered with her droplets. Ick
I also feel for the sellers who can’t escape that situation. It must be pretty hard to unwind at night after a full day of sales in that environment.
There were a lot of families with babies and young kids around, and I’d hate for them to be picking up nasty flus at the Xmas market.
I really wish North America was more like Japan, where people automatically mask so other people won’t catch their colds.
