I am not very sympathetic to this perspective at least as it pertains specifically to respiratory PPE for two reasons:
I have an autoimmune disorder that means I don’t really have a choice in the matter if I do it or not, regardless if it is the most uncomfortable thing in the world. If I can do it, any one else can, too.
My wife works on her feet for eight hours a day with a total commute of about three hours on public transportation round trip, never taking the N95 off at any time in this window aside from a half-hour isolated outdoor lunch break, and by her own admission it is not bad & she seems to manage just fine with all the discomfort people seem to hoot and hollar about. I just don’t buy it.
Oh I wasn’t referring to masks specifically. Those generally aren’t that uncomfortable. Only time I’ve had an issue with a mask at work is when I got so sweaty the thing literally melted off my face. That was an edge case though.
I just re-read your response and I feel I ought to at least apologize for not realizing it sounds like you’re in real rough manufacturing or engineering of some kind which I understand the discomfort more. I just have such a hair trigger anger response to hearing this same shit from teenage cashiers and middle-aged managers who sit in their back offices all day, saying shit like “it’s so uncomfortable” for a couple of rubber straps on their heads. It’s ridiculous.
I used to work in industrial brewing, which yeah is pretty hot and sweaty. And yeah masks can caffe a bit in this conditions. But even there I managed to deal.
Now I’m trying to get my masters degree. So don’t worry about it.
I am not very sympathetic to this perspective at least as it pertains specifically to respiratory PPE for two reasons:
I have an autoimmune disorder that means I don’t really have a choice in the matter if I do it or not, regardless if it is the most uncomfortable thing in the world. If I can do it, any one else can, too.
My wife works on her feet for eight hours a day with a total commute of about three hours on public transportation round trip, never taking the N95 off at any time in this window aside from a half-hour isolated outdoor lunch break, and by her own admission it is not bad & she seems to manage just fine with all the discomfort people seem to hoot and hollar about. I just don’t buy it.
Oh I wasn’t referring to masks specifically. Those generally aren’t that uncomfortable. Only time I’ve had an issue with a mask at work is when I got so sweaty the thing literally melted off my face. That was an edge case though.
I just re-read your response and I feel I ought to at least apologize for not realizing it sounds like you’re in real rough manufacturing or engineering of some kind which I understand the discomfort more. I just have such a hair trigger anger response to hearing this same shit from teenage cashiers and middle-aged managers who sit in their back offices all day, saying shit like “it’s so uncomfortable” for a couple of rubber straps on their heads. It’s ridiculous.
I used to work in industrial brewing, which yeah is pretty hot and sweaty. And yeah masks can caffe a bit in this conditions. But even there I managed to deal.
Now I’m trying to get my masters degree. So don’t worry about it.