Many areas including Nova Scotia have COVID-19 restrictions and requirements around masks.
So the local rule is indoor masks. Now when you are outdoors there's no mask. As stated you would have to put on a mask on going to an indoors public place.
Now if you have a mask with you, say ready in your pocket. Then on going in forget to put the mask on, an unfortunate but completely understandable oversight.
So what might then happen? I see four possibilities
- nobody who works at the place notices. it's pretty easy to overlook
- someone notices but decides to give the benefit of the doubt and choose to assume that there's a no mask medical exemption; and not say anything
- someone notices, believes they could or should say something, but chooses not to say anything
- someone notices and mentions it
Now in polite society, if reminded of this confusing new rule amidst all of the many changes and rules and restrictions, etc. of course if someone mentions it; quickly apologize for the error and put on the mask which is conveniently right at hand.
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| one of the millions of discarded masks polluting the environment |
