Ketchup stains on my facemask...

OK, I'll ask, are you wearing your mask in-between bites? And why?

I am still waiting to hear about the person who burns themselves on a hot cup of coffee not remembering that they are wearing a mask when they go to take a gulp.

Another reason to sprinkle your fries with malt vinegar or dip them in mayonnaise! There is no solution for a properly juicy burger.

;0)

I'm not eating inside many restaurants so no really heinous war stories. But I have learned to (1) carry a spare, (2) wash regularly (we now do a mask wash every few days); and (3) avoid masks that are white. They just get too dirty and ugly.

As I was carving a roast chicken the other day, I got some chicken juices on my finger. I was wearing a mask in my own house because my daughter and her BF, who had to evacuate their home on short notice (wildfires), are staying with us and we're trying to expose each other as little as possible. I tried to lick the juices from my finger, and simultaneously smeared chicken juice on the outside of my mask and licked the inside of my mask, too.

I usually take off my mask when I eat so I don't have issues with stains on my mask. Stains on my shirt. Now that's a different story. lol

I don't eat inside at restaurants, and when I eat outside I take my mask off when the food arrives. All the way off - I think people wearing masks as chinstraps or earrings look like idiots.

Yesterday I was on the bus next to a woman who was snapping her gum under her mask, which I thought was a pretty neat trick.

I picked my kiddo up after her summer school program and noticed as she put her mask in the "dirty masks" bin it was green on the inside. She said they had kiwi for lunch. I asked why she didn't wipe off her face. She told me it didn't matter because everyone had a mask on.

I don't buy masks with light colored inner lining any more.

Now its about those light blue masks coming apart. Must have picked up a poorly manufactured lot. Moving onto more cloth, and the maintenance that comes along with it.
Was visiting a local microbrewery recently when the ear strings on my facemask came apart. The barkeep noticed and offered me a fresh one from a box behind the counter. Thought that was nice gesture in this age of Covid...

I went grocery shopping with mask the other day, and everything was fine until the first time I spoke to someone, because then a stray hair got into my mouth. Of course when you have a mask on you're not supposed to fiddle with it or touch your face as that will greatly reduce its efficacy. So I had to do the rest of my shopping and interact with the cashier etc. with a hair in my mouth!

Now it's about beer stains and smells left on my masks...my last meal, too! More discarding, washing & recycling is called for...: )

not food related, but you also cant blow a bug off your glasses with your face mask on!

I use cloth masks, and whenever I mess one up, like your ketchup incident, I'll find a red Sharpie and make it look like blood or something amusing.

Given what's going on right now, adding more masks to my collection and an accelerated cleaning rotation...