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Opinion: Wear Your Mask So I Can Eat Soup In Public Again

By Maya Lavender



Since returning to campus, I have seen way too many people going without a mask in public spaces, and frankly, it’s infuriating. You very well may be spreading a deadly disease to your peers. And worse than that: the longer that mask-wearing is required, the longer I must go without eating soup in public, which is my most favorite thing to do. “There must be a way to safely eat your soup in public,” you say. Well, by the time I feel safe enough to go maskless, my soup is cold and I am deep in the forest and that is no longer public, now is it? I want to eat my soup on a busy street corner. I want many strangers to see me eat my soup, never to see or hear of me again. Is this too much to ask?


One time I tried just pulling my mask down under my chin to take a bite of soup and then replacing it when people were around. But have you ever tried juggling a thermos of piping hot split-pea, a flimsy piece of fabric around your face, and a spoon all at the same time? I guarantee, it’s harder than it sounds. I was covered in green mush and mild burns faster than you could say “ma’am, can you not eat soup right there?” All this to say, I would greatly appreciate all of us coming together to defeat this virus, so that I can get back some goddamn normalcy.


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