I was at Whiteface this morning skiing with two friends. On our first gondola ride, it was the three of us, and they loaded a young woman and another gentleman, who I'm assuming was her father. The three of us did not have our masks up, but the other two people did. As the doors closed, it became apparent to me that the young woman was uncomfortable with us not wearing our masks, so I immediately pulled mine up.
I didn't do it because I had to, nor because I wanted to. I did it because it was clear that it would make her more comfortable, and at the end of the day, is it really that big a deal? On my subsequent rides up, where no one was wearing masks, I didn't wear mine either.
Sometimes, it's OK to do something for someone else just because it's the decent thing to do, instead of always thinking about yourself. Sadly, that seems to be a pretty foreign concept in today's world.
