With a mask on it's challenging to understand someone's feelings, reactions, age, etc.

Is the person smiling or scowling?

Are they chewing gum or trying to breath?

What if one of you has a hearing impairment?

So much of our personal interactions are based on seeing the other person's mouth. Without that I find myself staring at a peron's eyes and listening to the tone of their voice very intently.

And sometimes it hard to hear the other person. Try ordering an iced, Ristretto, 10 shot, venti, with breve, 5 pump vanilla, 7 pump caramel, 4 Splenda, [and] poured, not shaken at Starbucks through a mask and a plexiglass divider.

I think I'm going to learn sign language...