Originally Posted by
hailstorm
You're not supposed to do that either. The idea of "mask kaishoku" is that you are only supposed to expose your mouth literally at the moments where you are putting food or beverage into it, to the point where the mask should always be attached to at least one ear.
Yes, I do do this. And yes, I am almost always the only other person that I see doing this.
Interesting that that picture does not have the plastic barriers between people that are ubiquitous if not mandatory at restaurants now.
All the signs in restaurants that I've seen around where I live say to keep wearing your mask before food arrives but nothing about between bites while eating. And pretty much everyone follows it.