Note: I'm an old fart pede, so what I tried may not work for younger pedes.
Had to take my tax documentation to H&R Block. Walked in without a mask and was greeted by a big fat black gal (you know the type, 10" fake nails, those big caterpillar fake eyelashes, and a ghastly hair weave) wearing two masks and sitting behind 1" thick plexiglass.
Her first words were "please put a mask on."
I played dumb and pretended I didn't hear. She says even louder "put your mask on."
I reply "I'm sorry I can't hear you with the masks on. I have a hearing deficit. Please speak louder."
She grunts and shouts so loudly everyone in the office heard her -- "PUT A MASK ON."
I say "I'm so very sorry. I have to read lips in order to fully understand. Please lower your mask."
She shouts even louder "PUT THE MASK ON."
By then she's hyperventilating and can't speak. So she leaves the reception desk and sends up a big tall black dude who's also double masked.
Wash Rinse Repeat
He starts to hyperventilate and lowers his mask enough to tell me "PUT A MASK ON.
I reply -- Medical Exemption.
He freaks and leaves the reception area.
The gal I wanted to see from the git-go comes up front, takes my papers without a peep and I leave -- Mask-Free with a Shit-Eating Grin.
I did it on accident last time I went to the grocery. I go to one where the official policy is masks required, but the employees are prohibited from enforcing it, which I take full advantage of. The cashier I went to seemed a little stressed by it, and at the end of the transaction asked "would you like any ice or stamps today?" which sounded like a garbled mess the first two times he asked me and I just stared blankly for a few seconds before asking to repeat it a third time. Any time I have the opportunity I try to put all of the awkwardness of a situation solely on the person acting irrationally, ie, wearing a face mask.