A better appreciation of dining restrictions

As I head back to San Diego, I stopped at a motel with no microwaves. I wanted more than nutrition bars and coffee for this morning's breakfast. There is a nearby restaurant where I knew that I could order something to go. I saw that they were still allowing dining in their patio and tent. So I decided to eat there, initially in their enclosed patio. There was only 1 other person. I sat across the room from him by the door.

The other guest began coughing without covering his mouth. The patio was enclosed so whatever he was expelling was now circulating in the air. Plus he continued to cough. I fortunately had not yet ordered so I left the patio and went to the open tent, which was vacant. I would have been exposed to whatever he was expelling if I had stayed in the patio while he was having his bouts of coughing. I got out fast enough to avoid the exposure. But I could have caught something if I had been closer to him or delayed the exit.