Commercial Fixed Wing
Flight Attendant Current
Physiological - Other; Situational Awareness
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Passenger Misconduct
General None Reported / Taken
Environment - Non Weather Related; Human Factors
As the X Flight Attendant I felt very uncomfortable sitting next to a passenger that during the times I was next to him; he constantly removed his mask to either eat or drink. And I mean during taxi; takeoff and landing. I stayed away for as long as I could. I only sat down when it was required of me. Not once during cruising altitude did I sit next to him.At some point during flight he was sitting in my assigned seat and fell asleep in it.  The A FA asked him to move back to his seat. I hope we can either make sure the X FA on this aircraft sit alone or next to another FA.  At least a FA would respect the fact that she/he should not remove his/her mask next to me in such close proximity.
Flight Attendant reported being assigned to a passenger seat next to a customer that continually removed their face mask.