Though it doesn't help that one of the restrictions is "if you find the mask distressing" which basically opens it up to simply wearing one unless you don't want to, then don't.
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Whoosh.
I'd say about 50% were wearing a mask in town today walking down the street and i assume more had them in their pockets. Better than i expected really.
Im a bit weird, but I used to enjoy that part. Telling customers I wasn’t serving them until they calm down or being told they know their consumer rights.
People should probably realise that shops are privately owned property, and companies have the right to refuse service to whoever they like, so long as it’s not breaking any equality laws. If you don’t want to wear a mask it’s fine, but I won’t be scanning any of your items through the till. That would be my approach anyway.
To be fair, "severe distress" is the term used. You'd struggle to make a case for that in most circumstances, surely.
Would prefer not to wear one, but not gonna kick up a big fuss if I have to
My fecking glasses keep fogging up and I look like an eejit when I'm wearing one in the shops
People with no masks just looking at me and my fogged up spectacles
Feck sake
People with no masks just looking at me and my fogged up spectacles
Feck sake
I mean yeah, these are likely the same people who thought a bakery was well within their rights not to make a same-sex marriage cake. But now they're angry about a store telling them they can't come in because they're too precious to put a bit of cloth on their face.
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It’s funny the way so many anti-mask wankers bang on about how they want to fight the virus by eating healthily and trying to help their immune system. While also claiming that wearing a mask could damage their health by impairing their breathing.
If your respiratory system is so fecking frail that temporarily putting a piece of cloth over your face might cause long-term damage, how the hell do you think you will fight off a viral pneumonia?
If your respiratory system is so fecking frail that temporarily putting a piece of cloth over your face might cause long-term damage, how the hell do you think you will fight off a viral pneumonia?
It’s just such a weird argument. I’ll just wear one till it’s conclusive one way or the other. And if in two years it turns out I wore a mask for no reason, then...well I’ll feel really stupid won’t I
As others have said, some of the arguments for not wearing them are almost a parody.
Cognitive dissonance at its finest unfortunately.It’s just such a weird argument. I’ll just wear one till it’s conclusive one way or the other. And if in two years it turns out I wore a mask for no reason, then...well I’ll feel really stupid won’t I
As others have said, some of the arguments for not wearing them are almost a parody.
Felt like a bit of a knob but didn't bother me too much, easy breathable, just a bit different. Don't think they make that much difference but I can wear one for now. Don't think I'd ever accept it as the norm like in China/japan though
I guess I'm lucky living in Northern Norway, I haven't had to make a choice. I haven't seen a single mask this entire pandemic, though I'll have to wear one in October for a domestic flight.
thanks Indeed.
Probably the same people who were perfectly happy to clap for the NHS.
Typical double standards.
Whilst being fully aware that during this crisis our government has much to answer for when I read that major supermarkets are not going to penalise shoppers who are not wearing masks it does bring home to me that whoever governs us is on a loser. We Brits taken together are a nation of idiots.
Went food shopping in Bury. Virtually 100% of adults wearing masks, virtually 0% of kids.
The kids love wearing them here!
In Germany we have this rule for 2 (or 3?) months already. I wear it, but only when i have to (in stores, etc).
I don't believe they help much, but i have no issues wearing them if i have to. No big deal for me.
I don't believe they help much, but i have no issues wearing them if i have to. No big deal for me.
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Who remembers this guy back in February getting shamed
The supermarkets can't reasonably enforce it when there's medical exclusions. As long as they take part in asking customers to wear masks then I don't see the issue.
I know Tesco have had issues around the fact the law states their staff don't have to wear them. I understand they caved into customer expectations despite staff not being in favour.
Who remembers this guy back in February getting shamed
I complimented him on his choice of black nitrile gloves.I hate how social togetherness has become politicised, but I also hate how weak government messaging has let it happen - so maybe it really is politicised. Wearing a mask shouldn't be taboo. It's a fecking mask. Nobody is asking you to put a giant picture of Jeremy Corbyn up in your living room or pledge allegiance to the Soviet Union. They're just saying "don't be a selfish dick, just put on a mask" and yet so many people are just running about shouting "me me me".
In Scotland wearing a mask for the last couple of weeks has become second nature. It just makes sense. But it worked because the Scottish government said "wear a fecking mask". Now that the UK government have said "um, maybe wear one please? Or not, actually yes" the same stores that were enforcing mask wearing, and at least at my local Asda were hiring fecking security to enforce it, are now saying "don't wear one if you don't want to, we won't enforce it anymore".
This pathetic, weak, leeway granting messaging is giving the chancers the inch they need to take a mile. And you better believe that they'll take it.
In Scotland wearing a mask for the last couple of weeks has become second nature. It just makes sense. But it worked because the Scottish government said "wear a fecking mask". Now that the UK government have said "um, maybe wear one please? Or not, actually yes" the same stores that were enforcing mask wearing, and at least at my local Asda were hiring fecking security to enforce it, are now saying "don't wear one if you don't want to, we won't enforce it anymore".
This pathetic, weak, leeway granting messaging is giving the chancers the inch they need to take a mile. And you better believe that they'll take it.
sun_tzu in shambles.
Been wearing a face covering (just a thin bandanna) for months, in shops and on buses. I know it's not ideal but I also know it's significantly better than nothing. Got many an odd look and comment for it, before face coverings became mandatory. I switch to medical masks for hospital appointments and I'll switch to something thicker for other occasions when the second wave starts.
EDIT - In the event this pandemic is brought under control I intend to wear face coverings whenever I have cold symptoms during flu season. I think that's a thing we always should've been doing and would've if we'd ever thought about it properly.
EDIT - In the event this pandemic is brought under control I intend to wear face coverings whenever I have cold symptoms during flu season. I think that's a thing we always should've been doing and would've if we'd ever thought about it properly.
Got myself some blue paisley bandanas a while back, representing the crips. What set you from?
Not worn one yet, but I'm ok with them. I want to get some 'character' bandanas. Joker face, skulls etc. I'm early 40s but this is a nice chance to play dress-up.
Not worn one yet, but I'm ok with them. I want to get some 'character' bandanas. Joker face, skulls etc. I'm early 40s but this is a nice chance to play dress-up.
What we should all be doing is just not going to work when we have cold symptoms and staying in bed and resting. We have a ridiculous work culture where people feel pressured for whatever reason for having to work when they are ill. Very sad when you think about it.
Never wear a mask myself, a virus is so small it can go through a mask like a wasp through a wire fence any ways. So what is the point.? I may as well wear a godamn diaper.
Maybe, I get colds a lot, it would be an awful lot of time off work if that was how we did things. Even not working I might need to pop out for more soft tissues.
My bandanna is rainbow striped. I found it in my room the morning after a gay pride event. I have no idea who I stole it from but it comes in handy.Got myself some blue paisley bandanas a while back, representing the crips. What set you from?
Not worn one yet, but I'm ok with them. I want to get some 'character' bandanas. Joker face, skulls etc. I'm early 40s but this is a nice chance to play dress-up.
That’s what I was just about to respond with. I hope that one positive to come from this will be to work on the draconian idea that people should work when sick.
If you stay away during the cold they've lost 1 person for a few days. If you go into work there's the potential for it to infect multiple people and they've lost a lot more money overall when half the workplace get it.
I hate it when someone is coughing and sneezing around me at work. I find it pretty selfish that they feel it's OK to pass on to me. It needs to come from the top, but hopefully the culture around that sort of thing will change after this.
The reality is that usually none of my colleagues get it because they have far better immune systems than me. I don't think it's necessarily a clear cut thing, outside of the flu season, but I'm also very keen on all this support for me getting paid to lay in bed.
You sound like a false prophet.
The thinking is that the virus is mostly airborne through attaching itself to water droplets many times its size.
It’s like a seat belt, it won’t guarantee saving your life in a car crash, but it’ll drastically improve your chances of surviving one.
Not at all predictable that the majority of this forum doesn't question anything regarding Covid19. Clearly it's been over hyped and the long term effects of the lockdown on other health conditions and the economy will far outweigh any deaths from the virus.
Let's all start wearing masks now the government has told us to when the virus is all but gone.
Let's all start wearing masks now the government has told us to when the virus is all but gone.
I've been wearing one since end of March
A mask traps the droplets the virus sits within as you breathe out, reducing the spread.