I think the way to do this would be to have a small squad of police who can focus on individual shops, and do a couple of hours' enforcement before moving on. There's just no way that this is going to be dealt with in the absence of meaningful enforcement. And "I'm exempt" needs to be accompanied by some form of documentation.
It’s not so much about “expecting” (although masks are hardly expensive, so I don’t see why not). It’s just about recognising that the social pressure of somebody saying, “can’t I just come in for a second, I only need to get (valuable item X)” is hard to resist for a shopkeeper. It’s a lot easier to say “sure, but here’s a mask to put on” than it is to say “no, sorry, stay out and we’ll both have to not get what we want from this commercial relationship”
If nothing else, it does sort out the "just forgots" from those who are making some kind of point. And that's a useful distinction to make.
It was never properly enforced from the start....big retail is way too concerned about takings, we are not legally allowed to ask for proof of exemption and loads of people cottoned on to that one early on. Plus we did try but the daily abuse,ranting swearing etc was a proper grind...i don't think a lot of people actually comprehend how bad things can be, so this time we are not commenting...more people are wearing masks than they were on tuesday but a large amount of people aren't ! Signs take time to arrive, it's not a simple process and we were all caught out a bit. Don't know what you mean about enforcing rules on dress ? apart from bare feet there are no rules....and behaviour has to be really bad to get chucked out...we have low/medium bad behaviour all the time, it has become the norm.
everyone where i work is wearing one (unless exempt, coz we can be exempt too)....and staff on checkout are told they don't have to wear one unless they want to
We don't have a policy to stop men coming in bare chested (personally don't agree with it)...don't think we've actually had a full on bikini but not far off...think my most memorable was a female student with her mates and all she had on was slippers, knickers and a blanket round her (it was very obvious there was nothing under it)....jamas, dressing gown, slippers etc are very common
How does one pointedly wear a mask?
Glad to hear it and thanks, there isnt a single establishment I could say the same of in my town
OK perhaps an exaggeration, but I got the feeling they were being worn in unusual contexts and I was struck by one young mother helping her toddler mask-up before going into Tesco - small children have always been mostly unmasked even where I live ...
The one that gets me is the security people, try walking out with a couple of not paid for bottles of Moet and they wont be scared to confront you, it an overall fucked up mindset thats developed in this fucked up self obsessed knuckle dragging country
I don't think the police has any more rights than joe public to ask for a proof of exemption because discrimination act or some such unfortunately. This is something the anti mask lot include lozza the twat fox have been publicly pushing since day 1 of masks being made mandatory last year.
wemakeyousoundb can explain it to you but they can't understand it for you
Because the sort of people who are likely to genuinely need exemptions (eg. disabled, people with mental health problems) are already pretty viciously discriminated against, and really don't need to start having to produce papers to say why.
You've a good spirit
It doesn't always come easy!You've a good spirit
I get the sentiment but those people are of course those who most need the ones who can wear masks but won't to stop whinging and put one on. And unless they have some easily accessible and acceptable way of showing their exemption will get lumped in with the refuseniks and ratlickers.
I agree. But I think the situation is not as simple as it might seem at first glance. The people I reserve the greatest disdain for are those claiming exemption (and those, like that cunt Lawrence Fox, who enable it) for no good reason, which automatically disadvantages those with a legitimate need.
