Dear me, no need for that kind of venom.
Face masks
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Dear me, no need for that kind of venom.
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
Au contraire, I think there is quite enough need for it, where that poisonous lunatic is concerned.
cupid_stunt
Merry fecking Christmas.
Interesting test as to how good your face mask/covering is...
I've just tested one of masks, as you can see it's not a surgical mask, it's 95% polyester 5% elastase breathable fabric, and I can't blow a match out, that close to my mouth.
I've just tested one of masks, as you can see it's not a surgical mask, it's 95% polyester 5% elastase breathable fabric, and I can't blow a match out, that close to my mouth.
dessiato
🇪🇸 españa te quiero
I am. If out of the house is wear a mask, as required.
8ball
Merr xmas...
The rule is basically a door or a mask where you are?
dessiato
🇪🇸 españa te quiero
Anywhere outdoors with some exceptions. In shops all the time. In bars/cafes/restaurants wear a mask unless eating/drinking. If you leave your table you wear a mask. Fines are 100€ and are issued unlike the empty threat in UK. There are some exemptions for people with health issues.
8ball
Merr xmas...
Do you get an armband or something if you have health issues?
dessiato
🇪🇸 españa te quiero
Maybe a star sewn onto your sleeve?
8ball
Merr xmas...
rubbershoes
not the only raver in the village
100% customers masked in the village shop just now.
I was the only customer
I was the only customer
Numbers
an ting!
Just back from a walk to the local CoOp. 90% of customers wearing masks, all of the staff.
In the local independent shops tho' different story, there's 2 Turkish barbers - 1 fully compliant with face shields etc. but in the other neither the 2 barbers or customers were wearing one + in the African hairdressers (tiny place) none of the 5 people in there were wearing anything. Same in the veg shops/butchers.
And as for the delivery drivers outside KFC/McD's etc.. I counted 40 or so in total and only 1 guy had a mask on.
In the local independent shops tho' different story, there's 2 Turkish barbers - 1 fully compliant with face shields etc. but in the other neither the 2 barbers or customers were wearing one + in the African hairdressers (tiny place) none of the 5 people in there were wearing anything. Same in the veg shops/butchers.
And as for the delivery drivers outside KFC/McD's etc.. I counted 40 or so in total and only 1 guy had a mask on.
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
Just been down to the local shop - rammed, great families of tourists hanging around outside (groups <2 inside). And no-one - NO-ONE - wearing a mask. Apart from me, that is.
If we don't end up with quite a rash of micro-outbreaks around these parts, I'll be (pleasantly) surprised.
If we don't end up with quite a rash of micro-outbreaks around these parts, I'll be (pleasantly) surprised.
magneze
🎧
A tale of two service stations.
BP Saturday: 100% masks and someone on the door enforcing queues and ensuring masks are worn.
Tesco Today: No-one on the door and a couple of people just wandered in without masks - quite a queue of people inside so no-one organizing how many people should be in there.
BP Saturday: 100% masks and someone on the door enforcing queues and ensuring masks are worn.
Tesco Today: No-one on the door and a couple of people just wandered in without masks - quite a queue of people inside so no-one organizing how many people should be in there.
nyxx
*
How do they manage the exemptions for people with health issues?
Went to my local vape shop yesterday and completely forgot to wear my face mask and didn’t realise until I came out of the shop.
When I was being served the shop staff weren’t wearing masks and didn’t mention my lack of wearing one. Another customer came in after me but they were asked to wait outside until I’d left.
When I was being served the shop staff weren’t wearing masks and didn’t mention my lack of wearing one. Another customer came in after me but they were asked to wait outside until I’d left.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
and they were let in after they'd fumigated the place no doubt
8ball
Merr xmas...
I went to B&M this afternoon. Everyone was masked, but hardly any social distancing (if you took away the masks it was like normal). Some bloke joined the queue by standing in the 2m gap I was leaving from the person in front of me
What did you think the masks were brought in for?
mr steev
magic thought wizard
What did you think the masks were brought in for?
To get more people out shopping and spending.. Seems to be working.
Fuck all to do with infections as it seems a lot of people think they are invincible if they just pull a bandana over their mouth
8ball
Merr xmas...
I found people have been out in the shops failing to social distance for ages, with only a few people wearing masks for the most part.
mr steev
magic thought wizard
Anecdotally, I went to the same B&M store a few weeks ago, a queue to get in, a handful of people masked but most people being sensible and courteous... It felt much safer then tbh. I actually chose to go there today as I thought it would be better/safer than going to other places. I'm in no rush to go back.
weltweit
Well-Known Member
I think I am just going to gently hand wash mine in fairy liquid.So I got my ebay mask on monday. decided to put it in the washing machine today before wearing it and the fucking string came off
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Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
get a few and get better onesSo I got my ebay mask on monday. decided to put it in the washing machine today before wearing it and the fucking string came off
This is what I'm doing. I bought a dozen or so 'disposable' masks, but since I'm only wearing them for brief trips into shops in an area where infections are now pretty low again it seems overkill (and wasteful) only to use them once, and I doubt they'd survive a trip through the washing machine. We don't know exactly how long Covid-19 lasts on different surfaces, but AFAIK there's no reason to think it doesn't behave much like other coronaviruses and die off pretty quickly on an absorbent surface like a facemask, so I just have two pegs in my coat cupboard; one for recently used masks and one for 'safe' ones. It's not exactly best practice, but it feels sufficient atm.
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
I'm doing pretty much the same thing.
NoXion
Craicy the Squirrel
I let mine sit in sunlight if that counts.
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