Doctor Carrot
Marxist Henchman
My weapon of choice.
Face masks
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My weapon of choice.
krtek a houby
Merry Xmas!
We wear masks at work and in the hot summer it can be a bit much. Thanks be for air conditioning. Do get to slip off the mask, in between customers, which is great as the irritated skin was causing grief.
8ball
Decolonise colons!
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
it's a face covering - easier to communicate with customers that wayWHERE’S YOUR MASK!!??!?
My weapon of choice.
A Darth Vader mask would be cooler.
scifisam
feck! arse! girls! drink!
In my shops some staff wear them and some don't. When they're on the till, they're behind a screen, and they never use the till next to them, so they're not a big risk there. If they choose to wear a mask or not, they won't send much on to me.
On the shop floor I find it a tiny bit weird when some shop staff don't wear masks and also don't socially distance, but that's getting better.
LDC
On est tous des pangolins
That's my observation as well, and usually when they're in twos or more.
8ball
Decolonise colons!
Whereas women seem to prefer the “under the nose” look from what I have noticed.
Doctor Carrot
Marxist Henchman
My favourite one is when people pull the mask down to talk to you. I didn't think it was possible to be that dense but apparently I was wrong.
Doctor Carrot
Marxist Henchman
Steel Icarus
we move
Don't be a member of the fucking evil empire then you fuckwit
Steel Icarus
we move
I overheard a very entitled woman moaning at the Farm Foods checkout that masks were stupid and she didn't see the point as "I get tested every two weeks, and anyway it's not nearly as bad as the papers say".
Essentially "I don't care if I contribute to spreading a global pandemic that has so far killed 800,000 and incapacitated millions more".
She WAS wearing a mask, though, and properly, so y'know, little victories
Essentially "I don't care if I contribute to spreading a global pandemic that has so far killed 800,000 and incapacitated millions more".
She WAS wearing a mask, though, and properly, so y'know, little victories
Just stopped at Sedgemoor Services. About a third of people not wearing masks walking in. Irritatingly one of which had his NHS lanyard and id hung round his neck 
Most people without masks on were middle aged blokes. Also a lot of families at the services as usual with the mum and kids wearing masks but the dad not bothering.
McDonald's had a strict queuing system with staff insisting on hand sanitiser before ordering
Toilets were grubby, loads of people without masks and no distancing in there
Most people without masks on were middle aged blokes. Also a lot of families at the services as usual with the mum and kids wearing masks but the dad not bothering.
McDonald's had a strict queuing system with staff insisting on hand sanitiser before ordering
Toilets were grubby, loads of people without masks and no distancing in there
izz
Increased Leisure Citizen
Marcus Fysh, MP for Yeovil, thinks masks should be banned in schools 
www.somersetlive.co.uk
e2a apologies if this has been posted before., it's a couple of days old but I only saw it just now.
MP says schools 'should not pander to scientific guff' over masks
From September 1, schools in England will have the discretion to order secondary pupils and staff to wear masks in corridors and other communal areas
e2a apologies if this has been posted before., it's a couple of days old but I only saw it just now.
Steel Icarus
we move
I think Fish should be banned from schools, and all Tory MPs other than the Education secretary, who should be compelled to visit a few to see what they actually are.
izz
Increased Leisure Citizen
Astonishing isn't it ? I absolutely get the need for businesses to keep running and earning money, for young people to continue their education, for life to just carry on but taking a few easy precautions is being politicised and turned into an excuse to get all frothy-mouthed and angry. Baffling.
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
izz
Increased Leisure Citizen
As an aside, does anyone have any idea at all why masks could be considered 'dehumanising' ? I'm genuinely baffled, to me, everything about a person expresses their individuality (height, build, body language, gait, voice, clothes, hair, general vibe) and their face is just a small percentage of that, and anyway people are expressing individuality by their face covering choices.
elbows
Well-Known Member
The Netherlands has been somewhat rubbish over the issue of masks.
The governmet and related institutions continued to express skepticism about them, then reluctantly allowed trials in several cities when cases rose. But it sounds like there was poor public compliance and a drop in shop footfall, or at least these were issues in some places that some choose to draw much attention to. Now the 'trials' have ended. At least it sounds like they actually monitored these things closely and there will actually be some results and conclusions from them eventually.
I doubt this is the end of the issue in that country.
www.dutchnews.nl
The governmet and related institutions continued to express skepticism about them, then reluctantly allowed trials in several cities when cases rose. But it sounds like there was poor public compliance and a drop in shop footfall, or at least these were issues in some places that some choose to draw much attention to. Now the 'trials' have ended. At least it sounds like they actually monitored these things closely and there will actually be some results and conclusions from them eventually.
I doubt this is the end of the issue in that country.
Amsterdam and Rotterdam stop requiring face masks in busy places - DutchNews.nl
Amsterdam and Rotterdam are stopping an experiment with face masks in busy places at the end of August. Both said that they were halting the experiment ‘as planned’ and will be waiting for the results of investigations to see how effective the measures have been. In a press release, Amsterdam...
www.dutchnews.nl
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
izz
Increased Leisure Citizen
Oh bless you, so I was looking for a meaning and there isn't oneI think that what these people mean by "dehumanising" is "making me do something I might not want to do"
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
Steel Icarus
we move
The Mask, too. He's literally called after one
Mation
real life adventure worth more than pieces of gold
Really trying hard not to be judgemental of people with no mask on public transport. Obviously I can't tell whether they're not in fact exempt. But it's really hard with people who come and sit opposite me on the tube, especially when there is plenty of room to sit facing the same way and further away. I don't say anything, but I do need to get up and move somewhere else. It's really miserable; probably for them too 
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
Really trying hard not to be judgemental of people with no mask on public transport. Obviously I can't tell whether they're not in fact exempt. But it's really hard with people who come and sit opposite me on the tube, especially when there is plenty of room to sit facing the same way and further away. I don't say anything, but I do need to get up and move somewhere else. It's really miserable; probably for them too
I think we can be judgemental if we want. In Germany I didn’t see anyone who was exempt, everyone in every public enclosed space wore a mask. The only person I saw not wearing one was a smack head shoplifter in a supermarket by Berlin Zoo station, and he got nicked, should’ve worn a mask.
Mation
real life adventure worth more than pieces of gold
Yes, but here, people have been told it's ok not to wear one if they're exempt. I wonder how the people in Germany who really can't wear one at all are faring.
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
If you are so ill that you genuinely can’t cover your mouth and nose with anything then it is probably not very wise to be out and about during this pandemic tbf.
FridgeMagnet
Administrator
An awful lot of non-verbal communication does involve seeing subtle movements of facial muscles around the mouth. I've noticed it recently when wearing masks in supermarkets, little things like people working there can't tell whether I'm annoyed or not when there's some delay, which would usually be obvious by my expression.
But, you know, that's just the breaks isn't it. It's not like they're being worn for a laugh and there are other ways to express things.
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