Face masks

[Cloo]

Just bought another pack of paper 'back up' masks to keep in the car - it's been useful having a set for those moments you forget your mask or unexpectedly have to go in somewhere. Need to buy daughter some more for school as I think they are going to ask them to wear them in hallways (she's in secondary).

 

[bellaozzydog]

Also good to wear a mask in the event of a BTP filth pepper spraying you

fuck the BTP is a mantra I carry with me at all times

 

[frogwoman]

fuck the BTP is a mantra I carry with me at all times

ABTPAB

 

[existentialist]

fuck the BTP is a mantra I carry with me at all times

It's a good mantra, and the copper in the video certainly didn't seem to have total mastery of the elite coppering skillset , but there was a lot of cunty vibes coming off that passenger.

 

[MickiQ]

I'm with the plod on this one, you could almost see 'I am going to be difficult' tattooed on the guys forehead. The other passengers were having a bit of a field day as well. There was one chanting underlying medical condition like some kind of mantra and another just laughing his head off.

 

[gentlegreen]

For some peculiar reason most of the support on Twatter is from right wing arseholes ...

https://twitter.com/search?q=liverpool%20train%20mask%20&src=typed_query

 

[Badgers]

Just bought another pack of paper 'back up' masks to keep in the car - it's been useful having a set for those moments you forget your mask or unexpectedly have to go in somewhere. Need to buy daughter some more for school as I think they are going to ask them to wear them in hallways (she's in secondary).

It is a good system. I have been helping out few of older #getinthewill local people out with chores and such so have been buying/wearing masks etc.

At the moment (long may it continue) I have no need for suits/shirts so have got rail space to hang/dry the masks. It is a faff but just throw them all in washer, hang, member rotate and repeat.

 

[MickiQ]

I had a complete dick pretend he couldn’t understand me because I had my mask on - even tho I was standing right in front of him and speaking loud and clear.

Had to be polite as I was at work so dealing with an Amazon customer that I had to request photo ID for alcohol.

I had a cider delivery a couple of weeks ago and asked to see photo ID.
I said seriously do I look under 18 to you (please say yes) and he told me that he had been told 10% of customers were company spies (he called them mystery shoppers)
He waited while I dug out my passport

 

[Supine]

Sadly there's.an ethnic dimension.
The (mostly) "Polish" shop where I buy my pickles is almost entirely mask-free and there was a young couple with a child in 99% - compliant Aldi last week who I'm pretty sure were Polish.

As a person of Polish decent can I just say a big fuck you and fuck your silly racial stereotype.

 

[gentlegreen]

As a person of Polish decent can I just say a big fuck you and fuck your silly racial stereotype.

Just an observation ... politics in Poland is a bit iffy at the moment is it not ? .. Coincidentally a half-Polish colleague has come out with some dodgy shit ...

Oh and you missed this bit off your quote :-

A colleague of mine expressed relief at being home from a visit to the in-laws due to the attitudes there.

 

[Supine]

Just an observation ... politics in Poland is a bit iffy at the moment is it not ? .. Coincidentally a half-Polish colleague has come out with some dodgy shit ...

Oh and you missed this bit off your quote :-

Yes of course, silly me. We don't approve of masks and are also all fascists

 

[gentlegreen]

Yes of course, silly me. We don't approve of masks and are also all fascists

Why don't you share your experiences ?

 

[Marty1]

I had a cider delivery a couple of weeks ago and asked to see photo ID.
I said seriously do I look under 18 to you (please say yes) and he told me that he had been told 10% of customers were company spies (he called them mystery shoppers)
He waited while I dug out my passport

The amount of times I get that - it gets jarring sometimes.

One perk of wearing face masks is I get to hide my displeasure.

 

[Orang Utan]

I had a cider delivery a couple of weeks ago and asked to see photo ID.
I said seriously do I look under 18 to you (please say yes) and he told me that he had been told 10% of customers were company spies (he called them mystery shoppers)
He waited while I dug out my passport

Staff in supermarkets, offies and pubs are required to ask for ID if you look under 25 - I imagine it's the same with delivery drivers

 

[gentlegreen]

Even wearing a mask, supermarket staff don't hesitate to swipe my booze through
Perhaps I should wear a hat too ....

 

[MickiQ]

The amount of times I get that - it gets jarring sometimes.

One perk of wearing face masks is I get to hide my displeasure.

I shall never ask that again just in case it is you

 

[MickiQ]

Staff in supermarkets, offies and pubs are required to ask for ID if you look under 25 - I imagine it's the same with delivery drivers

I'm 62, three-quarters of my children are over 25, the only time my age has been queried in supermarkets is by the scab tills and their human supervisor never backs them up.

 

[MickiQ]

Even wearing a mask, supermarket staff don't hesitate to swipe my booze through
Perhaps I should wear a hat too ....

I have reached the age in life where I m seriously considering buying myself a flat cap

 

[existentialist]

I have reached the age in life where I m seriously considering buying myself a flat cap

I bought one to do a gig in just before lockdown, and found myself rather fond of wearing it generally

 

[gentlegreen]

 

[kalidarkone]

Wanker

I think the cop should have just taken his details, verified it with id and fined him. I think he was unnecessarily aggressive and the escalation of the situation put him and the passenger at more risk. I could understand the cop pepper spraying the guy if he was being aggressive but he was just defending himself. That cop should of called for back up so the passenger could of been removed. Imo.

 

[FridgeMagnet]

I think the cop should have just taken his details, verified it with id and fined him. I think he was unnecessarily aggressive and the escalation of the situation put him and the passenger at more risk. I could understand the cop pepper spraying the guy if he was being aggressive but he was just defending himself. That cop should of called for back up so the passenger could of been removed. Imo.

Yeah, watching that video I am really not happy with it at all. The cop moves very quickly from confronting him to physically attacking him.

 

[Orang Utan]

Yeah, watching that video I am really not happy with it at all. The cop moves very quickly from confronting him to physically attacking him.

you also have to take people at their word even if you suspect they're lying.

 

[The39thStep]

I think the cop should have just taken his details, verified it with id and fined him. I think he was unnecessarily aggressive and the escalation of the situation put him and the passenger at more risk. I could understand the cop pepper spraying the guy if he was being aggressive but he was just defending himself. That cop should of called for back up so the passenger could of been removed. Imo.

Can you get a fixed penalty in the U.K. for not wearing a mask ?

 

[Orang Utan]

Can you get a fixed penalty in the U.K. for not wearing a mask ?

Aye, £100

 

[The39thStep]

Aye, £100

That’s the key imo .

 

[magneze]

Neither comes out of the encounter well but aren't the police meant to be trained or something? That just looks like handbags between two idiots. Only one is highly visible and armed with pepper spray though.

 

[FridgeMagnet]

you also have to take people at their word even if you suspect they're lying.

It is IME very typical cop behaviour. "I have formed my own idea about what is going on here and literally nothing is going to change that."

 

[Marty1]

Yeah, watching that video I am really not happy with it at all. The cop moves very quickly from confronting him to physically attacking him.

The cops reaction was ott and escalated the situation ridiculously imo.

If I had been there I’d have felt like restraining the cop - which you can’t do as you’d get pepper sprayed in the face and arrested too.

Absolute thug pig.

 

[Boudicca]

Just seen this on my mask making forum, some kind of frame which you wear underneath the mask to keep it off your face and help you breathe and talk more easily. There was a debate about whether it created a 'gap' at the top, but worth considering if you have to wear a mask all day. Available on Amazon.