London: the unlockening/relockening

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I've been to a couple of art events there. Perfectly reasonable place to have one: easy to get to and they want real people to come do stuff there to try to prove the venue is real.

Central St Martin's, which is part of London College of Fashion is up there, so perfect for art events.

 

[Sue]

I had a wander around Coal Drops Yard this morning , all the shops and restaurants were open , hardly anyone was there. Strangely, Granary Square close by was pretty busy.

I cut through Granary Square last night and it was pretty busy. OTOH, Kings X seemed very very quiet, given it was 630 on a work day.

 

[Pickman's model]

Central St Martin's, which is part of London College of Fashion is up there, so perfect for art events.

St Martin's part of the university of the arts.
The London college of fashion is part of the university of the arts
St Martin's is not part of the lcf

 

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It's 09.15. have been on this bus into central London for 10 minutes +

 

[ska invita]

It's 09.15. have been on this bus into central London for 10 minutes + View attachment 288278

anecdotes dont work - this was the view on the Victoria line for me a couple of weeks back

am doing everything to avoid the tube now

 

[teuchter]

I was on the Jubilee line at the weekend and it was like that ^^

 

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anecdotes dont work - this was the view on the Victoria line for me a couple of weeks back

am doing everything to avoid the tube now
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The 38, victoria to Soho was not busy either

 

[nagapie]

My local buses are very full.

 

[Sue]

Interesting, if depressing.

To mask or not to mask? Opinion split on London underground

Commuters explain their reasons for not covering up

www.theguardian.com

 

[teuchter]

Compared to the last map I posted in early August - London looks not too bad, at least compared to other parts of the country. Almost all the purple gone.

 

[Numbers]

Jubilee line this morning was busy but not as packed as I expected, all seats taken and some people standing, about 50% mask wearing.

Baker St and Marylebone were quite busy.

The building I work in is still quite sparse but the other building, 2 of the floors are heaving.

Saw my manager for the first time in 18 months. We’re gong to the pub at lunchtime.

 

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Saw my manager for the first time in 18 months. We’re gong to the pub at lunchtime.

Good to see productivity up from a return to the office

 

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On bus home yesterday over half the passengers were not wearing masks despite advice to do so

 

[marty21]

Interesting, if depressing.

To mask or not to mask? Opinion split on London underground

Commuters explain their reasons for not covering up

www.theguardian.com

I saw some mask enforcement at Liverpool St Station the other day , outside the Tube Station entrance , commuters were being asked to put on masks. 1st time in the pandemic that I've seen this sort of thing.

 

[Sue]

I saw some mask enforcement at Liverpool St Station the other day , outside the Tube Station entrance , commuters were being asked to put on masks. 1st time in the pandemic that I've seen this sort of thing.

I've never seen that either but guess I've only really been on buses and it would be much more difficult to do than on the tube.

 

[teuchter]

Yesterday evening, something vaguely resembling rush hour commuter crowds, which I haven't seen for a while.

 

[Numbers]

Absolutely packed on the tube this morning, prob 50% not masked up.

Baker St/Marylebone like pre-pandemic.

The office is 70% full.

 

[pbsmooth]

Thursday is a popular day to be in the office now so many people are mixing office and WFH. Monday and Friday, not so much.

 

[Elpenor]

Can see my dad’s old office in that pic.

Thursday is a popular day to be in the office now so many people are mixing office and WFH. Monday and Friday, not so much.

Believe they’re called Twats - “Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday”

 

[pbsmooth]

ha! new one on me

 

[kabbes]

Yeah, I was in today and it was quite busy. Thing is, if you’re going to go in, you want it to be on the day everybody else is also going in because otherwise, what’s the point?

 

[pbsmooth]

I know what you mean but I much prefer a quiet office to a busy office... middle ground in there somewhere

 

[RubyToogood]

Hm yeah I went back to my coworking place yesterday because there was a social thing and that's the point of going. But it was a bit tooo peopley so I might go back on a different day next time. Glorious to be back though.

 

[DJWrongspeed]

We're supposed to be in 2 days a week . I go in 3 days because WFH is fairly depressing. I cross tower bridge b4 8AM and it's well busy as is the dual carriage way East Smithfield going into the City , full of construction trucks so yes traffic back to normal.

 

[DJWrongspeed]

Can see my dad’s old office in that pic.



Believe they’re called Twats - “Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday”

so is Friday dead now?

 

[Me76]

We've just opened a new office (which is amazing) and Mondays and Fridays are dead. Wednesday is our busiest day but that may be the way we structure our meetings.

Train timetables for me are still rubbish, and the train I get in and home is busy but not standing room busy.

It feels very much like before times though.

Even though I had to put up with a woman shouting at me on the platform the other day for standing too close (I wasn't) and not wearing a mask (I don't on the open air platform but put it on when getting on the train) while her mask was hanging off one ear.

 

[nagapie]

I'd say mask wearing is down to 30% in the parts of London I frequent. In fact Covid seems now to be just an excuse for unmasked people to be rude by putting their bags on the seat next to them on full public transport.

 

[pbsmooth]

Yep definitely dropping. Not that surprising, i feel it myself. You can do so much now without a mask, i.e. Big indoor events, it then seems slightly weird to then put on a mask just because you're on a train.

 

[prunus]

Yep definitely dropping. Not that surprising, i feel it myself. You can do so much now without a mask, i.e. Big indoor events, it then seems slightly weird to then put on a mask just because you're on a train.

You can go out in shit-stained trousers; it doesn’t mean that you should.

(Not a dig at you you, you as in one).

 

[pbsmooth]

Not sure that's a particularly good comparison but I get where you're coming from.