mentalchik
"I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit."
I would say most are still wearing them where i work but it is steadily dropping....
Will you continue using a face mask after 19 July?
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sideboob
Well-Known Member
Olympic workers/volunteers on the news today, talking about being worried about covid.
Babe Rainbow
Well-Known Member
Still wearing mine in shops etc.
Will carry on for a while at least. See how things go.
Will carry on for a while at least. See how things go.
scifisam
feck! arse! girls! drink!
A brief trip to Westfield White City yesterday (where masks are now just "suggested" - not that there was ever full compliance anyway that I remember, though plenty of time to hassle me for taking photos on my phone) suggested fairly low mask-wearing in the main areas, 10-20% maybe, though for an indoor space it's unusually huge and well-ventilated, and no particular reason to hang around.
Might have been better inside shops. I only went into Waterstones to pick up a book I ordered and all the customers there were wearing masks.
When I went to Stratford - aiming for Westfield but defeated because the escalators were broken and there was a queue of, literally, 40 people for the one lift - I went to the old shopping centre instead. In the centre itself, hardly anyone was wearing a mask - I didn't wear one all the time in that part either. Inside the shops, almost everyone was wearing one, inc me.
It's extremely well ventilated and fairly easy to stay away from other people too, unlike in the shops.
My local mini supermarkets are still at around 80-90% compliance. I'm pleasantly surprised. Obviously it will drop over time, but it definitely hasn't plummeted to near zero or even less than half. Maybe for some reason these shops are higher in compliance than others? Like the security guard at the mini Sainsbury's is still wearing his mask, so that probably acts as a reminder and peer pressure.
scifisam
feck! arse! girls! drink!
They're outdoors.
spanglechick
High Empress of Dressing Up
I’m at a posh spa hotel with my mum and sisters. Mask wearing is compulsory here in public areas, unless eating/drinking, swimming/fitness classes. But otherwise very strictly observed.
Funnily enough given the average age here is fiftysomething, it occurs to me that the most risk is to the staff, the youngest of whom may not have been fully jabbed yet.
Anyway, when added to the pub where my school went for end of year drinks - a few days past freedom day - it was all strictly table service still.
Funnily enough given the average age here is fiftysomething, it occurs to me that the most risk is to the staff, the youngest of whom may not have been fully jabbed yet.
Anyway, when added to the pub where my school went for end of year drinks - a few days past freedom day - it was all strictly table service still.
Johnny Doe
Well-Known Member
Walked past the Spoons on our High Street quite a few times at the weekend. Busy, and very few masks from what I could see....
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
you say that but...
wemakeyousoundb
hopefully not gimboid
to be fair, pulling your mask off and back on every time you sip from your pint is a bit of a faff
I do it when I work, but in a social situation I didn't, lateral flow test it is for a few days.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
cut a hole in it and insert straw
Er, it's a pub, where people eat and drink
Personally I don't bother wearing a mask when going to the loo in pubs now, as it seems pointless and was a faff anyway.
Still wearing them in the shops and will do next time I'm on a bus / train.
gentlegreen
I hummus, therefore I am ...
Just did a quick shop in my local Tesco.
Not busy, but pretty well all those under 30 were unmasked - it didn't help that it was similar with the staff ...
Definite age divide - though I watched my 50-something neighbour walk in with her grandchild the other day.
Not busy, but pretty well all those under 30 were unmasked - it didn't help that it was similar with the staff ...
Definite age divide - though I watched my 50-something neighbour walk in with her grandchild the other day.
wemakeyousoundb
hopefully not gimboid
this will only work if the straw is sealed to the mask and the other end constantly immersed in the delicious liquid
as I need to use my hands for work I would need a contraption similar to a horse feeding bag to keep the pint in the correct postition at all times
#goes to drawing board#
Johnny Doe
Well-Known Member
It was an observation, which I should have clairfied was about people stood at bar and moving about.Er, it's a pub, where people eat and drink
Personally I don't bother wearing a mask when going to the loo in pubs now, as it seems pointless and was a faff anyway.
Still wearing them in the shops and will do next time I'm on a bus / train.
Cloo
Banana for scale
In supermarkets round me, mask wearing seems to have gone up a bit since just after 'Freedom Day' - suggests some people went without to test water then saw what majority were doing. At an English Heritage house on Friday which wasn't very crowded but most people were masked indoors.
8ball
Decolonise colons!
The kind of mask which involves cucumber on your eyes?
gentlegreen
I hummus, therefore I am ...
exaggerated social distance
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
Lower your mask to cough, then say, 'pardon?'
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Pull your mask aside, get in their face and say ‘But <expectorates> I have Ebola’
FridgeMagnet
Administrator
If anyone did I think mine would be along the lines of "I'll wear a mask if I want pal, don't tell me what to do". Maybe elaborating into "you the mask police or something?"
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
Eyeball audit of the train carriage we're sat in: 25% masks worn properly, 25% masks worn as chin straps or covering mouth only, 50% no mask. Most of the maskless people are under 25.
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
Haven't had one of these yet but I doubt I'd be able to come up with anything more sophisticated than, 'go fuck yourself you fucking moron' if put on the spot like that.
