Same goes for London City airport where I spent some of my afternoon. They're also still doing temperature checks on everyone who enters the building. No surprise and no bother.I was at Manchester Airport earlier, who still seem keen for you to wear a mask in their terminal buildings
You’ve got St Albans written all over you
Hemel Hempstead? That is where I live.Not quite, but along the right lines!
Anybody particularly angry/concerned about some of the messaging regarding the wearing of a mask post-freedom day should probably avoid catching a train to Rainhill. The ticket office still has a ‘Stay Home. Save Lives.’ poster!
The community notice board nearest my house still has a prominently displayed 'stay at home (tier 4)' guidance poster from back in the winter...
I've no idea who has the keys for it, so I can't moan at them about it :-/
Just back from Tesco - about 40% of the customers had faces!
If that can happen here - maybe there's hope yet.
Public transport seems to be an outlier in that the majority of people still wear them. Checked in at Premier Inn in Sussex today. None of the three ladies at reception had a mask, neither did any guests that I saw. Similar story at the fish and chip shop. One customer had a mask, none of the three staff did.First day back to work after annual leave today.
I was the only maskless person out of about 45 in the carriage on my chiltern train.
The one way system still exists at Marylebone.
Always hopeJust back from Tesco - about 40% of the customers had faces!
If that can happen here - maybe there's hope yet.
The two outliers are public transport and some shops. It's disappointing to see how slow the progress is in getting back to normal in these settings, but it will come, I am sure of it.Public transport seems to be an outlier in that the majority of people still wear them...
Maybe people were wearing them because LNER are advising people too? I would say away from this forum, the general consensus is that masks should remain on public transport.The two outliers are public transport and some shops. It's disappointing to see how slow the progress is in getting back to normal in these settings, but it will come, I am sure of it.
I'm due a visit to Morrisons soon; last week it was maybe 75% wearing masks and 25% not, so I hope to see more normality next time.
Most people are only wearing them because they think the majority will be, or they see the majority wearing them.
My local leisure centre says "Masks are optional" and hardly anyone wears them, which is great to see. Some of the masks wear visors, none wear masks. Even when masks were supposedly mandatory, the staff almost exclusively wore visors.
All the recent restaurants/pubs I visited recently seemed normal with almost 100% of customers not wearing masks. Last Thursday York station had just over 50% of people wearing masks around 5pm, but by 9pm the vast majority were not. And on Saturday night around 11pm there were huge crowds for the last trains from York and I don't think a single person was wearing a mask. A policewoman said that it had been a busy day but everyone was "behaving themselves". It was really great to see such big crowds not wearing masks again.
The LNER train home was great; no-one in my coach was wearing a mask. Much better than the train to London which was a real disappointment, with most people wearing masks.
I would say that the misleading and inappropriate wording by LNER is causing a much slower return to normal. It's disappointing to see, but it'll pass, as my train home on Saturday evening showed.Maybe people were wearing them because LNER are advising people too?
I'm not sure if you are saying that the general consensus is that masks should be mandatory or that people should choose to wear them.I would say away from this forum, the general consensus is that masks should remain on public transport.
It's not a shock; I find it disappointing to see so many wearing them but I am really pleased to see normality returning, albeit slower than I'd have liked.People are obviously allowed their personal views on masks and the personal choice to wear them which I am totally fine with, but it shouldn't be a shock to see people wearing masks
We’re about to visit our local big Tesco, first time since the 19th. Being evening I suspect it will probably be fairly low numbers. Things are always more relaxed in the evening, same with some of the stuff we saw last year like “you must shop alone”. I’ll place a bet that it will be about 30% masked, we’ll see!
Very sensible.I wore a mask on my train home yesterday because I was sitting next to somebody I'd got talking to who was wearing one too. She said she didn't travel much by train so I offered to wear it. She did say in fairness that she didn't mind but I did it mainly out of courtesy.
That's great.I was on a bus in Bristol yesterday. Was fairly busy, probably about 55 people on there. About 90% NOT wearing masks. Was great to see!
I agree.I can't see any courtesy in pandering to irrational fears; in fact as I see it as further entrenching those fears so in fact damaging.
I wore a mask on my train home yesterday because I was sitting next to somebody I'd got talking to who was wearing one too. She said she didn't travel much by train so I offered to wear it. She did say in fairness that she didn't mind but I did it mainly out of courtesy.
On the contrary, I did have a mask on one of the trains I was on on Saturday, as it was fairly busy and I was sat opposite someone in a bay of 4 and said passenger also had one. Said passenger was making conversation and mentioned fairly early on that he was deaf (he had two hearing aids and his diction correlated) so talking back, I took mine off in the hope it helped (I never got an opportunity to ask the question) as hearing was difficult anyway over the noise of the engines of the 150I can't see any courtesy in pandering to irrational fears; in fact as I see it as further entrenching those fears so in fact damaging.
I’ve got a colleague at work with hearing difficulties, and they’ve said masks have essentially made daily life a “nightmare”, saying that they‘re struggling to understand people and that they hate having to ask for clarification as the masks make it “hard to understand regardless”.Indeed masks can be absolutely terrible for people with hearing difficulties.
@Crossover I had to do a double take there; only after I'd read the post a couple of times did I realise you were in agreement with @VauxhallandI
I totally understand your colleagues predicament. I have mild hearing loss and I find face coverings make it a little harder for me to hear but I am able to manage.I’ve got a colleague at work with hearing difficulties, and they’ve said masks have essentially made daily life a “nightmare”, saying that they‘re struggling to understand people and that they hate having to ask for clarification as the masks make it “hard to understand regardless”.
Of course, the government and authoritarians don’t care about this, as all that matters to them is rules that look like they should help against COVID (when they don’t really do much) and the rigorous enforcement of these.
I regard it as courtesy to respect the wishes of someone.I can't see any courtesy in pandering to irrational fears; in fact as I see it as further entrenching those fears so in fact damaging.