Mask or no mask when restrictions are lifted? Poll added

[old blue]

I hope ugly fuckers keep wearing them.

OK, I will then.

 

[Johnny Mars Bar]

I reckon I'll keep a bottle of hand sanitiser in my pocket/bag forever but masks can get in the bin the second they're no longer a legal requirement. Personally I find them oppressive from a mental health / social standpoint and I'm not convinced at all that the home made cotton t-shirt offcut type ones we all use do fuck all whatsoever.

 

[5 Hit Gibbon]

It's made it a lot easier to do hold ups in banks, petrol stations & shops etc, so I'll keep mine.

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Big Vern

 

[oman0115]

In answer to your last question I want to get back to the situation I have been in for almost 66 of my 67 years. Not wearing a fucking mask!

It is definitely a comfort blanket for the more anti social / anxious. Totally dehumanising things. I smiled at the check out girl in the supermarket and realised she had no idea. So took it off and smiled

 

[salfordbluetrue]

A lot of people wore masks before COVID, for smog and the like so i expect to see more people keeping them on, i will not, i only wear one now to stop others anxiety, Masks effectiveness is dubious at best but gloves are 100% effective so why did the Gov advised the use of contactless payments? 2 companies followed and illegally stopped the use of coin of the realm, Nero and Burger King, so my question ( apologies for hijacking the thread) is will you eat in a facility that admits it can not pass goods over the counter hygienically.

 

[Johnny Mars Bar]

A lot of people wore masks before COVID, for smog and the like so i expect to see more people keeping them on, i will not, i only wear one now to stop others anxiety, Masks effectiveness is dubious at best but gloves are 100% effective so why did the Gov advised the use of contactless payments? 2 companies followed and illegally stopped the use of coin of the realm, Nero and Burger King, so my question ( apologies for hijacking the thread) is will you eat in a facility that admits it can not pass goods over the counter hygienically.

Card only payment isn't illegal. Loads of businesses were doing it pre-covid. I work in town and several coffee shops/bars have been card/contactless only for a while.

I get the argument that refusing cash alienates some people at the bottom of society and for that reason I do think cash should be accepted, but personally I use Apple Pay for 99%+ of purchases. The only time I ever used to carry cash was going to the Etihad before they installed the better card machines / bothered to train the staff.

 

[Gremlin]

As I understand it, the evidence is that masks don't protect the wearer particularly well but they do provide a degree of protection for others from the wearer. The consequence being that either everyone does it (thus protecting each other) or it's a bit pointless. That's not strictly true, of course, as if enough people still feel it is the public-spirited thing to do then it will have some effect on stopping transmission but it does change the narrative a bit.

 

[salfordbluetrue]

Card only payment isn't illegal. Loads of businesses were doing it pre-covid. I work in town and several coffee shops/bars have been card/contactless only for a while.

I get the argument that refusing cash alienates some people at the bottom of society and for that reason I do think cash should be accepted, but personally I use Apple Pay for 99%+ of purchases. The only time I ever used to carry cash was going to the Etihad before they installed the better card machines / bothered to train the staff.

There are a lot of card only places, but it is illegal to deny coin of the realm as payment

 

[5 Hit Gibbon]

There are a lot of card only places, but it is illegal to deny coin of the realm as payment

Coin of the realm? What century did you time leap from?

Saying that I use my coin of the realm to pay for flagons of mead & portly wenches after I have been jousting!

 

[urban genie]

Carry on when on public transport, in crowded places or around busy traffic.

I waa wearing them for years previous when in Asia and glad it has become another optional part of our society to be an option not frowned up on as strange.