I sat in a well-known coffee house today and conducted my own little survey while I supped mine of customers wearing masks as they entered. Three wore them, 23 didn’t.
You can catch anything you want
At Alice’s Restaurant;
Signs placed on the entrance ask
“Kindly please wear your mask”;
These polite requests simply all fell flat
Customers that entered seemed to think “Fuck that!”
So you can catch anything you want
At Alice’s Restaurant.
Breathe in...breathe out;
No mask - what a wheeze!
Pity there's this germ about
To give you much more than a sneeze!!
P.S. If The Lone Ranger were to be made today, they'd be asking "Who was that masked man" and the answer would come back "It's The Sane Stranger"!!
Quite right, Stephen. As an act of defiance it reminds me of Ali G giving a V-sign to a police car beneath his own car’s window ie where it can’t be seen.
Nice one, John. Wearing a mask has always seemed the tiniest restriction of freedom to me. Such a shame that not doing so has become a badge of defiance and general idiocy. I shall keep mine on.
Thanks, Kevin. I take the view that just because the government say you don’t need to, it doesn’t make it a bad idea.
I still wear mine when shopping.
I don't use public transport, but if I did I would certainly wear a mask.
Now that the restrictions have been lifted, I accept that people are less likely to bother.
What really did anger me, was the number of people (mainly the thirty-somethings) who deemed themselves exceptions when the restrictions were in place.
It perplexes me, Graham, why people wear masks under their nose. I want to ask them if they wear their underpants with their prick dangling over the top.
And thanks for the Like, John.
Remember seeing the film, first time around.
Both Anna and me got Covid (the first variant) whilst in a restaurant. There were eight of us, meeting up for the first time in two years, all passed a test before meeting. Six of the eight got Covid!
Similarly, we both recently went to a concert (Teddy Thompson) at a small venue, where one had to wear masks. So we did. It was amazing how many exemptions and others making a pint last all evening so they could keep their masks down under their chins.
As you say, it says a lot. We won't be giving the masks up any time soon.
You are quite right, Leon. But it nevertheless remains a very visible indicator of the care a person takes of themselves and others.
<Deleted User> (30611)
Mon 7th Feb 2022 08:03
I suppose the question is...at what point should we stop wearing masks? Is it now as per the government guidelines, or sometime later as per retailers' polite requests? Or do we wear them forever on the off chance that a smidgeon of something might enter our respiratory system?
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John Coopey
Tue 8th Feb 2022 08:02
Oh for those halcyon days, MC, when shopping centre security staff told ne’er-do-wells to put their hoodies down.