Active discussions

Please or to access all these features

Talk
AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

Original poster

Invisable

34 replies

MinnieBaldock · 25/09/2025 13:29

Is it me? but when I'm queuing to pay in shops the person behind me always seems to stand nearly on top of me. It seems to happen a lot and funny enough a lot of time in M and S for some reason. It's like people forget you can still get Covid, but apart from that it is still rude.

OP posts:
CrowMate · 25/09/2025 16:31

It’s always been an annoying thing. I stick my leg out to create some space 😂

Youthinkyoureuniqueyourejustastatistic · 25/09/2025 16:30

It’s fucking annoying.

I think it’s a trauma response to Covid and social distancing.

As in, they don’t “have” to do it now, so to make themselves feel safe and quash their anxieties, they over-compensate.

You can also see it in lots of comments socially about mask wearing, or hand washing, or not going out when ill etc.

People pretend coughing (or having the urge to cough) at other people or shouting at stranger who maybe using handgel in shops or even wearing masks inside or to healthcare appointments. (Without having any background information or knowledge of that individual).

Their brains feel safer when they try and deminish their lived experience (through a pandemic.)

They may not even notice that they do it.

Poirot1983 · 25/09/2025 16:28

I hate this and it happens to me in the Post Office.

So I downloaded the song 'Invisible' by Alison Moyet and I play it very loudly on a portable speaker that I strategically place in a tucked away location whenever I enter the local Post Office. So when anyone stands too close to me in a queue, I am ready to go (or rather, Alison Moyet is).

I also have on standby a song by The Police called 'Don't Stand So Close To Me' so I can mix it up a bit when I am feeling less invisible and more irritated.

Be prepared at all times for people and their sketchy ways.

childofthe607080s · 25/09/2025 16:26

Wave your arms wildly

cough a lot

step back accidentally

you could have such fun with this!

youalright · 25/09/2025 16:24

Have you had a influx of non English people in your area recently because its been like that where I live for years and people from other countries just aren't use to how British people are we have been practicing queuing since primary school and we like our space. Its like being on a beach all the English people will spread out nicely then you will get a family from a different country basically come and sit on your lap

myopinionis · 25/09/2025 16:19

Have you acquired a new ring recently, with mysterious writing on it?

Everyonceinawhile · 25/09/2025 15:28

MinnieBaldock · 25/09/2025 13:29

Is it me? but when I'm queuing to pay in shops the person behind me always seems to stand nearly on top of me. It seems to happen a lot and funny enough a lot of time in M and S for some reason. It's like people forget you can still get Covid, but apart from that it is still rude.

People stand close together in queues and always have

Catpiece · 25/09/2025 15:11

It’s invisible

Sheiswaiting · 25/09/2025 14:53

Not something I’ve been remotely aware of