Seemingly bonkers covid measures (lighthearted)

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Today I went to buy new running shoes. Had to put those plastic shoe covering things over my socks before I could try the trainers on. Because covid is clearly renowned for hiding on people's socks but touching the trainers etc is clearly OK.

Any others?

Maybe you had big holes in your socks and smelly feet?

@Shoxfordian haha I'm glad to say everyone was made to wear them!

Going in to get my first vaccine, I was wearing leather gloves... it was cold (February). I had to take them off, use sanitizer and then I could, and did, put them back on. No sanitizer, no access... nuts...

I think primary kids wearing PE kit to school is a bizarre one. Does the virus live on unworn shorts but not those already on a child?

I believe in secondary it’s about changing space, but given they’re not distancing in other classes I can’t see how the changing room makes a difference.

Socially distanced parking, for sure. It’s where you have to park in every other space leaving one free between you and the next car and was employed at places like the big theme parks last summer. Made it much harder to park, and was really silly because if you happened to come back to your car at the same time as the person next to you then you’d obviously just give each other space. Performative but useless Covid restrictions at their finest!

People who veer off into the road without checking for traffic so they don't pass you on a wide pavement.

I've only seen socially distanced parking once, but it was definitely my favourite bit of nonsense!!!

At my school, all reading books get quarantined. But not exercise books or textbooks that they have to share.

My DC have to wear their P.E kits all day because of Covid, but next week my 6 year old is doing forest school one afternoon and she should bring clothes to school for that and can get changed there. Maybe Covid is only transmitted via P.E kits and not other clothes?!

My DC couldn’t have a school photo together as they are in different school years so can’t mix at school

I think the PE kits in primary school is so they can spend more time learning and less time changing in and out of clothes.

One way systems are my personal favourite. Especially at my workplace where the one way system to exit takes you through numerous other offices and into contact with people that you wouldn't otherwise have come into contact with. But Covid knows if you're going in the wrong direction obviously...

@Sandsnake I've not yet encountered socially distanced parking but that does sound bizarre!!

Thought of another one...blocking off every other toilet cubicle, even though each cubicle is completely enclosed and self contained. Resulting in lots more people queuing for the loo (and not keeping distance).

My teenage son can tackle other children in rugby but still not hug his granny.

My daughter did an egg dump before Easter at school and she had to take the egg in three days before so it could be quarantined.

To be clear, the egg was for her to use, to bash against other eggs that other children had brought in. The same children that she spends all day hugging because she's in reception and they don't enforce social distancing in her class

We had to send in birthday sweets 3 days before the birthday at school (not compulsory, if you wanted to). In a sealed bag, like a multipack of mini haribo bags for example. Then on their birthday, the child could open the bag and hand out the mini bags... By touching them.

Closing every second toilet, and creating bigger queues...

@Hoppinggreen

My DC couldn’t have a school photo together as they are in different school years so can’t mix at school

This is the best one yet. Total nonsense.

The soldiers on camp had to march 2m apart. But could share a room. They weren't allowed to sit next to each other in the cookhouse. But could do PT together. They could share bathrooms. But had to queue up spread out...

I did come across the SD parking last summer. Luckily not the disabled spaces which are wider anyway as they are often sparse as it is!

Yes to toilet cubicles.

@AnnoyedByAlfieBear

I think the PE kits in primary school is so they can spend more time learning and less time changing in and out of clothes.

At our school, the initial decision to wear PE kits on PE days was about limiting things brought in from home as it was back when surface transfer was considered very likely to be a risk.

But now, we all want to keep it - teachers and parents. Extra time for PE instead of getting changed. No lost clothes. No PE kits festering in bags for six weeks at a time. Easier to keep cloakrooms clean. No children having to change in front of others. No sending boys to the corridor while girls change and then vice versa.

In pubs when the person bringing the drinks to your table can't take your drink off the tray themselves and wait for everyone to take their own drink off. It doesn't bother me but.... How did the drink get on the tray in the first place if they can't touch them?!

My gym have put the dryer for swim suits out of action, plus only one locker in 4 can be used 'because of Covid'. Swimming pool, spa pool, showers, toilets, changing rooms and hair dryers all fine!

In the swimming pool, you can't go in the changing rooms before your swim, so families are all changing in a corridor while people pass by, instead of in cubicles. Then you take all the clothes and shoes (several trips) to the pool side. After the swim you take all the things into the changing rooms, again over several trips. Extremely relaxing while trying to stop small children drowning.

Oh, and the showers are distanced, which is fine, except they've actually turned off the water to every other shower, but it's family changing so everyone in the showers at one time is related anyway, and it makes it really far keep going round pushing the buttons for water (small children and it's too hard to push it themselves). A sign would have done.

Where we are the playgrounds have had every other swing taken down cos of covid apparently. Seemed odd to me that this was fairly recent as well because all the swings where there last year! It I have checked with friends and it seems to be just our borough, but every playground has had some swings removed

As a PP said, every other locker at the gym is out of use for social distancing. Also you can't use the baby play pen in the changing room but the creche is open and they don't seem to be limiting numbers in the small kids pool.

We had to quarantine Christmas cards made at school for 72 hours before sending them home. Only I was in a rush on the last day of term and forgot to give them out. Obviously we never went back in January so I ended up quarantining them for 3 months rather than 3 days. I don't see the point in me keeping them in a box for 3 days when the kids will touch them to hand them to their parents who they live with.