AIBU to still ask people to stand 2 metres away from me in queues?

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Not at all!!! I would do exactly the same!!

No. It annoys me so much that people won't keep 2 meters apart.

Hasn't the 2m suggestion been lifted?

It's been reduced to 1 metre I think or has it changed again. You can ask as long as you are polite. I try to keep away from others in the queue but no idea if it's 2 metres. Does it matter if you're both wearing masks?

It's still 2 metres unless it's
Really not possible. How can people not know this

People from different households should stay at least two metres apart from each other, where this is not possible people should follow the new “one metre plus” rule

This rule dictates that people from different households should keep one metre apart while taking other precautions (the “plus”) to mitigate the risk of virus transmission.
This includes wearing face coverings, avoiding standing or sitting face to face, and practicing good hygiene by using hand sanitiser and frequently washing hands.

No, it hasn't been lifted.

When people lean across me in the supermarket, I say very loudly 'that's not two metres' and embarrass them.

I do my best not to hold other people up but some people are thoughtless, rude or frankly a bit dim.

But where does the virus go if someone infected breathes it out in a queue? Into the space around them for the next person to walk into, that's where!

Yes it's now 1m+ but most people take this to be 30cm+. I thought 2m was much clearer and not even difficult to maintain

@Mintjulia

No, it hasn't been lifted.

When people lean across me in the supermarket, I say very loudly 'that's not two metres' and embarrass them.

I do my best not to hold other people up but some people are thoughtless, rude or frankly a bit dim.

If you are standing in front of an item and taking forever what are people meant to do... just pretty til you have finished looking People want to get in and out of supermarkets quick which isn’t possible when people take forever to pick up an item.

I hate this but rarely find the energy to tell them to move back. It’s a frequent occurrence at Zara, which is the only place I have queued recently as they always have a till backlog! It’s like people think breathing down your neck will get them served faster

Nope. I had to ask a man who came and stood right next to me in a cafe queue to “please give me some space” last weekend. People have relaxed too much wearing masks, thinking they’re safe to get close again!

The one that annoys me at the moment is where you leave a spade, and people use it as a thoroughfare.

I've had to remind people that its not a path, and it's left for social distancing. Urgh

@Mintjulia

No, it hasn't been lifted.

When people lean across me in the supermarket, I say very loudly 'that's not two metres' and embarrass them.

I do my best not to hold other people up but some people are thoughtless, rude or frankly a bit dim.

That's rude and doesn't even make sense You're unlikely to catch anything from someone leaning past you to grab something.

If you are standing in front of an item and taking forever what are people meant to do... just pretty til you have finished looking hmm

What you're supposed to do is what you were supposed to do pre-Covid: say 'excuse me, please may I...' before leaning across someone.

I was already fed up of people budging me out of the way with their baskets because they appeared to have been struck dumb and couldn't say excuse me so I knew rhey were there and wanted to get past.

@Jourdain11

The key word there being "unlikely".

So it's not impossible. Why risk it for the sake of a few seconds?

Hahah well I had to stand in a supermarket waiting for over 10 mins while a couple argue over the price of a food bag, in the end I lent past to get what I needed he then had he cheek to say 2 metres to me i turned around and said 2 ppl dont need to act like children and hog a full fucking lane, also does it really take more then 1 person to do a fucking food shop when both are able-bodied to shop alone, in supermarkets its 1 metre with a face mask on i asked as it was so busy in there

There is a good rule of thumb for covid-distancing:

Imagine the person you are near was smoking a cigarette; would you be able to smell it ?

-- If so, then if that person had the virus, it would likely infect you. As for the spread of smoke particles, so for virus particles.

If you think like this, you will keep as distant as possible from others. If possible, at least two metres, or even more. In supermarkets etc., do your best.

... And always remember it could be you with the virus, all unknown. You do not want to infect anyone possibly a vulnerable person with a possibly fatal disease just by careless proximity. Do you?

@Hamm87 you lost the argument when you started to swear in that manner. How did you know one didn’t have a non visible disability?

Imagine the person you are near was smoking a cigarette; would you be able to smell it?

I can smell a cigarette from about 50 metres away! Perhaps a better analogy would be perfume. If you could smell someone's perfume, you're too close. But again, with some people drenching themselves in the evil stuff, that too can be detected from several metres away!

People that are wilfully carrying on anyway will not be embarrassed OP. Pre Covid, post Covid, there will always be people who think they are more important and can get to the till quicker by making love to you in the queue. I’d buy a big stick instead.