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AIBU to complain about nobody wearing masks in office

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Lima1 · 07/10/2020 09:47

I work in an office with about 25 people, I am the only one who wears a mask around the office. Some of us have our own office including me and when I am in on my own I take off the mask but if someone enters I put it on and I also wear it around the communal areas.

Staff are in the canteen (small room) all not wearing masks nor social distancing. The corridors are tight so we have to walk right past each other.
A client came into the office this morning for a meeting and used our toilets. No one has cleaned them since she used them. The door handles, equipment is not being cleaned despite cleaning products being left beside them. I complained about this already and an email went around reminding people to do it but nothing changed.

My husband is temperature checked each morning, masks are mandatory in his place of work and doors, equipment is being regularly cleaned. He thinks our set up is mad.
I dont feel safe, AIBU to raise the matter again?

OP posts:
CrappleUmble · 07/10/2020 22:04

@VelvetTrews

I don’t think yabu. I'm not in the UK and masks are not legally required in offices, but we all wear them when we are in communal areas and cannot social distance because we don’t want to take risks. Not that hard really. I’m surprised by some replies - no wonder the UK has such a high number of cases.
But what use would it be for the OP to complain about something there's no requirement to do, to someone who doesn't want to do it? That isn't going to achieve anything.
SuperCaliFragalistic · 07/10/2020 22:09

We don't wear masks in the office. We are expected to sit at desks separated by 2m and we have other social distancing measures in place. You can ask what they are doing to be covid secure but you can't expect people to wear masks all day in an office just because you want them to.

MythicalBiologicalFennel · 07/10/2020 22:17

Of course yanbu. Your office set up is lax and the manager's attitude is a joke.

I can't believe some of the answers here.
"I don't want to wear a maaaaask" really mature
"You are probably low risk anyway"... as in assessed by who?
"Cleaning the toilet so often is not practical, why don't you do it yourself?"

No wonder cases keep on growing, and it's always someone else's fault.

StCharlotte · 07/10/2020 22:26

I work in a solicitors' office and it's law now that clients have to wear masks in the office. We also have to wear them now if seeing clients although I don't know if that's law or just our firm.

As an aside, I'm amazed how many clients, particularly older ones, want face to face meetings when we can do telephone or Zoom/Skype consultations.

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