People with coughs shouldn’t be allowed in restaurants?

[Andrewsgirl]

AIBU to think people with continual coughs shouldn’t be allowed in a restaurant at the moment and to be annoyed a restaurant allowed someone with a very obvious cough dine there?

I re read this thread today sober, I read it last night and commented after a few wines. I have to add i am absolutely abhorred by the OP and her comments and not just her original post, and by the narrow minded judgemental assholes that agreed with her (although they were in the minority). OP i am disgusted by your comments and your attitude, you really are a horrible horrible human being. Imagine if you had had a serious illness and had been shielding for 18 months, the first time you actually get out wow to a restaurant with your loved ones, some utter fanny (ie you) is constantly sending you dirty looks and heavily sighing every time you cough. You should seriously be ashamed of yourself on every level

But OP i guess you have realised that by now as you have not added a lame comment for forever. As one other poster said you have been handed your ass on a plate. Indeed you have. I hope the comments on this thread make you rethink your whole personality

@supersonicsue

I have a very visible disability and I find your posts really disturbing

pam290358 As the husband of 2 disabled adult children and the wife of a CEV man whose medical condition means he coughs (pretty continually) I'd like to thank you for putting into words what I have failed to do. I have another child who has an invisible disability and it's quite remarkable the difference in how they are treated. But I do think it is pretty clear that at least some believe my husband (with accompanying cough) should stay at home indefinitely, least he upset others. And that hurts, really hurts.

This ^^

I'm CEV, been stuck at home isolated for so long. I have a continuous cough due to health condition. I also have acquired deaf and rely on lip reading .

It's been very sad to have a minority of people think or behave this way towards those with medical conditions &/ or disabilities.

Luckily by far most people in our community have been wonderful. Collecting medication and food for me, I got government food box when I couldn't get a shopping slot for weeks. I had local voluntary groups offer to help me in anyway- that level of kindness made me teary with gratitude. I'm not old, I'm a middle aged single parent.

Even lately MOH agter shielding was paused and I got to go out to the lovely outside world again, When I have become unwell in shop with heat and breathing problems (I have multiple inhalers so it's obvious I'm CEV) , not one staff member in our local supermarket was anything but kind, insisting on helping me rest snd take a pause. There are far more lovely people out there than there have been intolerant people who have shown their ignorance of those with underlying health conditions

I was in a restaurant today and a chip scratched the back of my throat and I coughed, you would’ve thought I had a bell around my neck and limbs falling off with the looks I got 🙄

@Andrewsgirl

I’m not trying to wind anyone up. I am interested in what other peoples thoughts are. When I made the booking the email confirmation clearly says you should not attend if you have Covid symptoms. A continual cough is a Covid symptom. I was shocked to sit at a table next to a diner who spent most of the night continually coughing.

Don't be a tit. It's not a covid symptom when you know what it actually is. I have asthma and hayfever, it makes me cough. I don't have covid. So stop fucking looking daggers at me everywhere I go!

@Andrewsgirl

Bit of a difficult thing to establish though, whether it’s new or old cough !

Weather it's a new or an old cough, it's absolutely not for you to decide though, is it? It's for the person who has the cough.

If you're that worried, stay indoors at your own home!

@Impier You're also an idiot!!
How is someone with CF suppose to live a some what "normal" life if they're to be excluded by people who can't deal with their own anxiety?
Your issue is NOT someone else's. If YOU ARE uncomfortable, then YOU remove yourself. You are not superior to others because of your thought process.
Empathy is someone who understands how are others are feeling without passing your own judgement OR forcing them to do what you want them to do-educate yourself.

What an absolute tit you sound, assumes all coughs are COVID You seem to have zero grip on what information about others is relevant to you. I bet you give people walking from disabled spaces daggers too.

Good to see that @Andrewsgirl and @Impier have had the good grace to not return to the thread!

Idiots!

My husband has emphysema it’s progressing a lot quicker than I had thought, he’s on multiple inhalers. He also coughs a lot and gets breathless, the looks he gets from adults and children makes me want to cry.

He is a kind, funny and a generous man. He does not deserve to have those looks of disgust because he is struggling to breathe. I’m sitting here on our honeymoon in our room nearly in tears because of the deterioration I have seen in my husband today. He is currently asleep as he gets tired easily.

He and others who have medical conditions do not need to be judged by others, because there are other medical conditions out there besides covid.

For gods sake this is ridiculous.
I have hay-fever and for some reason every year it brings on a cough I'm not going to hide away all bloody summer

I was told to do exactly that last year @Hopelesscase32. Needless to say I ignore the batshit MN 'advice'!

@Yukkatree12 I'm so sorry about your husband. People can be so cruel and the pandemic seems to be making them worse. Maybe some are scared but I think the majority are just horrible people who now have their excuse. Congratulations on getting married and I hope you can enjoy your honeymoon

@Andrewsgirl

I’m not trying to wind anyone up. I am interested in what other peoples thoughts are. When I made the booking the email confirmation clearly says you should not attend if you have Covid symptoms. A continual cough is a Covid symptom. I was shocked to sit at a table next to a diner who spent most of the night continually coughing.

So another one of those that thinks we should be in lockdown for the rest of our days! If you truly are that worried, stay home. God knows Covid has created a fake version of the plague for some people!

@Andrewsgirl

Bit of a difficult thing to establish though, whether it’s new or old cough !

Not really- my DH has had a continuous cough all the time I've known him (10 years), so yeah, I think we know if it's an old or new cough 🙄

My son has Tourettes. His main tic is a coughing tic. I can’t keep him at home all the time. If you feel that way it’s probably best that you don’t eat out.

I am allergic to tree pollen and my cats. The cats cause allergic rhinitis, despite taking anti-histamines every day all the year round. I have post nasal drip, possibly due to a deviated septum. All these cause sore throat, runny nose and tickly cough in my throat.

Recently, we went in a restaurant, where there was a cat, sitting on a chair on the table next to us. I could feel it making me sneeze, there was irritation in my throat......How was I to know there was going to be a cat next to us?

Sometimes, a group of trees or flowers, near to the restaurant set me off.

None of these have anything to do with Covid!

Before being diagnosed with and treated for acid reflux I had a continual cough albeit only at night.

It wasn’t Covid. In fact it was pre pandemic.

Don’t be ridiculous. People know the symptoms of Covid and the majority of us know to self isolate if and when we are symptomatic and are hardly likely to go to a restaurant with it!

My mum had a goitre for several years. This caused her to cough persistently for 3 years. Otherwise hale and healthy.

So people with conditions aren't allowed in restaurant now?

I have a nasty cough at the moment. Since my autoimmune issues started I always end up with a cough that lasts for weeks and is horrible and tiring if I get a cold. I hope one byproduct of this pandemic is that it will no longer be considered ok to spread germs in public places so I can get some protection. However just having a cough doesn't mean covid. I've tested negative and seen my GP who has told me I'm not infectious.

That's a no from me! I have allergies to some foods & suddenly start sneezing uncontrollably for about 10 mins! It's very very annoying. But that doesn't mean I've got covid!