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Wetherspoons packed with non-mask wearing customers
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Justpassingtime1 · 02/11/2020 11:30
We only walked past and fortunately did not enter.
With so many not complying I can see the government having no
choice in doing another lockdown
GCITC · 02/11/2020 11:31
How do you wear a mask and drink a pint at the same time?
BertieBloopsMum · 02/11/2020 11:32
You don't need to wear a mask if you're drinking or eating.
In fact, it's pretty difficult to do so 
JamSarnie · 02/11/2020 11:32
You do know that in a pub/restaurant when sat at the table you don't need to wear a mask?
Or do you expect people to take it off inbetween sips of a drink and a bite of their food
ThatsHowItStarts · 02/11/2020 11:33
You only need to wear one when going to the toilet or out for a smoke.
Whoooootaminute · 02/11/2020 11:34
You don't need to wear a mask whilst seated. As you would know if you went inside.
Doesn't matter anyway now as all pubs will be shut for a month or longer
JamSarnie · 02/11/2020 11:35
I really wish those that moan about people not following the rules actually educate themselves on what the guidance and rules actually are instead of making their own up.
Flaxmeadow · 02/11/2020 11:36
Ive been in them and In my experience Wetherspoons have been really strict and safety conscious with the rules and restrictions. To the extent of having the kind of security you only used to see in nightclubs
Whoooootaminute · 02/11/2020 11:37
@JamSarnie
I agree.
KitKatastrophe · 02/11/2020 11:38
@JamSarnie
Agreed
AcornAutumn · 02/11/2020 11:39
@Justpassingtime1
With so many not complying I can see the government having no
choice in doing another lockdown
This isn’t a serious post, surely.
LittleMissLockdown · 02/11/2020 11:40
@JamSarnie
Totally and utterly this ^^ In fact I think this should be on a sticky at the top of every mumsnet topic!!!
Justpassingtime1 · 02/11/2020 11:42
I work in Healthcare. It was just the sheer number of people packed
together in such close quarters that would personally deter me from
entering. You would need say only a couple of hours exposure to just
one infected person in that situation to cause a spread.
I am clear on the guidance re eating/drinking without mask etc
but it seems to ignore large, crowded places
TheGreatWave · 02/11/2020 11:43
Don't enter then.
DownThePlath · 02/11/2020 11:44
So? Pubs are allowed to be open for now, and you don't need a mask just to sit there. Walk on by and move on.
MasterBruceBalloon · 02/11/2020 11:45
In my local one, which I have frequented recently, they have perspex screens between tables where they can and plenty of space between others. Sanitiser stations. Table ordering. Masks when going to the toilet or outside. Really don't see the issue.
dollychopss · 02/11/2020 11:46
Don't go in then jeez
HairyFloppins · 02/11/2020 11:46
Well they will be shut soon anyway and some probably never reopening.
AcornAutumn · 02/11/2020 11:47
@Justpassingtime1
together in such close quarters that would personally deter me from
entering. You would need say only a couple of hours exposure to just
one infected person in that situation to cause a spread.
I am clear on the guidance re eating/drinking without mask etc
but it seems to ignore large, crowded places
Surely then your question would be - are they following the law on their permitted capacity at this time?
LittleMissLockdown · 02/11/2020 11:48
I am clear on the guidance re eating/drinking without mask etc
With so many not complying
These two statements are contrasting...
Mrsjayy · 02/11/2020 11:51
I don't understand your moan people eating and drinking with no masks on 
are you maybe uncomfortable with going into pubs so are possibly projecting?
CastleOfDoom · 02/11/2020 11:52
Is this really some snobby post about Wetherspoons? Because the ones I have seen and 
been into, the tables have been spread out. There certainly weren't people all crammed together like you suggest.
JamSarnie · 02/11/2020 11:52
I feel embarrassed for you OP.
LittleMissLockdown · 02/11/2020 11:54
Is this really some snobby post about Wetherspoons?
I'm beginning to suspect so. There are many problems with wetherspoons pubs but from what I have seen they are one of the chains doing the best with regards to social distancing and minimising potential transmissions.
Mrsjayy · 02/11/2020 11:54
Ah a snotty plebs post that makes sense.
Devilesko · 02/11/2020 11:58
Great, more people to catch it and provide more with herd immunity.
Daft enough to go, you sort of deserve what you get, not like folk don't know.
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