Why me and not him?

[Shouldiornot5]

Yesterday afternoon I was pinged to isolate. It said that I had been in contact with someone on Thursday.
On Thursday we went to the coast as I was feeling better after having cancer.
The place we went is miles from anywhere hardly any others there.
We found an out of the way cafe and sat outside away from anyone else.
We needed to use the loo inside and we were told that we couldn't come in if we didn't register.
We both have the covid app on our phones so happy to check in.
As of 2 minutes ago Dh hasn't been pinged. Naturally he is isolating with me. I am just wondering why only me.

I wouldn’t in your situation

It's very unlikely to have been from the registration, more likely the Bluetooth proximity, which is not at all reliable and dependent on the phone, the antenna's and where you carry it.

The alert from a venue check in just warns you to be aware as you may have been in contact. You will only get an isolate warning from a blue tooth proximity check. Could be as simple as you went to the loo before or after him (so we’re in proximity to different people) or you were on the opposite side of the table to him, thus nearer to someone else.

faq.covid19.nhs.uk/article/KA-01320

If you were outside I would ignore the app, especially if you are twice vaccinated.

Ignore it. It isn't a legal obligation if only pinged by the app.

If you must use the app (some of us have deleted it) then turn of contact tracing.

Turn off contact tracing! Bloody autocorrect!

Why would you isolate when you aren't obliged to and you know it's only because you used a toilet for 2 minutes?

We had the same scenario- I just pretended to log in. I know the Delta strain is virulent but it would have to defy most known science to infect someone from a 2 minute toilet stop unless someone sneezed in your face whilst I so.

My partner and I both got an alert that someone had tested positive at a venue we had both checked in to, but the alerts came about 6 hours apart.
If the message you’ve had is asking you to isolate, then it’s not from venue check in though.

it happened to DH last week from an encounter he'd had on the weekend. Thing is we were together all day, both checked into the same place for lunch etc & he is the only one to have been pinged.

Isolating ends tomorrow & he's perfectly fine

Thank you for your replies.
Another question if I don't isolate but go somewhere and just give my name/phone number and someone tests positive at the new venue will I get in trouble.
It is because I've been asked to go to an outdoor activity on Wednesday which I was looking forward to.

There is no mechanism by which you could be found out to get in trouble, the app is anonymous.

(not strictly true in all caes, there are ways to de-anonymise of course, like anything, but certainly nothing that could be done, you could be matched to this thread more easily) In any case there is no requirement to isolate, so there can be no trouble from not.