I wanted to ask the young man behind me in the queue, to move back.

[Twoforthree]

Just this really. He wasn’t right on my heels but pretty close. Given that this age group are the main carriers at the moment, and he wasn’t wearing a mask, I desperately wanted to ask him to social distance a bit more. I didn’t, but I felt very uncomfortable.

Should I have said something? Would you have done?

Overall I was pleasantly surprised how many people were still wearing masks.I did look at those who weren’t, and silently judge them and think how selfish they were. I know some of them would have been exempt for a good reason but a lot of them wouldn’t be.

I just don't understand people who choose not to wear a mask or keep a sensible distance when with other people just because it's their 'right'! Whatever happened to common courtesy or caring about others?

@Jaxhog

I just don't understand people who choose not to wear a mask or keep a sensible distance when with other people just because it's their 'right'! Whatever happened to common courtesy or caring about others?

That went out the window on March 23rd 2020.

Ah yes the classic "you've been brainwashed by peer reviewed studies and scientific research, us real truth seekers get our opinions from badly written Facebook posts and Dave down the pub"

I doubt face masks make a difference as air passes through the gaps and sides where the least resistance is Maybe if you are sneezing or coughing. You would also need to wash your hands straight after removing it as all the covid particles would be stuck to the outside. At the end of the day covid isn’t going anywhere face masks or no face masks. A few people have been rude to my son about social distancing in front of me when he wasn’t even close.. I’m just rude back to them now.

Ah of course it was a young adult without a mask. Always is.

That was sarcasm.

I just don't understand people who choose not to wear a mask or keep a sensible distance when with other people just because it's their 'right'! Whatever happened to common courtesy or caring about others?

What happened to common courtesy or caring about others who find mask wearing difficult?

We've done it your way for the last year. We're not obliged to wear them any more. You'll need to get used to it

@Mummyford at this point it's pretty obvious that the freedumb brigade aren't actually bothered about 'freedom', they just have a pathological need to irritate everybody around them because it makes them feel important

Selfish, delusional, narcissist, bat shit crazy, lacking basic common sense, IQ levels, etc…

I could go on. Everyone knows whether I’m referring to the people who are able to wear a mask and do so OR the people who believe that it is their human right not to do so.

@Mummyford

The thing is we’ve spent 18 months now locked up.

The time has now come for those who don’t feel comfortable with no social distancing or masks to stay at home if that’s what they want to do.

No one has to go to supermarkets or restaurants, as home deliveries are available.

Locked up.

😂😂😂

Home delivery for a couple of basics such as milk and bread?

Not all food retailers/shops offer home delivery. What about people who cannot afford to do all of their shopping with the retailers that offer home delivery?

And what about people who are not clinically vulnerable but need to take their children to school or go to work without the increased chances of catching Covid &/or long Covid from someone who selfishly choses not to wear a mask and is unable to respect other people’s personal space by getting too close to others?
It’s ridiculous out there. Some idiots get so close that they are making body contact with others.

Human nature at it’s finest!
The lunatics are running the asylum and people are now left with no choice but to exercise their own version of martial law.

@HadEnoughofOtherThreads

The thing is that risk is an inherent part of life. We are now at a stage where the risk from covid is similar to that of flu- thanks to the vaccine programme.

Clearly some people are still not comfortable with that level of risk. They are absolutely free to stay at home should they wish to.

But they do not get to impose their own fear on others any more.

For the record - I’ve politely asked several people to back up away from me when queuing since the first lockdown. No drama has ensued yet. I can handle myself but have started a martial art, because I can see what’s coming. Society is a mess right now.

Yes I have many times, I've said "I'm so sorry to have to ask but would it be possible to step back slightly thank you" and I've never had an issue....yes younger people are driving this wave and yes they go around maskless as youth does and would..

@GreenLakes
Maybe I’m missing something?
Please explain why YOU have HAD to stay at home locked up for the last 18 months?

Green lakes we hope that's the case but unfortunately we still know too little about covid right now to make the those claims, and hospital admissions a re going up.

Personally I've always done what I can to avoid the flu, it's horrific and we don't know what each others personal circumstances are.

I'd feel extremely arrogant and rude trying to foist that view on a stranger in a queue who may have lost someone to covid and also perhaps wants to go on the holiday!

Maybe he has recently tested negative on a pcr and knows about restrictions being lifted on 19th July, so had no reason to distance.

The thing is we’ve spent 18 months now locked up

No we haven't.

I really hope cases continue to drop as we have seen because it feels like we are verging on civil war out there re masks and the generational devide.

Nah, some of you have to be on a windup on here. I’m finding it difficult to believe that people can be so obtuse and illogical otherwise.

Regardless of covid its not only impolite and rude or perhaps thoughtless to get close to people in their personal space, it's also totally, pointless.

It's pointless! Breathing into someone face and hair won't get you through the queue anymore quickly..

@HadEnoughofOtherThreads

You can handle yourself? Oh dear god everyone’s hard as nails now on mumsnet 🤣🤣🤣 and you were the one spouting that people are delusional?

Oh my Christ. Thanks for the laughs.

Just order online OP so you don't have to mix with the filthy hoi-polloi.