Office lift has a 'no talking rule'

[theworstoftimes]

I think this is taking covid rules too far.
AIBU?

@LynetteScavo

What's the point of going in to the office if you can't talk?

I assume you can talk, just not in the lift.

Well no. Things change in a global pandemic. Wouldn't have expected the government - especially this one - to pay so many people to stay home either but that's global pandemics for you - complete game changers ¯\(ツ)/¯

What do you mean 'Well no'?

Isn't my point precisely that 'things change in a 'global', (as opposed to local?) pandemic' and that things which sounded like dystopian fiction 2 years ago are now part of our reality?

I don't understand why it upsets you because it is a covid rule.

Have you found the pandemic quite upsetting, is it because it reminds you of something you are trying to ignore?

At my work we still have lots of covid signs, it is OK, I am used to it now.

@lannistunut

I don't understand why it upsets you because it is a covid rule.

Have you found the pandemic quite upsetting, is it because it reminds you of something you are trying to ignore?

At my work we still have lots of covid signs, it is OK, I am used to it now.

Because it's infantilising and very controlling.

Haha at “ Have you found the pandemic quite upsetting, is it because it reminds you of something you are trying to ignore?”

Quite excellent

@IcedPurple by 'well no' I mean no, people wouldn't have believed you. Unless they'd done a lot of emergency planning or run pandemic scenarios. We're living in bizarre times right now. But it is what it is.

It is no more infantilising and controlling than any other rule

For some reason this is setting you off in a way other rules don't - or at least I assume they don't because life would be exhausting if every tiny thing set you off this much!

It is a rule to make those who are CEV feel more comfortable presumably, rather than them having to avoid the lift.

If it upsets you, use the stairs?

Not all pandemics are global @theworstoftimes. Eyeroll yourself to a dictionary maybe.

No farting too !

Someone obviously felt scared/worried/cautious enough to suggest it so honestly wouldn't have an issue with it if it makes someone else feel better.

Sounds crazy and controlling

@FreshFreesias

Sounds crazy and controlling

This is what my mum used to say about a seat belt rule. People say this about every rule.

Yes it is controllaing - all rules are controlling.

Given how Covid spreads, it is not crazy IMO.

My work will probably adopt this if they hear of it. The place looks like a murder scene there’s so much covid tape everywhere and you are not allowed to share an office so sit in a glass box on your own. You also have to sit on your own table at the cafeteria which is 2m away from the next person’s table. There’s also a ridiculous one way system which leaves you stranded in the fire escape if you follow it correctly and involves walking around 50m to get to the office immediately adjacent to yours. There’s zero point being there as you are not actually able to communicate with anyone though apparently they are keen for us to come back and sit alone in the glass boxes. Meanwhile the rest of my life is pretty much back to normal.

@AntiHop

I think it's a sensible small measure to reduce risk of droplets being spread. I'd like to introduce a "no shouting thank you to the bus driver" rule. I know it's nice for the driver, but shouting spreads droplets.

Oh my! Hadn’t thought of that. I’ll stop 😳

OP you just sound like a non-believer of Covid. If you're fine with the silence why get so worked up about it?

My office lift has a no talking and 'face into the corners' rule. So if more than one person gets in you each have to stand facing the corners of the lift away from each other.
I kid you not.

I held my breathe today as 100 unmasked teens walked passed me in the corridor 😱

It makes sense, though? You're closer to your colleagues in a lift than anywhere else, no social distancing in that tiny space...

This seems so bizzare to me where as a teacher we have gone completely back to ‘normal’ as of covid never happened. So strange!

@Whatelsecouldibecalled

I know, it’s like a parallel universe!

Of course it feels dystopian op. A virus that spreads human to human is one of the scenarios that a dystopian novel or film may cover. Ditto climate change.

And I was totally serious about the don't shout on the bus rule. I don't drive, and continued to take public transport to work in my client facing/key worker role. And I recently had a baby so was on public transport frequently when pregnant, including when case numbers were very high. People shouting on the bus made me really uncomfortable. Similarly people having loud conversations on the phone on public transport without masks on. At least on the tube when you're underground, the phone signal doesn't work.

And I was totally serious about the don't shout on the bus rule.

How do you propose enforcing this 'rule'? And how does one define 'shouting' for the relevant purposes?

@AntiHop

Of course it feels dystopian op. A virus that spreads human to human is one of the scenarios that a dystopian novel or film may cover. Ditto climate change.

And I was totally serious about the don't shout on the bus rule. I don't drive, and continued to take public transport to work in my client facing/key worker role. And I recently had a baby so was on public transport frequently when pregnant, including when case numbers were very high. People shouting on the bus made me really uncomfortable. Similarly people having loud conversations on the phone on public transport without masks on. At least on the tube when you're underground, the phone signal doesn't work.

And I should add that talking loudly spreads droplets more.

@IcedPurple

And I was totally serious about the don't shout on the bus rule.

How do you propose enforcing this 'rule'? And how does one define 'shouting' for the relevant purposes?

Of course I don't have a plan on how to enforce it @IcedPurple as funnily enough I'm not the minister for transport.

However, it was well known fairly early on that speaking loudly spreads covid more than normal volume. And that ventilation reduces the risk. I wish that the government had issued advice on these two mitigations. Some people would have chosen to ignore it of course, as they did with masks. Some small things that could reduce transmission.

This is one of the things I would think about on my journey on public transport to work as a pregnant key worker.

@TwoLeftSocksWithHoles

I thought people only talked loudly in lifts to try and cover the sound of their farts?

Maybe that's just me.

Farts are more acceptable than coughs these days