19-07-2021, 06:07 PM
I've got a few anecdotes myself.
I got on a bus this morning and the digital destination board still had "face coverings must be worn" under the place name. It's no longer the law to wear them, so Stagecoach should've reworded that, to say please wear them, not you must wear them. The local shopping centre also still has the same signs up about having to wear a face covering. Clearly, they didn't think it safe to tell customers they no longer needed a mask.
I helped my mum do a car boot sale yesterday, and honestly, it was pretty quiet. The potential customers who did come didn't seem to want to root through boxes of books, perhaps because of hygiene concerns. And people started packing up at 11.30am, about an hour earlier than expected (customers were only allowed onto the site at 9.30am). People don't feel safe to come out yet it seems. And what difference does one day make?
And a local nightclub has actually decided not to reopen immediately - they also closed a couple of weeks before they were forced to last year. They don't want to operate at anything less than full capacity, and don't think it's safe for that yet.
This so-called Freedom Day is anything but.
I got on a bus this morning and the digital destination board still had "face coverings must be worn" under the place name. It's no longer the law to wear them, so Stagecoach should've reworded that, to say please wear them, not you must wear them. The local shopping centre also still has the same signs up about having to wear a face covering. Clearly, they didn't think it safe to tell customers they no longer needed a mask.
I helped my mum do a car boot sale yesterday, and honestly, it was pretty quiet. The potential customers who did come didn't seem to want to root through boxes of books, perhaps because of hygiene concerns. And people started packing up at 11.30am, about an hour earlier than expected (customers were only allowed onto the site at 9.30am). People don't feel safe to come out yet it seems. And what difference does one day make?
And a local nightclub has actually decided not to reopen immediately - they also closed a couple of weeks before they were forced to last year. They don't want to operate at anything less than full capacity, and don't think it's safe for that yet.
This so-called Freedom Day is anything but.