When In Rome
Ex Member
Mandatory on public transport we were told some weeks ago.
It is law, I've checked.
I use buses a lot and can tell you that of the two companies in town, one was particularly stringent after the first week when the legislation was passed.
No mask, no travel.
The other one I have to say is an awful organisation anyway BUT, they were following suit and challenging passengers attempting to board without a mask.
Two weeks ago on a bus of the first company I mentioned, the driver was about 25 and letting on youths without masks without question.
Then yesterday, on a bus of the second bus company in question, I became aware of just how few people on the bus had facial coverings.
So I counted. Me and two others out of sixteen at the stage of the journey I counted. Somethings gone very wrong here I thought and on alighting and putting the query to the lady driver, I was about to find out.
She said that she was only paid to drive the bus and was not a uniformed police officer.
That's funny, I though, you don't see many police officers on the buses.
But if its law you should be challenging people not wearing masks, I countered, otherwise what is the point of having legislation if people are just going to flout it?
She went on to say that their policy is that they cannot challenge customers whereas two weeks ago they most certainly were so I can see that this whole thing is being made a mockery of and is NONSENSE!
As the government has belatedly decided that, you know, wearing masks is actually a sensible idea, they are now proposing that facial coverings will be compulsory in stores.
I will abide by that and will continue to mask up on public transport in defiance but more so because I would like to be doing the right thing in helping us control this horrible virus!
Compulsory. How long will that be enforced by shop staff oblique security guards? Like on the buses? Undoubtedly give it a couple of weeks and just like Clap For Carers and most other things in Britain, the word IS - yeah, that's a good idea, I'm down for that" - two weeks on and it's all forgotten about - we just seem to give up!
Come on, small wonder we never win anything!
It is law, I've checked.
I use buses a lot and can tell you that of the two companies in town, one was particularly stringent after the first week when the legislation was passed.
No mask, no travel.
The other one I have to say is an awful organisation anyway BUT, they were following suit and challenging passengers attempting to board without a mask.
Two weeks ago on a bus of the first company I mentioned, the driver was about 25 and letting on youths without masks without question.
Then yesterday, on a bus of the second bus company in question, I became aware of just how few people on the bus had facial coverings.
So I counted. Me and two others out of sixteen at the stage of the journey I counted. Somethings gone very wrong here I thought and on alighting and putting the query to the lady driver, I was about to find out.
She said that she was only paid to drive the bus and was not a uniformed police officer.
That's funny, I though, you don't see many police officers on the buses.
But if its law you should be challenging people not wearing masks, I countered, otherwise what is the point of having legislation if people are just going to flout it?
She went on to say that their policy is that they cannot challenge customers whereas two weeks ago they most certainly were so I can see that this whole thing is being made a mockery of and is NONSENSE!
As the government has belatedly decided that, you know, wearing masks is actually a sensible idea, they are now proposing that facial coverings will be compulsory in stores.
I will abide by that and will continue to mask up on public transport in defiance but more so because I would like to be doing the right thing in helping us control this horrible virus!
Compulsory. How long will that be enforced by shop staff oblique security guards? Like on the buses? Undoubtedly give it a couple of weeks and just like Clap For Carers and most other things in Britain, the word IS - yeah, that's a good idea, I'm down for that" - two weeks on and it's all forgotten about - we just seem to give up!
Come on, small wonder we never win anything!