Maskless people on public transport.

[tim]

The only place in Swansea still effectively social distancing is fucking Sainsbury's. Less and less masks too.
I have to start using public transport and working in schools from next week. I am going to get some masks but I don't think that many people will be wearing them here on buses and less so within schools...so I just don't know what to think tbh.

This situation is fucking with my head, I feel like we've been sent such mixed signals on how to keep safe and the level of risk that I veer from being hyper alert to pretty complacent or at least momentarily unaware.

I'd wear a mask on the grounds that it's not much of an inconvenience and it means your less likely to be killed by the Lurgy or TopCat .

 

[Detroit City]

I find people without masks on the buses provocative. I want to near kill them all.

natural selection will end their lives

 

[Detroit City]

we were gonna get Dextered and never seen again.

i don't know what this means

 

[BristolEcho]

I think people should err on the side of caution and not judge people who aren't wearing them. It's better for your own blood pressure, and also avoids people who can't wear them being judged for something they can't help.

 

[scifisam]

I think it depends where you go. Last week I went to Leyland the DIY shop to collect a tin of paint - I had to do it myself because I'd had to pay by card over the phone and I had a friend visiting anyway - and I wore my bandana there, but the only other people in the store wearing masks were the staff. Maybe some of it is machismo (my friend and I were the only women) but I think a lot of it was that most of the people there had been working throughout the pandemic without any PPE - it's more of a trade store than for home DIY.

Felt so out of place with my bandana mask that I pulled it down.

 

[JimW]

They don't let you on without one here.

 

[Bwark]

I have asthma and I suffer a lot wearing or trying to wear a mask. It's a dilemma really, asthma makes me more vulnerable but wearing a mask makes my breathing desperate.

 

[High Voltage]

I have asthma and I suffer a lot wearing or trying to wear a mask. It's a dilemma really, asthma makes me more vulnerable but wearing a mask makes my breathing desperate.

What sort of mask are you wearing that impacts your breathing that much or is it an allergic reaction thing?

 

[Roadkill]

I think people should err on the side of caution and not judge people who aren't wearing them. It's better for your own blood pressure, and also avoids people who can't wear them being judged for something they can't help.

I disagree. The number of people exempt from wearing masks is small, and can't account for the high proportion of people round here who aren't doing so. They're putting everyone else at risk, and if you can't judge people for that then what can you judge them for?!

 

[Bwark]

What sort of mask are you wearing that impacts your breathing that much or is it an allergic reaction thing?

I have cloth ones, not medical or anything. But they make me hot, agitated and then anxious when I can't catch my breath. I can buy disposable ones which are lighter but they make me feel the same way and end up being quite expensive to use responsibly. Anything that makes my breath feel warm and recycled makes me panic which makes my asthma worse and there's no point putting one one only to pump out back down in a shop or on the bus to use an inhaler.

 

[Edie]

It’s the undercover cop within you

 

[scifisam]

It is a little bit more difficult to breathe with a mask on if you have lung problems. But you can put it on, pull it down when walking down the street where the risk is tiny, then pull it on for the duration of the trip.

It's better than a nebuliser, and I think most people with bad asthma have had nebulisers on their faces more than they've had masks on them outside Halloween.

 

[Mrs Miggins]

Just one maskless guy on the whole bus this morning.

 

[hash tag]

Aged MIL is suffering claustrophobia when wearing a mask.

 

[High Voltage]

I have cloth ones, not medical or anything. But they make me hot, agitated and then anxious when I can't catch my breath. I can buy disposable ones which are lighter but they make me feel the same way and end up being quite expensive to use responsibly. Anything that makes my breath feel warm and recycled makes me panic which makes my asthma worse and there's no point putting one one only to pump out back down in a shop or on the bus to use an inhaler.

Like, but not a like iykwim

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As an asthmatic myself, I do have a LOT of sympathy

 

[nagapie]

I wear mine on my bike commute - am I being unnecessary? I just worry about the sheer amount of snot I produce while pedalling

Not necessary.

 

[hash tag]

Masks are not necessarily about you but protecting others by stifling every you spray out all the time. You are keeping it to yourself and stopping it from reaching others. Have just had a stroll round the streets and all the cases looked nearly empty.

 

[hash tag]

Defiant shopper refusing to wear face mask fights his way into supermarket

 

[Mrs Miggins]

Defiant shopper refusing to wear face mask fights his way into supermarket

What an absolute prick

 

[Roadkill]

Defiant shopper refusing to wear face mask fights his way into supermarket

Oh God, another moron who thinks the obligation to wear a mask is some terrible infringement of his freedom to infect everyone around him.

 

[miss direct]

I'm also asthmatic, and at first I hated wearing a mask, but you really do get used to it. You can experiment with different kinds and see which is the most comfortable.

 

[hash tag]

That bloke in the story, it's not like he is a young, fit teen who cares or thinks little.

 

[cupid_stunt]

He's clearly a total twat, but I find it funny, because he didn't end-up getting away with it, all that bluster wasted.

 

[Cid]

Where is this?

Oh...

'Florida man'

 

[kenny g]

Realised I had forgotten mine when I jumped on a train at the weekend. Had to turn my hoodie around and use the hood. Strange times.

 

[sovereignb]

The only place in Swansea still effectively social distancing is fucking Sainsbury's. Less and less masks too.
I have to start using public transport and working in schools from next week. I am going to get some masks but I don't think that many people will be wearing them here on buses and less so within schools...so I just don't know what to think tbh.

This situation is fucking with my head, I feel like we've been sent such mixed signals on how to keep safe and the level of risk that I veer from being hyper alert to pretty complacent or at least momentarily unaware.

Precisely the problem. The government website has stated from March that they do not consider C-vid to be a highly infectious disease. So I'm going by that, using my own common sense with each situation.

 

[xsunnysuex]

Told my partner I'm gonna have to stop using public transport. It's stressing me out too much.
I can't stop myself cursing everyone that gets on without a mask.
Then I curse the bus driver for not challenging them.
I fear I'm turning into a horrible person!
What really pisses me off also, are the ones that get on with the mask hanging from their wrist. Put the poxy thing on!

 

[BristolEcho]

I disagree. The number of people exempt from wearing masks is small, and can't account for the high proportion of people round here who aren't doing so. They're putting everyone else at risk, and if you can't judge people for that then what can you judge them for?!

Where are they not doing it? If you judge everyone whose not wearing a mask as the same then you are obviously going to be judging people who have genuine reasons for not wearing one in amongst that group.

 

[Clair De Lune]

I'd wear a mask on the grounds that it's not much of an inconvenience and it means your less likely to be killed by the Lurgy or TopCat .

Well I wasn't gonna get a mask and not wear it was I?
If topcat was on my bus he'd be breaking a lot more rules than me

 

[xenon]

I'm not wearing one to go to the shops. Haven't been in a supermarket / a crowded shop for months anyway. But yeah, will of course wear one next time I go on public transport, no matter the personal discomfort. I've bought some in preparation for this.