Morrisons.

Absolutely. I would present though that people like your partner could be issued an exemption certificate that did not mention the reasons but just confirmed the exemption. That would both protect people like your partner and those who work in retail.

 

She's correct in the same way that I am if i say (19-9)/2 is 10. She's got part of the equatiln correct but has completely ignored the rest making the answer completely wrong.

 

I'd prefer that GPs were dishing out vaccines rather than charging £20 a pop to dish out exemptions.

 

I think a good example I can give is bedtime. My eldest goes to bed at 9pm. If i tried to get him to go to bed at 8.55 he would not go and become upset. If I really pushed the point and tried to make him go this could actually lead to violent outbursts and potentially hurting himself.
Now if I wait until 9 he will happily go up to bed give everyone a hug say he loves us and go to bed.
Knowing this I take the very rational approach of just waiting until 9pm, let's face it I would be stupid and cruel not to.
Now imagine strangers are dealing with him and try and get him to go bed early. How would they interrupt it? Naughty? Out of control?
These are the kind of reactions that can happen when unexpected challenges are thrown in front of vulnerable people.
They can function just fine for days on end and be coping just fine and one little thing can change everything.

 

Again I said right at the top of this thread I don't know what Morriosns are going to do. The concern is that it will be down the staff on the shop floor to interrupt it and I think that will lead to some unfortunate problems.

 

As a food supermarket manager, I deal with this crap on a daily basis, what continues to puzzle me is why Joe Public has no problem with slowly meandering around, browsing, barging past or reaching over fellow shoppers and staff all the way round the store, paying not a jot of interest in social distancing until they reach the tills, the point at which we want to get them out as soon as.......it is here they decide they want to stand 10m away from the next person in the queue, giving the impression that queue lengths are horrendous when in fact there's only one or two people past the belt.

 

I'd prefer it if people stopped worrying about what other people were doing and wearing, minded their own business stopped demanding exemption cards for people who are unable to wear a mask got on with their own lives and stopped suggesting that wearing a face covering is some kind of silver bullet or Holy Grail of preventing the spread of a virus within the general population.

We can but hope.

 

I haven't seen anyone in any supermarket not wear a mask since the law was brought in.

Actually, tell a lie, a youngish lad came into Aldi with his T-Shirt over his face asking to buy a mask as he'd forgotten his. Don't know where and when all these non-mask wearers go shopping but I've never seen one.

 

It's always kids, I tend to give it...."hi, do u need a mask mate"? I'll happily supply one for free. If I get "No" it gets left there. If I get " No, go **** yerself"....... which happens on occasion, even in leafy rural Rutland, usually from the posh private school kids who's mummy and daddy have told them that laws only apply to the proles.......well, they get escorted from the premises, sharpish.

 

Yes I like that idea. Anyone with a legitimate reason for not wearing a mask could be proactively issued with a card for them to produce if and when required. It wouldn’t even have to state the nature of the problem thus respecting their confidentiality

 

It would certainly be better than the state of things at the moment.

 

completely agree and it’s not really a position the staff should be put in. Most of the ones I’ve seen not bothering to wear a mask come into the toe tag category rather than any exempt one. and I wouldn’t want to risk tackling them for minimum wage.

 

Seen a few but not that many. Also saw someone do the t shirt thing too!

 

What do we reckon......I'd like to hope by May ish we're not compulsory wearing masks anymore, vaccines kicking in. I'm cultivating my zztop beard and the mask is playing havoc with my personal styling.

 

Why can't I delete a double post!

 

I love it that there isn't a correlation between the clinically vulnerable and medical exemption. You'd think that those most at risk wouldn't want to squeeze past each other in supermarkets.

 

Obviously, I totally agree with your sentiment, but for accuracy, it's a fallacy that supermarkets pay minimum wage, all of the top 8 companies by sales, at least, pay above both minimum and living wage.

 

fair point. Though mozzers pay the 8.72 minimum I believe.

 

https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19...ons-to-enforce-mask-wearing-in-shops-12185433

Sainsbos are joining the soirée

 

Some skin complaints can also cause problems with mask wearing. These are not usually life limiting in any way, but can be painful.

Those with breathing difficulties such that they can't breathe wearing a mask shouldn't really be out of the house at the minute, never mind in a supermarket. Those with non-physical issues (such as autism and other conditions) and those with conditions that are made worse by wearing masks - and there are some - should have a certificate issued as mentioned above.