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Why Bother With A Mask
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Today I had to visit my local hospital to collect some Gastrografin in advance of a procedure to be undertaken on Friday 13th. My wife dropped me off at the main entrance as I walked through with my smiley mask affixed. There was a large woman sitting at a small table with a tray of masks on it. She looked like she was a poppy seller. I used the hand cleanser on the wall of reception and carried on walking to the CTC suite. A voice boomed at me,'come back here and take a mask' I walked back and asked if she was talking to me.'Put this mask on and wear it in the hospital'. She then proffered it to me on the end of a pair of wooden tongs like I was a walking Covid Germ.I was sorely tempted to tell her to shove her inferior paper tissue mask where the sun don't shine.
I asked her what was wrong with my mask and she replied,'Nothing but we need to stop covid so you must wear this mask' I then asked her if I would get another mask on Friday or do I keep the one she had just given me as a souvenir. She said,' keep it if you like'.
If the NHS let some job's worth hand out inferior masks to visitors to the hospital and demand I replace my medical grade re-useable mask then why the hell do I bother wearing my mask in other public venues if it isn't deemed suitable. Obviously why no apparent improvement over the last 20 or so years no matter how much wasted money is thrown at it. No quibble if they have the Gestapo insisting a mask is worn but to hand out inferior ones to visitors who already comply by wearing their own seems stupid..
I asked her what was wrong with my mask and she replied,'Nothing but we need to stop covid so you must wear this mask' I then asked her if I would get another mask on Friday or do I keep the one she had just given me as a souvenir. She said,' keep it if you like'.
If the NHS let some job's worth hand out inferior masks to visitors to the hospital and demand I replace my medical grade re-useable mask then why the hell do I bother wearing my mask in other public venues if it isn't deemed suitable. Obviously why no apparent improvement over the last 20 or so years no matter how much wasted money is thrown at it. No quibble if they have the Gestapo insisting a mask is worn but to hand out inferior ones to visitors who already comply by wearing their own seems stupid..
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//The difference is obvious to me.//
Well it's not to me. Face coverings, we are told, are to prevent possibly infected people spreading the virus. So, if a home made mask is good enough to wear in a restaurant or pub (when not eating/drinking, obviously), it's good enough in a supermarket or on a train or bus, why isn't one good enough when sitting waiting for a blood test in a hospital? Conversely, if a more robust mask is needed to protect people when mooching about in a hospital, why isn't one necessary when on a bus, in the freezer aisle in Tesco's or waiting your turn in the barber's?
If people need protecting, they need protecting. If a lump of damp rag is good enough in Tesco's it should be good enough in a hospital.
Well it's not to me. Face coverings, we are told, are to prevent possibly infected people spreading the virus. So, if a home made mask is good enough to wear in a restaurant or pub (when not eating/drinking, obviously), it's good enough in a supermarket or on a train or bus, why isn't one good enough when sitting waiting for a blood test in a hospital? Conversely, if a more robust mask is needed to protect people when mooching about in a hospital, why isn't one necessary when on a bus, in the freezer aisle in Tesco's or waiting your turn in the barber's?
If people need protecting, they need protecting. If a lump of damp rag is good enough in Tesco's it should be good enough in a hospital.
Your being obtuse (think thats the word).
A lump of damp rag wont do in that it wont help anyone but if someones sellfish and dumb enough to wear one they can, but if a supermarket wants to insist you wear theres it could do so just as this hospital does. The rules are there to help peopel not something to try to get round or winge pointlessly about
A lump of damp rag wont do in that it wont help anyone but if someones sellfish and dumb enough to wear one they can, but if a supermarket wants to insist you wear theres it could do so just as this hospital does. The rules are there to help peopel not something to try to get round or winge pointlessly about
Precisely NJ. That was also part of the point I was making. It seemed some wished to know the signage,doubted my word and description but ignored what I also said. Why bother indeed?
I have been insulted by real professionals in my career and have no need to chill out or go back on the booze because of yesterday's experience with this obnoxious woman.
I am amazed that this thread has gone 100 plus as it was making two simple points that obviously some have difficulty grasping.
(a) If people are scared and feel the need to be uncivil then why come out at all if you are a volunteer.She was not front line and there was no indication of who she was. Any decent person would have introduced themselves and acquaint the visitor with the hospital policy and the reasons behind it.
(b) The reason you described in your Tesco dirty rag analogy.If my medical grade mask is not good enough in their hospital then why bother to wear a mask anywhere unless it is issued by the NHS everywhere I go. It's all or something.
I have been insulted by real professionals in my career and have no need to chill out or go back on the booze because of yesterday's experience with this obnoxious woman.
I am amazed that this thread has gone 100 plus as it was making two simple points that obviously some have difficulty grasping.
(a) If people are scared and feel the need to be uncivil then why come out at all if you are a volunteer.She was not front line and there was no indication of who she was. Any decent person would have introduced themselves and acquaint the visitor with the hospital policy and the reasons behind it.
(b) The reason you described in your Tesco dirty rag analogy.If my medical grade mask is not good enough in their hospital then why bother to wear a mask anywhere unless it is issued by the NHS everywhere I go. It's all or something.
//but if a supermarket wants to insist you wear theres it could do so just as this hospital does. The rules are there to help peopel not something to try to get round or winge pointlessly about //
If I was told to remove my mask by Mr Tesco and given an inferior mask by him to wear and I later tested positive for covid?............
I think Tesco would be laying them selves wide open for litigation. Who,in Tesco, is qualified to dictate which mask is suitable in their premises? Please Mr Tesco. I bought this mask in a pack of six from your store here only yesterday and now you tell me I can't wear it?
If I was told to remove my mask by Mr Tesco and given an inferior mask by him to wear and I later tested positive for covid?............
I think Tesco would be laying them selves wide open for litigation. Who,in Tesco, is qualified to dictate which mask is suitable in their premises? Please Mr Tesco. I bought this mask in a pack of six from your store here only yesterday and now you tell me I can't wear it?
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