TheScarf Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 3 minutes ago, pozbaird said: Mask wearing at about 50% of the clientele in Tesco Cumbernauld I’d say, and only about 10% at Braehead earlier today. Has anyone on here mentioned the story about the gift shop in Portpatrick who have said they are insisting on facemasks being worn in their shop, otherwise they’ll ask customers to put one on or leave? I wonder if there's any particular reason they want to turn away income. Very weird given I'm sure she has bills to pay like most business owners. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pozbaird Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 Just now, TheScarf said: I wonder if there's any particular reason they want to turn away income. Very weird given I'm sure she has bills to pay like most business owners. Seemingly on Facebook, most of the comments to their statement were along the lines of ‘well done, thanks for keeping us safe’. Now, I’m no expert on retail patterns, but my gut tells me a gift shop in Portpatrick survives on tourists coming into their shop from about May to October, and not locals applauding them for keeping the community safe. Cannot imagine enough locals go there and buy enough Yankee candles or Portpatrick branded tat to keep them in business. As you say, an interesting business strategy following what must have been two years of tough trading. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
effeffsee_the2nd Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 48 minutes ago, pozbaird said: Mask wearing at about 50% of the clientele in Tesco Cumbernauld I’d say, and only about 10% at Braehead earlier today. Has anyone on here mentioned the story about the gift shop in Portpatrick who have said they are insisting on facemasks being worn in their shop, otherwise they’ll ask customers to put one on or leave? what about the aqua fit classes in bannatynes? none of the falkirk ladies of a certain age had anything on in the steamroom with me the other day, absolute middens the lot of them! -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 11 minutes ago, effeffsee_the2nd said: none of the falkirk ladies of a certain age had anything on in the steamroom with me the other day This sentence needs more information. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pozbaird Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 7 minutes ago, Hedgecutter said: This sentence needs more information. I think it needs less. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeTillEhDeh Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 SQA have basically left the door wide open for Examination Exceptional Circumstances Consideration Service (EECCS) this year - no evidence is required to be given for exam Covid absences.I imagine this is going to be abused in some cases where a pupil has a high estimate and won't bother sitting the exam saying they've got a "temparature".https://www.sqa.org.uk/sqa/79042.html 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawson Park Boy Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 32 minutes ago, effeffsee_the2nd said: what about the aqua fit classes in bannatynes? none of the falkirk ladies of a certain age had anything on in the steamroom with me the other day, absolute middens the lot of them! I think you should re-read your post? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd_is_God Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 18 minutes ago, DeeTillEhDeh said: SQA have basically left the door wide open for Examination Exceptional Circumstances Consideration Service (EECCS) this year - no evidence is required to be given for exam Covid absences. I imagine this is going to be abused in some cases where a pupil has a high estimate and won't bother sitting the exam saying they've got a "temparature". https://www.sqa.org.uk/sqa/79042.html Can't blame them either, having seen their peers handed out good grades like sweeties over the last 2 years. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elixir Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 5 hours ago, Todd_is_God said: There's going to be a tremendous amount of revisionism and tweets being deleted in the near future I feel. This from the 'progressives' less than 12 months ago: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
effeffsee_the2nd Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 37 minutes ago, Dawson Park Boy said: I think you should re-read your post? pozbaird used to tell tales of the aqua fit ladies he regularly "bumped into" whilst at bannatynes gym 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wee Bully Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 It’s good to see more and more desperate trawling of Twitter in an attempt to keep this thread relevant. Great work guys - keep it up! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elixir Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 1 hour ago, Wee Bully said: It’s good to see more and more desperate trawling of Twitter in an attempt to keep this thread relevant. Great work guys - keep it up! Yet you're still here. The Simps hate the fact that their diddy government has been held accountable and shown up for what it really is. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wee Bully Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 21 minutes ago, Elixir said: Yet you're still here. The Simps hate the fact that their diddy government has been held accountable and shown up for what it really is. Quoting zoomers from Quebec on Twitter is really holding the Scottish Governments feet to the fire! Keep on trucking mate! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elixir Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 26 minutes ago, Wee Bully said: Quoting zoomers from Quebec on Twitter is really holding the Scottish Governments feet to the fire! Keep on trucking mate! Yes, because that is really what just happened. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elixir Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 The reckoning is coming for China. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekhibee88 Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 Was out and about yesterday, first time in Scotland for over 6 months. Not many wearing facemasks on trains now. Noticed a lot more office workers on the train into Glasgow, I thought Monday would be quiet WFH day. Felt pretty normal 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moonster Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 20 minutes ago, oaksoft said: Smugglers Cove Gift Shop, Portpatrick | Facebook It's their choice as it's their business but they had better hope they can pay their rent and bill in used face masks because they might struggle otherwise. Virtue signalling has it's price. Businesses are free to do what they like but I can't help but feel these folk are missing the fact that they, as an elderly and vulnerable person, have most likely avoided contact with the virus through their own actions (avoiding social contact/increased cleaning) and that is their most effective means of protection, coupled with continued vaccines, going forward. Other folk wearing masks during a 3 minute interaction has very little effect. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aladdin Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 I think there is a big difference between stopping travel between a county or territory had a clear problem with a VOC (namely, India, which we didnt bother doing) and the nonsensical travel rules that were in place when we had just about every variant under the sun and some of the highest case rates in the world. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elixir Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 4 hours ago, The Moonster said: Businesses are free to do what they like but I can't help but feel these folk are missing the fact that they, as an elderly and vulnerable person, have most likely avoided contact with the virus through their own actions (avoiding social contact/increased cleaning) and that is their most effective means of protection, coupled with continued vaccines, going forward. Other folk wearing masks during a 3 minute interaction has very little effect. The fact it's in the middle of nowhere with far fewer tourists than normal for the best part of two years will also have helped. 3 hours ago, Aladdin said: I think there is a big difference between stopping travel between a county or territory had a clear problem with a VOC (namely, India, which we didnt bother doing) and the nonsensical travel rules that were in place when we had just about every variant under the sun and some of the highest case rates in the world. But in the end the result is the same: you can't stop it. Even a delay by a week or two is not an acceptable or proportionate trade-off for slamming borders shut, which invariably then take much longer to reopen. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd_is_God Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 (edited) 5 hours ago, Aladdin said: I think there is a big difference between stopping travel between a county or territory had a clear problem with a VOC (namely, India, which we didnt bother doing) and the nonsensical travel rules that were in place when we had just about every variant under the sun and some of the highest case rates in the world. The issue stems from the complete abandonment of any previous pandemic plans because of the desire to paint SARS-CoV-2 as some marvel; completely unlike any virus which came before it. This, despite seemingly not being questioned by anyone even once, was ultimately shown to be complete bollocks (it behaves exactly like you'd expect a respiratory virus to behave). I've said this before, but I still believe it to be true. This would have been completely different if social media didn't exist - without it you would not have experts coming out with the utter shite they did in a blatant attempt to become household names and bathe in the unexpected sunlight. If we genuinely want to be in a better place for any future pandemics, then it needs to start with the emptying of charlatans like Leitch & Sridhar from positions of any influence. Edited April 26, 2022 by Todd_is_God 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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