Relaxation of Restrictions, Part XII *Read OP For Mod Warnings*

Masks, social distancing in indoors locations and working from home are the 3 biggest ones. The only way you're avoiding masks and social distancing measures really is if you never leave your house or go inside anywhere. Some people might not see the WFH stuff as a restriction as it benefits them, but it's crap for a lot of people who don't have the space to have a home office

I don't shop every day, I don't use public transport, I've never had to do the QR thing since this started, social distancing only occurs in queues shopping these days so if I'm not in a shop, I don't encounter this restriction. I have my own office at work. I could go through a few days in a week not having not encountered any restrictions. To say there's a myriad of restrictions on every aspect of people's lives is simply wrong.

Get up, drive to work, eat packed lunch during the day, call out to various sites (outdoor), drive home, eat dinner. That would be the usual Monday to Friday. If I don't have to call in to a shop, I'm restriction free during the working week. So - not a myriad of restrictions on every aspect of my life.

Do you not have any social distancing or mask requirements of any kind where you work? That would be very unusual if that were the case.

What about going for normal things like a cup of of coffee indoors, getting petrol, going to a shop, going out for a bite to eat etc. That would be more a akin to normal than just going to work and that's it.

They weren't although if you were due to get a service installation in recent months (sky in my example) they could refuse to enter your home unless the room they were operating on had open windows and you wore a mask in said room (in your own home)

Not sure if it was legal but their main website stated that they weren't installing at all so that was probably their fallback

That's good to hear, unfortunately for a lot of people that's not the case. We do have a problem with this government trying to micromanage almost every aspect of life but as you say it can depend on your own circumstances.

How was the gig by the way? Must have been great to have some level of normality resume, even if you needed to cross the border to get it. Might be a while before we have that luxury down here though.

I work in construction. It's mostly outdoors unless I'm in the office. We're supposed to wear masks in the communal areas which we did for a while at the start but it doesn't happen anymore. The places that I stop for fuel have a 'hatch' so you don't even need to enter the shop. I can make coffee in the kitchen at work so no need to call into a shop. I take a packed lunch. Like I've said, if I don't need to call into a shop, I'm restriction free during the working week.

Didn't you go to Northern Ireland for a festival/concert and were bemoaning that we couldn't do "normal" things like that down here??

Also you are saying the sites where you work are ignoring government and CIF regulations and guidelines on masks etc. Interesting. Are there any other safety measures being ignored on these sites?

Hmmm, not sure what sites you're working on but all the construction sites I've been on over the past year have a lot of COVID "measures" (also known as restrictions) in place.

First paragraph - yes. Not sure what your point is though...?

Second paragraph - I work (mostly) outdoors. The people I'm overseeing are, by the nature of the work, socially distanced anyway. If, for any reason, the team have to be in close contact, then they have to wear face coverings. I don't have to as I'm not in close contact.

Can you at least acknowledge how inane your post was?

Monty Python style "what have the romans ever done for us" stuff. "If I don't do all these restricted things then there are no restrictions for me". No **** sherlock.

The festival was fúcking amazing! It was so good to be back doing what I enjoy most - listening to live music, in a field full of likeminded people, drinking stout. There were hugs galore and lots of laughter.

I'm not questioning that the restrictions don't affect you daily. My own experience of being on site is different, that's all.

Fantastic. Can't wait to get to one myself (without the sheep pens of course). You just can't beat the atmosphere at a good outdoor festival.