Iskra
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It's very busy at Rotherham Parkgate RP this morning! I'm not braving Meadowhall today...
Civil servants don't run shops.It didn't so much break, it just wasn't needed. Being very much a local store (for local people) dropping by for a pint of milk shouldn't entail wandering up and down every isle just to appease some civil servant's idea of a safety measure.
That's exactly what is happening at my local Sainbury's.M&S in Horsham would be very difficult to put a practical one way system in, because there is only one way in and out*, so you would either have to have those coming in and those leaving passing within 2m, or have staff on the door only letting a person in when the way ahead is clear.
Civil servants don't run shops.
Some of us have been trying to explain that this is a community effort from day one. Unfortunately most of the complaints (and this thread is absolutely filled with complaints!) about the measures intended to allow us to restore more economic activity are mainly from people thinking of little but themselves.This is not a criticism of any individual but there is a rather unpleasant undercurrent on this Forum, and elsewhere, that seems to respond to any suggestion, request or instruction to reduce the risk of transmission to others by looking for loopholes or criticising the efforts being made.
There is a horrible disease out there and people are trying to minimise its impact. You can be part of the solution or part of the problem.
Indeed. And most ordinary people going about their business (i.e. not intending to commit crime) have little or no resolve to withstand the persuasive powers of a police officer. If they give you a clear instruction which you're convinced it is unlawful for them to do, you're also in a real bind, practically speaking.Legal basis = almost certainly not, on a public street. Shopping malls and individual shops a different matter of course: you can be required to leave if told to by the owner or their agent, no reason given, though you might well have a case for redress if it was done on the basis of your race, sex, infirmity etc, but that would have to wait. The problem is if the person berating you decides to call the police for assistance and you have to explain your side of it to a police officer (a) not in command of the facts and (b) who might take against you as a 'troublemaker' for challenging the authority of the bossy individual.
It didn't so much break, it just wasn't needed. Being very much a local store (for local people) dropping by for a pint of milk shouldn't entail wandering up and down every isle just to appease some civil servant's idea of a safety measure.
So the decision about how a shop was going to deal with it is totally their's and nothing to do with the Civil Service at all!True but they do make the guidelines that lead to some of the stranger decisions being made by shops...