I can't believe that clothes have been classified as "non-essential". After not being able to go clothes shopping for five months, I'm running short of basic stuff that doesn't have holes in it.Booked for lunch at a restaurant in Edinburgh then back to Glasgow later on and going to gym later on. Might sneak in a quick Starbucks as well.
On the train just now, only 1040 and tons of Primark bags, people haven’t wasted their time!
I've taken a year out and then gone back to full-time work before. It's a pretty unpleasant transition, particularly if you were getting paid for being off and won't actually be better off for going out to work. Obviously they all know it can't go on like this forever, and if they really think about it they are bored and want to get out and about again. It's easy to cling onto any kind of avoidance route though. Prominent scientists going about shouting that opening up will kill us all is a pretty logical thing to cling to as a justification for why you should be allowed to spend another few months in bed.
I've worked all through the pandemic, utilising public transport often, while loads have been sat on their arses getting paid for doing SFA at home.
I know what you mean, although I've been working from a home I'm thoroughly sick of instead of going on public transport. I don't think the reluctant-to-go-back people even disagree - they just need a week or two to get back into the swing of things and stop worrying about all the rubbish the government has been feeding them on the TV.I've worked all through the pandemic, utilising public transport often, while loads have been sat on their arses getting paid for doing SFA at home.
It seems despite all the furlough cash dispensed none of it is headed for people who carried on regardless as if nothing had changed.
How about some sort of bonus for us ?
4:30am in Glasgow.
I passed the Sauchiehall St branch few hours ago, no queue. Didnt pass the Argyle St branch, that one is bigger. Glasgow was busy and so was Glasgow Central.
I’d agree
You also don't have to have the app, of course. Absolutely no way is that privacy-invading horror that can randomly order you to stay at home going anywhere near my phone.
Yes, roads have been busier this year than last lockdown.
I also feel like a proper regional approach should accelerate rather than just decelerate progress through the levels. Case in point - surely the Scottish Borders should be moved to level 1, considering their cases are 0.9 per 100k?
I thought the regional levels system was based more on the politics of the local council that the epidemiological data as such.
