Shopping Together with No Masks

I totally agree with this approach but, as someone suggested on a different discussion trail, local groups need to be set up so that we can find and meet each other. We can then organise shopping trips together. I think the proposal was to set up areas in this website for, say, each county and people can then go there and sign in?

Just put this post up before aware of this page:

'Has anyone considered attending local shops and supermarkets as a mutual support group? Not practical for some but perhaps quite easily arranged for others. This could range from just passive support, through loud 'conversations' decrying and/or mocking the wearing of masks, to much more organised things such as 'flash-mobs'.

People seem to be largely working on their own at the moment.'

There's strength in numbers, and at the moment mask wearers are probably taking advantage.

As so many people are exempt from wearing Masks for health reasons it seems to me we perhaps ought to somehow be campaigning for shops to have a separate shopping time for the "Unmasked.

Its only like what we did at the start of Pandemic ie offer The Vulnerables and Elderly their own shopping slot away from the herd.

Then all Rebels can just go on those days too.... and pretty soon half the people wearing masks out of fear will join the unmasked days/times to shop?

Which will undo the Guidelines altogether :)

So perhaps the way to do it might be to write to all the Big Chains (with Petition type letters) to ask them to give the Exempt a shopping slot? Or for us to simply write en masse and pressurise them? Do we need a typed up letter for everyone to copy, paste and put their name to? Then send it to Customer Services and Media marketing Depts? Any other ideas?

Not sure petitioning the Guv makes any difference as Boris is leaving us to it. Could perhaps write to local councillors. But they seem to be impotent puppets. I think the approach needs to be to the big supermarket chains.

Thoughts? Ideas? Anyone done a letter already?

hi Clownworld - at first we might be the minority but pretty soon I think the fearful masked who dont want to be masked would join us. Anyone can mumble anxiety-induced asthma??? if they dont want to get into confrontations that is.....

We are a nation of law abiding citizens, we queue in orderly fashion, in the main we are polite and respect each other..... It is so very sad to see a sea of faceless people, all complying, I for one will never wear a mask (except as a genuine health measure, like grinding concrete, being in the attic, running through fields of asbestos etc), nor will I mask excuses, breaking this, we need a repeal of this absurd bit of bullshit. People are difficult to convince, especially those who just genuinely believe every incoherent bit of dribble issued by media and government. Add to all this, our natural fear of confrontation......

I am actually asthmatic so I am exempt but I am also a Rebel and wouldnt want to do it anyways.....I hear a lot of people who dont want to follow the Govt guidelines but they are afraid at this point to stand alone and stand their ground.....I am just trying to come up with a creative solution to allow us all to shop and eat :)

When I scouted around my local stores earlier in the week the direct confrontation approach didnt work (for me). Instead I talked with the staff about the huge crowd of disabled and exempt people who cant wear masks and how they are scared witless of being shamed. I was told by most of them that staff would not be approaching anyone unmasked to ask why. They were mostly human and understanding. Until I try it I cant report whether they are acting like the Gestapo after all round here....

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http://www.laworfiction.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Face-Covering-Exemption-Notice-with-Law-Explained-24-July-2020.pdf

At the risk of stating the obvious it would be better not to go in as a group, just individually or in pairs over the space of an hour or so.

I did my shopping on Saturday at Sainsbury's without a mask. I just plugged my headphones into my smartphone and listened to music whilst shopping. It takes your mind off of everyone else. Also look at this Government info video. They're saying that people shouldn't challenge us for not wearing masks. So we don't have to explain why we're not complying with their dictates.

im not wearing one , my family are not either. We are in south Tottenham , hardly anyone is wearing them.