Yes they are.i have noticed it in shops since the face nappies were introduced.its either with their clicks or registered on paper.
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I wonder what the point of it is? Do you suppose they'll be putting mask nazis on the doors if enough people defy the rules? (I'd be reasonably ok with putting a mask on to get past a door warden then removing it once I'm in the shop.)
Yep.. not much happens.. usually you don't get challenged.. when you do just say exempt... don't get into discussions.. in fact, to spice things up I now go full rain man.. I'm a little autistic.. but I amplify it.. I might try retard next. Or - with a haunted expression - claim I was kidnapped and masked in Fallujah when in the SAS.
I too have experienced this, albeit at Sainsbury's instead of Tesco.
Assuming that they have already counted the number of customers (both masked and unmasked) who have entered the store, then counting the number of customers who leave unmasked will give them enough information to calculate "percentage compliance" amongst their shoppers. This information is no doubt communicated on a daily basis to the government's Behavioural Insights Team.
It's common practice to use footfall counters at the entrance to shops, so counting people coming into the shop wouldn't necessarily require a human invigilator. However, counting the unmasked on the way out is more difficult and would require a meat robot, hence the drone clicking the button at the exit.
Having day-by-day compliance statistics would be gold dust for the government, so I'm sure the supermarkets have been well compensated for their efforts.
Yep.. not much happens.. usually you don't get challenged.. when you do just say exempt... don't get into discussions.. in fact, to spice things up I now go full rain man.. I'm a little autistic.. but I amplify it.. I might try retard next. Or - with a haunted expression - claim I was kidnapped and masked in Fallujah when in the SAS.
Haha - love it.
So far, I've had no problems going about maskless. I try to think of what I'd say, and I think I've settled on just saying, "I don't wear a mask" because I think that would baffle people - I'm not claiming an exemption, I'm just stating the obvious.
I'm hoping the mask fanatics would be sufficiently fearful to keep well out of the way of a maskless plague carrier.
I thought I would try and go shopping in the town centre today without a mask. I had mixed reactions. A very disapproving pensioner eyeballed me on the escalator in M&S, one charity shop made me use the sanitiser on entry but said nothing about a mask, and also didn't appear to mind when it was only my trainer I sanitised because the machine dispensed the gel rather enthusiastically at a jaunty angle. In a book shop, a lady was putting out books and smiled at me with great enthusiasm but there was a visible fade when her brain registered I had no mask on. She said, "Are you able to wear a mask?" to which I replied no and she hurriedly packed up everything she was doing and literally ran away. The best was in another charity shop where i entered with no mask. The volunteer was horrified and asked me where my mask was. I said I don't wear one. He replied, "But you should.". I told him he wasn't allowed to ask me why I couldn't wear one. I tried to show him my downloaded exempt form on my phone but there was no wi-fi. So we both stood awkwardly looking at each other until I said I would just go.
Bear in mind I live in a town with 40 cases per 100,000 and EVERYONE is wearing masks. It was so liberating not wearing one, I was free again, what a feeling! I will try my local supermarket next. It does feel like mask-wearing is becoming so entrenched in society that people are just shocked anyone would have the audacity not to wear one. I just wish more people would rebel.
