Published on 12, July, 2020
Well, no more shopping for me. Not sure what I'll do about food.
I've only been leaving the house for the past month to go food shopping anyway. Now I get to lose that. Or add £100 to my shopping bill.
I'd understand if I felt it would make any difference but most of the people wearing masks are doing so in a way that increases their infection risk, not reduces it. Meanwhile you don't have to wear a mask to go to work, or to go to the pub, or to go to the barbers.
So it all feels very pointless, which adds to the stress of not wanting my face covered, not wanting my glasses to steam up, not wanting the skin damage behind my ears that a mask will cause. So no more shopping. No more food. I guess I need to lose some weight..
Just got back from Sainsburys - week 2 of not wearing a muzzle - generally, no problem except one crazy woman panicking and reversing out of the aisle that I was in and sitting nervously at the end. She hovered there for at least a minute (I was going to stare at those beans for as long as it took for her to make a decision) suddenly, she got the courage to race past me hugging the far side of the aisle.
Another couple in the freezer section were frozen to the spot Again, they didn't say anything, but they couldn't decide what to do - carry on as normal or panic and reverse out. I think I need a leper bell to make my presence known - the lanyard obviously isn't enough.
Did she shout "Murderer!"? A stupid old lady did that to me on a bus despite the driver accepting my lanyard and badge. It upset me so much ( i had only got the bus because it was raining heavily) that i had to get off and walk the rest of the way home in the rain; I then cried for hours.