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terry2972
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Joined: 17 Jan 2014, 15:26
Gender: Male

Face masks

Post by terry2972 »

Over 1500 deaths today and still people don’t wear their masks in our office I don’t understand it
thedonkey
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Joined: 28 Nov 2016, 13:57
Gender: Male

Re: Face masks

Post by thedonkey »

Same at our place, all the DOMs pets can waltz around without a mask the whole shift whilst the rest of us wear our masks. It is the DOMs responsibility to enforce the policy and trigger disciplinaries for those that fail to comply. RM have provide masks, visors, gloves and bacterial gel all to no avail if the managers fail to ensure we use them.
robbertwhitton
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Joined: 30 Aug 2010, 19:06
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Re: Face masks

Post by robbertwhitton »

A sad state of affairs,showing just how selfish us humans are,the same with all these fines that are being dished out,why is it so hard for some people to grasp how serious this is? All these security guys making sure you keep to the rules as you should do without a thought,it beggars belief
frankieboy
Posts: 303
Joined: 12 May 2008, 18:34

Re: Face masks

Post by frankieboy »

Genuinely baffled myself, I have said on another post I've seen people who I work with wear them in supermarkets and shops but not in work. They would sooner protect total strangers than their own colleagues. Disciplinaries need to be handed out or people need to walk out citing the office is unsafe to work in.
Busterbear
Posts: 76
Joined: 23 Oct 2013, 13:22
Gender: Male

Re: Face masks

Post by Busterbear »

Same in my office ! Probably about 50% wear masks ! But even worse people are still van sharing. Not been told by Dom or CWU not to .
centenaryman
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Joined: 12 Jan 2010, 20:31
Gender: Male

Re: Face masks

Post by centenaryman »

same here......bosses pets threaten to stay at home....so he lets them off without masks/visors
Busterbear
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Gender: Male

Re: Face masks

Post by Busterbear »

Name and shame ! Keep safe ! keep away from WF13
P13
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Re: Face masks

Post by P13 »

Busterbear wrote: ↑
13 Jan 2021, 20:12
Name and shame ! Keep safe ! keep away from WF13
Report them to the HSE
Sugar
EX ROYAL MAIL
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Joined: 08 Jul 2007, 07:57
Gender: Female

Re: Face masks

Post by Sugar »

Busterbear wrote: ↑
13 Jan 2021, 20:12
Name and shame ! Keep safe ! keep away from WF13
Really surprised the rep hasn't been all over this.
Last edited by Sugar on 15 Jan 2021, 06:15, edited 1 time in total.
toonshola
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Joined: 29 Jul 2011, 16:31
Gender: Male

Re: Face masks

Post by toonshola »

About 60% in my office wear them. COVID has highlighted just how unhinged the other 40% are. They either don’t care about others or a good percentage of them are nutcase conspiracy theorists who think the virus is either fake or created by bill gates to control us. Terrifying to think I’ve been a passenger in a van letting some of these characters drive me around. Frightening individuals.
mjd24
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Joined: 11 May 2008, 18:48

Re: Face masks

Post by mjd24 »

Way too much focus on masks!!!

What good is it wearing a mask that your constantly touching and moving around when youre then not washing or using hand sanitiser at any point during the morning and not keeping a 2 meter distance from colleagues?!

People seem to think that mask wearing is the only action that needs to be taken and its just so annoying that the discussion always comes back to mask wearing but other things are hardly mentioned.

I seem to be one of a handful of people in work regularly sanitising my hands and using common sense regarding what im touching and how closebi get to other people.
kingdazzler
Posts: 41
Joined: 18 Mar 2019, 13:29
Gender: Male

Re: Face masks

Post by kingdazzler »

100% wearing them in my office and no van sharing either. keeping your distance still a problem especially at the bag drop frames. mask wearing is being enforced by managers. office has been cleared every day throughout covid.
toonshola
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Re: Face masks

Post by toonshola »

kingdazzler wrote: ↑
14 Jan 2021, 16:46
100% wearing them in my office and no van sharing either. keeping your distance still a problem especially at the bag drop frames. mask wearing is being enforced by managers. office has been cleared every day throughout covid.
Wow get me transferred to your office! Since COVID our office hasn’t cleared once. Most days between 6 and 10 delivery’s are left untouched bar the specials/tracked.
I’m sure the local approach to revisions the union has agreed will bring this all back to equilibrium though.....
ripio
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Joined: 06 Sep 2008, 23:32
Gender: Male

Re: Face masks

Post by ripio »

P13 wrote: ↑
13 Jan 2021, 20:17
Busterbear wrote: ↑
13 Jan 2021, 20:12
Name and shame ! Keep safe ! keep away from WF13
Report them to the HSE
HSE won't do anything.
I contacted them via their online form, they said they were not the relevant authority for our workplace, and that I should contact the local council authority who are the relevant h&s enforcing authority.
But, I'd already contacted the council and they said they were not the relevant authority, contact the HSE !!!!
ConeHater
MAIL CENTRES/PROCESSING
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Re: Face masks

Post by ConeHater »

ripio wrote: ↑
14 Jan 2021, 18:58
P13 wrote: ↑
13 Jan 2021, 20:17
Busterbear wrote: ↑
13 Jan 2021, 20:12
Name and shame ! Keep safe ! keep away from WF13
Report them to the HSE
HSE won't do anything.
I contacted them via their online form, they said they were not the relevant authority for our workplace, and that I should contact the local council authority who are the relevant h&s enforcing authority.
But, I'd already contacted the council and they said they were not the relevant authority, contact the HSE !!!!
Several complained to HSE at the NDC site, they paid a visit earlier this week.