Returning to a job where you can't socially distance?

nicechap

What answer would you like?  Its easier to work out a plan of action if you know where you're going to.

elsien

Marvel1 said:

What part of the UK are working?

As Wales have brought in a law for employers to ensure staff are kept 2m apart or face a fine.

That's not the full story. It's aimed at employers who were flagrantly breaching thr rules, but the two metre rule is not an absolute as there is recognition that at times it will be impossible to enforce that distance in certain situations. The law  is about the "reasonable measures" taken by companies to help their staff comply.

n1guy

Thanks all, It's one of them cases where yes there are rules but they can not be adhered to 100% of the time. All anyone can do is play there part.   I'm more nervous about getting the bus to be honest.  The bus I would usually get only had 3-4 people on it so plenty of space between everyone.  The bus company in their wisdom decided to cut the number of buses from 1 every 30 mins or so to 1 every 2 hours, meaning the bus is now a hell of a lot more full.

Marvel1

elsien said:

Marvel1 said:

What part of the UK are working?

As Wales have brought in a law for employers to ensure staff are kept 2m apart or face a fine.

That's not the full story. It's aimed at employers who were flagrantly breaching thr rules, but the two metre rule is not an absolute as there is recognition that at times it will be impossible to enforce that distance in certain situations. The law  is about the "reasonable measures" taken by companies to help their staff comply.

Thank you for clearing this up, wasn't sure how it worked, and agree not always possible to remain 2m away.

Forum_Name

Woodbine said:

Courage is being scared to death. But saddling up anyway. 

Two sides to every coin.

I'm not a fan of these workworkworkwork until you're in the ground people & their mentality. There's more to life than work although yes work is a necessary part of life for the majority of us. 

Courage wont do you much good when you're in a box. What a brave person he was, so sad that he gave his life for his job & this virus took him at an early age … but at least he was courageous. 

Yep, i'm sure that will be huge consolation to the chaps family to have that on his gravestone. 

Like I said, everyone has their own views. I've read quite a lot from different people on here as they go through their own troubles during this time. Some people want to be working until they drop dead, others want to not leave the house because they're scared, some can't be bothered & then there's people in between. 

Personally i'd love nothing more than for everything to be back to normal and for everyone to have forgotten Coronavirus was ever a thing, but the fact is it's here and it's taking people left and right (and that's even with figures that in my opinion will have been doctored anyway and again in my opinion they'll be on the conservative side) so because of that I would personally rather sit at home, safe, on 80% than be at work, amongst the public, amongst people you can't trust to do the right thing. The harsh reality is I could potentially die just to make sure someone gets a paving slab. To me that's not worth it. If that makes me a coward then give me the t-shirt and i'll be the proudest coward you've ever seen. But i'll be alive.

n1guy

Forum_Name said:

Woodbine said:

Courage is being scared to death. But saddling up anyway. 

Two sides to every coin.

I'm not a fan of these workworkworkwork until you're in the ground people & their mentality. There's more to life than work although yes work is a necessary part of life for the majority of us. 

Courage wont do you much good when you're in a box. What a brave person he was, so sad that he gave his life for his job & this virus took him at an early age … but at least he was courageous. 

Yep, i'm sure that will be huge consolation to the chaps family to have that on his gravestone. 

Like I said, everyone has their own views. I've read quite a lot from different people on here as they go through their own troubles during this time. Some people want to be working until they drop dead, others want to not leave the house because they're scared, some can't be bothered & then there's people in between. 

Personally i'd love nothing more than for everything to be back to normal and for everyone to have forgotten Coronavirus was ever a thing, but the fact is it's here and it's taking people left and right (and that's even with figures that in my opinion will have been doctored anyway and again in my opinion they'll be on the conservative side) so because of that I would personally rather sit at home, safe, on 80% than be at work, amongst the public, amongst people you can't trust to do the right thing. The harsh reality is I could potentially die just to make sure someone gets a paving slab. To me that's not worth it. If that makes me a coward then give me the t-shirt and i'll be the proudest coward you've ever seen. But i'll be alive.

Good post, a man after my own heart.  I'm going back just to see how things are playing out.  If its still going to crap I will either ask to be Furloughed again or go on SSP even though I can't really afford to.