Covid travel home at end of holiday? 27 June 2022 at 12:04PM in Coronavirus travel help & info 14 replies 345 views

Be_Happy

Thanks for all your points of view.

I feel, though, that I must live in a more community spirited part of the country.   Masks on buses are often worn as are masks in crowded places more often now.   People are still regularly testing, and reporting, possibly causing our covid figures to seem higher than elsewhere.

Bus drivers do take an interest in passengers boarding or on bus.  I have seen one man arriving carrying his t-shirt told to get the top on or he wasn't getting on the bus.   Three young lads boarding while swearing were told to moderate language and another man swearing at bus driver was put off at next stop. 

A few years ago, on a Megabus with a large group of students returning home, the driver gave a 5 minute talk at the start of the journey, pointing out that alcohol consumption on the bus was illegal and anyone doing it would be put off at the next layby when the police who had been notified would pick them up.   While rowdy behaviour annoying passengers on the bus could end up with being put off at the next town and they could use their tickets to continue travel on the next bus.   I've even seen a bus driver stop the bus and ask a passenger whose child had a toy giving out a police siren noise to stop the noise as it was distracting him.

All on different routes with different drivers.

However, it does seem that in the hopefully unlikely case that I do have to use public transport, I just wear a mask and keep as far away from others as possible.

jon81uk

Be_Happy said:

Thanks for all your points of view.

I feel, though, that I must live in a more community spirited part of the country.   Masks on buses are often worn as are masks in crowded places more often now.   People are still regularly testing, and reporting, possibly causing our covid figures to seem higher than elsewhere.

using an NHS provided test kit doesn't add to the reported figures.
The ONS has a separate system of monitoring to compile the statistics.

katejo

NoodleDoodleMan said:

Whenever on a cruise pre Covid there was an obligatory certificate to sign confirming that embarking passengers had had no symptoms of the Noravius bug in the last week or so - a straightforward Yes/No declaration.

As if anybody was going to respond in the affirmative and be denied boarding !!!

So, if you are feeling rough before flying home these days - just grin and bear it - unless you want to remain behind with all that that entails.

One factor which has put me off a cruise is that, despite having shown proof of vaccination and possibly a negative text before boarding the ship, someone displaying just simple cold symptoms might be forced to do a further test and then be confined to their cabin for the rest of the trip!

Upsidedownandaround

Be_Happy said:

Thanks for all your points of view.

I feel, though, that I must live in a more community spirited part of the country.   Masks on buses are often worn as are masks in crowded places more often now.   People are still regularly testing, and reporting, possibly causing our covid figures to seem higher than elsewhere.

Bus drivers do take an interest in passengers boarding or on bus.  I have seen one man arriving carrying his t-shirt told to get the top on or he wasn't getting on the bus.   Three young lads boarding while swearing were told to moderate language and another man swearing at bus driver was put off at next stop. 

A few years ago, on a Megabus with a large group of students returning home, the driver gave a 5 minute talk at the start of the journey, pointing out that alcohol consumption on the bus was illegal and anyone doing it would be put off at the next layby when the police who had been notified would pick them up.   While rowdy behaviour annoying passengers on the bus could end up with being put off at the next town and they could use their tickets to continue travel on the next bus.   I've even seen a bus driver stop the bus and ask a passenger whose child had a toy giving out a police siren noise to stop the noise as it was distracting him.

All on different routes with different drivers.

However, it does seem that in the hopefully unlikely case that I do have to use public transport, I just wear a mask and keep as far away from others as possible.

There’s a bit of a difference between a bus driver not tolerating anti-social behaviour and one not allowing a person to get on or chucking them off because they are coughing or look a little clammy.