Heard that a friend of a friend died last night of covid related causes…. and then I get on the train this morning and there are multiple people not wearing masks in my carriage. It might be my imagination but I think compliance has got worse not better… and yet not once have I seen any enforcement since start of July. Stunning. Think it’s pretty clear we will surpass France’s 60k cases are some stage in the next few weeks.

    Jules72 I have been on the train only once (last week, to see relatives in Warrington before their Tier 3 started) and to be fair the British Transport Police were a very visible presence at the station (though not on the train). I imagine the BTP simply haven’t got the numbers compared with the amount of commuter trains in the South East though.

        bosstrabs yup on numbers… it’s pointless them standing around at stations though because all these idiots put on a mask when entering and take it off once in the train… anyway given what’s going on in Italy, where there has been strong enforcement, it just seems that if you keep schools open you are going to get a nasty cases spike - almost seems like masks don’t work in the bigger scheme of things

          Actually Tooting is a Labour stronghold.

          Thankfully the restaurant scene is beyond vibrant or I’d be out of here like a shot.

          Smallman1 all except TFL workers who talk to each other 1 metre apart without masks…. thickets if I ever saw any…. do most TFL workers actually do anything btw - how much do they get paid for just standing around looking thick

              Jules72 how much do they get paid for just standing around looking thick

              About £50k a year.

                  Dubman I hope they’re caught and made an example of.

                    Smallman1 50k a year just for manning the gates?

                    Sounds absurd even though they’re unionised, can’t be right.

                    Train drivers may get upwards of that, not sure, but not some pillock on the gateline.

                        I got on a tube with my lad earlier in the summer when we spent the weekend in London. A hugh menacing guy sat opposite, phone in one hand, Harry Redknapp autobiography in the other, coughing intermittently whilst eyeballing the other horrified mask wearing passengers in the carriage. I like others was so tempted to say something but bottled it through fear of getting a smack in front of my lad. Absolute bell-ends they are!

                        They get £30k. Tube driver gets £55k basic with upto £75k with overtime - they get 62 weeks holiday a year too.