No Masks in Penneys on Henry Street

I was in Penneys today for the first time in 18 months and there were a lot of female customers walking around inside with no masks and nobody asking them to wear a mask.

I wouldn't be surprised to see one or two as there are quite a few ones around that area these days on the rougher side of things but there was over 20 women spread throughout the store with no masks at all and not a care about it.

Are these type of xxxxxxxx common throughout the country or is the Henry Street/Parnell Street of Dublin particularly bad?

On top of that there seemed to be a lot of people around this area today that I suspect were on heroin, it was like a scene from a zombie movie.

Sleeper12

I stayed in a ciny centre hotel last week. Well known 4 star Hotel in Dublin 2 and no one was enforcing covid rules. People walking around without masks and barman taking orders over the bar rather providing table service only. Watching it for a few days Im not surprised that the government is reluctant to open indoor eating and drinking.

XLR 8

whatnow! wrote: »

I was in Penneys today for the first time in 18 months and there were a lot of female customers walking around inside with no masks and nobody asking them to wear a mask.

I wouldn't be surprised to see one or two as there are quite a few ones around that area these days on the rougher side of things but there was over 20 women spread throughout the store with no masks at all and not a care about it.

Are these type of xxxxxxxx common throughout the country or is the Henry Street/Parnell Street of Dublin particularly bad?

On top of that there seemed to be a lot of people around this area today that I suspect were on heroin, it was like a scene from a zombie movie.

That would be Mary St not Henry St.

Good to know:)

Strumms

whatnow! wrote: »

I was in Penneys today for the first time in 18 months and there were a lot of female customers walking around inside with no masks and nobody asking them to wear a mask.

I wouldn't be surprised to see one or two as there are quite a few ones around that area these days on the rougher side of things but there was over 20 women spread throughout the store with no masks at all and not a care about it.

Are these type of xxxxxxxx common throughout the country or is the Henry Street/Parnell Street of Dublin particularly bad?

On top of that there seemed to be a lot of people around this area today that I suspect were on heroin, it was like a scene from a zombie movie.

They’d be quick enough getting people on the case of stock was being nicked to negatively impact the health of their balance sheets but spending a couple of hundred extra a day which is ballpark all it would be to enforce covid rules... nahhh..

John_Rambo

I was in there on Friday and everyone was masked up. The odd mouth breather with the nose sticking out, but that's it.

JPup

John_Rambo wrote: »

I was in there on Friday and everyone was masked up. The odd mouth breather with the nose sticking out, but that's it.

That would make them a nose breather surely :pac:

Cienciano

I was in a mcdonalds in Cabra and 2 skanger girls weren't wearing masks. Guy asked them to wear masks and they had the "medical condition" excuse ready so the staff just let them go ahead.

Sleeper12

Cienciano wrote:

I was in a mcdonalds in Cabra and 2 skanger girls weren't wearing masks. Guy asked them to wear masks and they had the "medical condition" excuse ready so the staff just let them go ahead.

Makes you wonder why infection rates are jumping again

Make a rule that's easily bypassed, people will bypass it.

And that's why we can't have nice things

ligerdub

What horrors some of you have witnessed.

jrosen

Mask compliance isn't as good as it should be.

0lddog

whatnow! wrote: »

I was in Penneys today for the first time in 18 months and there were a lot of female customers walking around inside with no masks and nobody asking them to wear a mask....

So What ?


Its over three months since I went into an Iceland somewhere on the north side of Dublin and observed likewise.


Whats not to like about herd immunity without a massive death toll ?

0lddog

Niner leprauchan wrote: »

...And that's why we can't have nice things

What sort of Nice Things cant you have, Niner ?

We were talking about herd immunity a good while back, hasn't really come up in a while especially when we see how infectious the new Delta strain is and numbers and hospitalisations of young healthy people. You really should make more of an effort to be aware of the facts.

0lddog

0lddog wrote: »

What sort of Nice Things cant you have, Niner ?

So many shiny objects that are in the womens section where I dare not thread

whatnow!

whatnow! wrote: »

We were talking about herd immunity a good while back, hasn't really come up in a while especially when we see how infectious the new Delta strain is and numbers and hospitalisations of young healthy people. You really should make more of an effort to be aware of the facts.

well if they start the J&J jab via pharmacists, we should get there a lot faster

Biker79

whatnow! wrote: »

On top of that there seemed to be a lot of people around this area today that I suspect were on heroin, it was like a scene from a zombie movie.

Its astonishing how many ' drug people ' are in the city center.

They've been dumped by the city council/ HSE into the the various short term accommodation premises from Heuston to Talbot Street. 100s of them.

Then you have all the junkies coming in from the Western suburbs to score in the council flats. They hang around town for a few hours, make a complete mess and then shuffle off. Wednesday is peek zombie day because its dole day.

At least the tents have been cleared from Henry Street.

Biker79

Biker79 wrote: »

Its astonishing how many ' drug people ' are in the city center.

They've been dumped by the city council/ HSE into the the various short term accommodation premises from Heuston to Talbot Street. 100s of them.

Then you have all the junkies coming in from the Western suburbs to score in the council flats. They hang around town for a few hours, make a complete mess and then shuffle off. Wednesday is peek zombie day because its dole day.

At least the tents have been cleared from Henry Street.

Solution?

Biker79

Niner leprauchan wrote: »

Solution?

I don't know.

No country has figured out how to solve the hard drug problem and the rewards for dealing are so great that its worth the risk of watching TV and having your meals served to you in Mountjoy for a while at huge expense to the taxpayer. My heart goes out to the many mothers who are being threatened with physical harm if they don't pay off the debts of their junkie children.

Marcusm

Niner leprauchan wrote: »

Solution?

Injection centres and quality drugs. Don’t have them zombified on methadoneZ. Encourage non-psychosis inducing drugs like heroin rather than the crack epidemic that’s creeping up on us.

athlone573

Methadone users may be annoying and obvious on our streets and thoroughfares particularly in the North inner city

However much better for them and for public health in general to be using methadone than shooting up destroying their veins with God knows what.

Marcusm

athlone573 wrote: »

Methadone users may be annoying and obvious on our streets and thoroughfares particularly in the North inner city

However much better for them and for public health in general to be using methadone than shooting up destroying their veins with God knows what.

I think you missed the statement about quality drugs. Methadone helps no one and has incredibly poor impacts on an addicts health.

athlone573

Marcusm wrote: »

I think you missed the statement about quality drugs. Methadone helps no one and has incredibly poor impacts on an addicts health.

I feel that is unrealistic in the current political environment,
in theory I wouldn't be against it though. Is there anywhere it has been rolled out successfully?

boombang

This drifted off topic quickly.

I've seen mask compliance drop in Tesco Dún Laoghaire. I don't like it at all. Mostly from rough looking young men. Security not doing anything about it, but I'm not sure I blame them that much.

sydthebeat

I'm from a Midlands Town.

Skangers and knackers don't think they need to abide by the rules that everyone else does.

Didn't before covid, won't after it either

athlone573

boombang wrote: »

This drifted off topic quickly.

I've seen mask compliance drop in Tesco Dún Laoghaire. I don't like it at all. Mostly from rough looking young men. Security not doing anything about it, but I'm not sure I blame them that much.

As with other annoying habits like playing tiktoks or smoking on the bus, the path of least resistance involves turning a blind eye.

They go back to the place they hang about and the scum they socialise with and the dealers who keep waving heroin at them and they will take it sooner or later.

Methadone is just a cherry on top for them unless they are in a treatment center.

I've lived in north dublin for a few years so its nothing unusual for me to see but when there is mostly a bunch of teenagers and junkies in Dublin 1 it is really obvious the extent of the problem is huge.

It is really hard for me to come to terms with helping them when it prolongs them from hitting rock bottom and the homeless shelters are full of junkies and many women don't feel safe going to them. The longer I live in Dublin the less sympathy I have towards heroin addicts as they are taking resources away from people who have hit a really hard point in their lives because of bad luck and not having the family and friends around them that most of us take for granted.

sydthebeat

sydthebeat wrote: »

I'm from a Midlands Town.

Skangers and knackers don't think they need to abide by the rules that everyone else does.

Didn't before covid, won't after it either

Longford?:)

0lddog

whatnow! wrote: »

Longford?:)

If only Longford could have a monopoly on that !