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Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

Losing a quarter of their custom? ... are they so opposed to masks that they'll starve? I just don't see it.

Even if 25% don't want to do it at first (which I think is an over-estimate) it'll be once. They'll go without their mask, be told they need a mask, kick off a bit, go away, and come back muttering under their masks while they buy their pot noodle.

I can't see any more than a TINY percentage being so adamant about it that they just "don't go to shops any more". This is Britain. People like to talk a big talk and mouth off on Facebook but when it comes down to it, we're apathetic and compliant. They'll wear masks.

I'm not just talking about supermarkets, in fact those are the ones I'm least talking about as they probably would find it easier to enforce as they do still have door staff a lot of the time and people do need to visit them. The problem will be the shopping that's done more for pleasure than for necessity and those are the shops that can least afford to lose out on any custom.

I might be wrong on this and it might actually help if more people now feel comfortable going out shopping but it could go either way. Tbh if compliance is 75% I think that would be a reasonable success as it'd more than double the number currently wearing masks, I don't think this is a law where its absolutely imperative that its enforced to 100% compliance