Publicity stunt. As long as any staff can also choose to wear trousers and low/flat heels regardless of their gender, no problem, but they've chosen to use a pic of the more attention-grabbing option.
I can't see many men choosing the skirt-and-heels option, and perhaps many of the women won't either, purely on the grounds of comfort and practicality.
As a woman I certainly would not choose to wear tight skirt and high heels to work
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We went into London in the week, couldn't help noticing , we among the very few who wore a mask on the underground. People forget so quickly.
Genuine question..when will you, or anybody else for that matter, be comfortable not wearing one? I'm not bothered if people wear them or not.. I don't..not unless its in a situation that's makes them mandatory and even then with social distancing now none existent & face coverings ranging from full blown respirators to old socks, I'd question their efficacy. And lets be fair until Covid I don't think anybody considered wearing one in what is traditionally now referred to as 'flu season'. Has mask wearing become a habit (or security blanket) some people will find hard to cast off? Having said that I'll probably carry on using hand sanitising stations at places like supermarkets - I think they're one of the few good innovations (or habits) to come out of the whole Covid fiasco.
@Chris-P-Bacon, the reason is simple, covid has been on a very sharp rise in London again, flu is also on the rise. We are planning to go away next week. Wearing an FFP2 mask on the crowded underground seemed like a sensible precaution in the circumstances. We are not wearing masks anywhere else at the moment. It's all about balancing risk.
Masks aren't about you getting it, it's about you spreading it. It's not your risk unless someone without a mask passes a bug to you which, without a mask, you will pass to someone else. I know this but rarely wear a mask myself. Mask/ Covid protection fatigue? It all now depends on what happens this winter. We will find out whether this is just another inconvenient bug that the vast majority of us have to live with or something deadly serious.
We went into London in the week, couldn't help noticing , we among the very few who wore a mask on the underground. People forget so quickly.
I don't think they ever wore masks. Certainly very few people worse masks on my local bus routes, even in the worst bits of Covid. I'd rather walk than get on a bus.
Numbers are rising sharply again and the NHS will come under (even more) pressure. It makes sense to wear masks on public transport anyway and I may well adopt the practice for good, as I do about hand washing when I come home and using hand sanitser after using public transport. The tube is one of the the buggiest, most polluted places in the UK.
One would hope that Covid would improve people's personal health practices, like hand washing, to stop the transfer of bugs, in understanding how they spread. Somehow I doubt it's much a jot of difference to people's awareness, but one can live in hope.
My father was an engineering draughtsman. He always took care of his hands, as his job depended on an immaculate drawing. He schooled my brother and me in the recognition of 'transfer of matter', so the handwashing edict that accompanied Covid made no difference to our usual habits.
In any case, having livestock and a garden I wash my hands dozens of times a day anyway, just as a sensible precaution. Covid is not the only bug out there!
@Uff Nice to have something in common Uff, it's a job that has almost disappeared now accurate images can be produced on computers. The youngsters won't understand what we're talking about!
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It all now depends on what happens this winter. We will find out whether this is just another inconvenient bug that the vast majority of us have to live with or something deadly serious.