Still Removing Helmets - Now Masks Are Commonplace
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Ever since covid started I've never removed my helmet, nor been asked to.
Whilst I can understand it looking a bit strange wearing a helmet to do your weekly shop etc I'm usually just out in a local shop to pick up a loaf of bread etc
Today I encountered quite a stroppy woman in the Post Office, who insisted I take it off (I've worn it in there loads of times before)
I have a clear visor so she had a better view of my face than if I was wearing a mask, I'd waited in the queue and had a parcel in hand
I politely refused pointing out that they asked customers to wear masks and this was doing the same job
Glasses, earplugs and my aversion to pointless rules mean that I'd rather not remove it unless I need to.
I've googled and seen that helmet removal used to be a thing but with all the mask wearing I was surprised that it still is, have I just been lucky until now ?
Whilst I can understand it looking a bit strange wearing a helmet to do your weekly shop etc I'm usually just out in a local shop to pick up a loaf of bread etc
Today I encountered quite a stroppy woman in the Post Office, who insisted I take it off (I've worn it in there loads of times before)
I have a clear visor so she had a better view of my face than if I was wearing a mask, I'd waited in the queue and had a parcel in hand
I politely refused pointing out that they asked customers to wear masks and this was doing the same job
Glasses, earplugs and my aversion to pointless rules mean that I'd rather not remove it unless I need to.
I've googled and seen that helmet removal used to be a thing but with all the mask wearing I was surprised that it still is, have I just been lucky until now ?
I was trying to be more subtle. aka_kerrly said:
Sounds like you were being a t
t. It's pretty common and obvious that you don't walk into shops or petrol stations wearing a full face helmet and this is nothing to do with masks.
It seems you can't read or comprehend - the question was have I just been lucky ?t. It's pretty common and obvious that you don't walk into shops or petrol stations wearing a full face helmet and this is nothing to do with masks. I have been going into shops, post offices, petrol stations etc for 18 months without issue - a helmet does exactly the same thing as a mask (or visor) and you can see more of my face with a helmet !
Fenland Plodder said:
Surely the last 18 months have proved there’s never really been a valid reason to ask us to remove our helmets.
No. It just shows that staff have a lot more serious issues to deal with since CoVID. It is polite to remove a helmet. When I was a lad, men would always remove their hats (commonly worn then) when they went into a shop, or indoors - something I do too.KTMsm said:
aka_kerrly said:
Sounds like you were being a tt. It's pretty common and obvious that you don't walk into shops or petrol stations wearing a full face helmet and this is nothing to do with masks.
It seems you can't read or comprehend - the question was have I just been lucky ?t. It's pretty common and obvious that you don't walk into shops or petrol stations wearing a full face helmet and this is nothing to do with masks. I have been going into shops, post offices, petrol stations etc for 18 months without issue - a helmet does exactly the same thing as a mask (or visor) and you can see more of my face with a helmet !
t: whilst I could understand taking a lid off pre-Covid, now taking it off to put a mask on is a pointless faff. Well done for politely standing your ground.Pica-Pica said:
Fenland Plodder said:
Surely the last 18 months have proved there’s never really been a valid reason to ask us to remove our helmets.
No. It just shows that staff have a lot more serious issues to deal with since CoVID. It is polite to remove a helmet. When I was a lad, men would always remove their hats (commonly worn then) when they went into a shop, or indoors - something I do too.I had the most ridiculous experience in May last year, the height of lockdown. Stopped at a garage near Oswestry and they refused to authorise the pump until I took my helmet off! I've never ever removed my helmet before brimming the tank as I fill it before I get off the bike. Don't we all?
I must be the only person in the world this has happened to?
But in answer to the op, yeah helmet stay on now in garages and maccys.
I must be the only person in the world this has happened to?
But in answer to the op, yeah helmet stay on now in garages and maccys.
Southerner said:
Don't some/most petrol stations display signage at the pumps instructing helmets to be removed? Or is that just one particularly akward company?! 
They do, hence why I'm surprised someone saying they have been walking into shops for 20 odd years! I've worked in a petrol station & a supermarket before and it was very very rare for a biker NOT to remove their helmet hence my rather blunt response that it appears a minority including the OP have been lucky to get away with what I consider rude behaviour.
aka_kerrly said:
Sounds like you were being a tt. It's pretty common and obvious that you don't walk into shops or petrol stations wearing a full face helmet and this is nothing to do with masks.
I've always wore my helmet when paying for fuel, again like most on here without issues. t. It's pretty common and obvious that you don't walk into shops or petrol stations wearing a full face helmet and this is nothing to do with masks. Edited by aka_kerrly on Wednesday 22 September 18:40
I guess I must be a t
t too then, oh well aka_kerrly said:
Sounds like you were being a tt. It's pretty common and obvious that you don't walk into shops or petrol stations wearing a full face helmet and this is nothing to do with masks.
Eh? Shops, no argument, but petrol stations…nope. I wear my helmet in petrol stations all the time and always have. Length and breadth of the country. I’ve been asked to remove it twice and each time chose to leave and use another nearby.t. It's pretty common and obvious that you don't walk into shops or petrol stations wearing a full face helmet and this is nothing to do with masks. Edited by aka_kerrly on Wednesday 22 September 18:40
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