They don’t mask their disregard

I was sad to read how NHS Worker (MetroTalk, Thu) was ‘barked at’ by railway staff because they took their mask off for a couple of moments. But at least someone is keeping an eye out for the other people travelling through their station.

I, too, travel on Greater Anglia, between Tottenham Hale and Stansted Airport. Nobody cares on that line. Some of the staff are worse than the commuters – half of them don’t wear masks.

One female staff member gets on at Harlow – one day a mask, one day a face shield, most days neither. And after the airport terminal shuts at 5pm, most walk around the station with no mask on at all, despite workers still travelling home from the airport in the evenings.

You’d have thought they would practise what they preach. It’s no wonder commuters don’t care either any more. K, Enfield

■ Larry says the railway worker was right to bark at me for removing my mask (MetroTalk, Fri). I had to take my mask off briefly on the platform (deserted, off-peak) as I got an urgent call about my mum’s care and I could not be heard through the mask.

As to ‘dining out’ on working for the NHS, as he says, that is something I would never do!

Manners cost nothing and ‘please’ could have been used (and a bit of common sense, given the platform was deserted).

Also, I have to test twice weekly for Covid-19 as I work in a hospital and remain negative to Covid-19 so therefore I’m no risk to anyone. In fact, I’m at more risk of catching it from the constant non-maskwearing general public travelling with me!

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