Would You Do Or Say Anything?

[DeeLicious]

Sat down to a Sunday roast in a pub today, a woman (who looked to be in her early 60s), came in and joined a couple of her friends on stools by the bar near us...and proceeded to cough repeatedly. She put her hand to her mouth each time, but in a very casual way. Her friends, who she was quite touchy-feely with, said nothing about her coughing. I really wanted to, given the current Corona situation and that she was positioned by the bar where drinks and food were being served, but being British of course I didn't....though we quickly finished up our lunch and left the pub. I appreciate she didn't do anything wrong, as such, but.......would you have said or done anything?

[Neveracrossword]

No, not if the woman put her hand to her mouth each and every time.

[bookbinder]

No, I wouldn't. You could not prove that the woman was infected with anything, and you would have been jumping to conclusions. Least said, soonest mended.

[Bobbisox1]

Tricky one Dee, sorry but I wouldn’t know what to do, unhelpful I know :0(

[mallyh]

my friend who has asthma often has a cough .

[shoota]

Oh lord, have you got plenty loo rolls Dee?

[Maydup]

I wòuldnt say anything but would probably give a few side glances and do what you did, leave fairly promptly.

[bookbinder]

"I really wanted to..." What would you have said, given the chance?

[MartinMillar]

No!

[MallyJ]

I was asked by a sales assistant at a check out in John Lewis if I wanted my 2 small purchases wrapped...I had already seen her sneeze into her hands so I told her that I had seen her do this and actually was not at all sure I wanted her to touch my things...she did apologise and doused her hands in sanitiser. I am not usually so picky but I am old with a heart condition so do not want to shuffle off this mortal coil just yet!

[Maydup]

Good for you MallyJ, well said.

[Barmaid]

No. What would saying anything have achieved?

[Khandro]

There once was a Ministry of Health jingle;
'Coughs and sneezes spread diseases
Catch then in your handkerchief ses'

My wife always carries one of those little packets in her bag and would probably have said, "May I offer you one of these?"

[Khandro]

them

[Old_Geezer]

Wish folk wouldn't do it casually though. Holding a hand six inches in front of one's mouth ain't going to achieve anything much.

Can understand your discomfort. One doesn't want to get involved with a confrontation or scene, but the British, for some unexplained reason, expect others to behave properly, even though all our life experience tells us that other people won't.

[david small]

I wonder can you be caused to expire through politeness? She probably just had a persistent cough, probably...

[jno]

you can of course sing that, Khandro.

At 9:45

https://youtu.be/-qmBivUlPXE?t=598

[andy-hughes]

No, because I don't want to contribute to the increasing levels of hysteria being created by the media stoking up paranoia and unreasonable fear of a virus which is going to spread, peak, and die, like viruses do, and there is actually virtually nothing we can do to stop that from happening.

[Cloverjo]

I wouldn’t have said anything to her. If I were there and had my dad with me I might have encouraged him to hurry up and eat and get out.

[Cloverjo]

I agree, andy. It all does seem a bit crazy now.

[douglas9401]

Don't say anything but casually slide a bogroll along the bar and give a knowing look