GB72
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Guess it is all down to circumstances. Mine is a small village pub where I know pretty much everyone and I do feel relaxed. Outside of that environment, I would not be so sure and may be more like you
Coronavirus - how is it/has it affected you?
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Guess it is all down to circumstances. Mine is a small village pub where I know pretty much everyone and I do feel relaxed. Outside of that environment, I would not be so sure and may be more like you
Two regions in Spain have now mandated the use of masks in public, irrespective of the previous social distancing criteria.
I used the clubhouse for a drink last night. Feel confident the staff are compliant and diligent with their H&S and more confident that I know the people I'm sharing space with, having played golf with a few of them recently. Not sure even using the small country pub we use I'd feel overly comfy not knowing everyone in there.
BubbaP
Occasional Player of Golf
Can imagine many similar scenarios to this in the coming months.
Slab
Occasional Tour Caddy
Its over 2 months now since BA cancelled my flights and if you want refunded they still cant answer the phone or make any acknowledgement or reply to mail (they'll happily engage if you want to re-book/take vouchers, they even set that up online)
Pretty bad for the national carrier & the poor service proves it is the right choice not to defer a booking
Pretty bad for the national carrier & the poor service proves it is the right choice not to defer a booking
KLM cancelled our flights, thankfully, about a month ago. We also asked for a refund but have yet to receive it. Airbnb refunded us within days of agreeing to, but it seems the airlines are dragging their feet in comparison. I am confident that we will get our money back, as will you, but it is disappointing that it is taking them so long.
road2ruin
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I've had this with a number of companies over the last 10 weeks. Ordered a bike from Wiggle, very attentive to all my queries in the run up to ordering but once they had my money I had barely any response for 6 weeks. They were very active on social media but barely responded to any direct messages and judging from other complaints I wasn't alone. Really poor service.
Slab
Occasional Tour Caddy
Yeah I'll eventually get it, whether its a refund or claimed through consumer credit act or chargeback. Despite the treatment from them I even sympathise that they don't want to give it back & would rather I took vouchers... but to simply ignore me is out of order
(after their thousands of redundancies I don't even know that they will definitely keep this route when they restart flights)
SwingsitlikeHogan
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We had BA flights to Greece early June cancelled and we got our money refunded very promptly really without any issues, maybe we were lucky. We have BA flights to Spain in October...we'll see.
President currently meeting with other senior figures in the Spanish govt to discuss whether or not to go back to full lockdown, or something very similar.
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That is bad... doubly since what happens in one country seems to be repeated elsewhere
How do you think the population would take that? Would they still be compliant?
Very hard psychologically for a whole country to go back into full lockdown after having come out and tasted some freedoms.
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I'm with you here
Even with this dine out in August thing I doubt we will go... Just want to keep risk low
I've said I'm out of all society events this season
Don't mind 4 balls with Mates but not whole day affairs with lots of people potentially
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SwingsitlikeHogan
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My daughter feeling happy but guilty as she gets a good wage rise on the same day that her brother is made redundant and miserable due to the pandemic. And we try and treat them both the same. Being a parent is not always easy. Funny old world - not. 
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My daughter feeling happy but guilty as she gets a good wage rise on the same day that her brother is made redundant and miserable due to the pandemic. And we try and treat them both the same. Being a parent is not always easy. Funny old world - not.
Something I'm not looking forward to in the future. Must be such a hard balancing act
Nearest we got ATM is my best mate just had her 1st child and she is having to go back after 6 months at most and her husband's going to have to turn down a new job that's PAYE as he would be too worse off right now timing is wrong
There's me sitting with a wife who's maternity covers her better and just cleared a lot during the pandemic keeping everything running best we could.
Hard to play down the truth as will cause resentment deep down
SwingsitlikeHogan
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It's tough - and you watch the news every day - today it's John Lewis, Burger King and Boots - many thousands of good jobs (mostly well paid) disappearing daily - and as a result many thousands more looking for a new job...daily...
How the population would take it and how the Spanish govt would use the Police to enforce it are two different things. The population would, in some instances, just ignore the new lockdown, and we'd see the Police out as we did before, stopping and fining.
As it is they've just announced that they are leaving it to the regional presidents to decide what each semi-automonous regions will do. Its a coalition govt, which only just survived the lockdown. Sanchez needs the backing of the regional presidents to stay in power. Worryingly, with infection rates at the levels we saw back in May, it looks like he's made a political choice rather than a healthcare choice.
Psychologically; it would be extremely tough. When Mrs Hobbit saw the headline of a (potential) return to lockdown she burst into tears. Many friends, all retired, don't want to spend their twilight time stuck indoors. The feeling is they'd do the right things going out, social distancing etc and just accept the risk. The consensus being better to die having fun than live in a prison.
BubbaP
Occasional Player of Golf
The worldometer figures don't really seem to be showing much of a rise, are you seeing more figures "from the inside"?
I had EasyJet flights booked for the first week of June cancelled, and have just had the refund.
I also had a villa booked in Majorca for this month which I cancelled on 1 June. No sign of a refund, and despite a number of emails the local letting agent won’t give me any indication when I’m likely to get it, other than saying it may take “many months”.
I’m speculating that they won’t or can’t refund until they start recouping their money, but with respect their cash flow is not really my concern.
I could live with it if they said I’d have my money by a certain date, say, the end of September. But their refusal to make any sort of commitment is really not good enough. I’ve raised a dispute with my credit card provider.