They were closed for 8 months malls that is.

They also had guards on the door stopping you from entering without a mask, like little Hitlers, sudden power rushing to their tiny brains. (When they reopened.)

Never liked Ikea much but we did go there and they tried to do the same, except it was a staff member, female, she usually had the task with regards to offering bags to shop with. Though now she had been told "stop anyone without a mask." Well I was in no mood to be stopped, I wanted to buy something and buy it I would. I walked on past her and onto the escalator. She came after me but as I speak little Polish I simply stated "I am English."

I guess she did not speak English, so that was enough for her to give up the chase.

Like I said I have never much liked Ikea, they are built like a maze, no quick way out, never going there again.

I digress.

Back to today's visit to Mein Fuhrers mall.

On entry the above picture with regards to social distancing was on the floor, not only there, it was everywhere you walked.

Of course you can't social distance in a busy mall - so it makes no sense.

There were also arrows on the floor like outside on a road, walk this direction on the left. Walk this way on the right.

Again nobody was taking any notice, but the mall - the little order followers had still done as ordered and put them there.

There were also blue arrows telling you on the left you could go straight on, and arrows on the opposite side pointing the other way.

Again it makes absolutely no difference and there is no point, what happens if you are on the left but want to go into a shop on the right? Are you just supposed to do as people on the m25 that runs round the entirety of London, do you drive around it all day??????

Common sense and logic were totally out of the window in this place. It gave me and my to be wife a good laugh though.

Again it was simply a case of order following.

We went for a bite to eat. I had a superb Vietnamese 5 flavours dish.
We sat and laughed at the nonsense of it all as people queued merely an inch apart.

If they had done the 2 meter rule then every walkway would be blocked with people following orders. Then nobody would be able to shop in the left arrow lane. Oh no they would have to walk in the right arrow lane and break the insane rules.

I shall move onto masks in the next paragraph but also give you a taster from lunchtime.

Some people in the queue were wearing masks. They would order food, sit down, take off mask and eat. Put mask back on when finished and continue to shop. Again I could not help but laugh out loud. Where is the logic??????

To mask or not mask, zis is zee question.

That was in my best Klaus Anal SLob voice.

It is still mandatory to wear a mask in shops and malls.

I would put it at 50 50 with regards to percentage that do and do not.

I started putting them into categories with my daughters help as we sat on a bench. (maskrons)

Speaking of benches for a moment, they had signs on all of them too. I will end with that photo later.

The photo of that woman above we put into the dirty, filthy and used for 19 months medical mask category.
It gets expensive buying them every day and people do not have massive amounts of money here to keep buying a box of 10, using them for 8 hours then throwing them away.

Then there were the amateur spray painting mask brigade as sportingly worn by this elderly gent. At least he did not do child cruelty unlike some and mask that babies face. (Below.)

Then there was the designer mask brigade, both male and female. the latter seem to match the color (colour) to their shoes and handbag.

There were the hypocrite mask brigade, wearing them below the nose, what is the point of that if you are in the cult? This hypocrite category also extends to any of the above categories that wore it below the nose.

Then the half hearted brigade that wore it on the chin just in case.

Then the last mask category, the ones that wear it on the elbow for when they enter a shop????

And then my 50% that simply can not be bothered as it is my life. (Anarchists at heart.)

We took in another chuckle by walking the wrong way the arrows pointed, but then again even the maskrons were doing the same.

Now as we sat on that bench I mentioned earlier I noted a sign in the middle saying keep your distance, so I sat smack bang on it in defiance, and laughed some more with my daughter as there was a lady behind sitting sort of ish on top of it, directly behind and no more than inch away. (Every little bit of non compliance helps.)

There were also the same signs in the restaurant and again nobody took any notice.

The table we sat at had a sign saying disinfected though we had to use paper towels to get rid of some food as the last person that ate there had left some behind, as you do.

All in all even the masked security guards on patrol never blinked an eye at the more or less total anarchy. I do not blame them, as it is one of the lowest paid jobs in this country and more for retired people than the young. Who needs confrontation for a pittance of a wage?

Most of the shop staff also were mask less.

All in all worth going for the food and especially the laughs, never hurts to have a good chuckle for 3 & for free.

Have a superb day and laugh at it all.

The BENCH! (ladies bum in the background.)

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