On the other hand, the powerful drinks lobby should ‘leave them kids alone’. Teenagers have enough to cope with during puberty. I get a great buzz from visiting schools and youth groups to speak about the advantages of becoming young pioneers.Īny Drinkaware programme should highlight the option of an alcohol-free adolescence. I have great times in the Pioneer Total Abstinence Association. I drink as much as the next person, except my tipple is alcohol-free. Unfortunately, far too many people are slaves to the booze. They are sensible social drinkers and have no issues with misuse of alcohol. Before heading off to university, I became a ‘lifelong pioneer’ and have never looked back. My decision to wear the pin allowed me to seamlessly navigate the teenage years. I recall being invited, in secondary school, to become a ‘young pioneer’, a pledge to abstain from alcohol until age 18. Any campaign to reduce the harm caused by alcohol misuse is worth supporting unless it contains resources developed by the drinks lobby itself. The revelation that the Drinkaware programme for teenagers is designed and paid for by the alcohol industry is enough to drive anyone to drink. There needs to be much clearer guidance from the people in charge. I’m not sure where she got her information or whether it was the owner of the shop, the HSE, the gardaí or her own moral compass who led her believe that she can engage with law-breakers who are putting law-abiding customers at risk. The shop assistant who was serving me hit the nail on the head when she told me that, as far as she was aware, she was allowed to serve people who are not wearing masks. I told him that it most certainly was my business as he was putting my life in danger.įrom this interaction, it is obvious that it is imperative that important life or death decisions are taken out of the hands of those with such limited mental capacity. His response was to tell me that he was collecting medication for a neighbour and that I should mind my own business. I told him that, as he was in a medical centre, he was required to wear a mask. I showed him a small sign which was partially covered by a bottle and was attached horizontally to the counter. The other day, while collecting my script, I had a maskless man pushing at my back to reach for something and breathing down my neck. I told her that she was supposed to be wearing a mask, to which she replied: “I’m sorry, I did not know that.” It is hardly surprising as there are few signs that masks are obligatory and none outside at the entrance.Īside for her ignorant attempt to barge past me rather than allow me to leave the doorway unobstructed, I feel that, as a mask-wearer people everywhere should respect the 2m rule which is sadly, no longer enforced. Last month, I had a woman trying to barge past me in the doorway.
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