I’m abiding by them, even though it’s an abdication of common sense to do so.
I’m wearing a mask in shops, not because of any fear of catching it or passing it on by fleetingly passing somebody (the risk is about as close to zero as it’s possible to get), but simply because I can’t be arsed to get into a row with some cretin - because it’s bound to happen.
I’m also abiding by the rule of six; as I said on another post, last Saturday afternoon I went to the pub with four friends, so we were abiding, although I know for a fact three of them were meeting different sets of people that evening, but just so long as all three didn’t meet more than six, they weren’t breaking the rule of six.
That evening my wife and I and two other couples went for a meal to celebrate a birthday, and as there were only six of us, so we weren’t breaking the rule.
It’s the above absurdity that I struggle to cope with - it is an ill-thought out rule.