Neighbour isn't a key worker

(352 Posts)
TrulyOutrageousJem Fri 03-Apr-20 12:36:57

Since working from home I have moved my desk into the bay window. It's nice to see cars and occasionally people and to not be staring at a blank wall. I'm new to the street and only moved in two months ago so I'm not on chatting terms with anybody yet just a polite hello.

As I'm in the window I have noticed that my neighbour facing gets up each day, takes her small baby (younger than one) to the nursery and her kids to school then comes back home. She isn't working outside of the home as far as I can see and both her and her partner are there all day. She drops the smallest off at 8am and picks up at 5:30pm Monday - Friday so not even a reduced time. I like to keep to myself but it's driving me insane that she is playing the system while I have my small children, yes driving me insane, while trying to work and homeschool but that is just the way it is.

Today it looks like they are doing a spot of DIY because they are childless for the day/week?!?!!!

I desperately want to say something.

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TheRealShatParp Fri 03-Apr-20 12:38:55

This would really piss me off, too.

sufferingsandra Fri 03-Apr-20 12:39:02

I am a key worker who works from home...we do exist.

That being said, I am keeping my children with me.

Do you know what their jobs are?

Trooperslaneagain Fri 03-Apr-20 12:39:30

Mind your own business.

ViciousJackdaw Fri 03-Apr-20 12:41:04

I'm not on chatting terms with anybody yet just a polite hello

So you don't actually know what they do, do you?

PawPawNoodle Fri 03-Apr-20 12:41:08

Maybe you should put your desk back where it was and get on with some work.

oohnicevase Fri 03-Apr-20 12:41:34

They may be vulnerable , someone I know has to take her kids to school because the dad is a danger .. fuck knows why the dad didn't get booted out at the first sigh of it but the social workers insist he is out the house. !

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Whiskersandtwitch Fri 03-Apr-20 12:41:49

Close your curtains.

LaurieFairyCake Fri 03-Apr-20 12:41:50

Loads of key workers work from home confused

Like every teacher right now who is working a total system in school and out of school

My GP is an online one, there are HUNDREDS of them working from home online using video for patients

Mia1415 Fri 03-Apr-20 12:41:58

I'm a key worker and I'm working from home. My son was in school last week, but due to his asthma I've decided to keep him at home with me, but I absolutely could send him in if I needed to and I may well need to at some points.

monkeysox Fri 03-Apr-20 12:42:28

Maybe they have ehcp or a social worker

ilovesooty Fri 03-Apr-20 12:42:42

I don't understand this investment in the daily life of someone you don't even know.

HoffiCoffi13 Fri 03-Apr-20 12:42:53

Do you know what her job is? DH is a key worker who works from home. My children are at home and I’m a SAHM but unless you know their exact circumstances it’s hard to comment.

HunterHearstHelmsley Fri 03-Apr-20 12:42:55

Bloody hell. Do your job instead of worrying about your neighbour.

I've just been watching my neighbour taking pictures of cars that have parked. Mental.

Frankiecandle Fri 03-Apr-20 12:43:25

Maybe you should stop tracking what your neighbours are doing and get on with your work.

HoffiCoffi13 Fri 03-Apr-20 12:43:44

Maybe their children have additional needs, or are considered vulnerable in some way? Maybe they are under social care?

langkaw Fri 03-Apr-20 12:43:58

The child could very well have an ehcp or be classed as vulnerable and therefore better off in school.

TheRealShatParp Fri 03-Apr-20 12:44:00

What are these responses?! Mind your own business?
How does this not bother other people?!
If they’re home then their kids should be to. Who can argue that?

Legoandloldolls Fri 03-Apr-20 12:44:08

Two of my kids have ehcps so might be going back to school for respite / some normality/ therapy in some form after Easter. I might decide it's not worth the risk bu then. But I'm not a key worker. It's not the only sanario

DisinfectantDoris Fri 03-Apr-20 12:44:11

It's not just key worker kids. If social services are involved or there's an HCP or other vulnerable category they are to go in.

binkyblinky Fri 03-Apr-20 12:44:21

That's fairly judgmental - I am not a key worker however I have two children with special needs who are classed as vulnerable (NOT because of my care but because they both have echp plans at school)

I could send them to school if I wanted, however I have decided against it for their safety.

There could be several more reasons why the children are going to school still!

TheRealShatParp Fri 03-Apr-20 12:44:58

@HoffiCoffi13 good point, the children may be vulnerable.

HoffiCoffi13 Fri 03-Apr-20 12:45:35

TheRealShatParp I am a chair of governors. Our school has some children still attending despite both parents being at home as they are deemed to be safer at school.

welldonejean Fri 03-Apr-20 12:45:38

Do you WANT your kids to go to school? I don't, I feel they are safer with me than mixing with children of NHS workers or supermarket workers.
I suggest you mind your own business.

HoffiCoffi13 Fri 03-Apr-20 12:45:53

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