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AIBU to suggest poor public behaviour should affect access to services?

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Liggety · 19/08/2026 11:01

Following many recent threads about what is and is not permissible in a decent society, can we agree on a list of actions that should exclude you from accessing state services?

To start with:

Using a phone on loudspeaker anywhere outwith your own home.
Wearing PJs outwith your own home.
Playing music - inside or outside - so loudly it can be heard by neighbours.
Cycling on the pavements (cycling is my main mode of transport btw).
Wearing balaclavas outwith the high mountains.
Riding an illegal e-scooter or e-bike.
Having an off-lead dog in public that is not under your full control.
Dropping litter.
Wearing scrunch bum leggings and other revolting clothing in public.
Swearing in public.
Driving without using your indicators.
Men without a top on in public.
Working cash in hand, or paying cash in hand for work done while knowing or suspecting tax may not be accounted for by the service provider.

Some of the above are more tongue in cheek than others by all indicate no grace, style or manners and we need to remove them from our culture.

What are you adding to the list?

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Ponoka7 · 19/08/2026 18:32

Dollymylove · 19/08/2026 12:13

This is how society once was, when people were brought up to respect themselves and those around them. Teachers had the authority to discipline unruly children, parents could properly discipline their children. Single parenthood was quite rare. Church attendance was much higher. We had an effective police force, rather than rainbow painted cars and taking the knee to some foreign druggie nobody had ever heard of. Far less of a drugs problem.
Proper punishment for crime.
And best of all.........NO SOCIAL MEDIA 😆

Single parenthood was rare because women were imprisoned, made to do hard, labour intensive work and had their babies removed from them. The bodies of a lot of those babies, left to die from neglect and experimentation, has since been found. Do you miss those days?
Explain respect in a society that legalised rape in marriage and women's bruised faces were ignored, especially by the Police.

Taztoy · 19/08/2026 16:42

Oh I get it. Sorry mnhq. I’m not allowed to describe the reasons I ran outside in my disgusting horrible lounge wear. The top half anyway.

i should have known. I’m not allowed to talk about what he did to me. It makes people uncomfortable and I should know better.

Taztoy · 19/08/2026 16:38

Boreded · 19/08/2026 16:36

I’m not sure why my earlier post was deleted at all. I just replied to OP confirming that she did not call me out on anything, and I in fact called her out for her nasty opinions.

There has been no name calling on my deleted post, so I literally have no idea why it has been removed (will message MNHQ to find out)

Anyway, OP should consider having this thread deleted since it is in poor taste

I’ve no idea why I was deleted either. But it seems it’s ok for the op to mock me.

serves me right for wearing loungewear. You’ll be glad to know @Liggety I don’t wear anything with an elastic waist any more. Can you think why?

Widoeeyes · 19/08/2026 16:37

Hahabonk · 19/08/2026 11:11

Saying ‘outwith’

Stop this nonsense. Outwith is a good Scottish word

Taztoy · 19/08/2026 16:36

Liggety · 19/08/2026 16:17

Yes but I can’t imagine she went out in them intentionally. She was merely trying to access services to help with her immense trauma in an urgent way.

I ran outside screaming.

I wasn’t trying to access services.

to be clear.

that wasn’t even remotely in my head.

I can’t believe the nasty tone you’ve taken towards me but hey ho.

Boreded · 19/08/2026 16:36

I’m not sure why my earlier post was deleted at all. I just replied to OP confirming that she did not call me out on anything, and I in fact called her out for her nasty opinions.

There has been no name calling on my deleted post, so I literally have no idea why it has been removed (will message MNHQ to find out)

Anyway, OP should consider having this thread deleted since it is in poor taste

Taztoy · 19/08/2026 16:35

Boreded · 19/08/2026 16:33

This didn’t happen…I wouldn’t worry about it. She didn’t call me out for anything, and also I would happily wear my PJs or loungewear wherever I felt like it, as would many other posters, I wear them for me and not for what other people think.

Taztoy I hope this thread isn’t causing you more upset, it is unfortunately just a nasty OP who gets her kicks from laughing at those she deems less worthy.

Thank you.

Boreded · 19/08/2026 16:33

Taztoy · 19/08/2026 16:27

What the fuck

This didn’t happen…I wouldn’t worry about it. She didn’t call me out for anything, and also I would happily wear my PJs or loungewear wherever I felt like it, as would many other posters, I wear them for me and not for what other people think.

Taztoy I hope this thread isn’t causing you more upset, it is unfortunately just a nasty OP who gets her kicks from laughing at those she deems less worthy.

Taztoy · 19/08/2026 16:32

oviraptor21 · 19/08/2026 16:30

OP didn't skip the rape - see the post at 16:10 when she clearly acknowledged the trauma.

You mean when she said I was allowed to run outside because I was accessing services to help with my immense trauma in an urgent way? Is that really what you’d say to someone who runs outside screaming for help having been raped and beaten and been subjected to attempted strangulation?

oviraptor21 · 19/08/2026 16:30

Boreded · 19/08/2026 16:25

Yeah OP’s last couple are awful. Particularly skipping the bit about the rape and focussing on whether the poster had chosen to go out in loungewear - shocking

OP didn't skip the rape - see the post at 16:10 when she clearly acknowledged the trauma.

Boreded · 19/08/2026 16:30

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Taztoy · 19/08/2026 16:27

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What the fuck

Liggety · 19/08/2026 16:26

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Taztoy · 19/08/2026 16:26

I was trying to find someone to save my fucking life.

I was not trying to access services to help with my trauma in an urgent way.

I didn’t know what the fuck I was doing. I was trying to survive. That was it. I was trying to find anyone to help me and to get away.

access services to help with my immense trauma in an urgent way my arse.

Boreded · 19/08/2026 16:25

LaughingCat · 19/08/2026 16:23

Ohhh…this thread went sideways in a big way, between starting writing my response and publishing it.

Yeah OP’s last couple are awful. Particularly skipping the bit about the rape and focussing on whether the poster had chosen to go out in loungewear - shocking

Boreded · 19/08/2026 16:24

Liggety · 19/08/2026 16:17

Yes but I can’t imagine she went out in them intentionally. She was merely trying to access services to help with her immense trauma in an urgent way.

I can assure you that she could have gone out in them intentionally, and why the actual fuck would that make a difference.

The distain you feel for someone in loungewear or PJs is shocking.

LaughingCat · 19/08/2026 16:23

Ohhh…this thread went sideways in a big way, between starting writing my response and publishing it.

IwanttoWFH · 19/08/2026 16:23

Liggety · 19/08/2026 11:31

Parking on pavements gives me the rage too. I had to wheel my buggy into the road around a pavement parked car just the other day. The other thing we get around here is roadworks signs obstructing the pavements. The council are upgrading a lot of junctions near us and put the ‘lane closed’ etc signs on the pavement, forcing pedestrians into the road to get around. Why?

I think I am also irrationally annoyed by lots of things, but I just feel like society is slipping down the pan. The blind eye shown by police to little illegalities like bike theft, illegal use of e-bikes, public drug taking and alcoholism. Not dealing with them makes the community feel much less safe.

Perhaps you should add “governments cutting funding to the police so they don’t have the resources to address these issues” to your list….

LaughingCat · 19/08/2026 16:20

Well, this thread is all shades of Hyacinth Bucket, isn’t it? I don’t like some of these, OP, others I don’t care about. It just feels like quite a mean-spirited, finger-wagging thing to do on a sunny afternoon. You’re dangerously close to growing into the old bat that everyone rolls their eyes at when they twitch their curtains and complain loudly to all and sundry about how standards are slipping in their area 😂

Taztoy · 19/08/2026 16:19

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Taztoy · 19/08/2026 16:19

Liggety · 19/08/2026 16:17

Yes but I can’t imagine she went out in them intentionally. She was merely trying to access services to help with her immense trauma in an urgent way.

Access services?

what the actual fuck.

do you honestly think I ran outside in pjs covered with blood with a broken nose and finger and covered in my own puke and having wet myself to “access services”?

Liggety · 19/08/2026 16:18

Liggety · 19/08/2026 16:17

Yes but I can’t imagine she went out in them intentionally. She was merely trying to access services to help with her immense trauma in an urgent way.

Which is obviously fair enough.

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Liggety · 19/08/2026 16:17

Boreded · 19/08/2026 16:14

But by your original logic she was wearing loungewear/pjs so already on your list, that’s the point that Taztoy is making.

@Taztoy I’m really sorry for what happened to you and I hope you’ve able to recover and find some peace after this awful event, nobody should have to go through that. 💐

Yes but I can’t imagine she went out in them intentionally. She was merely trying to access services to help with her immense trauma in an urgent way.

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Taztoy · 19/08/2026 16:17

I ran outside in my loungey pjamas. Screaming and making a lot of noise.

so that means no police help. No help from the nhs. No help from the council domestic violence people. No help from social workers. No counselling services. No help to patch up my physical injuries never mind the mental trauma.

lovely.

Boreded · 19/08/2026 16:17

Liggety · 19/08/2026 15:55

But why? Why not use headphones? The quality would be better and you’d not be disturbing others. Presumably you’d walk past houses?

Can’t you read…she literally said this was when she forgot her headphones…so that’s why 🤦‍♀️

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