The Anti Dementors, danger-buffooning their way through life!

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I have a Y6 child who was hoping to be back at school on 8 June, albeit 2 days a week, but we had letter from the head today to say they have pushed date back to 15 June.

it was the comic sans that pushed me over the edge

Understandable!

I can’t stand it when journalists speak to random people with no more insight or experience of a particular subject than the next person. What’s the point? It’s just a proof of the old saying “opinions are like arseholes, everyone has one”.

[quote DominaShantotto]@BarkandCheese it was the comic sans that pushed me over the edge and pissed me off completely! I could deal with the dementoring (at least that one's at adult eye level not infant level) but in fucking comic sans?! The apocalypse surely calls for something with some gravitas - why not just do it in that blue wibbly word art beloved of year 5 and be done with professionalism completely?![/quote]
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DominaShantotto

That notice sounds about as unprofessional as they come! Talking to people like they are idiots while telling them to keep thier germ infested kids away from her!
Hope all the parents complain about it.

Why is she even in the job sounds like she hates kids.

Ours is adopting some weird half way house of spacing them out in the classroom (where they will also eat lunch) but allowing them to bunch up at playtime. Not sure of the reasoning behind that but at least they are allowed to play!

Could be that they are outdoors. It seems everyone is doing things differently!

So the same "friend" who upset me about sending Ds to nursery is obviously determined to piss on my bonfire.

Posted a link to Facebook that our area has the lowest % of positive tests per 100,000 in our entire county. Good right?

Apparently not. Her friend was tested and it was negative therefore she can't trust the results.

Fuck. Right. Off.

@Willow2017

DominaShantotto

That notice sounds about as unprofessional as they come! Talking to people like they are idiots while telling them to keep thier germ infested kids away from her!
Hope all the parents complain about it.

Why is she even in the job sounds like she hates kids.

Being fair to her - she genuinely does take so much of an interest in the kids normally - and I think she's just completely scared by this and is doing what she thinks is right - hiding behind policies, documentation and a belief that her staff are the only thing she needs to be protecting. I think those signs were an initial reaction at the start of the lockdown to some very pushy parents (it's a posh area with some very confident entitled parents around) where she took a lot of heat for not letting everyone who thought their kids should be in school in.

They're still appalling and I'm still furious how things have been handled and how parents have been communicated to - but since my child's time at the school is nearly over - I've gritted my teeth over it all.

Feeling kinda gloomy today.

Making it actually illegal to have someone in your home to have 'social interaction' or whatever it is- essentially no sex/hugs/kisses with your long term partner if you don't share a household- seems to indicate that relaxing this 'rule' is even further away than I anticipated.

And there are twats all over the place smugly saying suck it up buttercup, you don't deserve the solace of a hug because you didn't move in together.

Fuckers

@TrustTheGeneGenie yep, dementor in chief near me also doesn't trust the test as her mum definitely had it but tested negative. 😂

And @Shodan, yep, the trashing of human rights and humanity continues. It is depressing.

*Making it actually illegal to have someone in your home to have 'social interaction' or whatever it is- essentially no sex/hugs/kisses with your long term partner if you don't share a household- seems to indicate that relaxing this 'rule' is even further away than I anticipated.

And there are twats all over the place smugly saying suck it up buttercup, you don't deserve the solace of a hug because you didn't move in together.*

I swear some of these fuckers won’t be happy til we have gone full on 1984, where sex is only permitted for procreation, to create the next generation of dementors.

Someone has actually posted “sex is a want, not a need” on the thread about partners

@Shodan it's horrendous. And ridiculous. Why can't they operate as one household as in still live apart, but if one gets symptoms the other one has to isolate too. I can't see the problem with that tbh. It feels like a way to punish people to me.

I know that in practice it's no different than before, it's just that making it illegal is a kick in the teeth.

Since when was hugging someone/having sex/kissing on a par with murder, shoplifting, speeding, robbing etc?

Oh but it's OK if you live with your partner. Then it's legal.

I wonder quite how those posters would feel if they were told they couldn't touch their wife/husband, even in the privacy of their own home. Not so smug and insensitive then, I'd guess.

Handmaid's Tale, here we come 😁
Just been to Lidl for some compost.
They didn't have any but I hand a wander around anyway.
They seem to have relaxed the one person per trolly as there were actual COUPLES ( who have probably been indulging in illegal sexual Congress and everything) with kids in there. Madness, don't they know there is a PANDEMIC????!!!!!

Apparently not. Her friend was tested and it was negative therefore she can't trust the results.
You cant argue with someone who changes the goalposts to suit themselves! But i would ask her how she knew her friends test was wrong in the face of all the positive news in the area just to see her wriggle out of it and increase her BS counter

I wonder quite how those posters would feel if they were told they couldn't touch their wife/husband, even in the privacy of their own home. Not so smug and insensitive then, I'd guess

Tbh I think that kind of poster would probably relish that horrible miserable twats that they are.

Or one better, incubating babies in jars like A Brave New World (although having had two crap births that doesn't sound so awful ) Although weren't people sterilised and encouraged to be promiscuous to break down attachments and relationships? It's been over 20 years since I read that one. I never knew how useful the disutopia unit of A-level English lit would be!

By now I suspect I'd be sneakily inviting my significant other in and hoping the neighbours weren't too nosey or the walls too thin.

Obviously giant orgies are not Covid friendly. Just keep it under 6 participants and wash well after. Best get that penis beaker out

And there are twats all over the place smugly saying suck it up buttercup, you don't deserve the solace of a hug because you didn't move in together

@Shodan they’re a bunch of shites. It’s as if you should just be grateful you’re not fucking dead, never mind human touch, joy, excitement, connection. All the stuff that gives life colour, the wee moments that sparkle and stop life being a constant drudge.

And talking about wants vs needs. Human connection IS a need. From the minute we’re born.

@AgentCooper That's about the size of it really. No joy. No human connection. No giggling. No fun.

Because those things would mean that we weren't taking it all seriously enough, obviously. As if the virus would know, somehow, and become malevolently more vicious.

I would've thought that maintaining a positive attitude, and good mental and physical health, would help. Apparently not though.

By now I suspect I'd be sneakily inviting my significant other in and hoping the neighbours weren't too nosey or the walls too thin.

To be honest, @BogRollBOGOF, I would've done this already if it weren't for ds1, who at 24 is a rule-follower and dementor-type who still lives with me. I mentioned last week how we'd had an almighty row about it and now I just can't face another one.

Yet another fallout from not being allowed to hug my partner, and draw strength from him when feeling low.

However. Enough about me and all that shite. I've just read a positive thread in the cv section- the one about the Italian doctor? Some interesting and hopeful things being said there.

Post on local Facebook has just really got up my nose. "I personally think the easing of the lockdown is too soon, but can a hairdresser come to my house..." Just request the blinking hairdresser then, don't get up on your bloody high horse about how we should all still be staying in except you have a really good excuse.

I’ve just had a look at that sex with non cohabitating partners thread, bloody hell. I have to give credit to the OP for sticking with it, she’s clearly decided it’s a hill she’s willing to die on, she’s still plugging away at defending her point against the dementors. I honestly wouldn’t have the emotional energy for that, one little bout of sparring is more than enough for me.

I find it a bit offensive that the government are telling us who we can have sex with to be honest.

Just seen the Ikea thing, queuing for hours to get something, the mind boggles. I would not queue that long for anything.