Anti dementors not (second) waving but flouting

[Waleshasgonecompletelycrazy]

Welcome one and all. Bad days, good days...we're here for you all

Do people still sadly die if we order takeaways? I've just had my first one since before lockdown and my god, it tasted so good. I think mostly because I didn't have to cook it.

I've had to come off facebook, unfortunately I cant come off work, and it's just as bad.

Oh FFS, mil was taken to hospital earlier, it is possible she has had a fall and not told us. We have only been dropping in food and speaking on the phone so not really monitoring the situation. They are keeping her in overnight, but we don't know what is going on.

My family are old school fire brand Labour - bred from Welsh miners - public servants, educationalists, academics & medics. People who believe in the value & dignity of education and work. And we’ve ended up with this pathetic shower of shite filling parliament - spineless cretins who wouldn’t have the first idea how to lead - none of them deserve my vote.

(I don’t think I have any friends left now ... I’m in a state of permanent rage & they are busy publicly caring)

I would just like to gently point out that not all public servants are being looked after or are dementors.

I have a job right now, but the hole in public finance is very likely to lead to massive public sector job cuts once the immediate crisis is over. We will have worked ourselves to the bone and our thanks will be redundancy.

I don’t feel particularly looked after either - we have been sent home and told to get on with it with a few links to help with mental health. Workloads are spiralling but the only advice to help us cope with WFH is to take regular breaks.

Oh shit, GreatWave, I hope she's OK.

Oh a fall. Hope it is just to make sure she is ok re. the hospital. You will know more tomorrow. Fingers crossed for her.

That’s the tragedy MagdaS :( it’s just going to get worse - education, the NHS, social care, everything ... we all need each other. 10+% unemployment is a disaster.

Oh Greatwave I hope you get some answers soon.

I know @MagdaS I hope I didn't make you feel like I was lumping all public sector in together. I have many friends in healthcare or education hence my comment re plenty of teachers out there wanting to get back but their voices are being drowned out by their colleagues.

Some good posts Nihil

I am sick of cooking. Sometimes before this we would say lets go out for lunch spur of the moment thing. I miss those days. We had a KFC last night and it was delicious our second take away in 12 weeks. DD said restaurants she loves doing takeaways well it just does not taste the same when stuffed into plastic boxes. For you to reheat and dish up takes something away from the food.

I’m sick of the drudgery too, constant cooking cleaning laundering (looking after kids ... education ... going slightly mad with loneliness). I never see dh, he’s always here but always working. I can’t actually remember the last time we had a conversation - February maybe? - it’s just crisis management. We got McDonald’s tonight - I hate McDonald’s but it made the children happy & I didn’t cook it.

I hope your MIL is okay Greatwave :(

I agree with your daughter
That’s why we do our indian picnics
Weather permitting
And we had to miss out on Sunday.
As weather was shite.

I too keep hearing that people are shielding when that's not the case: they may be vulnerable in that they have diabetes, but are otherwise well, young, slim and fit. It must be horrible being stuck in but it devalues the whole thing when people claim things that are untrue.

I would just like to gently point out that not all public servants are being looked after or are dementors.

I know, I'm married to one.

He's pretty well looked after compared to people on furlough because he's on full pay.

If he wanted to sit around on his arse doing fuck all, he would still be on full pay.

And his job is way more secure than most people in the private sector.

I'm not blaming public sector workers for their situation, I'm just pointing out that they are some of the people least at risk from serious damage from this in the medium term. Good for them, there's nothing wrong with that.

That a lot of Dementors come from these groups doesn't at all imply that all in those groups are Dementors

There are plenty of public servants who love their jobs and think (correctly) that they are important and take justified pride in doing them well.

But they are (as a whole) being looked after. As are people on furlough, even though many of them are worried about redundancy in the short to medium term and are on reduced pay. As are people who qualify for the self-employed scheme, many of whom are terrified for their businesses.

I'm glad people are being looked after. I just think it's shit when some try to turn a short-term emergency measure into a medium-term entitlement.

Thanks all, there are questions around the fall and it is maybe that her timelines are really out (she had a couple of bad falls last year) I am not sure that brings much comfort. (She was saying she fell 3 weeks ago)

As takeaway is the only fun thing to do it just contributes to my fatness and unhealthiness - murdering myself instead of grannies

It's much easier to be a dementor when you're not worried where your next income will come from.

My fringe has grown out, decided I like the new look but it keeps blowing in my face when outside so today I bought two alice like head bands. Has to be decades since I wore them. Feels very odd perched on my head. OH as usual did not notice at all.

My neighbour a heart transplant patient is shielding but he gardens, takes dog for walks, goes with wife to the shops but sits in the car. He was in an induced coma for nine weeks so grabs every moment of every day, he is already something of a record breaker because of the length of time his replacement heart has lasted.

There were posts a while ago that made me really think. This idea of the facade of caring whilst not actually thinking any further than your nose. It’s like a pantomime dame, for all the big dress and massive boobs, it’s just a bloke with wax eyebrows at the end of the day.

It makes me cross because I’m the uncaring murderer because I want all children back to normal, I want people to have visitors, I want the nhs to be for everyone and I want a functioning economy. Yes, maybe selfishly I’d also like a holiday, meals out, live performances and clubs to restart but I don’t mind if these wait if we can have a functioning society again.

I just don’t think you can lump all public sector together. Teachers will probably be alright. Local government is fucked.

My DH is a freelancer and is fine, but I wouldn’t say all freelancers are going to be OK because they quite evidently aren’t.

And I absolutely don’t agree with those who are using this crisis to shirk their responsibilities. But there is a strong correlation between those people and those who had an excuse for everything before all this started.

@justasking111 good for your neighbour. Dh was in an induced coma once and I had to say goodbye to him. He recovered well and we decided to seize life and live life. I have wondered if it’s why the I feel relatively relaxed with this disease. I had to grow up a lot and accept the doctors didn’t know if he’d live or die, what or when he might recover and what he’d be like at the other end. We don’t have the time to waste rotting at home. You never know what’s around the corner but that’s life. You only die once but you live every day.