To think there’s a lot of Cheeky fuckery amongst the Wuhan evacuees

[FagAsh]

Fuck sake, this guardian article is an eye opener...

Using taxpayers cash to...

• order in takeaway
• stockpile a load of free booze

Orchestrated by a private company who will also be making cash off the back of this....

Sounds like they’ve been treated really well so it’s sad to see people taking so much advantage. One has filled him room with alcohol apparently.

www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/07/ive-been-walking-stairs-for-exercise-life-under-coronavirus-quarantine

This is appalling if true.

IABU to think there’s a load of Cheeky fuckery going on?

I think that the guy writing is hilarious and clearly writing for entertainment's sake.

I may stash some booze if I was trapped in quarantine

Me too B0bbin. And Pringles. And books.

I don't really understand his moans. If you can order anything in, surely he could order in the highbrow books he wants? If he has YouTube available, no-one forced him to watch Doctors. And he doesn't seem to accept that not everyone likes bacon and sausages.

I have to say I can't see anything particularly CF reported in that article.

To be fair, the breakfast looks horrendous and like nothing I would ever eat.

1. I think there's an entertainment factor to it, he's clearly someone who likes to write in a joking way.
2. OK, so you are locked up somewhere simply because you found yourself in the wrong place at the wrong time (I doubt he was in China because a stay at a place with the potential for a deadly epidemic was on his bucket list). You have no control whatsoever over your life. I remember myself, being locked up due to a broken knee. Two crutches, immobile leg, could barely walk out of the house for the fear of tripping. I was climbing walls (not literally) while still in pain and miserable. And I had the advantage because I could still work from home so I kept busy 12 hours of day working. And I felt like going slowly mad. Try being an active young person with nothing to do just sit and wait while everybody is checking on you and monitoring your every sneeze and cough.

Treated really well? Really well for being essentially imprisoned despite having committed no crime. They are British citizens, they have the right to be protected by a First World leading country that takes pride in taking care of their own citizens. Where's your drama?

Well... yeah, the booze thing sounds poor. And the writer isn't covering himself in glory. But I think a certain allowance needs to be made for the highly unusual circumstances at play here. I was left wondering why there aren't any spending limits etc imposed (that we know of), though these may kick in over time, as with the ban on food deliveries.

We had some people here collecting donations for the people in quarantine. Kind thought but they do get what they need.

It sounds like it was written by Adrian Mole.

I wonder how they are all getting home.

I've just read the article and came onto MN to find this thread so good timing OP! I agree that the man stockpiling the booze is definitely a CF.

What? ‘As told to’.... Is this what passes for news in the Guardian now?
Could people start adding in apologies for posting links to The Guardian like they do with the Daily Mail please? Sheesh.

Food is provided by the NHS?

I’d be ordering takeaways too.

Given the sheer wastage elsewhere, I can’t get over excited by people doing stuff to stay comfortable when quarantined for a fortnight.

I can't get over how poorly written it is, considering he is an English teacher.