The CF threads to come .....

[Gamble66]

Possibly one of the few payoffs from covid-19?

Haha totally! It’s a good point. This kind of thing will bring the CF’s out in force

First will be working mothers trying to convince stay at home parents to do them a favour "for a few days". Mumsnet bingo for "takes a village" and "blitz spirit". There will definitely be heart-felt promises that they'll be asking relations and other friends but once the child is there these will all somehow be impossible. Points for "they have such fun with you/your children", "they don't really like being with their . . . aunt/cousins/grandparents", "my . . . lives so far away. It's more sensible for them to come to you". Delete as applicable.

There is a new FB page called Neighbourly Love to help people out (Australia).

One poster said 'me and my elderly mum, aged 60 have run out of toilet rolls'. Someone replied 'oh my office is about 4kms away from you on good public transport (trains are cheap here)- come and collect'
Reply: oh I don't drive so will need someone to deliver.

I checked the asker's profile and she is supposedly a Mary Kay consultant. How the heck can she do that without leaving her home?

Public loos will run out of bog rolls as people will steal it.

Would it be CF to ask SAHM to help out a bit while others do their best to keep the economy ticking over? What happened to the Blitz Spirit?

Working mums asking for help is not CF. I work in a FE college, I think we'll shut soon. I've already spoken to dp about helping out with kids in ds' school as I know some parents work for the NHS.

Working mums asking for help, ?, no cf working dads?...child care is not their problem anyway...

Resentment at stockpilers

Working mums will be those working in essential services - either someone cares for their kids or they aren’t able to keep the health services and food shops going - and then all the other mums (and dads and everyone else) will be begging to look after their kids to release those cheeky mums to go into work.

"I saw somebody buying the last pack of pasta...she lives alone so she should have left it for some who actually needs it. She also had a 9 pack of toilet roll surely a 4 pack would do her!" is the one I'm waiting for

If said working parent is one of the ones that usually is busy making digs about SAHP's being fanny lodgers, and how they could never respect anybody that doesn't financially contribute to the household, or do the faux concern about the SAHP's vulnerability if the marriage goes bust then yep, they're a CF.

If they're one of the ones that is quite happy for someone to do things according to their own lights, and respectful of their right to live their life according to their beliefs and circumstances, then no they're not.

I've already offered to one family where both parents work.

I’ve been stuck in the house for weeks now with HG and I could really do with some good CF threads to keep me entertained!

Oh I work in a supermarket and the Cf is strong right now. Thing is though, most of us staff have had enough right now and answering back,

I've already had one.

A woman i babysit for (for free), asked me to grab toilet rolls, which i did. Once I'd agreed to she tried to send me a big list for Asda. I don't have a car, I'm in the vulnerable group and had been running around since 6.30 that morning. I was going to hers to babysit that evening.

She's early 30's, in excellent health, doesn't work, has a car and is still, dating, going to the gym and attending parties. But has decided not to go shopping.

You will note that, the instant workplaces send out memos telling employees to self-isolate if they show clear symptoms of COVID and not to worry about losing pay, the very first ones to react 'positively' to this will be the sort who always happen to be 'ill' on Mondays and Fridays and for the whole rest of the week whenever there's a bank holiday or half-term.

Employer: "Just to reassure you, in case it should become necessary...."

Responsible Employee: "I really hope it doesn't come to that, but it is reassuring to know that that policy is in place, should the worst come to the worse."

CF Employee: "Free paid holiday with no-questions-asked for an absolute minimum of two weeks, you say?!?!?!"

*worst come to the worst, that should say.

Public loos will run out of bog rolls as people will steal it.

Some local councils will simply cut out the middle thief man and not bother to replenish it, blaming it on folk stealing it or concerns about it being stolen straightaway if they did refill.

Let's face it, this is a CF's absolute dream gift, isn't it - and, as always, they will only go on to poison the well for those in genuine need.

On another thread I saw someone raging that the govt "isn't doing anything" and then in the same paragraph (at least they had paragraphs...) complaining that they couldn't do self-isolation as the teenage dd wouldn't like staying home.

I have a friend who is going to be locked into a care home if someone comes down with the virus. They had a speech from management. Basically anyone that isn’t locked in won’t get paid. People who are locked in will only get paid their regular shifts. If you have dependants look to family and friends for help. If there is no one contact social services for foster care arrangements. Management will self isolate from home and communicate via telephone/internet. She has a grown up son luckily.

Ugh. I’m a SAHM, people generally take that to mean I do nothing and would be delighted to have their devil spawns all fucking day.

I actually really don’t like kids other than my own.

@dentydown that is insane, inhumane and unenforceable. I've worked in care and had managers like that though - think they're above the law and staff are minions who who should focus SOLELY on management's whims for minimum wage.