The CF threads to come .....

[Gamble66]

Possibly one of the few payoffs from covid-19?

I have already seen that the non parents (I'm assuming this includes the likes of me with adult children) can take one for the team, and work all the shifts that people with small children cant do because isolating.

It made me laugh, I work part time for a reason. I'm not going to pick up the slack, I'm not wanting any more shifts. I do enough already.

@FedupwithCFs: the 5 pack of paracetamol was at my local supermarket too. Regardless of the legal limit and requirements :/

@TwentyViginti yes I know. I don’t see how they can stop them walking out though. I bet social services would have something to say about it as well. It’s cheeky fuckery on the managements part! I don’t think it is enforceable.

I’m happy to look after other people’s children if schools close but not sure whether I’m allowed? As isn’t the point to stop all the kids from mixing?

They are already legion, usually concerned with suggestions of how other people's time, money and property can be put to good use.

Blitz spirit was also mostly part mythical/part draconian measures by the government, including suppression of free speech (it was made a crime to express negative views about the war in public) - the UK was rife with corruption, blackmail, organised crime and looting in this period. A bomb would hit and there was no shortage of people appearing to loot the very corpses.

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 wish they'd let us do that in my day. It was awful being shouted at and not being able to defend yourself.

someone took a 4 pack of toilet paper out of an old man's trolley!

@AgentPrentiss it's ok, I only like my kid either 😂

I am worried about the people who know I work from home trying to offload their kids on me. my partner can also work from home so I guess between us we could set up a childcare setting 😐

Why did I say either, I meant too

Anyone asked to child mind should insist on a loo roll, packet of pasta, whatever else is currently difficult to get, bottle of calpol before agreeing.

There's already been the 'elderly parents look after my kids everyday' what will I do....

Bet a few of these grandparents who are put on full time for childcare are secretly doing back flips....

'My mum in her 80s is refusing to babysit/visit' Pretty damned sensible. It's becoming increasingly clear that there won't be the hospital beds for the over-80s should they need it. "Protect our elderly vulnerable citiizens" is code for "don't let our NHS be over-run by the economically inactive.

including suppression of free speech (it was made a crime to express negative views about the war in public)
We could do with something similar to stop all the media hype/scaremongering.

@meredintoofpanticulation

damned sensible. It's becoming increasingly clear that there won't be the hospital beds for the over-80s should they need it. "Protect our elderly vulnerable citiizens" is code for "don't let our NHS be over-run by the economically inactive.

Don't worry that was the posters opinion too! They were saying that someone coming on here with that complaint would be one of the CFs.

By the way, I’m really not a horrible person. I do care about keeping the economy going, I already help the vulnerable in my community. I currently do a shitload for an elderly woman down the road with zero expectations of anything in return, just to be kind.

I just really really don’t want to look after other people’s kids.

And the previous poster is bang on, the ones that will ask will be the ones who like to say “why don’t you get a job?” with such disdain towards SAHM’s.

Those cheeky working mums how dare they ask for a bit of help

I think we'll see quite a few it's not fair I can't go on holiday ones.

Those cheeky working mums how dare they ask for a bit of help

SAHM are not free childminders. If you ask a SAHM for childcare please have her kids at some point or offer to pop to the shop on your way home from work and buy some bits for the SAHM to save her from going to the shops. I bet many would appreciate a takeaway from the chip shop or some chocolate for after the kids go to bed

And the previous poster is bang on, the ones that will ask will be the ones who like to say “why don’t you get a job?” with such disdain towards SAHM’s.
^^ This. If you ask a SAHM for help with childcare and you are very vocal about women not being SAHM, you might want to reconsider

Management already tried the ‘if the schools close then those without kids will help their colleagues by picking up the slack’! Ummm . . . No.

Also, please send your kids with food. Don’t go and send your kids to eat all their food. They may be on a strict food budget already stressing about feeding their family for a quarantine period without having your kids eat all their food all day.

I work from home. Fully expecting hordes of hungry teens to turn up.

Having said what I did, if such a person did ask, particularly if they're NHS workers, care workers, or supermarket workers, given the current circumstances, I'd be saying of course - but your kids bring their own food and bog roll, as well as school work, and realise that DH is WFH and noise levels will be down and idiocy will not be tolerated.

Already seen an MLM consultant pushing the make money while you are in isolation. Put it up there is those who are selling hand sanitizer at triple RRP