I didn't do anything wrong....did I?

[Funkyslippers]

DD desperate to see her friend who lives a few streets away. She made brownies and we dropped them on her doorstep, went back onto the pavement around 12 feet away, DD called her and she came to the door, took the brownies and said thank you.

They then call each other while we're walking home (social distancing all the way but not many people around) and her older sister shouts in the background "her mum let her do that? That was stupid!!!" meaning we shouldn't have brough the brownies round to her house. I couldn't see anything wrong with it. I mean, the postman delivers mail to houses each day. Am I missing something? Or is she worried about eating contaminated food - we washed our hands thoroughly during the process.

most people I've spoken to are quarantining or cleaning their post
Genuine question: should we be doing this?

You did nothing wrong.

It was part of your daily exercise and the food was cooked and not handled. Provided the packaging was clean able it should be fine.

Would I do it? No. But it's not the end of the world.

Stay in your homes. Anyone here have a friend that's died? No? STAY IN YOUR HOMES.

To the person who mentioned the joy police: there will be a lot less joy in my life if my NHS working partner dies through contact with reckless people like the very selfish OP.

You should have beaned them over Star Trek style

What part of this is essential.

While you didn’t break any social distance rules. The whole thing is not to go out unless you have yo!!!!

Plus the whole contamination issue from one household to another.

I personal feel this was not worth the risk of passing the virus onto anyone else. Even though it was meant in kindness.

Yes, you should be cleaning parcels, food, opening letters with gloves.

You meant well but if I were the recipient I wouldn't appreciate it (although 2019 me would have thought that was a kind thing to do) and wouldn't let my kids eat it.

Don't stress yourself about it though

If you could see some of the sick people in my hospital then maybe you might bide by the rules . They are for your safety ..don't go out unless it's absolutely necessary . Protection for your family and others . It's really not difficult to understand . Every morning when I leave my house at 4.15 I'm nervous, I get on a London bus I'm nervous, I enter my hospital I'm nervous, I enter the ward I'm working on that day, I'm nervous, when I cough I stop and think " please don't get this'. People are nervous, paranoid when someone coughs '. Just listen to the rules please.

Just listen to the rules please.

She did.

you should be cleaning parcels, food, opening letters with gloves.

So then what happens if the virus is on the gloves?

Anyone here have a friend that's died?

Yes.

If people are allowed to drop shopping and medicines off for elderly and vulnerable i dont see anything wrong with it, no it wasn’t essential to drop them off but i think we all need a little pick me up right now!

Suspect you’ve stopped reading these OP but you did nothing wrong and obeyed every rule. You didn’t interact and if simple acts of kindness are also outlawed (never been even hinted at) then the world might as well give the hell up. You did a lovely thing and I’m shocked with every person on here that says otherwise! Carry on doing your thing!!!

I am quarantining my post and any shopping (lol as if ), that I get . Also while wearing nitrile gloves , removing cardboard packages outside the house and directly into its recycling bin . Everything that cannot be decanted is being washed with 1 part thin bleach to 5 parts warm water . To add to that , if it’s something that I’m going to use later in the week . It’s staying in the garage up until required. Obviously fresh food is not being bleached- DONT do that .
As for your brownies, I would not have opened the door to pick them up and I definitely would not have allowed the kids to do it either .
It’s a very serious situation and we all have to play our part to try and stem the spread . Since it’s true that no one actually knows if they have it or not , I think we should all do as much as we can .
If you were my friend , I would have been polite and I would have appreciated the thought but would have also probably have tried to word it carefully that I wouldn’t want that type of gift just now

A walk is perfectly acceptable, delivering brownies is just stupid. Try to have a bit of sense OP 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

Personally, I can't see what the problem is. You kept away from people as you walked just a short distance there, so didn't come into close contact with anyone, and stayed right away from your daughter's friend and her family. My understanding is that you are allowed to "take exercise" once a day, which can be walking, cycling or jogging/running.

I think it was a very nice thought.

If the issue is about contaminated food and packaging, I think some people are still ordering cooked food in. Sensible friends of mine ordered their Mother's Day meal to be delivered to their home from their favourite gastro pub - and I assume some people are still getting deliveries from restaurants and take aways. If this is such a risky practice, why are these places allowed to keep open?. I imagine you would have taken great care with the hygiene side of preparing the mixture, baking and delivering the cookies, and you posed very little risk to the family.

What about the many older and vulnerable people who are utilising local volunteer services for collecting prescriptions and food shopping, or people who are ordering their shopping on line? How fastidious do you think the stores and delivery people are when they have so many deliveries to make within so short a time?

I think it was a nice gesture and we would have appreciated them, as friends we know the hygiene involved in baking and we are aware of the need to wash and wash our hands, so don't fret and just don't make them again.
We need to stay focused, calm and kind at the same time.

@BeaderBird
Yes. I do.
Did I miss the announcement where we are now no longer allowed to go out once a day for a walk/jog?

I think some of you are perhaps going too far. Questions to the medical lead speaker on radio about mail were answered not to have sorry as the virus, though surviving on hard surfaces for a while , is absorbed into paper or cardboard and quickly dies. Binning the food gifts and not opening mail is a bit daft. I had an invoice for a call out to my gas fire today. I shall either ring to see if I can pay over the phone by card, or put a cheque in an envelope the old fashioned way.. A kind gift of baked goods could be wrapped in paper napkins and delivered in a cardboard box, or for the over anxious, in a tin with a note to say the tin had been disinfected

The inside of the foil was not touched by our hands either

That's the worst thing you could have used. The virus lives up to 3 days on metal

I think the problem with this OP is that everyone needs to act exactly as they would hope everyone else in the community would. There are loads of things a bit like this which might be fine as a one off or for one person to do, but that if replicated within the wider community will definitely contribute to the spread of the virus. There's loads of things I've stopped myself and my kids from doing because I'm very aware of the degree to which people take their cues from one another about how seriously to take something like this. Please think about the message you are sending to people, both in RL and on MN when you decide to bend the rules even a little.

Question: are brownies necessary?
Enough said

@QuentinWinters if you are avoiding spreading it then you should avoid catching it too. You can’t spread it before you catch it.
Please people do not do anything unnecessary. There might be someone dying because of your irresponsible act

@pishposhpashy

Me too. Exactly why people like us aren't popping out to deliver brownies!