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Best covid 'brags' you've heard?

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EveryDayIsADuvetDay · 01/04/2020 23:30

My favourite was a friend talking about a neighbour that she doesn't even like very much.He is a part time assistant to a funeral director - rushed off of his feet, so brave, so busy...

I was so irritated I checked on line - seven covid deaths n the entire bloody county, none reported in that town.
And it's a large county.

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Likethebattle · 02/04/2020 01:35

@Santaclauswhosthat they Alison donated three pints of Blood on the way home. They were told 1 was enough but they just have to give.

They also resuscitated a kitten

SquashedFlyBiscuit · 02/04/2020 01:37

Lonergirl I think thats a bit unkind. Ive been home nearly 3 weeksnand coming to terms with doing it another 3 months is really really tough. Not as tough as those working on the front like, but its really v tricky woth all the associated worry about food and provisons and "what if?" Death is a real possibility for anyone with a letter (hence the letter) so really Id forgive any tone on facebook that didn't express that exactly to your liking.

I clicked thinking I'd see competitive homeschooling. Im shocked people are making fun of those of us who have neen in for 3 weeks already/have to stay in. Im craving a walk at the moment.

SapphireSeptember · 02/04/2020 01:40

@YouNeedToCalmDown Why do people always have a go at Millennials? I've seen that a lot with relation to this pandemic (as well as everything else) and I'm just done with it! I do have some food storage but not a lot as I live in a shared house, just a few things I can turn into a meal if I need to.

I wish I didn't have to go out, I work in a supermarket so I have to go to work. One of my colleagues has had the virus and recovered, so although I'm still scared about getting it I do feel slightly better, (and there was an article about a 101-year-old man who survived it in Italy,) so maybe not as scared for myself as I was. (Just scared for people I know who are in at-risk groups.)

LonerGirl · 02/04/2020 01:40

@squashedflybiscuit your right. It was mean, I think all this attention seeking crap has got to me. I deleted Facebook so I don’t run the risk of commenting. It does seem like a badge of honour for some people though. But apologies for any offence caused Flowers

earsup · 02/04/2020 01:40

An awful needy self centered ex colleague and helicopter mum type who I blocked and ignored for a year now has apparently posted to friends about how she is coping with her two year old child etc..and how it's all so hard...she has a husband at home and a 24 year teen son who can't even open a paper bag he has been so spoilt and protected..but she will survive the crisis etc !!..I just knew she would make it all about her... won't mention her dad of course who has bailed her out for years as she can only work two hours a week as she has a small child.!!..so pleased I blocked and dropped her... she would be bleating constantly about how hard her life is etc !!

Idontmattertoher · 02/04/2020 01:41

millenials...

You think you would have coped with this when you were 18?

I'm assuming you know millenials aren't teenagers.

They are of the generation born from the early 1980s to late 1990s

isolationstation · 02/04/2020 01:41

But the ones with a letter are special, @lonergirl, they’re the ones at serious risk of death due to their underlying health conditions. Yes it’s advised, but for good reason.

isolationstation · 02/04/2020 01:42

Sorry just seen the apology Flowers

LonerGirl · 02/04/2020 01:43

@isolationstation it’s okay Flowers I think isolation is getting to us all. We are only a week in Sad

FunkyKingston · 02/04/2020 01:44

A couple of people who work olin back office jobs for the NHS in areas unlikely to be severely affected by Coronavirus virus acting like they're tackling the virus single handed and basking in the glory of those actually on the front line. It is like someone claiming to have been Iraqi lines in the gulf war when they spent the entire conflict as a stores corporal in Aldershot.

Latest episode, someone got fractionally too close to one of them and they loudly castigated them that she 'can't get sick she works for the NHS'.

YouNeedToCalmDown · 02/04/2020 01:48

Idontmattertoher I didn't know, but I do now. Thank you for letting me know.

I assume you can still get the gist of what I'm saying though?

SapphireSeptember I think it's a superiority complex - people trying to make themselves feel better at the expense of others? Not sure. I work with young people, so know how hard they work and the difficulties they face. Trust me, I would not want to be a GenZ (did I get that right?) It's not an easy time to be a young person - even before covid19.

PyongyangKipperbang · 02/04/2020 01:52

But the OP isnt about people who are doing it, its about people who a making a huge deal about doing it.
This new idea that someone is a fucking hero for simply doing the new normal that we are all doing.

Yes Karen, you are homeschooling 8 hours a day (your kids now hate you by the way) and feeding them dust with a side of homegrown brocolli and the great thing is that you're not making a fuss about it Hmm

loubieloo4 · 02/04/2020 01:54

My poor dh is on day 24 of isolation (stage. 4 terminal bowel cancer, with a life expectancy of less than 12 months without CV-19, he is also on 39) I don't know how he isn't going mad yet. He remains very calm and fairly jolly.

SapphireSeptember · 02/04/2020 02:09

@YouNeedToCalmDown
I think it's a superiority complex - people trying to make themselves feel better at the expense of others? Not sure. I work with young people, so know how hard they work and the difficulties they face. Trust me, I would not want to be a GenZ (did I get that right?) It's not an easy time to be a young person - even before covid19.

Yeah, I feel for them at the moment, they're either fairly young adults or teenagers and it must be so difficult for them right now. Although I remember things like 9/11 and the Boxing Day tsunami this is still the biggest thing that's happened in my lifetime and it's going to turn the whole world upside down. I hope things will change for the better but I'm doubtful.

SapphireSeptember · 02/04/2020 02:11

@loubieloo4
I'm so sorry for what you and your DH are going through. Flowers

Thekindofwindowsfaceslookinat · 02/04/2020 02:11

managedmis Grin

WeAllHaveWings · 02/04/2020 02:12

I was so irritated I checked on line - seven covid deaths n the entire bloody county, none reported in that town.

I would imagine funeral directors are rushed off their feet with planning and preparations for the influx that will be coming their way soon. Changes to laws, contingency planning, sourcing how they will have a steady increased supply coffins and other supplies, planning with crematoriums and hospitals, infection controls, keeping their staff safe, how they will operate if they have staff shortages. Processes for dealing with the bereaved in such difficult circumstances etc etc etc.

Ihavechangedmyname2manytimes · 02/04/2020 02:15

Santa OMG 😂😂😂

FunkyKingston · 02/04/2020 02:20

I feel along with Brexit, the refugees crisis and the last election it is a handy guide of who to add to my FB delete list.

NotOneToShoutOut · 02/04/2020 02:38

We are not all lying !! I haven't been out of the house AT ALL since the 16th March, nor has anyone in my household.

I've had 2 food deliveries and my BF is bring food over this weekend (he is not coming in the house).

All food is left on the door step and washed with diluted bleach.

Yup, I'm mental.

honeyloops · 02/04/2020 02:45

Another one who hasn't left the house in 2 weeks - I've been into my tiny back yard (terraced house) for fresh air, but I just haven't needed to go anywhere and why go out unnecessarily if I don't need to? I have food/ordered extras online (our milkman does fruit, veg, meat, bakery), do exercise inside the house, work from home and haven't been to see friends for obvious reasons, all of which are quite common - not sure why you wouldn't believe that @anotherlittlechicken?

My favourite weird brag so far is either "I haven't eaten anything other than frozen pizza since lockdown started" (a friend of mine - presumably about to get scurvy), or "I'M still going to work, someone has to!" by someone who had missed the point of lockdown and assumed everyone else was skiving, and then got told very quickly that going to their nonessential (online, easy to do from home) business headquarters almost a 45 min drive from their house a day did not make them the hero they thought it did.

BatShite · 02/04/2020 03:02

Presumably then everyone stood up and clapped.

Grin
Unbridled · 02/04/2020 03:09

Some of the people claiming on Facebook to be “high risk” and “low immune” and needing help with shopping etc when their only health condition is something which does not really affect the immune system and is not on the ‘at risk’ list. Someone I know with IBS and fibromyalgia is not leaving the house at all due to being shielded and has their elderly mother doing all their shopping.

Monty27 · 02/04/2020 03:10

I've had to go out for supplies. I socially distanced about 3 weeks ago.
There's a street sleeper outside my nearest supermarket. I took him spare duvets at the beginning bought him some food and gave him a couple of £ and I've been berated by people because apparently I'm encouraging him.
You can't do right from wrong sometimes 🤷

Monty27 · 02/04/2020 03:13

And I didn't clap last Thursday because Boris should be awarding key workers pay increases. Fucking hypocrite. Angry