To be fed up of the "am I allowed?" threads

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No, you're not allowed to go for a drive because your PFB only naps in the car. Nor are you allowed to sit and eat on a bench because you're pregnant, or go to your DM's if you stand 2m from the door.

What is it that people aren't getting? It's like they think that they are the exception to the very simple rules, and it's doing my head in.

Obey the guidelines ideally, but if you don't then don't come on here and ask for validation that your situation is soooo different to everyone else's, when any idiot can see that you're in the wrong.

I'm more fed up with threads like this one to be perfectly honest with you, of which there have been many.

I think a lot of people are trolling. Others are looking for just one person to say they are ok doing something so they don't feel bad.

I am sick of the policing neighbours and ‘essential’ warriors.

am I allowed to stand outside his house as long as I don't climb thought the window again...?

yabu... don't read them op... its not worth the raised blood pressure.

There have been a fair few threads like yours too......

I am fed up with most CV threads now. If your neighbour/friend /family member is being a knob over the lockdown I don't know what you have to seek validation from randoms on the internet about it.

I'm more fed up of the 'FFS WHAT DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND' replies

The answer is no. What is your question?

This pandemic will be the biggest thing in most people’s lives for a long time, they want to talk about it and to get reassurance. If it helps them. Does it matter? You don’t have to read the thread.

MN is NOT the place for reassurance over CV, I am not sure why people think it is.

No, whatever it is, just NO.

It seems many of us have a pathological need for approval and a pat on the head.

Why ever not sparking ?

PanamaPattie how have you given an answer if you don't understand the question?

MN is genuinely one of the worse places on the Internet right now, especially if you already have anxiety.

Considering that some people give inaccurate answers to those sort of threads, I'm not surprised that some people are confused or worried about doing the wrong thing.

It's better that they ask than risk someone's health

This sort of thread is worse.

nellythenarwhal I agree people should seek advice if they don't understand the guidelines, but asking strangers on the internet for their interpretation of the law is silly.

Am I allowed to comment

Why can't you go to your mother's house if you stand 2m from the door?

ChicChicChicChiclana Because it's not necessary. Every time you go anywhere, you're exposing yourself and others to risk. In the street you will walk past people, touch buttons at zebra crossings etc. The less people there are walking around outside, the less it will be spread.

If my Mum lived within walking distance of me and I wanted to walk to her house in my daily exercise hour and stand in her front garden and talk to her for five minutes ... how is that exposing her or me to any more danger than walking round the streets or the park? Or indeed the shops?

Well the guidelines are just guidelines, what you are allowed to do is a question of statutory interpretation.

These threads telling everyone what they can and can't do are annoying. It's about common sense and minimising risk. I take food to my elderly dad and spend a couple of minutes chatting to him from a distance.

ChicChicChicChiclana it isn't, those things will also expose you to risk. I'm not saying that if you follow the guidelines to the letter then you won't be exposed, it's about limiting exposure and transmission as much as possible by doing as we've been asked.