AIBU to be furious at the arrogance!?😡

[The1andonly11]

My neighbours have their grown up son, girlfriend and granddaughter (2yr old) over to visit every day. Plus other grown up son has his girlfriend over to stay 50 per cent of the week.

We're close to our family and miss them terribly... especially today when we'd have all got together. Neighbours are all sitting round their garden table having a family BBQ

My 6 six year old misses his cousins. We are obeying the lockdown rules for obvious reasons so why aren't others? FFS!

You can't control what other people do, unfortunately. While they're having a smashing time, you're the one getting upset. It doesn't seem right, does it? So don't let it get to you.

You've got a heads up now that your neighbours are stupid, selfish arseholes. Ultimately, it's their fate though. I'd rather have a clear conscience and less worry in terms of it working it's way through my family.

Can we stop the thread being completely derailed by one person please?!

Ignore.

My kids went for a walk yesterday (17 and 19) and had to come back because there were about 15 adults smoking weed and having a BBQ by the river. ( Not youths - full grown adults)They were disgusted .
They couldn't understand it.
I reported it and surprisingly enough, my friend who lives near there, said she heard sirens not long afterwards.

But maybe that's because they have an uncle working for the NHS right now, with a patient just diagnosed who they have to isolate on the ward, and he's wearing a paper thin apron and he and his colleagues are still waiting for even one of them to get tested.

I believe the majority of people who do ignore this don't have relatives who are key workers or nurses, because if they did they would know only too well the risks involved. I worry every day about my brother.

It's your call OP and I understand it's difficult with neighbours, particularly if you get on.

But if when out and about you see people quite obviously breaking the rules please report them everyone. I wouldn't think twice.

Apologies typo....*amymayapple

I’m with you OP. My neighbour has had her young nephew stopping over last night and tonight. She is out and about arranging to meet friends as per usual. You would never know there’s a pandemic going by her behaviour.

(1) hosepipe their barbecue
(2) call 101 and report the twats

@username108 under these circumstances I don't understand why people don't just spend isolation together in one house

wondered the same. It would be safer for everyone.

Report them.

I’d love to have spent Easter with my mum and step dad but corona virus could be very dangerous for my mum having had major surgery last year and almost dying from pneumonia recently so is shielding down south in her home, my sister had cancer I miss my niece and nephews, my friends, my son is a severe asthmatic and I’m a nurse on the frontline his dad is police, I am fed up of my house but I stay in on my days off to protect vulnerable people, to stop my parents dying, to protect my son, my sister and all others like them. Then I go and look after people, just as well we do, because with people like @Amymayapple the death rate will increase and you have to hope it’s not her mum, dad or relative who is next to pass away alone and frightened. But it wouldn’t be their fault no, always someone else’s fault with these people. no one wants to be in lockdown just don’t get those who think they are above the rules...frustrating and upsetting is not the word!!!!

@Amymayapple are you a Tory voter by any chance?

Amymayapple has posted a few times about her problems with the lockdown and her mental health. She's not a troll, she's someone who isn't coping well. I've been isolating for 5 weeks and I'm ok, I'll cut her some slack because she isn't.

Of course ANYONE ignoring the guidelines is a twat. A selfish, short-sighted, entitled aresehole. I cannot believe the amount of selfish socialising I've read about on here.

But not just because it's selfish, but because it's dangerous. Do these people really think they are immune?

@Amymayapple. If the governement released a statement asking all citizens to not put their hands in a fire, would you do it just to prove you aren't 'being controlled'. We are not being kept 'locked' indoors, we are being kept 'safe' indoors. You silly thing.

Madame what has voting Tory got to do with this?

@SchadenfreudePersonified. I think 'half wit' is being overly generous!

@smiften a lot of people are struggling but there’s no need for the vile attitude, calling people ‘trash’ etc for following the rules? I’m sorry but no

Some people have no resilience and I don't think British society atm encouraged people to build.it.

Evening, everyone. Thanks for all the reports on this thread. We had to agree that some of the posts seemed designed to inflame the situation so we've seen that poster to the door now. If you could hold back from calling troll on the thread though, we'd be very grateful.

Hopefully we can get the thread back on track now anyway.

@Amymayapple how awful. You don't care people are dieing. You inhumane monster

I think 'half wit' is being overly generous!

I confess that I really think that if she had twice as many brains she still wouldn't be half-witted!

It's the selfishness that gets me. These people may not be affected themselves, but they increase the chances of someone else - someone vulnerable - becoming ill. They have no right to do that.

I miss my family terribly, facetime is a god send but its not the same as a real hug but its better than not seeing them at all. The people who are deliberately flouting the rules because they dont think that the rule apply to them are utter cunts and are why lockdown will keep on being extended

Report them, 50/50 chance of police coming.
Most of our lovely little town is obeying the rules.
One of our neighbours however has young kids with a friend staying during lockdown who also has kids there and they had 3 men in in the space of 24 hours reported them but no one has been out and its been 2 days.
Friday we was out for our walk (me, partner and 2 kids) saw 3 men with their dogs in a group, doubt 3 men and 3 dogs are from the same household.
Seen a family sitting by the lake relaxing while the kids played.

Makes me so damn angry some people just dont give a toss.

I’m watching the awful situation in the UK (I’m in Ireland) and I cannot fathom how people can go on meeting up with relatives and friends, given how serious the situation is in your country. I totally understand why posters are so very irate. People HAVE to start abiding by directives. It isn’t controlling YOU... it’s controlling the spread of the virus.

I understand why you're angry, but it really isn't your business. Yes you're abiding by the rules and I commend that, but it comes down to a control issue more than anything. You know people are flouting the rules - you can either let it consume your thoughts and piss you off, or you can carry on with life and focus on what you can control.

I predict this lockdown will begin being lifted at the end of May, IF people do well with social distancing and keeping to the rules. If, however, people start thinking the rules don’t apply to them, if will be the end of July because more people will have been infected.
@Amymayapple you should be ashamed of yourself for your ludicrous attitude.

These are the same people that will blame the government for the deaths caused by the virus .

Idiots .

Just had a full blown row with DS20, who was about to go off for a cycle ride 'to watch the sunset' from a local park.

He's been to the shops & out on his bike already today, so would have been his 3rd outing, while the rest of us are going out once a day.

With 5 adults in the house, one can go shopping, one walk the dog, one go for a run (that's me), etc, so no need for any of us to go out more than once a day.

Hard to explain to him why he doesn't need to keep to the rules as he 'never meets anyone anyway'. Upshot is that the whole country needs to keep to the rules & stop bloody questioning it. If we can do it, so should he.