People who aren’t quite getting it...

[MadameBee]

I wouldn’t comment IRL and am not part of the Stasi post on FB with “reported to police” written in capitals which I am quietly finding quite amusing.

But a few people are posting are posting stuff on SM with “and before you judge me XYZ”

Friend who posted last weekend “having a bonfire this afternoon so just letting all my neighbours on here no so you can shut your windows” erm - you aren’t supposed to be having bonfires because of the risk of added pressure on the emergency services if something goes wrong, everyone is cooped up inside and it’s foul and some of those people might be shielding because of impaired lung capacity.

Photos of children on a bouncy castle in the back yard, “before you judge me there was no contact and the guy cleaned it all” yes but the point is it’s not exactly an essential fucking journey is it?!

And the people moaning about traffic on the roads - erm you were there too but your reason is “justified” because you are a key worker? “The park/beach was so crowded” so I came home - BUT YOU WERE THERE TOO!!!!

What worries me is the very elderly in our village who don’t seem to be abiding by any rules at all. Still all going to each other’s houses, all having their kids and grandkids round. My neighbour who must be nearly 90 rang on my doorbell and wanted to chat for over 20 mins, I kept moving back and he kept stepping forward. I wasn’t going to invite him in either! I am on immunosuppressant drugs for a chronic illness (but don’t look ill and I’m relatively young.) I wonder if they don’t care, or if they have dementia and can’t take it in or what.

People in the supermarkets wearing face masks and not observing the 2 metre rule is really pissing me off.

You couldn’t have added this to the other 3000 plus threads others have started on this exactly this

My neighbour who is the loudest clapper on Thursdays has her elderly parents around every morning (in the house) she had a friend around all day last week, who then slept over, she had a different friend in the house all day yesterday and she has laid out 5 huge tables in her back garden with 6 seats around each one (3 people live there) I’m assuming she’s planning a garden party this afternoon.

Can’t stand the hypocrisy!

Sorry thread police I didn’t realise!

People are actually having others into their homes? That’s crazy.

Didn't take long to identify the lockdown breachers as the elderly did it?

People don’t get it because the message is so weak. Looks like we are still going for heard immunity by the back door

I think it’s all ages.

What people aren’t getting is, a certain % of non compliance was built in to the modelling. That people live in real worlds and human nature is at play. That despite these apparently hideous transgressions, numbers are down and the curve is flattening.

The only people seriously affected by others not following all the rules to the letter are those twitching their curtains and being pissed off by it.

Nobody made you the lockdown police, try turning off SM if you are that bothered.

You couldn’t have added this to the other 3000 plus threads others have started on this exactly this

I usually dislike this sort of post but in this case it's totally justified.

It’s actually pissing me off because it is affecting me.

I can’t see my own kids/family and am alone a lot of the time because my husband is away. Sooner it ends the better for us all, also out and about working in really difficult circumstances because of this never ending bloody lockdown!

It’s because the governments approach has been weak from the beginning. They started off by plugging it as an illness that only really affected the elderly or sick so everyone else should be unconcerned. Then they started to panic and we entered ‘lockdown’ but an incredibly weak lockdown compared to other countries. We’re allowed to leave to exercise ‘once a day’ which isn’t really policed so I’m sure some people are exercising more than that or just being outside ‘exercising’ for hours. Other countries have adopted a much stricter policy and they’re now ready to leave lockdown. We’re not ready because our lockdown measures were too weak so the daily infection rate is still too high.

The message isn’t weak at all. I’ve watched every government briefing given since the beginning of lockdown and the message could not be any clearer. Stay home, protect the NHS, save lives. If that’s not clear to you then I suggest you’re being wilfully daft.

Another dementor thread. Some people won’t be happy until we’ve all had our front doors nailed shut.

@Freddiefox I think that’s the problem. Regrettably the first government message - “herd immunity”, “80%will get it”, “mostly mild”- is what stuck.
When they realised this is worse than they thought and back-pedalled, it was too late.
But I’m ready to bet that the same people who break the lockdown will complain bitterly if they get sick. Let alone if they get sick and find the hospitals overwhelmed.

@Maybelatte cross post

Is there an anti bonfire law or is it just something that you...the op have decided is not on?
I don't remember hearing it.

I haven’t seen a high police presence tbh and haven’t been stopped once when working🤷‍♀️

It’s not just key workers who are allowed to work. So the bouncy castle guy isn’t technically doing anything wrong by driving to a customers house? I HATE bonfires but haven’t seen a rule that people can’t have them... surely they’re always putting an unnecessary risk on emergency services, pandemic or not?

If you look on your local fire service website I am pretty sure you will see some friendly advice re bonfires atm.

Those same people will be the first to be up in arms when we have to have another, more severe, lockdown.

But maybe if we had done what lockdown said rather than the attitude of other posters in here it would have worked ?

So perhaps the rule breakers are relevant ?

And it’s not the “curtain twitchers “ fault after all .

Considering all the cries for human freedom at the moment I think full lockdown would have gone down like a lead balloon .

My neighbour works has people around, going in the house, kids playing with hers, drinking wine Staggering really. They mustn’t give a shit.

Ooh, 'dementor'! Is that the latest lazy buzzword? You know, for when someone has a perfectly reasonable worry but you don't have the intelligence to come up with a well thought out argument against it? It's just like 'snowflake' all over again.

If you look on your local fire service website I am pretty sure you will see some friendly advice re bonfires atm.

I just looked and no, not a thing.