To think this is absolutely fine! (Social distancing query sorry)

[lastqueenofscotland]

Today I was headed off to do my shopping, and en route to the shop is my friends house, you actually have to drive past her house to get to the supermarket, no diversions needed to get there.

She accidentally ordered two of one item and the returns policy was a nightmare so she asked if I would like the other, it’s an item I will make use of. I said that would be lovely so she asked me to text when I was leaving my house and she would leave it on the drive for me to collect.
Pick it up on the way to the supermarket (a trip I would have been making anyway) and this woman comes out of her house going absolutely apoplectic saying I was taking the piss this wasn’t an essential trip etc. Really shouting at me. I just ignored her and got back in the car... I really don’t think this was unreasonable surely?!

Ugh YANBU. What is it with all the Stasi wannabes? I'll tell you something, lockdown has given a real insight into how easily people would go along with a totalitarian government. It really is the busybody's time to shine

I’m really strict on lockdown for myself and people justifying bending/breaking it really wind me up. This, however, is perfectly fine by me (ultimate arbiter, obvs 😉)

The poor thing is probably bored and has nothing better to do. You were right to ignore, you can't reason with people like that

Just crack on, it was fine. These times really do bring out the worst in people, either because it highlights awful traits that they already had, or anxiety brings on weird behaviour. You have no way of knowing which it is, but either way, what you did was fine.

Absolutely, what you did (in both cases, collecting item and ignoring woman) was fine. You don't have to explain yourself to neighbours.

I'm wondering how picking up a parcel off a driveway spreads the virus (assuming either you or your friend have it, which is vanishingly unlikely to start with). People really are a bit mad.

These times shows people for who they really are, I've found.

So now you know your friends neighbour is a crazy busy body.

Honestly op , I think I’m more upset lately about the hysterical bullying behaviour of people than about the actual virus.

When the virus is under control these bastards will still be infecting our lives.

Ridiculous. You did absolutely nothing wrong and were right to ignore her. Did you text your friend about it?

YANBU at all.
What was it?

Just ignore her. Clearly a curtain twitcher waiting for an opportunity to vent at someone rather than manage her emotions about lockdown.

mobile.twitter.com/willdhislop/status/1258457955189641224

Reminds me of this ☝🏻. Ignore OP, she's being ridiculous.

You know the address.
Snail Mail her ads for anger management classes, crochet your own egg cup covers, sex toys.... she's clearly in need of something to relieve her boredom/frustration.

Don;t put any stamps on ad she'll be charged postage.

I’m really strict on lockdown for myself and people justifying bending/breaking it really wind me up. This, however, is perfectly fine by me (ultimate arbiter, obvs 😉)

I am the same, cardibach - I keep the lockdown, I don't berate anyone, but I would definitely sniff at a lockdown abuse - but this sharing of produce (which is often hard to get) in a socially acceptable way, is fine by me.

She was having a bad day, chalk it up to that. Your poor friend living next door to someone like that...

No different to picking something up from a shop. I'm so sick of people trying to police what others are doing.

BRILLIANT link, anxietrist

@anxietrist - hilarious tweet

Of course it’s fine.

People are self righteous morons

@anxietrist 😂

If said woman lived on my street she'd be out all day shouting at people!

The house opposite had people over yesterday and the three houses to my left all had people over and sat in the garden together

Lockdown has ended, about two weeks ago

I like the link anxietrist!

How did the neighbour even know what you were picking up? Assuming your friend put it in a bag, it could have been something essential.

Neighbour was being completely unfair. Shame she didn’t take herself to London Fields or somewhere where she might actually have had a point complaining.

anxietrist

You were right to ignore OP that's just ridiculously nuts. Does your friend know said neighbour?

I'm wondering how picking up a parcel off a driveway spreads the virus (assuming either you or your friend have it, which is vanishingly unlikely to start with).

Because the virus survives on surfaces for days on some surfaces.
But as long was the item gets cleaned adequately and you're not going to inadvertently transfer to face, then there should be problem.

I do think people forget about surfaces and packages though.

I agree that the curtain twitchers are a PITA. In general I am a rule follower, but I don't get involved when my NDN, who have both have corona virus, have their grandchildren over (and will have had them there when they were incubating the virus).

What you did was no different to picking something up from a supermarket shelf IMO. I bought some flour on Friday and dropped it off at a friend's front door. Was that wrong?