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To be fed up of people not practising social distancing in public?

33 replies

Magicra84 · 10/05/2020 10:22

When I've been out and about getting essentials I have found myself getting really pissed off at stupid people.

I was in a small freezer shop. They had a limit of how many were allowed in so all good. I was looking at cheese and deciding which one to get (no more than five seconds were I there deciding) when a man came right beside me and reached across to get what he wanted. I didn't say anything but so wished I did.

In the quiet park I was walking down a short but narrow area to get from a to b. There are loads of other routes in the park to get from a to b including a way just behind the walkway I was using. A woman started walking down the same area as me. There was no way we could've walked past each other while keeping 2 metres apart so I just turned round.

Inside a shop yesterday. They let two people in at a time. A woman was waiting outside. Right at the doorway, and as the man who was served before me left she didn't move from the doorway. In fact, she started coming through the door! Just a normal size door like a standard house door.

Beggars belief. I'm sick of people's stupidity.

OP posts:
Makeuptherules · 10/05/2020 12:08

Ooh new topic, what a thrill Confused

BeltaneBride · 10/05/2020 12:08

The two metre rule is totally arbitrary based on what they thought people would accept , like the 5-day mantra. No scientific basis.

Fluffybutter · 10/05/2020 12:09

Can’t get worked up about this , shit happens

Fluffybutter · 10/05/2020 12:11

@2beesornot2beesthatisthehoney What a horrible thing to say .
I’ve had a family member die of this and even I know this is just nasty and spiteful

NerdImmunity · 10/05/2020 12:13

IBut what about those jobs where 2m distance is not possible. Teachers are in school (on a rota system currently to cover keyworker kids) and I don't know a single primary teacher who has said social distancing is possible with younger kids. No PPE provided there. My sister is a primary teacher and as a member of SLT is in more often than most and reports kids constantly sitting right next to her (despite constant reminders) and coughing and spluttering all over. She then goes home and reads the papers and MN which suggest she's lazy, not setting enough work, selfish to ask for a mask at school for fear of possibly scaring the children. I know this post isn't about teachers, but it frustrates me that we're engaging in conversations about Mr Bloggs possibly reaching past someone in Co-op to grab cheese and how selfish he is; when we've got many roles in society forced to work without PPE in far, far riskier environments. It has yet to be scientifically proven beyond measure that children do not spread covid, but everyone seems to think this is gospel!

2beesornot2beesthatisthehoney · 10/05/2020 12:28

@fluffybutter
I have had three family members die of it ( or suspected to have ) and 2 more in difficult conditions where they might and 2 more shielding.so don't tell me about spiteful.

Fluffybutter · 10/05/2020 12:34

It was though .🤷🏼‍♀️

2beesornot2beesthatisthehoney · 10/05/2020 13:28

Fluffybutter
Personally I think that this selfish attitude of the previous poster (not you so why you are sticking up for them I have no idea ) is worth what I said

And I am so fed up of the word social distancing. I mean you’ve been going out and alllllllllll these people don’t social distance, are you dead? No, do you have symptoms? No The chances of you getting sick from simply walking past someone or them learning over for a second to grab some chicken thighs is fucking tiny

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