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A.i.b.u to think UK fatigued with social distancing

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DollyPartons · 18/05/2020 20:33

Yesterday a couple 60+ reached out to handshake.They believe the "covid thing is fake"
Yesterday, elderly parent deliberately hugged DD
Today somebody grabs my nutrician bar to read and tell me the bad ingredients. People coming closer in shops, on pavements. Im scared.

OP posts:
LellyMcKelly · 18/05/2020 20:47

Group of teens had scaled the fence of a 5 a side football pitch Near us yesterday and were playing as normal. Social distancing clearly not part of their consciousness.

DahliaDay · 18/05/2020 20:49

Many many entitled arses at my place of work today. Openly dismissing the 2 metres as not applying to them

Sirzy · 18/05/2020 20:49

So you and your daughter both saw your parents? As hugging is an issue then I guess you don’t all live together so your as guilty as any of the above of breaking the rules then?

HaudYerWheeshtYaWeeBellend · 18/05/2020 20:52

So you and your daughter both saw your parents? As hugging is an issue then I guess you don’t all live together so your as guilty as any of the above of breaking the rules then?

Bit of an assumption, she may have seen them going for a walk, in the supermarket etc...

People are arses OP, majority are adhering to the guidance, but you’ll still get the fuckwits.

MoaningMinniee · 18/05/2020 20:53

Everyone is observing it around here (apart from the head-down cyclist who shot past me and everyone else on a narrow path earlier). I'm not sure I want to go back to huggy kissy greetings tbh.

Winterwoollies · 18/05/2020 22:18

@Sirzy I don’t live with my parents but I saw them for a socially distanced cup of tea, which I took myself, along with a deck chair and a biscuit. They sat in their garden and I sat on the path. All totally safe.

They could have grabbed me for a hug if they’d have wanted to but thankfully they’re not bloody idiots, so didn’t. Just sat in their respective deckchairs, chatting.

RhymingRabbit3 · 18/05/2020 22:21

I havent noticed this at all, I have seen more people wearing masks than ever before and everyone around here is social distancing.

rawlikesushi · 18/05/2020 22:24

The rhetoric amongst colleagues has changed from 'we must do this to protect the vulnerable' to 'the bloody vulnerable just need to stay at home and let the rest of us get on with it.'

It's depressing how quickly it's happened I think. I thought we had more fortitude.

crankysaurus · 18/05/2020 22:27

Our neighbours four-down are having a full on drunken birthday party in the garden and have been all afternoon. Can hear them through the double glazing, and there were a wide range of voices earlier. Imagine they think/ know the police won't bother. I'd be amazed if any of them thought they might get properly ill or worry about spreading it.

Heatherjayne1972 · 18/05/2020 22:30

No. It’s gone back to normal here.

People aren’t bothering with distancing. It’s very relaxed

WitchyMoo · 18/05/2020 22:33

I was on one of those webcam things earlier , a beach in Dorset , bloody packed it was , kids running everywhere
My local chicken shop had a group of around 6 teenagers all on bikes , who knows they could have been sextuplets, but I'm guessing not
Yesterday , both neighbors either side had relatives round , I know who lives there and who don't , none of them social distancing
Neighbours opposite went out to the local shops , they live next door to each other , but I actually think this might be allowed but they certainly weren't 2 metres , they both walk arm in arm all the time
People are bored , people have had enough it seems ,
Very regular occurance it seems and don't get me started on the chimes of the ice cream van , three different ones today ... clearly I've too much time on my hands as I'm constantly staring out the window

crankysaurus · 18/05/2020 22:33

I'd give it a week before we're back in full lockdown again. Twats wreaking it for everyone.

FrancesHaHa · 18/05/2020 22:34

Not much social distancing here on the streets. An increase in mask wearing though, although most seem to be worn half off.

A lot of people are sticking to not mixing households though

7Days · 18/05/2020 22:38

Not much around here, but a bit.

It takes a lot of strength to keep going though, and not justify how its imperative that you should do this particular thing that means so much.

But I suppose that is human nature. It's as much a fact of life as how epidemics work. We just haven't had much experience of the latter

Echobelly · 18/05/2020 22:39

People are naturally fatigued, but most still seem to be observing it as far as I can tell, if anything people's distancing is getting better around here, but maybe it's a London thing as more know people who have had it?

Pleasenodont · 18/05/2020 22:39

We’ve noticed the same here too. Saw a long queue outside Aldi but definitely not 2M gaps. People just don’t seem to care as much.

sidesplittinglol · 18/05/2020 22:39

This is what people are like. No one is following the rules and as a result we will never be Covid free. Many countries that have been deemed a high risk by the WHO have now been declared COvid free.

A.i.b.u to think UK fatigued with social distancing
BatSegundo · 18/05/2020 22:41

People in my street seem to have given up since VE day. The kids from different families play outside together every day without social distancing. I can understand it, they're too young to socially distance and their parents are clearly fed up of supervising them and yelling "2 metres" every 30 seconds. But it still annoys me as I'm shielded. Before this, my own kids could go out for 10 minutes to kick a ball around with each other. But I can't let them out now as the neighbours kids will come close to them. I wouldn't mind, but they're there all bloody day!

Bingeslayer · 18/05/2020 22:42

An acquaintance of mine told me on a fb group chat yesterday that she let's her son go out to play football with his mates for 1.5 hrs a day,she works in a nursing home,I despair.

mumofmany81 · 18/05/2020 22:46

@Sirzy you're allowed to meet up now with someone from another household so if you're going to criticise people can you at least make sure you actually know what the law is.

@WitchyMoo you're right - you really do have too much time on your hands. Yes going to the shop is allowed and always has been. The ice cream van was also not doing anything wrong and as long as they kept their distance whilst queuing nor were any of the customers. Maybe stop staring out the window and obsessing over other people's behaviour and just worry about your own actions.

mumofmany81 · 18/05/2020 22:53

@Bingeslayer - you're judging her but your post doesn't actually say anything that they are breaking the rules on. As long as they are playing football and maintaining a distance it's fine. Yes they can't play as they usually do because tackles are out but they can still be passing the ball, taking shots etc. You've just decided that she's a crap mother based on basically nothing :-/

LilacTree1 · 18/05/2020 22:56

“ Today somebody grabs my nutrician bar to read and tell me the bad ingredients.”

That’s just damn rude in any circumstances!

Bingeslayer · 18/05/2020 22:59

@mumofmany81 We live in wales where other households can't mix and it's not a proper organised football match,its a group of teenage boys meeting up to kick a ball about.

WitchyMoo · 18/05/2020 23:03

mumofmany81
I stare out my window as tv is boringly shit so I just stare out the window watching the world go by
The women opposite go to the shop ARM IN ARM , that's not 2m , again I thought you could meet up with one person from another household but it had to be 2 m, unless I've misunderstood
the ice cream van , the first one had kids runnning around getting in front of everyone to look at the menu in the window , as were some adults , browsing over other people deciding what they fancied , its boiling today and there were at least 12 in the queue , they certainly weren't 2m apart either it was right outside my house , despite the ice cream man wearing full PPE but not changing gloves every time someone handing him cash , that makes no sense
Football is allowed with groups , see people are confused as to what is and isn't allowed , either confused or don't give a shit

Bleepbloopblarp · 18/05/2020 23:04

YANBU - of course people are getting sick of it.

Yes, my dc’s have met up with their friends (one each) this week in the park, as is allowed. They say they’re socially distancing but who knows? I have to trust them as I’m not willing to go any longer not letting them see anyone or socialise.

Also went and sat in PIL’s garden today for a socially distanced cup of tea (took our own drinks). Any nosy neighbour looking on could have a moan about us breaking the rules I guess but we decided to take the (pretty much nonexistent) risk as they haven’t seen any family since March.

Obviously some people won’t be social distancing at all and probably haven’t since the beginning. I guess we’ll see what happens in the next few weeks....