are furloughed people the new benefit scroungers?

[ghostmous3]

According to some posts that are doing the rounds on shitebook they are

Before lockdown people moaned about the 'feckless workshy' now the vitriol is aimed at the 'furloughed sitting on thier bums on beaches spreading germs, how dare they when weve got to work. We're paying for you're furlough'

I'm feeling bloody sensitive tonight. I didn't ask to be furloughed, I'm more than likely getting made redundant at the end of july and I dont go to beaches!

Unfortunately it isn't bollocks, it's true. Plenty I know are making their employees keep working via private email accounts. I dread to think how much complete fraud there is in the system on top of that.

If you want to keep your employee, Gnome, how about you keep paying them? What's it got to do with the government? If they get another job then that's great for them, an example of the capitalist system working well. If you can't pay them, let them work somewhere that can.

There are multiple sensible reasons why the scheme doesn't prevent the furloughed getting another job and continuing to receive payments xenia...

This is ridiculous. Usual DM shit stirring. My DSis was put on furlough at the start of lockdown as her workplace had to close. She's a NMW so been on 80% of that so hardly living it up. Many others in similar situation I'm sure. And she's been v worried about being made redundant. Not exactly a "holiday".

My son (who is divorced from his wife) has fallen out with everyone wjo still contacts her - cousins for kids parties etc. He set her up with an ipad and an email address and we would message and facetime when she was at her mums (mainly) Chatting about crafts and me sending her images to give craft inspiration- she is 8 by the way. Both of us lived this as we miss each enormously. Anyway I had an argument with said son last week over something unrelated. Suddenly no messages. I asked him and he said she was spending too much time on their when at her mums so he has deleted me. I have half a mind to speak with her mum as i know she greatly values our input. I cant believe he is using the kids as a weapon. What would you do?