To report neighbours to 101

[Gwillow]

Since the lockdown my next door but one neighbours have had visitors to sit in the garden. They’re currently entertaining yet more people for lunch. I haven’t seen my parents or friends for over two months despite living nearby, I work in a hospital and am seeing first hand the results of this pandemic and putting myself at risk. We and so many others are making sacrifices every day and I’m furious that they’re acting as though everything is normal. My DP thinks we should stay out of it but I’ve had enough and I want to report them. I’m not sure that anything would be done however. AIBU?

It’s fine , OP. You can visit people no problem but absolutely not if you’re a Tory. It’s the Mumsnet rules.

What’s this “not if you’re a Tory” horseshit? So criticism from the Daily Mail is because that’s a left paper that picks on Tories?

I couldn’t give a fuck if Dominic Cummings went to his mum’s house to drop of scones while fit and healthy. I do care that he travelled while meant to be self isolating - the stakes are so much fucking higher when you’ve reason to believe you’re contagious. I can not believe this needs to be said.

Gutted OP has never come back to let us know how her hubby got on telling the neighbours off. How sad my lockdown life has become 🤣

Too busy walking past their house studiously ignoring them @bloody, it must be taking her neighbours ages to notice this rather odd person with their nose in the air

It Is infuriating but you've got to continue living next door to them. Police unlikely to tackle now. It's all a bit of a joke. I'm on nhs front line so I know how you feel

Wouldn’t bother, a few wks into lockdown my neighbour was having visitors, I reported them (don’t care if came across as a grass) police did nothing, I reported them probably another half a dozen times for again having the same visitors, absolutely nothing was done! I gave up in the end, they still visit now it’s pointless!

Because no law had been broken, that’s why the police didn’t do anything.

People have got to start (10 weeks in) learning the difference between guidance and law.

And remember that when all this is over, they still have to live next to their neighbours.

I have just had a barbecue in my parents garden. My sister and I were both sitting on opposite sides of the lawn while my dad was doing the barbeque a good distance away. We had no contact with them and our plates and forks were plastic so we just put it in our own rubbish carrier bags. We stayed there for a good two hours or so and left when we may be needing the loo as obviously we couldn't enter the house. I think as long as your sensible and take precautions it's fine.

The government don’t even heed their own guidelines without recourse, so why should anyone else. If they’re outside then it’s safer to begin with. There has been much of this in my street, but we know how to mind our own business and everyone seems to be fine.

So what ? Who cares

Sounds like we have the same neighbours!!! Mine have been doing exactly the same. Different friends coming and going - sometimes with small children. I thought about phoning 101 but it would be obvious that it was a neighbour who dobbed them in so not sure I want to anger them. I'm happy with my own conduct during lockdown and have taken their actions to show that they're probably not the most law abiding or honest people. They break the rules so that makes them selfish twats.

Lock downworks if most us of us do it. You need to make your own choices and mid your own business. If you are following the guidelines then you are keeping yourself safe - what the neigbours do is their own concern.

I work for the police - please phone 101 to report it. Likelihood is an officer WILL be out and will ask them to leave. But thats all we can do x

You don’t no the circumstances . I’ve been told I can see and visit family etc as my mental health is to the point I’m feeling suicidal. Without seeing family and having that distraction I could end up in hospital or worse. I have a son with autism adhd and severe behaviours who is accessing specialist school as together we are vulnerable - I need the support to get me through this and both mental health team and social worker have said this is ok and advised I do .

It’s so easy to make assumptions when you don’t no circumstances

Don’t know if his wife has a driving licence, but doesn’t someone who goes for a drive to test their eyesight need to lose theirs?!

I’m glad I don’t live next to you, a proper jobsworth aren’t you. Are they harming you in any way? Get a fucking life.

Call them and while they are there wasting their time a real crime is being committed

This whole thing is turning neighbour against neighbour. Family against family. Give it a rest please.... people are dieing some people are in the front line. It's all divisive drama.

Wrong thread lol

I would mind my own business. I think it is getting a bit too far when people want to report each other. It’s not going the right direction

I wasn't aware lockdown had been lifted in Torquay until I witnessed various neighbours going about their normal business as if nothing was going on.

OP, it may be annoying, but you need to just mind your own business.

If people want to take ‘risks’ it’s up to them. More fool them if they catch covid as with each case you don’t know which way it will turn.

They may have no symptoms (lucky them), they may feel very ill but recover without hospital intervention, or they may end up in ITU and it’s 50:50 as to whether they live or die. Which ever way you look at it, they are the people who are going to experience and have to get through it, so what’s it got to do with you? And I say this from the perspective of an ITU nurse right in the thick of it when it comes to being in a covid infested environment.

I do get fed up with all this holier than thou attitude. And all this ‘I’m risking my life etc etc....’ just get on with it and get rid of this martyr mentality. Once you’re all PPEd up, you’re pretty safe. And I say this from first hand experience, right in the heart of it from day 1.

None of your business. Stay out of it. Some families are isolating in their respective households for 2-3 weeks so they can meet up in each others house/garden. Most people are being sensible and don't want to put any family member at risk. A few are being just plain stupid. You don't know the ins and outs so best to keep to yourself.

They sound like my neighbours. At the moment their back garden is full , karaoke machine bbq etc etc. Which is fine any other time . These neighbours shout “thank you for your service “ every time they see me or enquire about my health (admitted to hospital with covid in April) and they bang their pots and and pans louder than anyone Thursday nights . They genuinely don’t realise how dangerous it can be if they get it. I’m currently redeployed to a ward for patients positive for covid who sadly are now receiving end of life care. Not all of them are elderly , not all of them have underlying medical conditions. I really wish I could provide them with some insight into what can happen. But I’d just get annoyed with them so just say nothing ☹️

Two words: Dominic Cummings.
He's given free reign to every cockwomble in the country to do what the bloody hell they like.
Me & my family will continue to stay at home, socially distance when shopping etc.