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?

Your DP will speak to them ???? I would have liked to be your neighbour and have your DP knocking on my door 😂😂
My street was all out drunk on VE day dancing and hugging, they all clap for the NHS😂( I don’t/didn’t do either) but two weeks on nobody has any symptoms or been taken to hospital .
You need to chill the hell out and mind your own business.

We have had people in our garden too. We maintain distance, they don't come in the house and bring their own drinks and glasses.
I think that is fine and don't think it is worthy of reporting.

I think that is fine and don't think it is worthy of reporting.

Chewbecca You won’t mind being reported then.

I’m just not sure people in a few months won’t look back and be ashamed of who they became during this pandemic

@Bluntness100 as ever, hits the nail on the head.

As for the hysterical bleating that (finally) having a few friends in your garden means that people are stupid / selfish / ignorant and are doing nothing to protect rhe NHS, don't be so utterly petulant and purile.

The vast majority of people in this country have had their lives turned upside down and some people have lost everything in the course of protecting the NHS. If they now feel they can take stock and manage their own risk and lives then that's up to them.

@heartsonacake why does anyone need reporting for god sake.
People are trying to make informed choices they aren’t criminals

Frontline NHS here... I don't see having people in the garden as a problem.
You don't speak for all of us

Please mind your own business. It will be the best thing you do.

If you call 101 the police can at least make that call. The police in Wales have been very responsive. If it would be obvious it came from you then you might want to weigh up the risked of damaging neighbour relationships. But I totally agree that it’s unacceptable.

Your DP will speak to them ???? I would have liked to be your neighbour and have your DP knocking on my door 😂😂

I'm really hoping the neighbour is a Mumsnetter. That thread would be beyond amusing 😂

This pandemic is really showing some peoples true colours. Reporting people to the police for socialising in their own gardens because it's "against the rules".

Let's be fair - the rules are in place to protect the economy. It's perfectly okay for workers to travel on packed tubes and buses but it's not okay for people to see their friends in their back gardens.

Why? Because the former benefits the economy and the latter does not. It's got nothing to do with protecting people's health.

Let's be fair - the rules are in place to protect the economy. It's perfectly okay for workers to travel on packed tubes and buses but it's not okay for people to see their friends in their back gardens

Why? Because the former benefits the economy and the latter does not. It's got nothing to do with protecting people's health.

This with bells on!

X million people in each country
I don't believe that every single person has "obeyed" the lockdown rules

Some people don't care
Some people don't understand
Some people are complacent
Some people maybe did earlier, but have now relaxed

You only have to read the story of the guy who flew from New Zealand to his second property on the Isle of Skye. He left his partner & child in NZ in the middle of a pandemic !

Can't control other people's thoughts
Can't control other people's actions

I'm an NHS nurse. You don't speak for anyone but you.

Please don't put a rant on FB or a crying video on social media, you just make yourself (and the NHS by association) look shit.

Greysparkles. They are not socially distancing and sharing food together with lots of other people. This is behaviour that increases the R rate. I work for NHS and have friends and colleagues that are exhausted and dreading a second wave. I have social worker friends that are having to find placements for orphaned children. I am puzzled and interested in why you wouldn’t hope that people would be super careful to not increase the R rate (genuine curiosity in case I’m missing something - not having a go at you. - it’s good to get different perspectives)

Secondly, I do agree with Boomclaps

Some people have gone out to work throughout the lockdown
Versus
Myself included, still being under the lockdown rules & WFH

youre right theyre hypocrits just shout out on thursday night dont bother clapping thankyou

police wont do much for a couple of visitors at a time

OP - you can report online - it will take only a few minutes and then you can breathe more easily

It is sad that people think ringing the police for someone having friends over in their garden is good use of police time.

You say they are sharing lunch. Do you just sit behind your curtains watching them? Maybe take up gardening or something else.

Seriously there are some people that spend far too much time watching and commenting on others.

I reported online a mass picnic of c.200 people, no social distancing, when we were in strict lockdown. Police actually emailed back to ask if I had thought of also reporting to their employer !

If this is real..I suspect the DP will walk round the block then come back and say 'well, that told them!'

As we are now allowed to meet someone for a socially distanced walk, and a sit down on a park bench, I don't see the difference with having a friend round to sit in my garden.

And before this was allowed, and I was sitting in my garden when friends walked past, they would stop for a chat.

Shrug

It’s that whole thing of “oh, it’s just little old me, what impact could I have, I know I really shouldn’t but I just soooooo miss X/Y/Z”.

X 1,000,000

🙄

Op we've had exactly the same thing in our road. The irony is we have police officers living on the road and yet some of the neighbors have not been deterred. I made a decision to not give them any of my energy, because if I get unwell that is what I'll need most to get me through. Instead we don't engage with them, no eye contact no hellos as we walk past, it's very obvious that we're disappointed with them.

I have to admit I feel sorry for the OP's DP really.

He said he thinks they should stay out of it and now he's the one having to go round and speak to them to appease the OP.

If the OP feels so strongly about it, why is he having to do her talking for her?

Although I agree with Comingoutontop123, he probably will take a short walk round the block instead!

Instead we don't engage with them, no eye contact no hellos as we walk past, it's very obvious that we're disappointed with them.

I'm sure they'd devastated