To be shocked and bemused by the mentality of some people?

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I am as horrified as most other people are, by the hordes of people descending on beaches around the UK and behaving worse than animals in many cases. Scum who defecate and urinate in public places, leave tonnes of litter and fight and drink. All for 3rd degree sunburn and possibly Coronavirus. I am just bemused by their mentality of these people. Are they selfish, thick, just don't care? I heard the most unbelievable thing on the radio earlier. The presenter lives in Bournemouth and was approached by 2 guys in their 20s early this morning asking where they could get a bacon butty. She said they were a bit early and they said they had slept on the beach on towels. After seeing Bournemouth on the news last night they had jumped in their car at 10pm and driven straight to Bournemouth from London "to join the party"...WTAF?! A party?! Who and what are these people that think that type of idea is actually a good one?

Any chance of some people obeying reasonable requests and common sense ended when Dominic Cummings was not sacked.
that’s just a pathetic excuse. It doesn’t matter how strongly some feel about Cummings not being sacked, that doesn’t mean you personally decide that it’s obviously not a risk when the facts and figures are still out there for you to see.

It’s up there with a child saying “but x did it, so I did,” If Dominic Cummings jumped off a cliff would people follow?

People need to stop blaming everyone but themselves.

I’m shielding and believe that Cummings should have been sacked. Doesn’t mean I become less at risk just because he broke guidelines and wasn’t pulled up for it.

people seem to actually want to live in a nanny state.

To be honest, I doubt very much that the idiots lining the beaches just because they can and want to, are spouting "If Dominic Cummings is doing it, then so can I"...I don't think that's really their mindset. I doubt some of them even know who he is...

I doubt some of them even know who he is...

You really are convinced that you're a better person than the "idiots" going to the beach, aren't you?

I think as someone said upthread, many people stuck in flats without gardens , walking round city street for three months, going off their heads at home with nothing to do and possibly children underfoot all day, the chance to go to the beach is like winning the lottery. People can’t go on holiday or see their friends or loved ones unless outside in small numbers. People have gone crazy when let out of their cages. It’s appalling behaviour, yes. However everyone is absolutely at the end of their rope. I went to a beach two days ago. It was utter bliss. Hardly anyone there. A relief from the same place we have gone every day for three months which is absolutely mobbed all the time.
I have seen antisocial behaviour and littering a lot, and it disgusts me. Bins overflowing with bottles and takeaway cups and containers. Drunk young people out in crowds. However most people are trying to be mindful .