To be fed up of the "I'm a key worker" line now

[Chishelled]

Fair play, I do understand that not every key worker is pulling this out at opportunity and that not all key workers are acting like entitled selfish twits, plus the fact DP and I (although only on day two) are both NHS - him as a doctor and me within mental health.

Our entire local facebook page is full of "I am a key worker, I need to get petrol, people are being so selfish" BUT why do key workers expect to be prioritised for petrol now, particularly when many of the ones posting work in our local hospital which is a 20 minute walk away??

It's just all adding to the scare mongering and hype by trotting out the "I'm a key worker, I need petrol priority...[it's going to run out again], plus plenty of people are having to commute back to work due to the end of furlough and the fact that offices are well and truly reopen - are their jobs seen as lesser?

I propose on the spot fines for anyone who uses the phrase "I am a key worker" to get preferential treatment from this point forwards [unless of course we go back into Lockdown again]

[Offmyfence]

@Mollymoostoo

I'm a teacher and I am more than happy for everyone going back to teaching their children at home because I can't get petrol to get into work.
I also have to drop my child at the childminders so need fuel, but if everyone is happy to teach and work from home, no problem...

Shame you're not paid to teach from home ...

[LoisLane66]

Even what are categorised as 'not key worker jobs' are really important.
Imagine a clock. You see the face, the numerals and the hands, the fancy strap but how does it work? Under the face there are dozens of moving parts, each one vital to make the whole movement work.
The workers behind the scenes in any business, are the moving parts which make the company or business tick. Never forget that.

[Waxonwaxoff0]

@shallIswim

But *@Waxonwaxoff0* you are key in a way: you work and pay taxes to pay for the key workers.
This is why I hate the term. And I have plenty of 'key worker' friends and family. Tho thankfully they don't use that term!

I agree and I found it difficult during lockdowns as my job cannot be done from home but everyone assumed all non key workers can just work from home! The manufacturing industry has been told to operate as normal throughout, meaning I had to get DS into school on a key worker place based on the fact that my ex husband is a key worker to enable me to go to work otherwise I'd have lost my job and house.

[kristplankook]

I was fed up of it months ago and I am one myself.

I had colleagues jumping the queue in the supermarket waving their NHS pass, and we only have a NHS pass to access the building, we work for social services paid by local authority - doing this on a Saturday in their own time! Not even in a rush between calls or whatever. Taking the piss.

I was annoyed by the NHS/key worker discounts because at least they still had their jobs and could still afford the stuff they wanted unlike many who lost jobs etc.

Still, it's calmed down now petrol wise, but the district nurses and carers I work closely with - they needed the petrol to get to patients in the community who would be without care otherwise. I do think that if this had carried on they would need some kind of priority because the petrol is not to GET them to work, it's so they can actually do their job. It really could be life or death if someone is left without their care.

[1DoesNotSimplyWalkIntoMordor]

@Chiselled most of our domestics and porters start at 6am or finish at 9pm including weekends and bank holidays, absolutely essential to the running of the hospital.