Mumsnet during the beginning of the Pandemic - please tell me your stories of the maddest comments you saw

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Inspired by chat on another thread - one woman was told not to pop to the shop for milk but to put butter in her coffee instead 😄

I wasn't on mumsnet then but would love to know the maddest comments you saw?

I myself went mad during the pandemic 🙈 and refused to leave the house and judged anybody that did, I'll admit 😬😄 - I wish I'd been calmer

Please share 🥰

Edit - I know how awful the pandemic was for those who lost loved ones, and how serious those losses are - this is just about the unnecessary hysteria and comments stemming from that, not to poke fun at those who lost someone or became ill. 💕

I know someone who still does this!

So so jealous of people who were furloughed!

Woman in my road had the front of her house covered in posters telling delivery people to go to side gate and leave shopping and parcels on tables provided. The front door would not be opened under any circumstances.
Every week she spent two hours cleaning her Tesco shop before taking it in the house. She didn’t quite wear a hazmat suit to do it but came pretty close. She thought I was very lax.

Leaving out the more serious stuff because quite frankly it still traumatises me now. Having a child with complex SEND and absolutely bog all support during covid has left me with long term health issues.

On a more lighthearted note:

Fucking Joe Wicks. Sorry kids I subjected you to that. Niiiiiiiiicky, shaaaaaaaaaaaut awwwwwwwts

One of the neighbours on the street self appointed himself as some kind of covid monitor. And would post on the local FB page stuff like 'number xxx', I didn't see you clapping tonight. Someone posted underneath one of his posts 'fuck off Brian'- I never did find out who it was but what an absolute legend. His wife also had stickers all over her car with stuff like 'carer on call' and various other cutesy phrases. Strangely enough they've gone very quiet. Mainly because they managed to piss off pretty much everyone and the whole street hates them.

I used disinfectant wipes on all my shopping when I unpacked it

Just….all the teachers who accused us of murderous thoughts if we dared to suggest that our children needed to go to school

😂😂😂 at “Fuck off Brian!”

An advantage of living in London, with all the aloofness and not knowing your neighbours, was that no one gave a shit who was clapping.

@MrsFrumble I think I remember that poster who told you to carry a fortnight's worth of food.

It was mad.

The Welsh Government, who in their wisdom, decided that supermarkets could only sell "essential items" because it wasn't fair on other shops who weren't allowed to open.

Cue one Tesco removing access to the aisle that had the sanitary products and me, ordering knickers online and making a delivery driver deliver them, when I could have picked them up in the supermarket when I was there anyway buying food!

Slightly more amusing moments were the business men and women wearing smart shirts/ties/blouses on their top halves for teams etc meetings, whilst wearing Pyjama bottoms with fluffy socks and slippers on their bottom halves and also that hilarious clip of some high up person on a teams call, when his two toddlers who were also at home decided to go and visit Daddy at work! Then their Mum comes in and tries to shepherd them out while apologising for the interruption.

I immediately got switched to working from home and running online courses in my university job. My husband ( also in his 50s) was told he had to keep teaching face to face with no PPE in a pupil referral unit where kids didn’t observe any behaviour control. Ludicrous and a death sentence for SEN teachers! I’m still angry about it.

Here you go @Jadebanditchillipepper !
One of my favourites too. The kids must be quite grown up now; I wonder how they feel about their “moment of fame”?

Oh yes, and the Welsh Government also decided to have a lockdown for Christmas 2020 and announced it six hours before it started - suddenly, absolute hordes of people descended on every available shop to get supplies in for Christmas before they couldn't anymore - more than likely massively increasing transmission rather than reducing it!

And Boris, in his wisdom had English children going back to school for one day in January before closing schools again

MrsFrumble that clip is so hilarious!

It probably included people who hadnt got any food in because they were expecting to go to relatives that Christmas.

Don’t wear sandals when shopping at the supermarket.

JenniferBooth, it almost certainly did.

The Welsh Government also policed the borders to stop people going between England and Wales in cars - utterly ridiculous for people living close to the border who's closest supermarket might be on the other side. And also the ridiculousness of Chester football club being accused of breaking Welsh COVID rules, when it considers itself to be in England, but part of it lies across the border

How do you still believe that 😂

I remember a lot of talk on here about how to amuse young children. It was difficult for families with little ones. Also schools came in for a lot of flack - freezing cold, distancing and all that, which is not surprising. Anyone who broke the lockdown restrictions was castigated.

Some people liked it and blossomed during lockdown.

I was already going with a 40 L backpack and a sholley, but unsurprisingly with 2 adults and 2 children eating every single meal and snack at home, we were getting through so much food! I’m most annoyed that I let myself feel judged. I definitely needed more “Fuck off Brian” energy.

When Iceland decided that any nhs worker who was shopping in their special nhs hour before the shop officially opened needed to buy anything we touched because we were a danger to society. So if you picked up a ready meal to check for allergens you had to buy it because you touched it

Fucking batshit Batshit

This!

I know people who actively enjoyed lockdown. It was a case of no work, a slower pace of life and lots of lovely quality family time in a big house with a large garden. Of course there is nothing wrong with that BUT some of these were the people who found it very easy to judge anybody else for not strictly following rules, quick to shout ‘selfish’ for the most inconsequential ridiculous reasons. There were definitely a lot of these types on mumsnet!

I always wipe my shopping down with Dettol surface spray. I have relatives who work in supermarkets and there are horror stories about staff and customers not washing their hands after visiting the loo, sneezing and coughing all over the place and children licking the produce....

I must be doing something right as I haven't had a day of sick leave for at least 10 years apart from 1 day after having a bad reaction to my first covid vaccine. And, talking of Covid, I avoided it for over 3 years until my husband caught it at his work and kindly gave it to me.

Drove 5 miles to a deserted reservoir to walk the dog (and the children). There was a sign on the gate saying that no one needed to be out there and your numberplate would be noted and the police called.

Hahaha, nightmare! What on earth was wrong with everyone?! Funny story though. Not so funny at the time I'm sure. X