To miss the first lockdown?

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I know it was a tough time for many but I genuinely loved that first lockdown. I think about it all the time. There was something strangely blissful about slowing down, having fewer obligations and just focusing on connecting with people - even though we couldn’t physically see them. And when you did see someone, the gratitude was immense. AIBU to feel nostalgic for that time?

Many never spoke about the war at all for many years if at all.

it's also very bad taste to compare the war with a few covid restrictions IN THE UK or similar. Again, some countries have a very different experience.

We had lockdowns in this country. Some people took it a lot more seriously than others, have different experience, but comparing to a war? Do it if you want, but I sure would rather prefer another lockdown than an actual war. They are not comparable on any level.

Um, didn’t I specifically mention that they wouldn’t want to go through another war? And people who miss lockdown aren’t hankering after another pandemic FFS.

Also mentioned the fact that maybe it’s still too raw for some.

Can you read?

Christ on a bike.

I've never got the media trope that nurses are angels...no they've people doing a job sometimes in difficult circumstances but albeit people with the same failings and frailties as the rest of us and all that happy clappy stuff was a load of shit.

God every nurse I've ever known has been a grumpy bitter type person. They say things like "I could get the same money filling shelves at Tesco" and other blatantly untrue nonsense. A lot of them are bent out of shape at being badly paid when they're really not, compared to most people. They just don't get paid as much as doctors. But doctors get loads of money - the vast majority of folk don't get as much as them, so it's hardly a credible benchmark for claiming poverty if you're under a doctor's wage.

do you KNOW what nurses do? Do you know how much responsibility they have? How many hours they work? Do you know how much they are paid for that?

Your post is ridiculous.

the vast majority of folk don't get as much as (doctors) So? the vast majority of folks don't do the same medical job anyway. Nurses are really not that well paid at all

Just to be clear zonenorthlondon my pp wasn't a dig.Its the media and political portrayal and how quickly that can change.

I think every person on earth has heard at great length what nurses do.

instead of being bitter about it, why not becoming one - or trying to, if it's that easy and too well paid?

You should give it a go. I doubt you’d have the compassion for it though.

I wouldn't want to work with nurses.

Plus, I mostly like my job.

I’m fairly confident nurses wouldn’t want to work with you, either, so it sounds like it’s for the best.

Figures. Any time I've been in hospital, nurses consistently give "don't want to work" vibes.

I feel nostalgic for the money I was earning delivering food to people hiding in their houses. Was good for me

They don't do that now? I see loads of delivery riders around the place.

Vibes,you say
how does one quantify vibe?
Just the nurses? What about the Doctors ,Physio,the SLT. The pesky phlebotomists

And being paid to do nothing, I assume. Thats how furlough worked. And now we’re all having to pay for it through taxes.🤷‍♀️

The only nurses my OH says are friendly, helpful, etc are in the oncology day treatment centre administering the chemotherapy, but he thinks they're "cherry picked" for the "customer service" attitude with people likely to die! He says the specialist cancer nurses definitely give off the "can't be arsed" vibe, especially on the telephone "help" line. Likewise, the other type of NHS staff he sees regularly are also pretty unhelpful and unfriendly, i.e. the phlebotomists, x-ray technicians, MRI scan technicians, and the receptionists are typical GP style receptionists who you have to battle with to get appointments, even for life saving chemotherapy sessions they make it like pulling teeth to give you the appointment dates instructed by the oncology consultant! He says the ward nurses are particularly awful, and that's the oncology ward!!

Oh I dunno. Maybe you could say "vibes" was based on spoken words. As in "it's not as bad as all that, just go home and have a cup of tea" to a woman with ovarian torsion.

Or maybe you could say it was based on actions, when the nurse ignores the woman with ovarian torsion in a ward with two patients, one of whom is sleeping, because " it's not medicine time yet".

Or you could say it was based on intent, when the A&e nurse refused to take the blood filled sample bowl of the woman with ovarian torsion, because "you're not my patient", and left her holding it, in full view of a crowded waiting room.

Angels, indeed, all.

I didn’t mind lockdown too much, but was lucky enough to have a house and some private outdoor space. It must have been awful for people stuck in flats.

Yes but the rates have gone down and far less people ordering from home

Wow.

Im one of the ones here saying ‘ happy to be called vulgar etc for enjoying lockdown because my life was the bottom level of hell in the shit show ranks and it was a welcome reprieve’ but this is a low blow. Really really low.

I think in my entire life I’ve met one shit NHS worker - and I work with them all yhd time in my job.

This is an emotive subject - but this is just plain nasty.

Some of the awful stuff individual workers encountered during this time is beyond comprehension for many.

The system is shit - I’m currently sat on a waiting list for a birth injury that has floored my and I’m looking at months with nothing but SSP - shit system - but attacking the individual doing their best ij that system is vile.

Fine words. But sadly I have encountered many individuals in the NHS doing less than even their job description sets out. If stating that is "attacking" , then we're all fucked.

Nah you’re alright. I spent a lot of it in a psychiatric hospital away from my not yet one year old daughter. It was a horrific time and I hated every second and feel quite traumatised by it all (and I don’t say that lightly). Then to top it all off, my brother died from Covid. It was not a good time for me at all.

I find it more vulgar that all the things put into place for ableds to access the world, that apparently weren't an option for disabled people before lockdown, but when implemented, were completely life changing, were then taken away again when the ableds didn't need them any more.