Shitty attitudes

[Cocoandclive27]

I've just seen someone on my Facebook post a meme of a cocktail glass with the caption - I'm more worried about coronavirus fucking up my holiday than I am of catching it.

Aibu to be totally pissed off with this attitude? I get that it's very disappointing to lose or have to cancel a holiday. It's looking likely that we will have to cancel one of ours and I'm gutted. But when you put the whole thing into perspective it's just a holiday. People are dying and it's going to get a lot worse. Why are people so selfish?

Resisting the urge to comment but blimey it's getting on my nerves

I’d suggest leaving fb, its not supposed to upset you.

You're allowed to have an opinion on something without it upsetting you aren't you

I find this attitude crass and selfish but I'm not crying into my pillow over it 😂

Speaking as someone who's in the much more likely to die camp, I don't find that stuff funny either.

I think it's ok in a closed WhatsApp group (as long as no one in the group has cancer, diabetes or elderly parents), but Facebook is pretty public really.

It's like: don't stand next to a homeless person whining that your steak was overdone.

They're speaking for themselves though. It says 'than I am catching it'- it's quite clear. It's not aimed at anyone else who is unwell with it or at risk.

I saw one that said they'd rather take their chance with the virus than self isolate with their kids for 2 weeks I thought it was funny.

My relative posted a meme that said 'I used to cough to hide a fart, now I fart to hide a cough'

I think in all honesty, people care about what they care about. I'm mostly worried for my unborn baby and how I'm going to keep her safe whilst balancing letting her meet family and explore the world (acknowledging that this is going to go on for many months when I would like to take her to groups etc.). My sister is very worried about her wedding and honeymoon for next month. My husband is self employed and worried about his business. My sister-in-law sells wine to restaurants who are currently not buying any wine because no one is going to their restaurants so she's worried about her job.
In the grand scheme of things, none of these issues are as important as people's lives and of course lives are ultimately what matter most. But it doesn't mean that people cannot be genuinely concerned about other aspects of life that this wretched virus is impacting. I think the post on Facebook is clearly a joke but I do get that many people are genuinely concerned about a lot of things as well as the potential loss of life because for a good 80% of the population, that isn't what we need to worry about for ourselves... For others, our loved ones, certainly, but nevertheless, there are other things going on as well that we worry about. And I think it's unfair to judge people for being worried just because it's not the most important thing that they could be worrying about.

Yeah those examples are quite funny. To reiterate I'm not being a bore about humour surrounding it. But I've seen a lot of people complaining about missing holidays and whatnot in a serious way. Not gallows humour or joking or daft memes but genuine annoyance. And while they are perfectly entitled to feel disappointed by missing out, I find it poor taste to complain so publicly about it when people are (and will continue to) experience much worse than a missed holiday.

And as I said earlier, if someone were to complain on social media about missing an event or being inconvenienced in the wake of an attack or disaster or accident they'd quite rightly have their arse handed to them.

Now is probably the best time ever, to get off FB and stay off.

But it is annoying though. The virus is causing upheaval and inconvenience to absolutely everyone, and death to just a few (hopefully). It's all relative!