I’ve raised a son with no fucking brain cells ,

I'm sorry but even in hard times like this a temp job stacking shelves does not make one a hero

In a time when people cant get food, it absolutely makes him a hero- good for him.

I'm LOL that its fine to criticise young people for playing football outside when threads about the elderly ignoring medical advice are being deleted for being "ageist". Why the double standard?

I would prefer my teen to stay home instead of going to her food retail job but she says lots of workers are having to self isolate due to underlying conditions and younger people like her need to go to work. Supermarket this morning was full of very young checkout staff. Meantime I have a laptop and can work at home but my boss won’t let me. The government needs to tell people the rules rather than advise. There are still mixed messages and some people are being judgey and aggressive.

bemoreeverything, give it up. You're posting amongst the 'be nice' crowd who can't engage in anything that doesn't fit their borg narrative. I'm grateful for everybody that does their job if it keeps the country and economy going because otherwise, what do we have to go back to after all this is over?

I think it rather disgusting that your duties/skills as a mother are being denigrated but then again, I'm not 'nice' either.

Ignore them.

Could he look at getting a temp retail job? I've never been so grateful to be a hero shelf stacker. I'd much rather be at work than cooped up inside for weeks on end. I can see why so many people are struggling with following the advice.

We can use a word like hero how we like.

Supermarket staff are heroes in my book.

My life is full of heroes. They keep a lovely strand of positivity threading throughout it.

Previous generations fought in wars to save the lives of others. This lot have to stay in. !!!!!!
And they can't even do that.
I despair

Show him video of Italian hospitals

Tell your son to listen to this - it may help him to understand how serious this is


www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0877mb2

I'm nhs staff about to face the most challenging few months of my life. I don't work amongst the most sick but it's still a scary time

In my eyes supermarket staff are absolute heroes. Keeping shops stocked and being treated like shit all for a low wage.

I'm pretty liberal normally but honestly people aren't listening and it's scary as ICU and HDU are already filling up all over the country.
I am willing a more strict lockdown now.

Don’t send him back to uni. I live near the uni in my town. They were horrendous last week, treating it like a big holiday. They were out in groups, pissed, and having house parties late at night all week. They were keeping me awake at 3 am one night and I am front-line NHS staff.

Utterly thick, idiotic wankers.

Please keep those that you own in your own house and do NOT send them back to cause havoc in someone else’s town.

This was Exeter by the way, in case any of the university staff are watching.

My 18 year old is applying for a temp job in Tesco- you know, to become a key worker, a hero.

So presumably he's not being paid to do it?

Yes, I get that it's important and that there are risks, but the risk he's taking as a healthy 18-year-old is pretty small.

I've volunteered to look after key workers' children at school, but don't class myself as a hero.

I agree, we need lockdown, there are too many like my own DS who do not think the rules apply to them

Statement this week from Irish President Michael D Higgins

As President, I am urging all citizens, given the emergency of our situation in relation to the grave challenge to our public health, to respond in a generous way to the Health Service Executive’s advice on measures to alleviate the spread of Covid19.

These new health and social measures may be difficult for many but they affect us all and we are at a point now when a person’s actions have consequences not only for themselves but for all in society. Irresponsible individual action puts all at risk. We must draw on our strengths now.

Intergenerational solidarity has been one of the greatest resources of contemporary Irish society. Future generations, it is my belief, will look back at this critical time and I hope that they will be proud of how we as a society rose to the challenges together, with different generations taking account of one another.

As President, I have such appreciation for, and deeply value the connection I have experienced with, young people around the country. I appeal to these young people to spread the word among their friends of the importance of that which we have been asked to do.

In every generation there will be exceptions to what is being sought in the public interest. Let us hope that we have seen the end of such behaviour which puts all of us at risk.

Many of the older people, of whose generation Sabina and I are a part, and to whom I have spoken, have been very appreciative of the large numbers of young people who are helping them, and that such assistance is offered in such a caring way that addresses issues of our older citizens that go far beyond the delivery of necessary groceries or food.

Those older people who have been helped have felt a connection within society, a sense of a bond that is being strengthened rather than weakened. Older people as well as being grateful for how they have been helped have spoken of how they have welcomed the sight of young people who have given them such hope for the Ireland that is to come.”

He appeals very specifically to young people to be aware of the consequences of their actions.

I agree we need lockdown now. No more panic buying, no more getting one last footie game in, no more lets have friends round tonight before we can’t.

That includes you DH, no more playing golf as it is outside and doesn’t count.

Stop. Now.

This is what I'm trying to tell you. You guys are being unrealistic if you think the rest of the world of 20/30 somethings is going to put their lives on hold for this.
The vulnerable just have to protect themselves cause this is going to rip through the population within 12 weeks. You have to ensure you're not in the firing line.
What starts happening for people who've already had it? Do we expect them to just sit in their houses.

Let's get real people cause shit as they say is about to...

A single person below 20 has died so far... why would your 19 yr old son care? There's more chance of getting stabbed on the night bus on any given weekend.

Horrible way to speak about your own child.

I think the message here is get him to go out and get a job. Be it retail, agricultural or even food processing and warehouses will be looking for people. Do something productive. Helps their self esteem, bank balance and their future employability.

I wish people would stop sagging off the young. We took DS out really early this morning to walk to the post office down back roads to avoid people. We live in the town center and on the way back all we saw were the over 70s chit chatting away saying "you'll have to pop round now we can't go to Costa". We are opting to isolate the majority of the day and distance ourselves to keep them safe and they're swanning around like nothings happening. It's so infuriating. Then people on here blame the young. Everyone I know is doing the same as us and is fucked off at parents and grandparents who arnt.

I suspect the reference to teen heroes was simply pointing out the different views of young people. Calling them names isn’t going to change their behaviour. Young people have always felt invincible and they should be diverted to something useful like temp jobs if they aren’t going to stay in.

I feel your pain OP. Mine is refusing to come home at all, so goodness knows what's going on. He is in Durham, we live in Cornwall so it won't exactly be a walk in the park if we have to drive to collect him if he falls ill.

When I suggested I might need help from him at some point (DH has asthma and we also have DF and MIL to keep an eye on) he said 'With what?'

I can't believe how thoughtless and selfish he's being.

A hero?? Working in Tesco??? Baaaaaaaaahahahhahahahahahaaha

Alialialiali both of my sons (31 and 23) are following instructions as far as I know.