Just realising how selfish and self centred some of my friends are

[thefourgp]

I’m not falling out with anyone but I’m finding that some of the social media posts added by friends/acquaintances have lowered my opinion of them. A few people saying they’re not going to socially distance themselves, still going clothes shopping, going to pubs, letting their kids out to play with other kids etc. There’s also been posts that have shown how caring and thoughtful most of the people I know are too. I just think extreme situations tend to highlight the true nature of a person. Anyone else notice that?

SwerfandTurf - I’m the original poster who started this thread so I know exactly what it’s about.

DD’s bf and family have gone way down in my estimation as they don’t know anyone who is vulnerable, and until the government tell them to stop they will carry on socialising.
The pubs are closed so the local rugby club has opened its doors

A pub posted a fb status on Thursday saying how ridiculous this whole thing is, and that those in Yorkshire are made of stern stuff so carry on going out.

The government have pussy footed around, and still aren’t being clear.

thefourgp your opening post literally asks posters to share experiences of friends and family being selfish on social media.

I shared an experience of people I know being selfish on social media.

And now you’re having a go at me and acting like I personally accused you of something when I explicitly said it was a person on my Facebook who did it??

Don’t start a “place to rant about Facebook” if you’re going to act all thread police about what kinds of Facebook posts we are and are not allowed to vent about.

My personal story of my friend receiving abuse on Facebook for attending chemo happened, how fucking dare you say it didn’t happen! I can provide screenshots.

I find it's the people who are sharing 'social distancing' memes on Facebook are the people that aren't doing it!

Neighbour - organised a street party with each household 2meters apart (but kids running between)

ICU NURSE went to gym on Wednesday night and a mooch about shops on a friday

FatAlbert - I think the government know they’ll have to eventually crack down and stop people from going out. It won’t be easy.

SwerfandTurf - you seem like a very angry and bitter person who comes onto Mumsnet to start arguments. I’m not engaging with you any more. Take care.

Brownzy - Arranging a street party is crazy. Did many people go?

@Nacreous. Thank you for being there and doing what many of us are unable to 💕🌷

Never have I been so glad I don’t ‘do’ Facebook.

I briefly considered it last week as a way to catch up with friends & family spread far & wide (you know all the ones you mean to catch up with but life happens) but then I thought my poor heart couldn’t take the increase in blood pressure that I know would come with it.

I used to naively think it was a small number of people who are inherently selfish but a number of things that have happened in the past few years make me think it’s more like 50/50 of the population

My feelings exactly . And I actually think you're being generous with that 50/50.

@SwerfandTurf I’m so sorry for your friend having chemo. I can’t believe people have had a go at her. What do they expect her to do? I’m sure she’d rather not need it for starters, but as she does I’m sure she’d rather have a nurse do it at her home - but you can’t exactly dial a delivery if it FFS.

NHS workers -depends I suppose. Essential things - travel to work & grocery shopping if no one can do it for them, but I’d hope they could arrange that as a) they must be exhausted & b) they’re (sadly) hugely likely to be carriers! But the ones going fashion shopping/on nights out/to the gym -sports places etc excluding themselves from the ban etc, parties etc. It’s NOT ON, (I’m surprised they have the energy frankly.

I hope your friends hospital visits go ok & that she’s able to get there by car 🌷

I really think we need clips of hospital wards shown regularly (with pixelated faces) to show people how serious this is

This with bells on.

My sister announced today that she is going to the park sometime in the week with another mum and her daughter. I said how is that going to work being at a distance, her reply "they'll be on scooters". Ffs my niece has asthma and I thought my sister was intelligent. s
There again I did say to her I didn't want our 76 year old Mother going to Tesco as U can shop and drop and was told she can't be cooped up for 12 weeks she'll go mad. I said she could also catch CV19 and be in ITU or dead.

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the girl i mentioned earlier in the thread has posted on facebook again today with pictures of her with her kids at a local attraction - which was still very busy but that’s another story - and when people were commenting she was defending herself by saying that she thought she could go out because the government haven’t been clear with their guidelines, and that apparently staff on her ward aren’t panicking because there is no evidence the virus is airborne. i’m honestly so angry at her attitude towards it all. there’s selfishness and then there’s just plain stupidity!

Ahhh I had someone I know moaning on Facebook yesterday about selfish people who are putting her high risk child at risk, yesterday she also posted multiple video/pictures of taking her high risk child to there horse riding lessons, friends birthday and trip to town 🙈

Unreal Sunshineandshowers. I heard about someone else I know who’s posting all the ‘stay at home’ stuff had a birthday party at home on Friday night for their teenager and her friends. I wish these idiots had to sign waivers saying they’ll forgo their ventilators in hospital to some other poor sod who did follow social distancing practices.