Go on, tell us why you’re special

[SeasonallySnowyPeasant]

The lockdown rules don’t apply to my particular situation because:

• I have a holiday booked and it’s in the middle of nowhere so we won’t infect anyone;
• I’m worried about getting an overdue book fine from the library;
• My dog has poor recall but needs off-lead exercise so I can’t stay local for walks because I live in a built-up area;
• I need to socialise my puppy;
• My DH wants to take the DC to see the ILs.

All seen on MN this evening. Anyone want to add to the list?

What's unpleasant is how many people who think their personal agendas are more important than peoples' lives.

I'm not quite 70

I’ve got 4 kids and I need to get out!!!

It's not unpleasant to ask a question. It was answered and I accepted it. I did not protest. We are all in shock and it's not nice to do that to people who have anxiety. Mine was a genuine question. It is not for anyone else to determine that.

Given that he can't contract or more importantly (he's early 30s) transmit the virus, and is in sort of an unusual position in this way (because so few tests done here and mostly on very ill people), would it be OK for him to volunteer to get shopping etc for elderly neighbours, pop in to have a chat with them etc?? Surely he can still transmit the virus on his hands if he's been shopping etc.? Just because he won't have it inside him to transmit via coughing etc, he can still get it on the outside of him and transmit by touch.

My dog has poor recall but needs off-lead exercise so I can’t stay local for walks because I live in a built-up area;

Ooh, I saw this one.

• I drive an electric car.
• I won't get out of the car.
• I never see a soul where I'm going for my walk (cue 50 people all having the same idea).
• Nobody said I couldn't drive to my walk (do you really need them to?).

#BeKind

Because my husband can't possibly work from home while looking after his own child

Trumped only by

Because my husband can't possibly look after his own child.

If I see another one of those I will cry.

"I'm special, because Rainbows are a symbol of oppression (or whatever I didn't quite get the gist) So you cannot put them in your window's just in case I happen to spot one."

Just nearing the end of a 14-day self-quarantine. I was thinking I could at least know I was safe to see some particular people without exposing them to anything. That's a genuine grump from me.

FFS, Snowden people. I have been in 100% lockdown, running out of food, because I couldn't even get a Tesco delivery, consoling myself with what it would mean to gran to see me in person all through the weird meals, and you fuckers couldn't even go, "ooh, too many people here. Let's go somewhere else".

You. You. You are why we can't have nice things.

This is a really really unpleasant thread. People are just trying to understand and get their heads around the most serious threat we’ve faced for decades, restrictions to life more severe than during wartime, and you post a thread to laugh at people struggling to get their heads around it all. Nice.

I don't think it's about that at all. I think it's about people not wanting to abide by the rules and thinking they don't apply to them, so they try to find a little loophole to wheedle their way out. The rules apply to all of us - that's all there is to it. Fair enough I see some ambiguous issues - for example if someone is moving home. But "should I leave my kids with their GP" followed by 50 reasons why they "must", or "is it ok if I start a new business as a dog walker?". People are just looking for validation to carry on doing exactly what they want to do, because they don't want to stick by the rules.

@Thanksforallthefish In every European country under lockdown, people are allowed outside to take care of animals - dogs, horses, cattle etc

The Uk would not be any different

ntbo, farmers have to look after all their animals as normal, too - if we want to keep up supplies of dairy, eggs, poultry, meat .... and the crops

What SnoozyLou said.

I needed to bring my husband and three kids into your veterinary surgery to buy a new fucking dog lead. As told by my vet nurse friend this afternoon.

Oh and can you do a home visit because little Felix needs his flee treatment and I don't want to leave home.

I think this is not a very nice site to be on anymore.

This is a time when we need to be kind to each other and understanding. I have been very reponsible about self isolation for two weeks. I have only been out for the doctors, shopping for us and for our older friends who could not get out plus donating to the foodbank. I agree that there are people who have been very selfish and insistent on going to the hairdressers or visiting their relatives etc but there are some people who don't fall into that category and just wanted a question answered.

I am sure you are very frsutrated at having your wedding cancelled this weekend and that you are in a high risk group.

We are all in shock and just muddling through. It doesn't mean we are in the same category as the people who are insisting on going out or who went to large gatherings this weekend.

#BeKind

Actually, about the library books. I also think it was a reasonable question.

I would have asked it, because I am on my last renewal due to responsibly self-isolating for two fucking weeks if my library hadn't already sent me an email saying that everyone's books had been auto-renewed for six weeks.

3 weeks is 21 days, and that's what is technically known as a metric fuck tonne of library fines.

Today whilst shopping for my overdue weekly shop there was a family, mum, dad, 5 children. One child, aged around 4 had a dreadful cough and didn’t look at all well.

Cashier asks the family to step away from the till. Parents get angry... security guard appears. A scuffle takes place. Security Guard says they have to leave the premises and questions why they have brought an obviously ill child - with symptoms of a deadly disease into a crowded store. Mother replies, “I had to bring them because I don’t drive so their father had to drive us”.

FFS!! Are men now not able to read a shopping list or stay in the car with the kids while the mother shops?

Total lockdown coming soon because of the twats!

I'm special because I hear a helicopter, and I was told by a chain message that from 11.40 we have to keep all doors and windows closed because the government is spraying something in the air that kills coronavirus. And now I hear a helicopter, so although late, it must be true. So we are all saved.

Because I need to eat fruit every day, castrate my dog, borrow library books, collect a nanny to look after my children. Who are in the next room.

They are the reason why people will die.

Just read on a separate thread that someone's dog needs three walks a day and they would also need a bike ride for exercise, because they can't get enough speed to get their heart rate up on a dog walk.

You couldn't make it up!

It's an unpleasant thread because we are facing this awful global pandemic, we've had clear directions and still people are willing to prioritise dog walks and horses over human life. We have to stay at home. And as awful as it sounds I'd rather animals starving to death rather than 30 year olds not getting a ventilator. This is the reality we are now living in. There are no ifs buts or grey areas. Stay. At. Home.

My DH looked like a sad puppy when he heard his workplace will close with no WFH option. I felt quite sad for him although this was expected.

DD and I are nurses, we will be busy without a doubt. DS can work from home on full pay. I am going to suggest DH looks for volunteer work, he is ex-forces and there must be stuff he could do such as delivery work ensuring food for older people.

Yeah, be kind, stay the fuck at home and slow the spread of the virus.

Husband is a Primary teacher, will be in for the whole week. There were some kids who really needed to be in..... and there were some whose parents were just taking the piss.
"I couldn't have the two kids at home all day fighting, one of them had to go in."