People angry at others exercising within the guidelines

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Has anyone else seen such behaviour? All day I've seen posts commenting on people 'walking about' and absolute venom spouted at their 'selfish behaviour' as they should be staying at home I'm all for following government guidelines, but this is exactly what these people are doing! Stretching their legs or going for a run. I saw one woman who was foaming at the mouth as apparently she'd seen a cyclist go by - the sheer horror of it!! Am I missing something? I don't get it. Or is it just the (nobhead) mentality of my small town?

We are allowed to go out with members of our household to exercise once a day as long as we practice social distancing while doing it. This is from the Government. Until this rule changes no one should be criticising anyone for doing this. This one walk/run/bike ride a day will be a lifeline for many people and critical for maintaining good mental health.

If you don’t want to do it then don’t. But don’t criticise others for doing so.

People are bonkers

There was a post yesterday that suggested that it could only be Brexit voters who are stupid enough to NOT UNDERSTAND THE RULES :D

A thick bitch on here who is 'working from home' suggested that my 33 minute walk to work (each way) to my job as a key worker should count as my exercise! Er no! I work nights. We are on staggered shifts. Tonight is 8pm - 4am. I will leave home when it is dark and return in the dark. I need some light so yes I will go out for a run after my breakfast at 4pm.

Clearly never worked permanent nights.

It’s really not my concern if someone else lives in a heavily built up area and can’t get out. They chose to live there, suck it up.

Not everyone chose to live like that, circumstances sometimes dictate; those who do are often younger people who don't want a big commute to work, quite a valid reason.

I can see no wrong in driving to somewhere more open spaced and having a walk, run, whatever with or without children as long as they maintain distance from others. They can take their own food and drink.
It usually won't be a very long drive, most towns and cities have pleasant green spaces nearby - I do. It can be done without intruding on anyone else. Where I live most people have gardens so don't need to travel just for fresh air however there may be some, younger than I, who would like a long walk or run without having to avoid people.

I have read that nurses thread. Its heartbreaking. I cabt imagine how hard it is for her.

However, @AlexaAmbidextra I can not see where she has said that people can not go out for daily exercise (or even asks people not to).

If you can go out for a walk, dont need to touch any surfaces, will not see other people (and if you happen to you can maintain social distancing) you are not at risk of catching it or spreading it.

Obviously, if you have symptoms you stay in. But that's in the guidelines too.

It's about reading the guidelines, and minimising contact with other people AND trying to stay healthy yourself

I went for a supposedly stress busting walk after I finished work at home yesterday. It was so stressful - I passed about 8 people. Only one of them made any effort to keep their distance and he, a cyclist, thanked me for doing the same. One jogger passed me twice and actually rolled his eyes at me when I distanced myself. And don't get me started on the idiot woman cyclist who cycled right up behind me without ringing her bloody bell, oblivious to how close she was. The joggers and cyclists were breathing through their mouths as they passed. So many people who aren't taking this seriously and are being so selfish.

I walked the dog yesterday on an old railway track. Saw 2 people but easily kept the required distance between us. I've been in SI for a week so the sun, fresh air and stretch of my legs is needed daily.

DH is a key worker. He walked home from work (about 20mins) and was stopped and questioned as to why he was out by a woman who leaned over her gate to talk to him (getting closer than 2m)
He was happy to explain he was a key worker, walking home from work. I don't think I'd have been so polite but yes, there are alway some who just like to tell people off in order to feel superior.

Miss Guernsey, people have no right to comment especially as you are performing an important task and not going out bumping into people.

Annoyance, if necessary, should be saved for those having parties, congregating and drinking a lot without any care for others. That has happened in many places and in Spain, British youth has an even worse reputation than previously; I did read of one young chap who has tested positive for the C virus and was taking up a bed in a Spanish hospital.

Forgot to mention that I walk to work on the Capital Ring. This week I have seen one runner in four journeys across the same path.

I’m annoyed about people exercising but only because I’m really suffering with pregnancy sickness and have barely managed to sit in the garden. I’d bloody love to go for a run!

Is it so weird that people are clinging inanely to “the rules” at a terrifyingly unclear, uncertain and threatening time? I guess not. People wrongly think if they stick to them exactly or maybe even close them more (don’t even go out ever again at all!) that will control this thing. Reality is that people exercising in a woodland or a park or a field more than once a day or for more than one hour won’t make the difference. The difference will be in the larger populations like cities and the places like shops, stations and stores where each persons “trail” (things they’ve touched) is far larger and further reaching.
I am going for my own walk AND taking the kids out. The threat to the nations health of people staying indoors for weeks on end is actually terrifying- do you know how much muscle mass people will lose if they don’t exercise? And the MH issues we are storing up here is also catastrophic. If going for a walk helps ease this- and you are staying well away from busy places and other people... you’re NOT the issue.

I think the whole thing can be summed up by what is becoming my personal mantra. “Don’t be a dick.”

HandbagCrazy

Your husband was very polite! I would have told her to mind her own business!

Just before dinner we go out for a run, my DD scoots, out for an hour, what’s the harm? If we see anyone see distance. We don’t touch anything

We cannot and should not have nurses dictating when we can and can't leave the house

Good Lord there are some prime candidates for the Darwin Awards here.

The reason behind the daily exercise is that there is no point in saving people from covid 19 only to have the death rates from heart disease etc shoot up in years to come or suicides now. Catherine calderwood, Scottish CMO explained it a couple of days ago.

? Darwin awards?

1. The government strategy is that the disease gets through the population but in s controlled manner not that people don't get it at all
2. Most people will survive it. Vulnerable groups are being advised to stay in
3. So the people on here who are following guidelines will a. Get it at some point and b. The vast majority will survive

So your comment shows a fundamental lack of understanding as to what is going on and on addition seems to imply that you would be pretty comfortable with families on here dying as it would make you feel smug.

Maybe you could make online friends with the woman who thinks everyone who takes their 1x a day exercise white practicing social distancing should be permanently denied NHS treatment.

I would love to go for a walk with my 5 sons, but I know there'd be some arsehole plastering pics of a teenage gang hanging out and flaming us even though it's a family walk which is allowed.

So I'm taking them out in at separate times.

Yesterday we kept our distance from everyone, even if it meant crossing the road several times. Everyone was doing the same.

Yes this is doing my head in too. I live in a 2 bed flat with DP and 2 DC with a small amount of outside space and do have a lovely view, but for many people they have even less than this and more kids. It's very easy to berrate people from your 4 bed house and sprawling garden that only you and your partner live in. I took the kids for a walk yesterday and tried to make it educational and we kept our distance and didn't interact with anybody. My eldest is very scared and is fearful of going out and I'm concerned for his mental health, so I didn't want to play into that and wanted him to see that he can go out. It was desserted and any people I came across were respectful of distance. We don't all live in London where social distancing is almost impossible.

People are generally following the rules. If you think we should quarrantine then the issue is the rules themselves. Most of us will get this illness, but the issue is our services can't cope with even a tiny increase in demand, nevermind this. So why are people shouting at each other instead of the people we elect to look after us at times like this.

@OhMsBeliever so because unappointed, powerless busybodies would falsely criticise you for following the rules, you’re choosing to break them?! Not sure that makes sense...

I wouldn't want to get shouted at etc either tbh or have the police called it will waste their time.

@OhMsBeliever to be fair if they look like a hand of teenagers, cant at least some of them take themsleves out?

Or just go together. That's better than you going out multiple times.

Darwin Awards?

Here you are @BeetrootRocks

darwinawards.com/

"The Darwin Awards salute the improvement of the human genome by honoring those who accidentally remove themselves from it in a spectacular manner!"

A bit of dark humour in these odd times ...

What we need is the non stop rain we had throughout February. It's unfortunate that the need to stay at home has coincided with the sudden arrival of spring

Because people can't read. Loads of people also think all non key workers should not work.
Loads of vile people out there sitting on very high moral horse, but unable to understand a simple communication.