There are going to be a few people who are shocked when I bin off after this. Seeing people visiting others and then spouting off about how the clap was 'one of those moments you will remember for years' is not something I'm impressed at. Being a single parent doesn't give you a pass. Especially when you know that her father, who she gets money for being a carer for, has locked her out of the house for 12 weeks. Nor does it impress me seeing another on social media trying to milk the fact she is a single parent for free stuff. I am fully aware of her financial position on benefits - she is yet to go on universal credit - she has more disposable income than most families around here. Especially at the moment. I know several likely to lose both their business and their home. She's spent thousands on stuff I can't go into here despite my warnings. Nor does the 'upstanding community representative, who has been busy doing stuff for the vulnerable community who then invites his neighbours kids around for a splash in the paddling pool and posts it all on social media. Which increases the risk to the vulnerable they have been trying to support.
The absolute lack of thought of how those people who have prattle on about how others are so at risk and we need to do x, y and z to help / support them with no thought to their own behaviour has really boiled my piss.
My patience with it has worn out completely.
I'd never say anything to any of them, but it's sorely damaged the respect I have for them and the willingness I have to spend time with them.
Lockdown gives you time to reflect on which relationships are important and you value. Social media gives you an insight into some in a way you have not previously seen.
I've got to the point where I couldnt give a rats arse if some of them take offence or are 'deeply hurt' by me continuing to practice social distancing around them.
When lockdown ends there's still a massive risk of another peak. I will be limiting who I see, where I go and what I do for a good while after it ends. No massive party here. I want to be only around 'sensible heads' who give thought to how their behaviour affects others as much as humanly possible for the foreseeable.
Everyone else i'll be avoiding like the plague.