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How many of you have neighbours who

63 replies

BahHumPug · 16/05/2020 22:25

are breaching? And did you do anything? Just experienced it for the first time and I'm so cross.

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Clemmieandareallybigbunfight · 16/05/2020 22:27

So your neighbours have complied with very restrictive practices for two months and now they are what? Seeing Family? Having some mates round?
Burn them all!

BahHumPug · 16/05/2020 22:36

No. They moved in midway through lockdown. Tonight they are having a massive party. Given that people are dying because of this kind of shitty behaviour, I don't think it's unreasonable to be fucked off.

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Noidea2114 · 16/05/2020 22:37

Our neighbours with their words self isolating, we have done some shopping bread, milk etc. otherwise they have a delivery from tescos. Each week they have
the government food box delivered. Yes he has Crohn's and she has reumatoid arthritis. Fair enough we help them out.
Today they have been to 3 garden centres as its very important to get the right flowers. I would have gone but told I can't choose plants like them.

FerneGreene · 16/05/2020 22:40

Our neighbours' children are visiting. Neighbours are v old and the dad is sick (not sure of the details). He's an ex gp and one of their children is also a doctor so I'm sure they can make their own risk assessments. I'm not judging and certainly not "doing anything".

Hopkinsscar · 16/05/2020 22:44

Mine have people round constantly and have had several parties. Not doing anything about it. One of them works in the nhs so assume they’ve weighed up their own risks etc.

madmum100 · 16/05/2020 22:45

@noidea2114
What selfish ungrateful and self centred people they are! Fancy going to 3 garden centres and then they will end up taking up beds in A and E or worse still ICU and deprive others of beds when they could have avoided the situation

HairyFloppins · 16/05/2020 22:46

Only just recently. Next door had the grandkids in the garden and over the back had a couple of friends in the other week. On the whole they have been pretty good.

Not really bothered. We can only control our own actions.

megletthesecond · 16/05/2020 22:48

Two families have had friends / relatives round.
Although in one case I think that the other small family have also self isolated so that's only two households mixing. I've not seen any parties.

SoleBizzz · 16/05/2020 22:51

My neighbours work in shops that are closed and are out night and day. Visitors arrive uve too from the beginning.

IKEA888 · 16/05/2020 22:52

next door one a Dr one a nurse. husband and wife
have had numerous bqd with friends and family round.

Angel2702 · 16/05/2020 22:54

Our neighbours haven’t observed social distancing at all. If anything they’ve been having more get togethers than usual.

Andi2020 · 16/05/2020 22:56

My next door neighbour has other kids around all the time makes me angry I think she is childminder during covid19 so that means key workers coming to her house.
She also had a friend cut her garden but normally does I TV herself
I haven't done anything and wouldn't each to their own but my kids ask me why can't we see our friends

Cismyfatarse1 · 16/05/2020 22:57

Across the road a house sold just before lockdown. She has had full renovations going on (indoors) for about 4 weeks. Sometimes 4 different trades in a 3 bed bungalow with loft conversion. We are new to the street and so assumed someone would report but it seems not. Vans all clearly trades with branding and phone numbers on the side. Apart from us and a couple of others we are in an almost completely NHS street too - all Drs because of the proximity to a big hospital.

Nothing. We have rather enjoyed waiting for the police to turn up (not much other excitement right now) but nothing so far.

TrainspottingWelsh · 16/05/2020 22:59

Neighbours who are breaching? You mean heading down the birth canal the wrong way round? None that I know of. There's a pregnant woman nearby if you give me a couple of months I might have one for you.

Wibblewobble99 · 16/05/2020 23:00

We’ve been doing the shopping for my in-laws who are isolating. Neither have conditions that put them at risk but both have general underlying health issues. I don’t get on with them but have picked up bits and bobs and left on their doorstep and my DP has done the bigger shops usually at inconvenience to himself (he can’t say no to them). The other day they popped round to drop something off barely staying 2m away then mentioned they were off to meet a friend. Needless to say they can do their own shopping from now on. My husband lovingly pointed out ‘well meeting a friend isn’t the same as a busy supermarket’...

MamaGee09 · 16/05/2020 23:02

Most of my neighbours are obeying the rules however a few houses aren’t, they have visitors, friends over, girlfriends over, workmen in . I’ve not done anything, if they want to risk their lives then that’s up to them! Selfish idiots that they are!

Marble2302 · 16/05/2020 23:03

DD is in the same class as the child of an NHS nurse who is using both sets of Grandparents for childcare and has been since lockdown. Her husband is furloughed and quite frankly I am disgusted that a nurse who should know better would put her parents at risk.

Samtsirch · 16/05/2020 23:04

@TrainspottingWelsh
😆
Oh I remember the pain...
😂🤣

goshdarnitjanet · 16/05/2020 23:04

@Cismyfatarse as long as the trades were following distancing guidelines there were no reasons they could not be working. The rules always were work at home unless you cannot. Unless you were in the property you do not know they were not following rules. Just because you were new to the street does not mean you could not report if you believed rules were being broken.

EndoplasmicReticulum · 16/05/2020 23:07

Mine has had both lots of family visiting, and coronavirus. I am just staying out of the way.

SockYarn · 16/05/2020 23:08

Haven't we all turned into a nation of Covid-Stasi, all desperately interested in what our neighbours are doing, and itching to tell the police about it?

Visiting elderly/sick relatives is fine if you're caring for them. Having workmen in to do repairs is fine. Parties are obviously not fine. Funny how official figures show compliance much higher than expected but everyone on MN has neighbours who are hosting full on raves every weekend.

catfeets · 16/05/2020 23:09

My neighbour made a big deal of how she was sticking to the rules and not letting anyone past her garden gate - seconds later her mate turned up with a crate of beer and they went in the house to drink it Envy.
The same mate has been backwards and forwards ever since, staying nights, even joking about having Coronavirus.
She's had numerous other friends and family over and drunkenly hugs them all. She's also screamed abuse at me because I wouldn't go closer than 2m from her, she took offence.

I reported her online the first 3 times but nothing happened so I gave up. I've also noticed that the online reporting form no longer exists for my local police force.

LyndaSnellsSniff · 16/05/2020 23:16

A few weeks ago I was getting very worked up about neighbours not following the “rules” but I just don’t have the energy any more. I’ve come to realise that we live in a world populated by selfish bastards and no amount of silent fury will change that.

ABucketOfShells · 16/05/2020 23:20

Opine neighbour had some relatives (I think) come over end help in garden, another had a few friends round late.
Didn’t report. Don’t want create any hostility in the street!

ABucketOfShells · 16/05/2020 23:20

One not opine....