In all honesty. Do you think people will follow Mondays rule.. Honest truth

[DidSheReallySayThat20]

Everyone I have spoken to, or seen on SM have said how stupid it is and they will not be following the rule /law.

My dbs manager who owns the workplace. Was due to have a get together at home next sunday for their teens birthday.
They are now doing it at work. ( a garage.)
Has now said by doing it there and ' booking in the relatives cars for a visual inspection /safety check ' whilst waiting they could get together on forecourt spaced out, Because they would be 'customers' and they would be at work. And it's no different to it being random customers just because it's family.
So there would be 2 cars' booked in' one of. Which is a couple., one a family Of 3. Plus their own household of 4 (the teens work there weekends cleaning etc anyway)

Which made me think how silly the rule is. They can't do that in their garden but can on a forecourt (the garage is not on a main road or anything and out the way so unlikely to be seen)

[Ilovemypantry]

@Hairwizard

Im in n.i so doesnt affect us but would i fuck be following the bs they are spouting out.
Test- demic. Not pandemic. Fking sick of this whole shit show.
What other disease or illness has there ever been a daily update like this? Ridiculous. All of it.

No other disease or illness has been classed as a pandemic. This one is, hence the daily updates. It’s not ridiculous, it’s actually happening whether you like it or not and just because you think it’s a “shit show” doesn’t make it less real.
Just as well you’re in NI.

[ifonly4]

We're living well within the new restrictions, so no problem here. Just wish others would think of everyone else and stop being selfish.

[Luddite26]

M and S food have staff still wiping trolleys.
I'm going to use my own discretion within my own family bubble. We don't really have people inside apart from GCs.

But i really do fancy prank calling the 'hotline' . I have never prank called in my life but on hearing about the hotline to report 'law breakers' i got images of 'Dad's Army' with an old black telephone in the church hall.
I go from despair at how badly the whole pandemic has been handled to hysterical laughter at the idiocy and the manipulation of us idiots.
I hate stuffy houses where you can smell the occupants stale air because they never open the windows. I have been a cleaner for years and have contracted many 24h bugs from walking into bathrooms in the afternoon with the mornings contents still in the loo.. or even when people have gone on holiday and left the house without flushing. People are generally unhygienic so i can understand the spread in houses. But 2 households should be able to meet in the park.

[pinkpetal2]

No I don't know anyone that has stuck with them in the first place. I did at first but I probably wouldn't bother now i just don't care anymore.

[Iwantacookie]

Well I dont plan to go to any raves or host a party for 100 people at my house but when my family of 5 meets my parents noone will be standing outside when theres 3 different schools mixing right there
Ide like to know what Dominic Cummings law of 6 is before I decide properly

[sallyfox]

no

[Northernsoulgirl45]

I will follow the rule although as a family of 5 it is pants. Especially as we were shielding at the start. Although as others have said it was harder for single adult households.

[SHONNYSMUMMY]

😂😂 Some of you are just hilarious... Its like you can't see how absurd the new rule of 6 is...

So you can't meet your family in your house as like the Garage Manager, however you can meet 5 extra people from 5 different families which then means if any of these people get symptoms then 6 different households could potentially get symptoms and the kids in those households bring those symptoms to school.

Now look at why people are not willing or bothered to follow Boris' contradicting instructions.

It's a hard time for all we're all living in this mess right now.

I personally believe the main purpose of this particular rule is to stop all the unlicensed events that have been happening..

Because its still safe to have a wedding or funeral with 30 people but not safe to have a family dinner of 7 if two households.

Will I be following the rules it seems I won't but not because I don't like being told what to do, but the reason which I'm happy to share..

My grandmother has Dementia and as I work from home due to my CEO not wanting us back in I'm currently designated company/career/driver whilst the other 3 adults in her household go to work and the 2 children go to school... So that's a household of 6 and I unfortunately make 7.

I await all the bollocking and smart comments...

[Belladonna12]

I personally believe the main purpose of this particular rule is to stop all the unlicensed events that have been happening..

I agree. It is to make it easier for the police to fine people.

[Luddite26]

I think Boris plumped for 6 because it means he can't have all his kids and fiance in the house with him at the same time.

[Belladonna12]

The rules are even more ridiculous in Birmingham. Apparently households can't mix in a house or garden but they go to a pub or restaurant. The move has been justified with rubbish about there being more social distancing in a pub/restaurant. But how are people socially distancing if they are sitting with people from other households at a pub or restaurant table. It's no different to mixing in a house and it's clearly because they don't want impact on businesses but why not say so rather than insult people's intelligence.

[RunningNinja79]

The only way I'll be breaking it is by my family of 5 visiting my parents so there will be 7 of us. I really can't see the police having the time to pop round to my parents house to count us.

Haven't been in a bigger group than 6 anyway - I'm not popular enough

[NeedWineNow]

On the basis that I was still under the impression that no more than 6 people could meet up socially indoors or out nothing is changing for us. As DH said,sometimes ignorance is bliss.

[Theluggage15]

@Ilovemypantry. ‘No other disease or illness has been classed as a pandemic’ That’s possibly the most stupid comment I’ve read today. I suggest you try and do some research.

[BatShite]

@IceCreamAndCandyfloss

At least being simplified to six and being law it makes it easier to report and for fines to be issued. No checks needed, police just count how many people at the property.

Surely though, given the police apparently don't have time to investigate burglaries, and even assaults sometimes. They didn't have the capacity to help my mother when her partner nearly killed her. Luckily the near death finally made them act, but before this was the excuse of 'if we don't see it happening, its your word against his, soz, until a serious injury happens you are on your own'

|If they can't investigate current crimes, then god knows how they will police someone having 7 people in their house..

Mind, its possibly similar to the twitter police. No time to investigate crimes, yet time to visit people to 'check their thinking'.

Its all such a fucking mess.

I would imagine the 6 person thing is more about breaking up larger gatherings more than anything else, but for some reason..I can see it being the easy targets..targeted. Like hell would they risk approaching a group of drunk blokes or something, much easier to fine the granny down the street who is seeing her family for the first time in a year. That will show them!!!

[Ilovemypantry]

[quote Theluggage15]@Ilovemypantry. ‘No other disease or illness has been classed as a pandemic’ That’s possibly the most stupid comment I’ve read today. I suggest you try and do some research.[/quote]
Sorry, I should have said “in recent times”. Sorry that you couldn’t grasp that fact without it being pointed out.

[Islaseat]

We live in Wales, 4 of us from the same household went out to a pub for a meal last night. The place was packed, two tables with aleast twenty on each table (don’t tell me that was all one family, they were all young people)

No track and trace details taken, loads of people obviously know each other and would stop and chat to one another.

Apart from the staff with face sheilds on and hand sanitizer at the entrance it was exactly like it was pre Covid.

We remarked that if this is how it is it’s probably the eat out to help pit scheme that has fuelled the rise in cases again.

[Batshitbeautycosmeticsltd]

@Luddite26

I think Boris plumped for 6 because it means he can't have all his kids and fiance in the house with him at the same time.

He has at least 5 kids, probably 7.

[Flyonawalk]

Ilovemypantry, there have been plenty of pandemics in recent times. HIV/aids. Flu. Pandemic means present across different countries or continents. It doesn’t reflect seriousness.

[Southernsoftie76]

Yes, we are already bubbled up as a 6. I’ve followed all the rules since the start, I’m a sheeple as are most people I know. I wouldn’t snitch on anybody though. Hopefully most will use common sense and risk assess, some will completely take the piss.

[TracyBeakerSoYeah]

@Islaseat

We live in Wales, 4 of us from the same household went out to a pub for a meal last night. The place was packed, two tables with aleast twenty on each table (don’t tell me that was all one family, they were all young people)

No track and trace details taken, loads of people obviously know each other and would stop and chat to one another.

Apart from the staff with face sheilds on and hand sanitizer at the entrance it was exactly like it was pre Covid.

We remarked that if this is how it is it’s probably the eat out to help pit scheme that has fuelled the rise in cases again.

*@Islaseat* it wouldn't surprise me at all if it transpires that the 'The Eat Out To Help Out' scheme has caused a massive surge in Covid infections.

The scheme started Mon 3 Aug & funnily enough 3-4 weeks later the infection rate has rapidly increased.

[SeekingCoffee33]

No I don’t think they will... but I will

[Jayne35]

@BatShite I thought the same as you, that the police will go for easy targets to bump up their figures. A house with two families with 8-10 people in will be fined where the groups of 15-20 teens will be ignored, and I have personally seen this on the estate I live in throughout lockdown, police car sat there watching the groups and doing nothing (and I don’t blame them to be honest).

Surely the police have better things to do anyway, there have been a lot of stabbings where I live recently and I would prefer they continue to deal with that and county lines drugs issues than a family of 7 or 8 having granny round for Sunday lunch!

[RedskyAtnight]

A house with two families with 8-10 people in will be fined where the groups of 15-20 teens will be ignored, and I have personally seen this on the estate I live in throughout lockdown, police car sat there watching the groups and doing nothing (and I don’t blame them to be honest).

You've seen police fine 2 families meeting with 8-10 people? Are you in a local lockdown area where this is not allowed? If you're not, both of these things are currently legal. What did you expect the police to do? Surely it's easier for the police to spot large groups of teens than 8 people in a private house?

[CrocodilesCry]

I truly cannot understand anyone who thinks the "rule of six" or the local restrictions being imposed in some places are some sort of punishment.

You're being told to not meet up in large groups (or to go inside other people's homes in some areas) to stop the spread of the virus.

What is it that's so hard to understand? These aren't punitive measures. If people carry on this way, schools and businesses will close.

Respect the rules. Try not to get infected or infect the people you love by limiting the number of people you have close contact with. It's that simple.