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Ridiculous/funny things that have changed ‘due to covid’

164 replies

Blocksoftwo · 30/11/2020 09:03

We were told this weekend that dominos can’t do half and half pizzas at the moment. We asked why and they just said due to covid Hmm

Gardener can only do every three weeks not every two...due to covid.

Haven’t been able to see a dentist since January. Covid means teeth are no longer a health concern!

Anyone else?!

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hamstersarse · 04/12/2020 14:42

My mum got a flat tyre in the middle of a little town.

No toilets open cos of covid, so she had to pee behind a bush. She's 79.

Topseyt · 04/12/2020 14:59

I've actually wondered why some town councils seem to think that Covid 19 seems to mean that people no longer need to use toilets?

Our parish council did close the public toilets for the first couple of weeks of the first lockdown, but thankfully saw sense after that. Not everyone was so lucky though.

Heatherjayne1972 · 04/12/2020 15:08

I work in a dentist- we’ve been open since 8th June doing every treatment we always did
No restrictions on treatment at all.

Our procedures are different that’s true

I can’t really get my head around one way systems in the high street tho Why ? It’s outside and just annoys everyone

TheCountessofFitzdotterel · 04/12/2020 15:11

Friend’s dd is a day pupil at boarding school- she is on a scholarship because of difficult family situation. All pupils have their own separate study. Previously she was able to stay after lessons to do homework in her study, thus avoiding difficult family situation. Now due to covid sitting alone in her private study after 4pm poses an unacceptable risk and she has to go straight home.

Toddlerteaplease · 06/12/2020 22:29

Went for a MRI scan today. Asked for a blanket as the rooms are usually cold. Got told I couldn't have one because of Covid. I could see one in the cupboard!

Orangeblossom77777 · 07/12/2020 09:59

Bit weird about the private school after school as ours is doing after school revision sessions for GCSEs which go on to 4.30. In groups.

Rainbowandscarlett · 07/12/2020 10:26

At work,We can work together so closely our arses are touching but as long as half of us are behind a screen and the other half are behind the other it’s fine
We can walk into the kitchens one way,but not the other (we have to go right round)
In the staff room we have to be an arms length from each other but can use the loos that are next to each other and so are the lockers
All cos of COVID

Quaagars · 07/12/2020 11:15

Dominoes I think are still on a reduced menu to make social distancing easier and they also don't physically touch the pizza's at all after they are out of the oven

OK, I'm intrigued - how do you manage to physically not touch pizzas at all after they come out of the oven?
Levitate them?! Grin
Or do you mean they wear gloves or something lol

VulvaPerson · 07/12/2020 12:12

The most ridiculous one to me is that kids can spend all day sardined in a class together with no masks or anything, yet walking home with friends is deemed very dangerous and must not be done Hmm

So when it comes to school, covid works backwards. Its more dangerous to be distanced outside, than being stuck together inside!

Dafspunk · 07/12/2020 12:16

@MangoM

In our lifts at work, the capacity has been reduced from 13 people down to 4. And there are now pictures of shoe prints to show you where you should stand.

It makes me laugh imagining four grown men in suits getting into the lift and then immediately turning to face the corner Grin. I tried to draw a picture to demonstrate!

My work is the same Mango but we’re only allowed one in the lift. That one person is still directed to stand facing the corner Grin
isthismylifenow · 07/12/2020 12:19

@Blocksoftwo

We were told this weekend that dominos can’t do half and half pizzas at the moment. We asked why and they just said due to covid Hmm

Gardener can only do every three weeks not every two...due to covid.

Haven’t been able to see a dentist since January. Covid means teeth are no longer a health concern!

Anyone else?!

Not funny at all, but all our Dominos closed down, due to Covid.
isthismylifenow · 07/12/2020 12:23

@Toddlerteaplease

Went for a MRI scan today. Asked for a blanket as the rooms are usually cold. Got told I couldn't have one because of Covid. I could see one in the cupboard!
Something similar. I went to the dentist today (lucky me it seems reading this thread). They aren't allowed to use the bib due to covid, so there was water splashing all over, running down my neck and splashing on chest etc. So I asked for some paper towels so I put them all over me. Why didn't they just do that in the first place?
safefacespace · 07/12/2020 12:26

I can spend as long as I like browsing facewash.. shaving foam.. alcohol and what not, but I'm barred from buying birthday wrapping paper, burly security guards guarding the area.. I can get Christmas wrapping paper though Confused

CarrieBlue · 07/12/2020 12:29

This thread is like a Daily Mail readers’ convention.

Lots of these ‘ridiculous/funny’ things are very valid but cause you inconvenience. Lots, if you actually see past your inconvenience, are perfectly sensible.

Throwntothewolves · 07/12/2020 12:49

School banned the exchange of Christmas cards because of Covid, then invited the giving of gifts to the teachers who've had a hard year because of Covid Confused.

They also banned using bikes and scooters on the school run, then the parent council got carried away and tried unsuccessfully to ban walking dogs on the school run too (outwith school grounds)

Svrider · 07/12/2020 14:00

Carrieblue most COVID restrictions cause more issues than they solve IME
See my post from earlier where instead of buying school shoes from a usually quiet store, I had to battle with jostling crowds not once, but twice.

Things like one way systems, so you have to go round a full, crowded supermarket to get to a kiosk 3 meters away.

Removing swings from an outside play area

Closing self contained toilets, causing people to queue, where previously no queues.

Blocking entrances and exits, so everyone's close together

Orangeblossom77777 · 07/12/2020 16:04

Haha at the DM thread. Lots of the rules are mad.

EveryoneRevealsThemselves · 07/12/2020 23:20

@MawkishHawk I feel the same about toothpaste. Check out Marvis. They’re available on amazon as well as various beauty sites.
Gorgeous old fashioned design and really tasty not minty flavours.

thenewaveragebear1983 · 08/12/2020 17:59

We were told today that they can only send one toner for the photocopier because of Covid. Even though we have 2 copiers?! We assured them the copiers are at least 2 metres apart, but still no. 🤷‍♀️

Witchend · 08/12/2020 18:03

I have a nerf gun in my desk drawer at work.

Yes, that is entirely related to covid-19.

SufferingFromLongLockdown · 08/12/2020 19:29

Our Macdonalds in the indoor shopping center can only do takeaway, therefore all their tables are closed off and people are sitting around on the floor to eat their food.

SufferingFromLongLockdown · 08/12/2020 19:36

@Nomnomarrgh

Went shopping. Had a funny turn. No seats to sit on so hey ho if I’m really poorly, I can sit on the floor and get in everyone’s way.
The only seat in our shopping center is the kids carousel, all others have been removed. I sat on it to drink my hot chocolate today.
Onedropbeat · 08/12/2020 20:04

Company decided no bonuses to be paid this year because of COVID despite accounts looking healthier than pre-COVID thanks mainly to their abuse of furlough scheme and other government help that wasn’t needed

VulvaPerson · 08/12/2020 20:06

We assured them the copiers are at least 2 metres apart, but still no. 🤷‍♀️

Grin

Our Macdonalds in the indoor shopping center can only do takeaway, therefore all their tables are closed off and people are sitting around on the floor to eat their food.

This is happening here also. A couple of days back I walked past kfc, and some were sitting in the shop, on the floor eating. Some right outside the door also, leaning against the wall.

user1497207191 · 08/12/2020 20:06

@Topseyt

I've actually wondered why some town councils seem to think that Covid 19 seems to mean that people no longer need to use toilets?

Our parish council did close the public toilets for the first couple of weeks of the first lockdown, but thankfully saw sense after that. Not everyone was so lucky though.

Councils have been closing public toilets for years/decades. Covid has been a brilliant excuse for them to close the few remaining ones. I strongly suspect many will never re-open, even after Covid is history.