When was the last time you saw someone break the rules?

[Lockdowner35]

On my walk yesterday I saw a group of 10 with little social distancing

On NYD I saw a group of people all standing in someone’s front garden / driveway having drinks. They appeared to be all different households as they were vaguely standing in groups of two or three (all mature adults but not elderly from what I could see) with a bit of space in between.

Idk I thought it was quite nice really. Ironically I was on my way for a covid test (negative) at the time, even though I’m not seeing any body!

I don't know anyone who has followed the rules to the letter. Everyone I know has manipulated them in some way. Mostly on a pretty small scale although some are completely disregarding them.

@hettyhooverdoover

Saw 7 people today walking at the beach. I know its not a big deal but made me think whether I'm sticking to the rules too much as I'd love to meet with my brother, wife and nephew but we make altogether and we haven't as its not in the rules.

They could have been one household

My neighbours have had dinner parties and garden parties every weekend since March.

They have people arrive in cars and they squeeze them on their drive to 'hide' them.

They also have a ladder which they climb over with dishes of food so they can have 'secret' dinner parties with the family over the back. We can all see them climbing over while balancing the trifle, I don't know why they don't just walk the few doors up the road as less people would see them.

Large groups of walkers and cyclists who were unlikely to be in the same household/support bubble- 6 or more adults. I don't actually think this is an issue if they are socially distancing but they are arriving in the same car and standing right next other ( whilst bellowing at each other and upsetting my son with the noise but that is a different issue).

Everyday by what's posted on social media. Multiple families meeting up over the holidays. I can see why tier 3 and 4 announced new years eve...only way to keep some people from mass gathering at midnight, however many others still did

We have MIL to our house every Sunday. She is in a support bubble with us. We are rule followers. The number of tutting head shakers with pursed lips amongst my neighbours is incredible.

My neighbours are not in a support bubble and go in and out of each other's houses and look after ones DC.

They also have family over and go for walks with other families and it's all posted on Facebook.

Everyone I know is breaking them. Just a little bit. Each having their own little exception and justification.
Nurses at work mixing households, travelling between tiers and pushing the number of 'bubbles' they're in.
SIL and BIL seeing three other families over Xmas.
PIL driving around with neighbours in the car.
DC teen friends with teacher parents having small gatherings for NYE.
Etc etc etc. NW.

My neighbour breaks the rules pretty much every single day and has done since March. The most annoying thing is she somehow hasn't bloody caught Covid yet.

Constantly. I don’t know if it’s just me but none of my friends seem to give a shit, they haven’t from the start and it’s really put me off them. On New Years Day an old friend had a Baby Shower and invited 25 people, I was the only one who turned it down. She said she wasn’t going to let anything get in the way of her baby’s arrival. Another friend had a hot tub installed over the summer, it’s been full virtually every weekend, I know because I get all the photos saying they miss me... it INFURIATES me

Every day. Lots of big groups out walking. Highly unlikely that they’re all support bubbles/ living together. I try to pretend to myself that they definitely are though- there’s nothing I can do about it, so might as well save myself the angst. I’m doing the right thing by my family and everyone else, so I’ll just control what I can.

None - too busy minding my own business

Every day. Large groups walking or cycling. A number of village shops and takeaways have had to shut completely because they can't control the crowds of people out for "exercise".

My neighbours, got back from 3 months in Spain and have been out as least three times in the ten days since their return.

In short, every day I see someone 'breaking the rules' tbh I do not know what the 'rules' are any more

Half of the extended family decided to have a secret meet-up on Christmas Day, breaking isolation rules, staying overnight and putting my mum at risk as she has cancer.

Massive family fall out.

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@dingledongle

In short, every day I see someone 'breaking the rules' tbh I do not know what the 'rules' are any more

you don't know what the rules are, but people must be breaking them? Makes sense.

@redfairylights

Every day. Large groups walking or cycling. A number of village shops and takeaways have had to shut completely because they can't control the crowds of people out for "exercise".

Meh, if they are outside it's such a minimal risk it's not worth worrying about.

tammyhullfigure

When I was walking through the village on New Years Day I passed a dormer bungalow (I am guessing 3 bedrooms tops) with 6 cars parked on the drive. I doubt that they all live there. However flip side of the coin - this was one house out of scores that I walked past

Not saw but rang someone the other day who has tested positive - her mum answered the phone and said her daughter had popped out for a bit, when pointed out that if shes positive she shouldn't be going anywhere the reply was 'she won't be long (of course maybe she was there, following rules and just didn't want to speak to me)

In school

I know the so called rules are totally suspended but I saw secondary dd in crowds of students, in class no masks.. Her bubble is 200 +, her form is about 30.

Dd2 primary bubble of 60, play together, share loos and facilities... No masks, sd and myself... On site about 80 in my bubble.. Mixing with people who cross bubbles all the time. No masks... No sd..

So.. I can't really get upset with 10 people in a park.

The house next door to MIL is a second home. The family came to it from tier 3, we're tier 4, and the grown up daughter went to visit my MIL in her home for 3 hours, then the mother visited her the next day for a couple of hours. Both the mother and daughter have been visiting several of their elderly relatives during their trip. MIL was in our support bubble because she's housebound and struggles with her mobility so it meant that we had to wait 14 days before we could properly visit her again - we had to just leave her shopping and medication on the door step. And FIL, who also lives in our tier 4 area is giving lifts to all and sundry.

New Year's Eve afternoon/early evening. My landlord & his girlfriend had another couple round for drinks and music etc. It was very awkward, as they were downstairs, and I was upstairs hiding. I was very upset, as I have no power or agency in the situation. It's extremely important to me to obey the rules, so all I can do is hide away when it happens.
Fortunately they were gone by around 8pm. He doesn't live here, but sometimes uses the space downstairs (it's a complex situation, and he's a personal friend) I'm looking for somewhere new to live, since discovering how unlike mine his attitude to coronavirus and so on is...