Would you report a hairdresser for still working at the moment?

[GoldenLabbie]

I’m not usually one for reporting people, but where we are has some of the highest Covid rates in the whole of the U.K. Our local hospital is on its knees and staff have even been on the local news begging people to abide by the rules, yet today I log into social media to see that some silly cow has had her hair done and actually tagged the hairdresser that did it! I mean how fucking stupid and entitled can you possibly be?! It’s actually made me quite angry as today I learned that someone who lived near me has died of Covid at just 40 leaving a wife and kids.

I mean what is the fucking point in any of us following the rules when you have twats like this doing what the hell they like? I really do feel the need to report them but wouldn’t know where to start?

@TheUnquestionedAnswer

My hairdresser did this in the last lockdown - unbeknown to me. I had an appointment on 4 July, the first day we were allowed, and it was only in conversation it turned out that he had been working throughout at people's homes. I haven't used him since. My sister picked up covid in a hairdressing salon, despite all the precautions wearing PPE. She also unknowingly spread it as went on to use the bus that day, went to a cafe, and the supermarket.

So she went to the hairdresser, on a bus, to a cafe and the supermarket - how does she know it was from the hairdressers, and not possibly 50/60/70 other people she was in contact with? The Test and Trace cant possibly say exactly where someone got it from if that is what she is thinking!

@BloggersBlog Exactly!! She had a busy day didn't she 🤣

@Toddlermum1256

Do you know all her circumstances then ? Do you know if she’s in debt? Just because someone died in your area doesn’t mean you have to go around being a snitch now. You reporting her to the police is not going to stop people dying.. your a very cruel person. Don’t you think everyone is miserable enough ? Just because your bitter your sticking to the rules 100% some people don’t have a choice and need money or they won’t eat or pay bills.

Wow and you don’t think someone who deliberately breaks the rules, risking passing the virus to someone who maybe be vulnerable isn’t cruel? Deliberately ignoring the pleas of the nhs staff who are putting their family’s at risk to protect and serve us, isn’t cruel? How is reporting her to the police not going to stop people dying? It is. Even if it saves one life it counts.

No I wouldn't

This is what happens when lockdowns are imposed without proper funding to back them up.

Yes I’d. We’re in this situation and asking for tougher measurements (not myself but mn) whilst others are breaking the rules ? We can’t have tougher rules for some and blank cheque for others

I would report. It could also encourage others to follow suit .

If it's on social media you'll probably be at the end of a long queue of people reporting.
Yes I probably would as you've described the situation.

@Dowser and others that feel so strongly about reporting people - you may want to read this thread
DH just tested positive but we have 3 DCs who are clinically extremely vulnerable.
And see how you feel then. I’m trying not to have a go but this is people’s lives we are talking about. I don’t know how to link it so apologies.

why people have such an urge to report or police others?

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/coronavirus/4130758-DH-just-tested-positive-but-we-have-3-DCs-who-are-clinically-extremely-vulnerable

@embra because it doesn’t just affect the people that are breaking the rules.

@Embra

why people have such an urge to report or police others?

Christ - how many people have to be dying in ICU before you get it?

Yes. And for everyone who says 'just stay home and mind your own business', there are tons of vulnerable people who need care and support from other people. Lots of people who don't have the luxury of staying at home, or closing the door on outsiders. These people's lives are at risk in a very real way.

Nobody can have watched the BBC news reports of the last few days and not come to the same conclusion as I have.

yes.

some things i would not report but there is a lot of contact with others in close quarters, so yes.

@changingnamesandkeepingsane

Yes. And for everyone who says 'just stay home and mind your own business', there are tons of vulnerable people who need care and support from other people. Lots of people who don't have the luxury of staying at home, or closing the door on outsiders. These people's lives are at risk in a very real way.

Nobody can have watched the BBC news reports of the last few days and not come to the same conclusion as I have.

It must be the wilfully ignorant who have this attitude. Perhaps they are avoiding all news coverage, ostrich fashion.

She could face a 12k fine so no.

@BritWifeinUSA

You seem to know a lot about these people - who they live with, that they have no children, etc. If you know them so well why not call them or text them and tell them that you don’t think it’s right. Oh that’s right - you don’t want the confrontation and you want the police or council to do it for you. I bet it “reporting” wasn’t anonymous you wouldn’t even be asking about it.

If you don’t know them well enough to speak to them in an adult way, rather than running behind their back to tell tales on them like some playground nonsense, then you can’t possibly know the full circumstances. They may have children to support who don’t live with them. 50% of marriages end in divorce so there’s every possibility there are children that they are supporting who are living with the other parent. They could be sisters. One may be living with the other temporarily. It could be a picture from last year or the year before that popped up in someone’s memories feed so she reposted it.

If you’ve so much time on your hands, have you researched how many cases have been traced back to young healthy people having their hair done? Do you get this upset when you see adults goving McDonald’s meals for their kids? Heart disease kills far more than COVID.

And if she was getting her hair done today, so what? She’s not rubbing a meth lab or making bombs. Allow the hairdresser to make a living, for crying out loud. If you’re so scared, stay at home.

Allow the hairdresser to make a living, for crying out loud When most other people can't work at all, you mean? Your post is STAGGERINGLY naive and ill informed

"Do you get this upset when you see adults goving McDonald’s meals for their kids? Heart disease kills far more than COVID"

This was a particularly thick comment.

I truly understand why people are wanting the OP to report her, when the current situation is so grave. Especially those personally affected by Covid. But if you'll forgive me, I think this strong view is more emotional than cognitive. If the same results can be achieved (ie: said hairdresser ceasing her current behaviour) with personal communication, surely that is the better way? If the OP gently explains things to her, and asks her to stop, and why, it may work. Surely that should be attempted first?
There is so much sorrow at the moment. A giant fine, or worse, could only add to the toll of human misery. Reporting should be a last resort, after all other means exhausted.
I say that as someone pro-lockdown, who is following the rules entirely. But there are many ways to be having a hard time right now. Following the rules is significantly harder for some people than others, according to personal circumstances...

No. Consider taking up a new hobby instead.

Report the selfish people @GoldenLabbie I’m bloody sick of this lockdown and I don’t want it to carry on a second longer than it has to but selfish idiots are helping this situation.

It’s your moral duty. Post a screen shot on here with your user name blocked out and I’ll do it for you.

Report. Save lives.

I'm not sure we can treat everyone who needs it

Compare that report with the necessity of having your hair cut and think about it.

Absolutely not.