Life's just so damn difficult

[Hohofortherobbers]

I am one of life's copers, I tend to be like a river, just meandering around obstacles and carrying on. Tonight I feel like there's just too many damn obstacles. I have tickets for my dm and I to see a show tomorrow night for her birthday, she is not online, no email, no WiFi, no smart phone so I ordered her a covid pass by post for the show, its not turned up. I have created her a nhs app log in using a secondary email address of mine so I can get her a covid pass and the app is malfunctioning tonight, I can't access her a pass, have tested by refreshing mine, my dh's and a friend's, not working. So I get my triple vaxxed dm on the eve of her birthday, do a lft, upload to get a negative so the poor woman can attend her own birthday celebrations tomorrow night. I AM OVER THIS!!! How on earth are people coping, I usually cope, I deal with problems, but I am at the end of my tether with how difficult the niceties of life are right now.

Sorry for the rant, just feeling exasperated

Yup. It's utterly shit.

First World problem, give ya head a wobble.

Me too OP. Utterly fed up. I don’t give a fuck if I catch covid, can I sign a waiver saying I won’t have medical treatment and get on with my life please, and my DCs?!

OP that sounds like a nightmare
What country are you in? Maybe some posters can help.

My parents got paper certs - they are in their 80s.

Today's announcement really testing my limits now.

Utter shambles after their break the rules themselves and then think to go on tv and place restrictions on people living normal life.

Its killing the joy of life now to the point you wonder whats the flipping point anymore

I'm due to take DD to the panto next week and if we have to wear masks I'll be cancelling - I don't mind for 30 minutes or so in the supermarket but 2+ hours I can't manage. I worked extra hard in October and November to afford the tickets including extra shifts on my none working days and longer hours, now that might all have been for nothing.

DD has had a really tough few years with hospital treatment right before lockdowns meaning she lost over 9 months of school in the pandemic, I just wanted to have a little fun with her.

I am usually coper too @Hohofortherobbers but it all feels pointless now. I'm double vaccinated and will get my booster as soon as I can, but I am so sick of it all

@tocas Kindly do one. Just because people don't have an appetite for doing this forever - and you do - doesn't make you morally superior. or start your own holier than thou thread

To the OP. It's shit & feels never ending. I hope that one day things will return to normal, but even the simple things feel hard these days.

I thought it was from next week, you should be fine tomorrow?

[quote Redleavesfalling289]@tocas Kindly do one. Just because people don't have an appetite for doing this forever - and you do - doesn't make you morally superior. or start your own holier than thou thread

To the OP. It's shit & feels never ending. I hope that one day things will return to normal, but even the simple things feel hard these days.[/quote]
Wooooooah there aggy maggy

I might be wrong but don't we have a week's notice before all the passports come in to force?

Why? They don’t come in for a week

But fwiw, I think BJ said it wasn't happening for a week if you're in the UK. I think you can also register a negative lft on behalf of someone else, but again that might only be UK.

We did similar for a show, bloody nightmare. We got there nobody asked to see Covid pass, Neg LF
& hardly anyone wearing masks. All that stress for nothing!

I hear you OP. Covid has taken the sparkle out of so many things, and makes others so complicated that it isn’t with bothering.

I know it’s first world problems, but a life without holidays, spontaneity, and certain freedoms is getting to me.it’s. It’s so much harder to see friends and family, there’s always risks to manage and the chance that things can be cancelled or someone will get ill, or rules will change. I’m over it.

It’s annoying but it shouldn’t be so hard to get these certificates in the first place. So many people saying their app malfunctions or it takes days to get a paper copy…

Where I live we get them from the local pharmacy, takes less than 5 minutes. You go in with your vaccine card and proof of ID, you come out with a paper copy and a scannable QR that can go on up to 3 apps, so you’re always sure one will work.

Why can’t the UK implement something like this too? People then don’t need to faff around with apps and malfunctions.

There are lots of people at the end of their limits. I know a few people who have been having to get help beause they are almost suicidal.

What's clear is the politicians hav been carrying on breaking rules whilst enforcing rules on other people and even I am having a hard time trying to think of the greater good and in serious fuck off mode at the moment.

But it's OK for people to have had enough. Yes, it's a first-world problem, but so are many things people complain about every day. Having to sort out passports, lfts might be a first world problem, but we've all been living like this for nearly two years. Not just minor inconveniences, but devastating impacts on mental health that have come of ongoing restrictions. People aren't selfish for wanting to enjoy the nice bits of life. Without family, friends, going out, culture, fun, life is hardly worth living. That doesn't mean people need to say sorry for feeling ever slightly fed up with this new way of living.

As PPs said, covid passes shouldn't be needed tomorrow.

It may be a "two logins" issue, if you're accessing from the same phone. Try deleting cookies, log into each account one by one, deleting cookies after each login, if this works then save each pdf copy down to your phone so you don't have to log in to access (keep in mind they have an expiry date). Hope this works for when needed.

Where I live we get them from the local pharmacy, takes less than 5 minutes. You go in with your vaccine card and proof of ID, you come out with a paper copy and a scannable QR that can go on up to 3 apps, so you’re always sure one will work.

This sounds utterly reasonable.
We could even get them issued at point of vaccination - had your second jab, get given pass.

But no. Bloody BJ and his government of cronies.

OP, YADNBU. Hope you get to enjoy your mum’s treat.

@Chickydoo

We did similar for a show, bloody nightmare. We got there nobody asked to see Covid pass, Neg LF & hardly anyone wearing masks. All that stress for nothing!

This is what I have in the back of mind too, all this effort and the box office will hardly cross check. Thank you all for being sympathetic to my moan. I know this issue is not life and death but I'm just ground down by it all now. As people have said, what's the point of planning nice things anymore. To those who questioned if it's necessary, the venue requires either covid pass proving vaccination or negative lft. These are not new 'plan b' rules, just the current rules.

I've just tested positive and the thought of spending 7 more days completely on my own at home is depressing. But at least I will have got it out of the way before Christmas.

I suspect quite a lot of people will have covid over Christmas which will put paid to their social plans anyway - with or without the government's new rules.