Glasgow, East Renfrewshire and West Dumbartonshire restrictions

[Ginger1982]

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-53989021

I am a complete rule follower but I have to admit even I am not prepared to stop seeing my mum when there’s a 20 deep queue for a Wetherspoons’.

Lizzie what are they all queuing up for? Surely not to get into that Spoons!!

Tbh I wasn't surprised. We live in one of those areas and work in the other. There's been a lot of reckless and selfish behaviour.

And those people will continue to be selfish and reckless because they think it doesn't affect them.
Then, of course, there are the ones who somehow think they're proving something to the SNP by refusing to follow guidelines that are almost the same as WM's ... or maybe they're not really that petty and just pretend to be on the internet . Perhaps we could give them all an island where they could exercise their inalienable right to interact with and infect each other

I'm not surprised if everyone's attitude is the same as my MIL. She's 79, we went to see her yesterday (first time since lockdown). When we got to her front door I took a bottle of hand sanitiser out of my pocket and told DP and DC to hold out their hands. MIL comes outside to ask what we're doing. I explain that we have to sanitise our hands before entering her home. MIL says I'm being ridiculous, DP laughs then points out that this is the rules. We get in the house and MIL goes to hug DP. DP jumps back and tells her she has to keep 2m away from us. MIL says it's rubbish. I point out that we still have to SD inside her house and we will. MIL refuses. MIL says she's allowed to form a bubble with three families. We point out that it's one bubble and she's formed that with another family.

MIL has no idea what are the current rules and which are old rules. She has no idea which are the Scottish rules and which are the English rules. MIL does not want to SD inside her home, she wants to behave like normal. Apparently all her other visitors have being doing this and we are the only ones who are insisting on social distancing. MIL has read some news article which says the current strain of COVID is very mild and it's not killing anyone. MIL believes this to be true and that she's safe. Maybe today's news and how we behaved yesterday will make her see sense.

Tbh, I don't know anybody at all who is social distancing within homes. I don't think my house is big enough to social distance in!

I saw it coming but I'll admit I'm annoyed for somewhat selfish reasons as I'm supposed to be moving house within the next week and not sure if I'm allowed to do this now! Currently in east ren and going to west Dunbartonshire, couldn't make it up!

@Lemondrops41 that’s tragic. Why wouldn’t you hug your mother? Hand sanitiser first? So bloody sad.

why would a lad coming back from Zante who tests positive lead to extra restrictions in Glasgow?

You do realise Glasgow Airport is not in Glasgow. In fact it's Renfrewshire which doesn't have extra restrictions.

I feel very sorry for the MIL above.

I'm not as certain that there will be seriously ill people in 4 weeks. Infected people yes, but seriously ill? not as many as before as its younger people getting it now.

My friends who work from home or visit homes as mobile hairdressers / nail technicians / beauty therapists are really pissed off

It all makes no sense

My friend in the Southern says hospitals are preparing for influx of seriously ill in four weeks time. 😪. Are we back to the scaremongering again?

There’s always a friend preparing for doom 🙄

@LizzieMacQueen do you have any info on Dunblane/boa?

MIL does not want to SD inside her home, she wants to behave like normal.

Because she, having a grain of sense, realises how fucking stupid it is to bloody 'socially distance' in your own home. How ridiculous to go over to someone's house with an effective barge pole.

This is all getting ludicrous now.

@InsaneInTheViralMembrane I do know a bit more. I'll PM you.

I really hope it doesn't happen. I will be demented in a winter lockdown!!!

@WouldBeGood

There’s always a friend preparing for doom 🙄

I've got a few I still follow just for shits and giggles. They're terrific entertainment value.

Maybe today's news and how we behaved yesterday will make her see sense.

What sense? Is nonsense still considered sense? Her son went to her house and expected her to 'socially distance' from her own child? And scaring your kids by telling them they need to put bloody hand sanitiser on them all the time? JFC.

@InDeoEstMeaFiducia

Maybe today's news and how we behaved yesterday will make her see sense.

What sense? Is nonsense still considered sense? Her son went to her house and expected her to 'socially distance' from her own child? And scaring your kids by telling them they need to put bloody hand sanitiser on them all the time? JFC.

Yep. It’s nuts

@Ginger1982

It has an impact on our childcare unfortunately so I'm annoyed for selfish reasons. It seems daft I could meet my in laws in a pub but not in their house.

If you can’t meet other households indoors that must mean in pubs too? So you’d have to sit at different tables a metre apart?

@LizzieMacQueen - could you pm me too - have many friends & family there - thanks

And it doesn’t apply for kids / childcare so long as you drop/collect at the door and don’t go in yourself?

@GlassOfProsecco Will do (wish you could PM from the app!)

It’s looking like Ayrshire could be heading sane way?

None of this makes any sense any more.

Well, there’s a lot of pishy attitudes on here.

I very much doubt that NS wants you not to be able to visit your mum- but if you live in the areas affected then you may have noticed an increase in house parties which have been dealt with ineffectually and also an increase in night-time crime.

The number of stabbings (some fatal) in the glasgow area alone are shocking of recent.

IMHO, there has to be a blanket ban for home visits and thus parties in order for them to be weeded out. It gives people no reason to be out at 3am, and thus if someone is out and up to no good they’re easier to spot/monitor.

By penalising everybody, it will harden the hearts of many who want to see their families and so don’t sympathise with partygoers anymore nor turn a blind eye to it, we will be more willing to accept the police being given greater powers to deal with this if it means we can get back on a pathway to ‘normal’.