Guilt Free Railing 11

[WouldBeGood]

The end was not nigh,and still looking far far away, so here’s the latest thread.

Usual railing rules apply: all rails or good news welcome, no nauseating positivity or resilience wankery. 😃

It’s just the way the cards have fallen @Groovee, and personal circumstances. I’m mostly hiding out at home now. Not in close contact with anyone except DP and DCs. Different position than lots on here who are out with work and stuff.

Just In case it sounded arsey

That sounds like a good lunch place @WouldBeGood.

Talking of unnecessary rules, there’s a farm shop/cafe/steak barn/pizza shack on the edge of St.Andrews. Great food, very popular, lots of outside seating but it has the most ridiculous app only ordering system if you are sitting outside. The pizza shack is just a window in food van but you are not allowed to walk up and order at the window. No that would be far too dangerous. Instead you must spend ten minutes attempting to get the qr scanner to work when they only have 1 bar of 4g reception if your lucky. Then laboriously go through the Uber annoying ordering system. If you like a beer or wine or a steak you’d need to do the same thing again but with the steak barn qr code. Oh and then when your pizzas ready they shout you and you go to that same window you can’t order at to get your pizza!!
I can cope with the hassle occasionally but I feel so sorry for all the older people trying to work it out when they just want a cup of tea and a scone from the cafe 😬

Sorry that was a rather long rant just about pizza 😀

I genuinely don't understand all these businesses (who presumably want people's custom) going further than is required and introducing a whole pile of extra rules that just make it a hassle for customers. I mean, a fair few customers must just decide it's not worth the bother and go somewhere more inviting instead 🤷‍♀️

Family have just been visiting from England. They were bemused by the fact they had to sign in to Test and Protec app and show their code at Krispy Creme donuts simply to get their order taken. Order was for two takeaway coffees!

I did see posts from a couple of places I follow saying they were aware people were still anxious, so they were keeping measures in place just now. Quite a lot of “oh thank you for keeping us safe” In the comments. Must be tricky. But it makes it a rubbish experience

God that sounds a nightmare, i wouldn't be able to do that

I pretty much won’t go anywhere due to the tracks and trace stuff and masks.
I will occasionally sit outdoors somewhere if I deem I am far enough away from others that my only risk is the friends I am with. Soon it will be too cold/wet to even do that though.

I don’t care if I get covid, I just cannot isolate in my home by myself for 10 days. That would kill me

I never track and trace. And don’t know anyone who does

If anyone wants a guilt free laugh today, see the e scooter story. Not laughing at the issue, obviously, but just the fact NS is once again not guilty of anything, despite some poor guy being charged for the same behaviour. The cringe factor is very high when reading it, be warned🙈🤣

FUCKS SAKE

Middle child (S5) best friend has just tested positive for Covid, is well, but obviously not allowed to go to school. Daughter sent home, in FLOODS of years as its her birthday this week and she had plans which are now ruined, she was so looking forward to her birthday after 18 months of shit. Whatever the result of her PCR (booked for this afternoon, at least accessing tests is easy enough) her friend will be isolating.

Oh fuck @TheGenealogist that’s really shite

Why the fuck are we still testing healthy people? Especially youngsters. These things are a big deal at that age, god, it makes me so cross

DD is on facetime to her friend, who has no symptoms of Covid at all and feels perfectly fine. But has been told to isolate until 2nd September.

DD feeling a bit more positive having taken a LFT which is negative. But still, plans ruined as friend locked in the house. I have suggested postponing the birthday celebrating until they are all allowed to go out but understandably she feels it wouldn't be the same.

It does seem trivial but when you're 16 your birthday is such a big deal.

I don’t think it’s trivial at all. Milestones missed, and for what reason? None, now

Really feel for your daughter and her friend @TheGenealogist it’s incredibly tough on them and presumably they’ve been dealing with this since age 14, so a couple of crucial years emotionally- they’re still having to cope with so much.

That thing when you’re a double jabbed 60+ retiree, you can pootle down to Cornwall and nobody will ask you to test every few days and wear a mask for any time inside your accommodation or in restaurants, bars etc. Therefore you won’t be isolating if you’re feeling well.

Yet here we are, making our young take the hit with ongoing restrictions, punishing them for feeling healthy and not being a burden on the NHS, before they’re guilt tripped/coerced into getting the vaccine in order to restore their school and social life to normal (although no guarantee they won’t have to endure a possible school closure again this winter). Why should they trust anyone this far along?
FYI, I’m double jabbed, not anti vaxx, but awake to where this is all leading with our young people😞

I agree that young people have had a very raw deal from all this, and yet (somehow) are still the group most vilified for spreading COVID! I'm also quite worried about the abandonment of decades of precedent that sees vaccination as totally voluntary (which has always served us well -we have one of the lowest rates of vaccine hesitancy of anywhere in the world). The coercion to get the vaccine, which is not risk-free, in various settings, whether it's to attend university or go to events or even to work in some cases, is a step down a very dangerous slippery slope that sees people losing their bodily autonomy for the 'greater good'. I'm very uncomfortable with the eagerness some people have to give up their basic rights to the state.

Totally agree about all this shite involving young people. I started a thread ages ago saying young people have had it worse than anyone in this pandemic. I got fucking slaughtered. Oh but my grans 85 and hardly sees anyone!!!! Well im sorry but your grans not going out at the best of times. Try telling your ds or dd they have to spend their 21st sat in their flat alone like my ds did. Its a fucking joke.

Hear hear to @OnceUponAWhine, @Y0uCann0tBeSer10us and @ssd

Yep, I said the same, the groups that have come of worst are the under 25s and the elderly/vulnerable. A year or even 2 in restrictions in your 30s 40s and 50s is a pain but it's not impacting you enjoying your last few years or your development/growing into adulthood. Of course there are plenty of exceptions but in the main they've had a poor time of it.

Well as the mum of three teens I'd have to agree.

The non-existent homeschooling through the first March-Aug school closure. My youngest missed all of the special P7 stuff and never set foot back in his Primary. No S1 transition. Eldest child was 17 just before first lockdown, missed his Highers, missed all the usual S6 stuff, still hasn't passed his driving test because of all the interruptions to lessons and the fact you can't book a practical for love nor money, middle child was OK in the first lockdown as S3, then had to go through the whole fiasco of being told they weren't doing exams and then having them sprung on them at the last moment. She is the most sociable of them and really missed her friends.

It's been hard for everyone but our teens and under 25s have definitely been asked to give up an awful lot in proportion to their actual risk from Covid. It's all been to protect the vulnerable, and it's a shame a lot of the vulnerable don't seem to recognise that.

For the older ones it's been no clubs, harder to meet partners, on-line uni and college. Just a lack of being able to move into adulthood. Babies and little ones missing out on social interactions, speech issues because of masks. But it's the milestone birthdays and leaving dances and transitions etc too.

My rail today is again covid police!
Why is it always members of the public who think they have the right to say stuff?!

Wearing my landyard today minding my own business at a large garden centre checkout a woman behind starts tutting at me...... Ignored the first few then asked her if she had a problem to which she replied "yes you and your kind who think your above wearing a mask and not bothering to keep people safe......"
Before I could respond DH is on the verbal attack asking her for her medical credentials, if she has a inability to read and my personal favourite that her advanced years was no excuse for blatant ignorance, judgement of others and disgusting behaviour.......
She went bright red and apologised quietly.

Was very proud of DH but sadly up here seems to be a bit of a reoccurring thing. I don't know what it is whether it's the more rural settings or just small town attitudes. I'm definitely missing the everyone just minding their own business though!