OK
so we all know what the rules in LOCK DOWN are................
ONLY
ESSENTIAL TRAVEL
ONLY
GO OUT FOR FOOD/EXERCISE/TO PICK UP PRESCRIPTIONS
DO
NOT MEET ANYONE OUTSIDE THE HOME
More
than 6 weeks in and a lot of the rules are obviously being broken as
far as I can see. This is going to be a very different kind of blog
than the ones I've posted during the last few days.
All
I'm going to do is post a list of everyone that I personally know who has
been breaking the lock down rules in the last 6
weeks........................
1 ME – I own a dog and live in a flat so instead of going out for my
one bit of exercise a day I have been going out for a walk twice a
day. However I would argue with anyone, that an active little
collie pup (or any dog for that matter)who lives in a flat,
….....needs to go to the toilet more than once a day?! And at
least I do my shop at the same time and just tie her up outside.
2 FRIEND – Who during the last 6 weeks has been going out numerous
times a week, in the car, to buy plants and paint. Not to maintain
anything you understand, just so that she has a little hobby to do
during lock down.
3 ANOTHER FRIEND – Who lives alone but who regularly has her adult
children around for a take-away at least once a week.
4 NEIGHBOUR – Who is over 70 years of age but still thinks it's OK
to go out in her car to an M&S, 4 miles away to buy chicken, even
though there's an M&S just across the road but she
doesn't like that one. And actually she's in the vulnerable
group and I've said I'll do shopping for her.
5 ANOTHER FRIEND – Who thinks that making a special trip to go out
to pick up a 'Costa Coffee' is acceptable, even though her husband is
in the 'vulnerable group'. And seriously?..................... what
is wrong with just making a coffee at home?
6 AN AQUAINTANCE – Who is over 70, but has been to a 'party' in
someone else's house 'because it was a birthday'.
7 ANOTHER FRIEND – Who got into a car twice, once with a friend and
once with their son. Seriously?!!............
8 AN AQUAINTANCE – Who thinks that sitting in a very small garden
with a load of other people less than 2m apart is perfectly OK
because it's outside.
9 ANOTHER FRIEND – Who said it was OK for me to walk my dog for miles and
then get the bus home 'because the buses aren't busy'.
…...........What part of 'non-essential' travel do people not
get? Is really jumping on a bus because you get a bit tired on the
dog walk is 'essential travel'???
10 ANOTHER FRIEND – Who said, 'The takeaways are open because some
people don't know how to cook'??!! Seriously????? A lot of us
don't know how to cook, but everyone has the ability to shove a ready
meal into an oven or a microwave.
............….And
so it goes on............................. Everybody is breaking the
rules.
I
for one just want to get out of this lock down thing ASAP but it's
not going to happen
Buying
paint, buying plants, buying a coffee, buying a take-away meal.................. to my
mind is NOT ESSENTIAL. ….............But then of course we get all
the posts on FB about how everyone's mental health is being affected.
And
I totally agree with all that. Yes everyone's mental health is being
affected. BUT I also think that we should just all pull together and
stop all feeling like victims.
Everyone is obsessed with 'mental health' these days????
Life
in lock down is hard for all of us and we all have different ways of
coping with these difficult times. So let's all just pull together,
embrace it and try to get on with it in the very best ways that we
can because I don't think that this lock down is going to happen any
time soon.
See
you all tomorrow.
Toodles
xxx
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