Covid Restrictions broken by a Surgeon

I couldn’t agree more with the last four posts.

I'm just astounded by all those who still don't really seem to get it. Is it pure ignorance, extreme timidity - or just being stuck in their ways?

The virus is invisible but I can picture them all turning a blind eye and tolerating anything.

Their neighbours could be posting letter bombs or taking pot shots at them - and still they'd bleat 'Live and let live, mind your own business'!

Oh how I hate this recent spying on neighbours habit, made even worse in my opinion by coming on here afterwards to relay the tale.

Is this what we have become, a nation of curtain twitchers desperately looking out for neighbours’ misdemeanours?

Families help each other, or at least they should, and occasionally that will mean not sticking rigidly to the latest guidelines.

It's bringing out the worst in us isn't it?

Yes and stop twitching those nets.

Sugarpufffairy. Step back from the window please.

I have known these people for several decades. I also know that this is not the only time they have not complied with various laws and legislation.
I would be absolutely shocked if there was an urgent need for that particular type of medical expertise by people of their age.
I don't follow them around. I didn't speak to anyone in the street today. I mind my own business but they are so loud that they intrude into everyone's lives locally. I was only there for a couple of hours at most. I decided to do lockdown away from there and it is an eyeopener
Punching someone on the nose is not really what a Gran should be doing, or maybe I am wrong there.

I'd be ready to punch someone in the nose if they followed me around. I'm quite uptight with all this lockdown especially when it's others and not me who's created it.

There's another thread where the OP is complaining about neighbours having visitors. The only time I could imagine calling the police is if my neighbours had a huge, noisy, alcohol fuelled party in clear breach of the guidance.
Otherwise live and let live. As others have said, we are likely to have no idea what is going on in our neighbour's lives. What we do know, is how hard the past eight months have been for all of us. Some tolerance wouldn't go amiss.

Janeainsworth - And you will know even less of what is going on in their lives

But you do SPF?

Janeainsworth - And you will know even less of what is going on in their lives

I was wondering if someone was ill, (well they are doctors) and they had come to support the occupants.
We never know what is going on in people's lives, do we?

We had a new neighbour who called the police, saying strangers were visiting our cul de sac during lockdown.
I happened to be in the garden when they arrived and got chatting to them.
They asked if anyone who didn't live here had been visiting.
I said my DD and SIL came on a regular basis with my medication and shopping, as I was shielding and as did my neighbour's family.
They looked at each other and one said, You take care of yourself, it must be very difficult for you!

As I said, you never know people's circumstances.

As janeainsworth says.We currently have my MIL staying with us ,shes in her 80's an dhas been living alone since March.She was so depressed and fragile we decided to bring her here.Very glad we did as she has deteriorated a lot since March and this morning fell out of bed resulting in multiple stitches to her head.Maybe my neighbours are gossiping about us..I couldn't care less.We've all stuck with the rules and you have no reason to believe your neighbours haven't.Credit them with some sense

Well, you don’t know what is going on in their lives, do you?
There could be some sort of family crisis, or someone could have died.
You remind me of one of Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads.