Neighbours Behaving Badly

Yes my neighbour had older grandchildren visiting yesterday too, so unfair

For the last two weekends my neighbours adult children, who live in London, have come to stay. I see them walking and playing games in the fields all weekend and they then leave again for the drive back to London on Monday mornings.

Grannie Annie2010 I really liked the youtube link for the opera. It would be great to have it on a C.D and when my neighbours are congregating with their wine I can blast it out the window and every so often shout the word Coronavirus out to them. I have got several Chinese/Peking sounding relaxation tapes I wonder if it would have the same effect.

My neighbours are an elderly couple and the woman uses a wheelchair. I'm astounded that they have their adult sons and daughters and grandchildren visiting for most of every day.

My son-in-law is a paramedic and we get so upset when we hear these stories about people ignoring the social distancing instructions. He eats, sleeps and sits separately from his family after working a 12 hour shift. As long as people are so inconsiderate about their health and the health of others, this situation will get worse and all our health service workers will continue to be at risk. Pure selfishness! We are all missing out families, but by keeping apart we will shorten the duration of this terrible virus!

Yes we are doing our bit - but miss all our grandchildren . One daughter does our shopping for us and we open the garage and she puts it on the floor for us - we stay indoors then see her from end of the drive. Then the other day one daughter and grandchild decided to ride their bikes over - so it was a lovely surprise as they phoned and said come to the front door - and there they were - but oh so difficult I just wanted to run and hug them - so we had a virtual hug. It’s so difficult and I sympathise will people in flats but we must stick to the rules for everyone’s safety.

people have been reported but they think they can get away with it are really stupid. They put people in danger. Don't think they watch the television .

Sorry but if you don’t report them to the police, you have no business moaning about it.

Charleygirl15 if i were you id just tell their landlord,but tell him not to say it was you mentioned it (maybe he could say he was going to call in on them & saw them?) Or he can 'pop round' maybe if you ring him while theyre 'caught in the act'?

yes my neighbour had her two children round. ok they played outside and mum and daughter kept apart. . but they were togethew when they said goodbye ,i dearly want to see my grand children...

I am amazed at the number of people out and about. This is the first time in 2 weeks I have been out shopping and really did have to go. My sisters mother-in-law thinks fine to go out every day on the tram into local town as "There is nobody on the tram" !!! Some people don't get it, do they? My sister lives in Italy and we know how terrible things have been there. She has been furious with MIL for going out. Yes, they should be reported when everyone else is trying to do their bit.

Its hard to know whose genuine though& who isnt,my son took me in car 2weeks ago but we only went food shopping,it took longer as we had to obey the 'spacing' rules and there were a lot of hold ups till people got to grips with new way of shopping, but anyone else (neighbours) would think we'd been out awhile in car,if it wasnt for my son lugging in the shopping! But then we'd to go day after to hosp as i have to get a regular blood test done.(all neighbours would see is us going out in car,& assume we'd just popped out for a bit,so you see its hard sometimes to 'police' what some folk are genuinely up to?? In the case of the blatant ones though, that have their friends& family round for barbies etc,id just report them 'on the sly' maybe a big copper or two coming round and catching them in the act maybe to warn or even fine them will make them think again.?

Yes-thing is though, for some stuff they really would have to be caught actually while doing it or they'd just deny it?Id have no objection to people being together in their gardens,if it was JUST THE ONES WHO LIVE IN THEIR HOUSE- but the problem is they dont,or wont,understand that that is ALL who'se allowed in!

Only 3 of my gc live nearby(10 mins away)2 older,but youngest is 6,but i dare'nt let them come as youngest would forget& want to run & hug me!

IM on gransnet,but i WONT go on nor have facebook,its NOT a false distinction,no-one on here knows who we are(unless we tell em if theyre our friends already i guess?) Or knows all about us,or see our photos- like they do on facebook.i wouldnt have it if if you paid me!(& im not some old fogey either!)

For those with noisy neighbours partying with visiting friends in the garden......just open your window and blast Mozart loudly at them. Apparently it clears groups of disaffected teenagers hanging around the streets. They hate it.

Absolutely not wanting to point the finger, but I am beginning to wonder if even here the guidelines are being bent.
So what if we haven’t seen our DGCs for a few weeks - think of those mothers whose children were evacuated out of London for months, even years in WWII. Those of us with families overseas go much longer without personal contact.
Children do not need a “change of scene” nice as that must be, unless they live in a flat with no outdoor space.
If people are putting cardboard out for collection, that is just dim as it will not be collected
And social media such as one’s local FB page is the perfect medium for seeking help and support in the community. If a person chooses not to use it, they should not complain they can’t access the information.
We could all come up with “honourable exceptions” to the current guidelines, which would not necessarily put anyone at risk and while I think the police could sometimes exercise their own common sense and discretion, , the fact remains that once you make or allow exceptions, you make a mockery of the current advice.
I have noticed when I am walking Hattie that pairs or groups (shouldn’t be happening at all ) frequently move apart to their 2m when they see me -and I see them. Hmm. Raised eyebrows or the teacher’s “death stare” don’t always work too well from that distance!

My neighbours have just had a skip delivered!

You all really need to report this to the police. They are endangering lives both theirs and other people. This is shameless behaviour and not reporting them could amount to being an accessory. If you saw them attempting to kill someone and did nothing what would that make you and this behaviour could kill someone. Writing this thread on GRANSNET is not going to stop them.

The one that worries me most is the post from Missfoodlove,about the nurse,as a nurse,that woman should know BETTER,and what if she had the virus and has passed it to others? She's endangering her fellow nurses& doctors,while others in the profession are fighting it every day! Id have reported her anonymously to her workplace! Not fit to wear the uniform!

If the medical officer in Scotland doesn’t stick by the guidance what hope is there!!?

I think we are allowed to have things delivered! Theres NO clear guidelines from gov't as to EXACTLY what they allow- they must be specific! They need to announce that "YOU MUST NOT HAVE OTHERS ROUND WHO DO NOT ALREADY LIVE IN YOUR HOUSE"! & they need to say "YOU CAN HAVE PEOPLE DROP OFF THINGS BUT MUST NOT HAVE THEM IN- NOR WITHIN 6 FEET OF YOU WHILST DOING SO&THEN THEY MUST LEAVE IMMEDIATELY"!!! it must be pointed out EXACTLY to all as clearly these people are stupid! What is it going to take to get the message through? Maybe if one of them gets it and dies they will stop doing it.

MawB,Im not sure what that about cardboard being collected is,as we seem to had our collections as usual so far? In fact what would we be expected to do with them otherwise? Just fill up our gardens with them till we'd no room left???

Also,cant people from own home walk together as they live together anyway?? If they have it theyd surely have passed it to one another by now in same house! What about married couples? Surely they dont sleep separate either?SEE?NO GUIDELINES!

Locally, our green wheelie bin (garden and food waste) collections have been stopped and cardboard will only be collected if cut up small and flattened to fit in a recycling bag. I consider we are lucky that general waste and paper/plastic recycling is still being collected - but for how long?
The tip is closed to the general public too.
Yes, cardboard is your own problem - take a Stanley knife to it, use it to insulate your loft, but I suppose the underlying message is that people order too much from Amazon!