Neighbours Behaving Badly

Ive now been 'allowed' a sainsburys slot so wont have to shop either thank god!

NO you dont see Mawb youre assuming,again,anyone on here who reads my posts know that YES my 2 sons 21& 17 next week, DO live with me!!! He's learned to drive young (19) despite having a disability,and its been a godsend as we all 3 have disabilities/ medical problems,and without him it all wouldnt have been possible (our usual round of medical appts/tests/physio etc,which are mostly cancelled at moment)Im so proud of his acheivement.But the Blood test for warfarin cannot be cancelled im afraid and i cant afford a home machine to do it(£600) so we MUST go to it.i cant drive(epilepsy) so yes,he MUST take me.So YES mawb,SOME TRIPS ARE AN EXCEPTION!

What happened to good old fashioned manners and thoughtfulness. When I light the barbecue I place it as far away as possible from other homes and usually let the neighbours know in advance - obviously more difficult now.

A local publican started getting some really rough new aggressive customers who were driving out his regulars and others. He was naturally intimidated and wary of confronting them. Someone advised him to start playing classical music over the sound system and it worked like a charm.

My neighbour who is 85 suddenly has two children appearing to walk the dog, a loophole to get out their house as they never visit normally. I can hear them in there I thought you had to keep away from relatives.

OMG what morons. Good for you for reporting them newnanny.

We phoned the police to shut down a very loud party at the end of our cul des sac. We put up with very loud music for 15 mins and then I looked out of door to see who it was. They had speakers on the drive way and I was astonished to see about 20 people dancing in their front garden. Clearly they did not all live there. Also some people were dancing along from their own drive ways. My sons were in bedroom watching TV and came and told us they could not hear TV as music was so loud and they had windows shut. Then I saw more people walking past our window towards the party house with balloons. After a few minutes more people went past our window towards party house. We decided to phone the police. They got there quite quickly and shut it all down. The music stopped and we counted over 30 people pass by our window. I can only assume it was a birthday party. My son says don't be surprised if we get an egg thrown at our car for reporting them.

Yep same here. My neighbours come and go, have their son and daughter in law and grandchild visiting. They all go off for walks and bike rides like they are on holiday. I’m really cross that they are flouting the rules! Unbelievable.

OK folks I need to rant....One neighbour is only going out when they need to. Other neighbour who is ALWAYS a problem even before the virus thinks it fine to have visitors and family as and when. She is in and out in a car constantly and tells folks shes visiting her elderly mother. Ok she may be allowed to drop food off etc but shes gone literally hours at a time, numerous times a day. We only go out for food once a week and yes we do have to use the bus as we have no village shop and we have no one to help us. This neighbour thinks HER behaviour is fine when she looks down her nose at us struggling with bags of shopping. The phrase IM ALL RIGHT JACK springs to mind.

Tillybelle,it really upset me too as one of my sons is a bus driver! He had always loved buses from being a small boy& used to have office jobs,then a call centre,(at least he'd have been safe,working from home)so when he got chance about 18-24 mths ago,to drive a bus,he took it& has loved it! But now im so worried for him- i spoke to him about a month ago,and he said hes being safe,with gloves & gel etc,but now with death of these poor drivers im panicking for him!!!my youngest daughter too is in shop/&supermarket and im so worried for them both!

My friend is regularly visiting her elderly mother, as always. She said that her mum needs her help - but she doesn't. My friend lives with her son and they are always shopping - so I'm just waiting for the inevitable!

Despite the shouty capitals Nannan does your son live in your house?
If not, he should not be driving you to the shops, but doing your shopping for you and leaving it on the doorstep.
Do you see what I mean by “honourable exceptions” ?

For goodness sake, it's easy to keep a bit of cardboard even in a flat. You just break boxes down and store them flat behind a sofa or cupboard. They will take up very little room. Pathetic.

3211123rjc, you can get your prescriptions delivered easily enough. Just sign up with Pharmacy2U!

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!

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!

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???

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.

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

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!

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.

My neighbours have just had a skip delivered!

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!

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.

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!)

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!