Anger at rule breakers.

I understand why people do get angry at those friends and neighbours flouting all laws/advice and carrying on their lives as normal whilst the sensible among us are doing the right thing.It may seem that it doesn’t affect us personally, but actually it does, because if numbers don’t go down enough (deaths and positive cases /illness) then measures can’t be relaxed for us all and life continues in this abnormal way for much longer.The thousands all jostling together on the recent protest marches is a case in point.

Haven’t seen my neighbour for some months since lockdown started...but last night had a text to say on Tuesday she travelled 100miles to attend her sister in law’s 50th birthday party....she said they were all “spaced out in the garden”...!

Don’t know how many people were there...

I just replied that I hoped they were social distancing...

Irony is, my neighbour actually works for the NHS in a hospital!

I came home from work to a large bbq on the grass outside my flat,complete with bouncy castle.

It fleetingly made me cross, but it's not my friend, they're not living in my block. Easy to ignore.

I've also stuck rigidly to the rules since day 1; not touched a living soul since the 21st March. And much as it galls me to see others taking little or no notice of the risks there taking with their own, and therefore other people's health, I have to agree with SueDonim, you can only have control on your own actions, no one else's. It's enough for me to know that I won't have spread the virus to anyone else by being reckless.

Definitely need a ‘like’ button.

I think, as well, it depends how well you know the person, or how physically close they live to you.

It feels like a personal 2 finger salute to your safety when someone is so blatant.

Not for the first time do I wish there was a tick box to agree on every post. I'd be upvoting all these posts.

I only get cross about this when I feel that someone breaking the rules might be putting my family at risk.

........or when that person is Cummings........

Life is hard at the moment, and I really do think that, for your own sake, you need to concentrate on keeping yourself safe and try and ignore the decisions that others may make TenaciousB.

I don't think it's "nice' to get angry.
Lots of us are, but we usually get really told off.

I agree though, there are some selfish people around.

Totally agree with everyone upthread. I really don’t understand why people are prepared to put themselves and others at risk. This virus is a unseen killer, it spreads at will.
I appreciate that life has to go on, but in a safe way. It’s almost as if people are boasting about their disregard of safety measures.

I'll remain 6ft apart from everyone rather than 6ft under.!

Mark my word there'll be another lockdown come winter---which will be worse.

Just know that you are protecting yourself, no matter what other people do.

I’ve discovered lately that I am much happier if I take the attitude that whilst I cannot control what other people do, I can control what I do.

Do what is right for you and put these other people out of your head. You can’t influence them but neither can they influence you, if you feel that what you are doing is right.

PS
Short term pain for long term gain......
Hopefully!

And yet there are still posters on GN saying that they are seeing various family members who are mixing with other people and they feel obligated to ‘help out’ .
All you can do is keep Yourself safe and stay away from those who are mixing with others, who are also probably mixing with others.
We haven’t seen our Daughter or Grandchildren since last year due to ill health, so I get cross too!