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No one obeyed the rules!

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4xGranny Sat 26-Dec-20 22:17:22

I live in a small cul de sac with 14 houses at my end. I counted four households that actually stayed in, without visitors, including us. Three young couples disappeared on Christmas Eve and have not yet returned. The single man opposite has been in and out numerous times with several people popping in for an hour or two. The old lady next door went to her DD’s who has three teenage children. I won’t bore you with the rest. Now I know it’s supposedly nothing to do with me but they are probably spreading the virus and causing more people to be ill. I cannot see how the infection rate will ever be reduced and we will escape from Tier 3.

nadateturbe Sun 27-Dec-20 22:41:04

Nothing wrong with looking out of the window and knowing what’s going on, but the title of the thread is No one obeyed the rules!.

Yes I know. I answered the OP in my first comment.

JuneRose Sun 27-Dec-20 22:46:57

I thought a gathering of three households on Christmas day only was allowed - in tier 2 anyway... ?

Puzzler61 Mon 28-Dec-20 10:50:06

Correct, indoors but I think you can stay longer if you are 1 person, with 1 household who are bubbled together and not bubbled with anyone else.
If shielding through vulnerability or self isolating if you have come into contact with someone with the virus, you should really stay in your own home.
Someone will correct if I’ve misinformed you JuneRose.

Maggiemaybe Mon 28-Dec-20 11:05:49

nadateturbe

Nothing wrong with looking out of the window and knowing what’s going on, but the title of the thread is No one obeyed the rules!.

Yes I know. I answered the OP in my first comment.

I don’t know why you’re quoting me, nadateturne. confused I’m merely giving my own opinion, not commenting on yours.

nadateturbe Mon 28-Dec-20 19:31:29

Sorry Maggiemaybe misunderstanding.?

etheltbags1 Mon 28-Dec-20 19:45:54

A few days before Christmas my next door neighbour had 5 different cars with different relatives on one day. I'm not snooping but they park in front of my house and slam doors and shout hello and goodbye loudly, since then there has been a different car each day. He is very vulnerable and lives with an 80 year old mother.

Maggiemaybe Mon 28-Dec-20 20:02:27

No worries, nadateturbe, I can see now where the misunderstanding came from. Great minds think alike, eh? tchsmile

Doodledog Mon 28-Dec-20 20:14:27

I think that the comments about people snooping are less about them looking out of their windows than about the fact that they are making a note of what the neighbours are doing, who they are doing it with and when they are doing it.

I echo those who say that you can only control your own life, and that getting upset about the behaviour of others is pointless, and I say this as someone who has not even been in a shop since March.