I live in a village on the edge of a town, surrounded by countryside and a golf course. People are using it as an area where they can get away with not social distancing. I'm up and on a run every morning at 7am and there's nobody about, then I'll take the dog for a walk around mid day (golf course currently closed) and there's kids on bikes, there's young people sat on the grass banks who clearly are not of the same household and, yes, believe it or not, i even see middle aged individuals going on 'socially distanced walks' whatever the fuck that is. It's complete bollocks to even begin thinking that the country will recover within the next year. The F&B industry is on it's knees and the the furlough scheme is going to bleed the tax payers dry in the months and years to come.robbocricket wrote: ↑Wed May 13, 2020 10:12 pmI go out and do daily exerise every day. I never see 'countless kids on bikes' or 'groups of people walking together'. I see plenty of families out and about which is allowed. If what you are saying is what you see all the time then you must be living in a city
Suggesting that 'strict enforcement' is in play in the supermarkets is laughable. They can paint as many arrows on the floor and ave as many designated queuing areas as they like, the fact of the matter is people do not adhere to these rules and the staff are some of the worst culprits, standing, chatting and completely forgetting these strictly enforced policies as you have pointed out...robbocricket wrote: ↑Wed May 13, 2020 10:12 pmYou can walk straight into the main supermarkets most times of the day - limited numbers are allowed in at a time and strict enforcement of keeping your distance if you do have to queue outside. Inside more strict enforcement not least when queuing up to pay.
I will agree with you that a lot of the country are doing their best to self isolate, myself and no doubt yourself included, but I'm not having a 99.9% stat thrown out there so carelessly, because that's fascicle. I don't suffer from anxiety but shopping in these supermarkets at the moment is causing me and my Mrs a psychological meltdown. Idiots walking the wrong way, people being rude and parents taking their kids with them?? Granted this isn't the case in all supermarkets and certain times are worse than others, but it's not going to improve.
You're British, and yet you fail to see that a large portion of the younger, middle aged and older generations in this country are privileged, entitled and completely oblivious to the repercussions of not sticking to the rules. I know 60% or maybe even 70% are doing their best, but the rest are fucking this up! Do you really think it's by accident that we're one of the worst effected countries in Europe?robbocricket wrote: ↑Wed May 13, 2020 10:12 pmI will ignore your nonsensical comment as to 'Brits' being 'entitled and arrogant' (whatever that means) with the population being some 60 odd million