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Went to town to get meds, busy, no one wearing masks or keeping a distance. Awful. Massive queue at my pharmacy going out the door, no space being kept. Went home.
No toilet roll even in the corner shops or Wilko. I'm gonna end up dead for fuckin shit tickets.
No toilet roll even in the corner shops or Wilko. I'm gonna end up dead for fuckin shit tickets.
This is why being a recluse isn't so bad during these times. My daily lifestyle hasn't really been affected at all. I work from home, I have a home gym, I always get my shopping delivered, I've even been cutting my hair for the past 10+ years (pretty damn good at it now).
I live in a new development and lots of houses (including next door) are still being built. Loads of builders and contractors everywhere. In groups and all packed into small new builds.
Pretty sure companies like Taylor Wimpey would get houses built even if the country was literally on fire.
Pretty sure companies like Taylor Wimpey would get houses built even if the country was literally on fire.
Based on what happened in China and general views on long-term confinement, divorce rates and break-ups are the more likely things to expect. There are economic worries for most people despite confinement and one of the leading causes for most people breaking up is after all economic uncertainty.
Yeah, i was saying they are irresponsible and that i'm annoyed with them. This is something that effects the elderly the most and yet they just won't help themselves, it's kind of amazing in an infuriating way. My neighbours (in their 70's) only didn't go on their cruise because it was cancelled.
Managed to get part of the season ticket for my annual commute refunded. It's such a rip-off. A season ticket is already discounted at a price of 12 months for the price of 10. However, when calculating refunds, they look at how many days you've used against the ticket at the normal price. This means that if you only have three months left on it, you get very, very little back as it's front-loaded- they claim that last 2 months is of no value rather than proportionately across the ticket. That's a crazy way of calculating it when I pay thousands of pounds a year on train travel.
The UK is heading for one of the worst crisis in the world. I'm convinced of it
https://news.sky.com/story/coronavi...rs-fail-to-observe-social-distancing-11962213
https://news.sky.com/story/coronavi...rs-fail-to-observe-social-distancing-11962213
That's not really true is it. Do some people not understand that not everyone can work from home and the alternative to using public transport is walking for hours.
Dude wtf
I get the public is being stupid...but those pics aint even that crowded for a train and may all be essential workers
Posts like this don't help but spread panic lol
Someone else on there might be thinking why is this lady on the train...not knowing she is a doctor and an essential worker etc etc
My point remains. There clearly isnt enough transport being provided to get the key workers to work with some space between them. Bus and train drivers in London are behind glass and in their own compartments, so their safety is relatively preserved.
Also add to this the footage from the weekend of people flooding pubs, parks and having parties.
Also add to this the footage from the weekend of people flooding pubs, parks and having parties.
I'm not even sure what this "avoid travel unless it's essential means"
Do they think people are getting on public transport at 7am because they want to?
I doubt anyone wants to do it but they have no choice.
Cutting tube services doesn't seem to have been the best thing to do. Yes commuter numbers are down but there still are enough which means during rush hour less transport will be busy transport.
Maybe companies that still require in house employees change working hours so people can get in at 10-11.
Getting really fucking tired of going to the supermarket taking 4 times as long because people just stop and chat in the middle of isles. Then cough on my arm when I'm waiting for people to move so I can actually walk down an isle.
My whole family works in the health service (NHS and council) and we are trying to keep key workers healthy. Why the fuck aren't the supermarkets taking this seriously, limiting numbers of people entering/queuing at a distance.
I live in two completely different worlds at the moment, one within the health service and one in the general public.
This country is such a joke.
My whole family works in the health service (NHS and council) and we are trying to keep key workers healthy. Why the fuck aren't the supermarkets taking this seriously, limiting numbers of people entering/queuing at a distance.
I live in two completely different worlds at the moment, one within the health service and one in the general public.
This country is such a joke.
I need some antibiotics at the moment, but I'm fucking terrified of going near the pharmacy.
Might have to get my wife to collect for me as she's currently healthy.
There's a toy shop near me that have marked out 2 meter spaces on the floor to stand in and are limiting numbers in the store. Supermarkets on the other hand are even making NHS workers queue shoulder to shoulder to get in for their "early opening hour". Utter stupidity.
how does he know they are all not on the keyworker list? He seems entitled
Live feeds from the Commons talking about policing/stockpiling/supply chain now-
I drove past a retail park just after lunch. A relatively paltry 15 cars in the queue for mucky D's stretching back out to the main road then 50 people in a queue outside B&Q.
Damn right it is. You look on twitter responses to pics like these and people have the nerve to call people selfish for traveling on public transport.
Yeah.
It's maddening to see pics like that, but the people using those services are likely to be just as annoyed/worried about it as anyone else.
Well there are still people that can't work from home or are not being allowed to and cutting the train services has meant that more people are cramming into fewer carriages.
times of daily briefings
Coronavirus UK: What time is Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s press conference today?
Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to update the public on new Covid-19 social gathering restrictions. But when is Boris's speech today? When is the next coronavirus update?
www.lbc.co.uk
Coronavirus UK: What time is Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s press conference today?
Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to update the public on new Covid-19 social gathering restrictions. But when is Boris's speech today? When is the next coronavirus update?
I wish they would just start at a specific time.
Felt sorry for the presenter on BBC yesterday as they'd been on air for a good hour and a bit before anyone emerged - kept on having to tell viewers that the statement is expected 'shortly'.
Yeah, I agree, when you've already ballparked them at 'anywhere between 4 and 6', I don't know why it's so hard to just say '5pm weekdays, 2.30pm weekends'.
They are probably doing the broadcasts after an all day meeting, which would mean they can only go out and announce when everything has been discussed and agreed for that day.
Just got told that the store I work in is finally shutting down because of the virus. We're apparently gonna still get paid, which is nice. I have to travel an hour and a half to two hours to get to work. It's gonna be good to isolate, I have a bunch of great flatmates so I'm luckier than most. Just hope I still have a job when this all blows over.
"You got to give the good news, only fair if you give the grim stuff too'
It's a catch 22 situation I feel.
The less public transport is available the more crowded each bus/train will be, and the more they are running it might make people feel travel is alright.
Jobseekers allowance online sign up page has been down all day it seems like. I wonder if we will ever get numbers of how many are now unemployed in this country due to this virus...
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Went for a jog to get out and there was so many oldies down the canal out and about as normal
Just feel there is mixed messages. Sadiq Khan is telling Londerners not to travel to work but its not quite that simple. Some people need to work and don't have a choice but to go to work.
Unless the government are going to tell all business to shut down and people will still have a job I don't see how you stop people travelling.
They are still out buying lottery tickets...yet they've probably got more chance of dying of COVID-19.
Yea additionally that 80% income pledge is still very unclear to the actual workers because it depends on the employers applying for it, and it doesn't say whether the employers will cover the cost until they get paid by the government next month or if the employers will make the workers wait until then.
303 deaths in England now
+46 on yesterday.
Just seen this on Twitter. I'm not sure about the rest of the U.K.
edit: UK is at 335
+46 on yesterday.
Just seen this on Twitter. I'm not sure about the rest of the U.K.
edit: UK is at 335
It's bad times when you see nearly 50 people died in a day and I'm slightly relieved it's not higher
Phone your GP, maybe they are like mine and doing telephone only appts? or phone NHS111 but the lines are probably clogged