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RichardB posted an update 4 years, 1 month ago
Okay, so there’s danger in crowds. So let’s escape from the crowded city and go to the seaside, or the country………where we will crowd out the beaches and the cafés and the ice-cream stands…
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That is what has happened here, Richard, and now the beaches and coastal paths are closed.
WTF is so hard to understand about social distancing? It drives me bonkers to see how people behave. I have a very large personal space zone at the best of times, which is serving me well. I have become adept at managing my supermarket trolley to keep people at a distance.
We’ve a very popular chippy in our harbour. It, and every other food place in the village had switched to take out/delivery only, which seemed doable for keeping them in business. But there were so many tourists day-tripping or holiday-house-visiting at the weekend that the chippy queue went down the street, meaning that they’ve had to take the decision to close completely rather than risk their workers (& locals). It profoundly sucks for them and for the community that a bunch of bloody idiots treating it all as a holiday have jeopardised both locals’ health & a family business. Grrr
This emergency really does seem to be bringing out the worst in people – and I don’t just mean stupidity. MrsB relayed to me today a news item she’d found on-line, to the effect that refuse collectors are reporting a 30% increase in food waste, some of it still in its packaging. To spell it out, this means that the bastard hoarders are not only cleaning out the shelves of non-perishable items, they’re buying excessive amounts of perishable stuff that they can’t even eat in time, thus depriving those who are not so selfish and ruthless of even more food. This is utterly despicable behaviour.