 | Home > Off Topic > What the hell is wrong with some people? |
 
|
|
|
| ZeDefender Member Since: 15 Sep 2011 Location: Munich Posts: 4731   
|
I worked for a gardening/maintenance company for 6 months back in the 80s. We did pub grounds, supermarkets, council houses etc. cutting grass, sorting out rubbish heaps in gargens, cutting hedges etc. After just a few weeks, I came to the conclusion that certain people are just selfish, irresponsible and disgusting. I don't think even fear of the virus would change them
 Tell someone you love them today because life is short.
But shout it at them in German because life is also terrifying and confusing... |
||
14th Apr 2020 6:29am |
|
| Tim in Scotland Member Since: 23 May 2007 Location: The Land that time forgot Posts: 3753 
|
Coronavirus: Police stop family on 500-mile Lake District trip https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-52277535
I’m sorry but I have no sympathy for these idiots - a fine isn’t enough, their vehicles (this one plus any others their family own ) should.be removed from them and crushed, we are being too hands off with these idiots. Same should be done to the ex CMO for Scotland. Pangea Green D250 90 HSE with Air Suspension, Off-road Pack, Towing Pack, Black Contrast roof , rear recovery eyes, Front bash plate, Classic flaps all round, extended wheel arch kit and a few bits from PowerfulUK Expel Clear Gloss PPF to come 2020 D240 1st Edition in Pangea Green with Acorn interior. Now gone - old faithful, no mechanical issues whatsoever ever but the leaks and rattles all over the place won’t be missed! |
||
|
14th Apr 2020 7:54am |
|
| Joe the Plumber Member Since: 18 Dec 2013 Location: Midlands Posts: 907 
|
There was a report yesterday by a reporter out with a North Wales based police patrol car last Saturday. They stopped a chap on his motorbike near Llandudno out 'shopping', from his home in... Nottingham.
Of more immediate concern to me is Mr Oblivious in our Co-op this morning, who clearly had a different take on how long two metres is from my perception of it. I assume 2m = 2 feet...? Grrrrr.... |
||
|
14th Apr 2020 8:11am |
|
| Rashers Member Since: 21 Jun 2015 Location: Norfolk Posts: 3482  
|
Went to get some petrol for the lawn mower over the weekend and the BP is a M&S Simply Food so people buying food as well as fuel. The Guy in the front of the queue was oblivious to the poor woman on the till even though they had taped an area in front of the till. He didn’t seem to care where he was standing or how close. The lady on the till kept trying to keep her distance but was thwarted by the cigarette counter behind her.
I was quite shocked how little protection the lady in the petrol station was provided with. I thought they could have erected her a Perspex screen at the least. Sadly, there are still a proportion of the population who believe it won’t happen to them or they can take a tablet and get over it like a bad cold. I was having a discussion with a work colleague about Boris Johnson’s hospitalisation. He was saying how he is lucky that he will have the best Doctors and medication. He didn’t seem to understand that there is no medication, there is no magic bullet. Even if you are the Prime Minister or extremely rich. Money is of no use. It is a lottery. You maybe fast-tracked by the healthcare system, but there is still no better cure for you than the person who lives in social housing. |
||
|
14th Apr 2020 8:56am |
|
| 90 Dreamer Member Since: 13 Jul 2019 Location: Oop North Posts: 2138 
|
@Joe the Plumber , I have heard a good explanation of how to enforce the 2m "rule"
simply explain to them that its roughly 6ft in old money and thats the distance under the ground you may likely be |
||
|
14th Apr 2020 9:25am |
|
| Joe the Plumber Member Since: 18 Dec 2013 Location: Midlands Posts: 907
|
Good idea that. He was completely oblivious and didn't even bother to reply when I (fairly vigorously) pointed out the 2m rule. All he wanted was his fags!
|
||
|
14th Apr 2020 9:34am |
|
| keith Member Since: 15 Aug 2012 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 2211 
|
Joe
It’s not just your CO-OP. I Put a complaint in about the same thing in my CO-OP also last week and it’s still the same. Keith |
||
|
14th Apr 2020 10:01am |
|
| Joe the Plumber Member Since: 18 Dec 2013 Location: Midlands Posts: 907
|
Our Co-op have been absolutely magnificent to be honest. I've always appreciated them being there, but during this crisis, they're essential to our village, and the staff all deserve a massive bonus when it's over. They have staff on the door, signs and floor tape all over the place and have kept us fed (and even in beer - vital!) all through this.
The problem is the tiny proportion of people who shop there but can't seem to get the gravity of the current situation into their thick heads. Sorry for the rant. Given what has happened to so many decent people recently (my mum's cousin died of it two weeks back), anyone who could make it worse is not in my good books at all. |
||
|
14th Apr 2020 10:17am |
|
| discomog Member Since: 09 May 2015 Location: Notts/Lincs Border Posts: 2526 
|
I agree Joe. This crisis has brought out the very best in the majority of the British public but like everything else there is always a very small minority that go against the flow. As you say there is still a minority who either have no respect for others or do not grasp the gravity of the situation.
I just hope we do not lift our lock down too early as it looks like the Hokkaido region of Japan is facing a second waive having lifted sanctions. They have now just declared a state of emergency. Defender 90XS SW Mini Countryman Cooper S Morgan Plus 8 |
||
|
14th Apr 2020 10:39am |
|
| Tim in Scotland Member Since: 23 May 2007 Location: The Land that time forgot Posts: 3753
|
I have parents over 90 years old living close by and neighbours in a similar age group, they were behaving as if nothing was unusal until I declined to “fix” my Dads Kindle that he uses to download The Daily Mail. He would insist on standing over me Coughing and sneezing while trying to watch what I was doing . His short term memory is bad And despite me writing down how switch off the Kindle he somehow presses on The Daily Mail App and deletes it.......... then remembers that he should have done as he was told and de-power it. This has been going on for over a week until on Saturday when he phoned me to say that somehow he couldn’t get the App for the Daily Mail on the screen again............. so I told him I would not come down and fix it because he didn’t seem to understand that he has to keep 6 feet or 1 fathom away (he’s an ex seafarer he does understand a fathom!) even those in your family and we are trying not just to protect us but to protect YOU from the virus and that he is supposed to be staying in his house or very close to it until mid/late June...............
20 minutes later my door bell rings - it’s my Dad with his darned Kindle - Oh i thought it would be safer if I came to your house than if you walked down to ours............... Fortunately I have a large conservatory with lots of bifold doors so I told him give me the Kindle , go round the back of the house and sit in the conservatory and enjoy the sun and I’ll do the stuff on the Kindle in another room. I was 2minutes in the other room when the door opened “I just want to see what you are doing so I don’t have to keep getting you to fix it.....” I got very angry with him told him to take his Kindle and don’t come back, don’t touch the screen to switch it off as it will go into sleep mode just leave it plugged into the changer when you aren’t using it (I had fixed it in the 2 minutes) ............. This morning 1030 my door bell rings.............. I gave up I screamed at him to go home don’t ever bring the Kindle to me again go on line yourself on your PC or Laptop and Google how to fix the problem. Sometime you have to be cruel to be kind. My next door neighbours who are in their late 80’s were horrified! That was encouraging ing my Dad to come up to my house and gave me an earfull too! I hate treating my parents in this way but I finally seem to have got the message through - he has at long found the shortcuts to the paper on the PC and Laptop that I put on them about 5 weeks ago when the Kindle problem started........... somehow they got there by magic, I didn’t know that Kindle could “talk” to my PC and Laptop“.... Pangea Green D250 90 HSE with Air Suspension, Off-road Pack, Towing Pack, Black Contrast roof , rear recovery eyes, Front bash plate, Classic flaps all round, extended wheel arch kit and a few bits from PowerfulUK Expel Clear Gloss PPF to come 2020 D240 1st Edition in Pangea Green with Acorn interior. Now gone - old faithful, no mechanical issues whatsoever ever but the leaks and rattles all over the place won’t be missed! |
||
|
14th Apr 2020 11:47am |
|
| Joe the Plumber Member Since: 18 Dec 2013 Location: Midlands Posts: 907
|
Sometimes you have to be cruel to be Kindle....
My mum's central heating pump expired on Sunday and I 'm fitting her a new one tomorrow. I can guarantee, given the chance, she'll be looking over my shoulder all the time! |
||
|
14th Apr 2020 12:48pm |
|
| Procta Member Since: 03 Dec 2016 Location: Sunderland Posts: 5145
|
yeah i know you were not having a go at asda or their employees,  its the irresponsible selfish customer, i used to work for asda so i have had fare share of irresponsible, selfish, and nasty customers. Defender TD5 90 ---/--- Peugeot 306 HDI hatch back
Success is 90% Inspiration and 4 minutes Preparation # you can make it! |
||
|
14th Apr 2020 1:03pm |
|
| Procta Member Since: 03 Dec 2016 Location: Sunderland Posts: 5145
|
I got some sad news late last night, that one of my work mates has died of this virus,
Defender TD5 90 ---/--- Peugeot 306 HDI hatch back
Success is 90% Inspiration and 4 minutes Preparation # you can make it! |
||
|
14th Apr 2020 1:08pm |
|
| shaggydog Member Since: 12 Aug 2012 Location: Kent Posts: 3347 
|
Very sad to hear that Procta you have my sympathies. Running Restoration Thread http://www.defender2.net/forum/post323197.html#323197
Self confessed mileage hunter  |
||
|
14th Apr 2020 4:25pm |
|
|
|
| All times are GMT |
< Previous Topic | Next Topic > |
Posting Rules
|
Site Copyright © 2006-2024 Futuranet Ltd & Martin Lewis
