Why dont people understand the words ‘stay at home’ !

Im in sheltered housing, today we had a letter pushed through the letterbox re the coronavirus telling us what we can and cannot do. A bit late in the day when people here have been going out and chatting with each other in close proximity, and having visitors call on them!

Wi by, Why have they ? It’s been made pretty clear on the news for days.

sandelf,my daughter gave me the same advice.Our next door neighbour has just telephoned to tell us that another neighbour has told him that if he doesn’t abide by the rules they will be reporting him.

In India, apparently, the police are hitting people's legs with an iron bar if they are caught away from home, and if it happens a second time, they are threatened with being shot

Wibby, for goodness sake, do they not read or watch the TV?

Whilst it is not nice to think about report neighbours. This is serious , why should they think the rules don’t apply to them?

Fiachna50, I’m not exactly being a nosy neighbour spying on my neighbours! I am sitting reading next to my floor-to-ceiling window, so cannot help but notice when a neighbour drives past, especially as there should be hardly anyone driving past as we live in a cul-de-sac.

Wherever I was reading people were threatened with being shot if found outside.

A police commissioner has urged neighbours not to “snitch” on each other if they break new rules imposed after the coronavirus outbreak.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-52022986

What he's suggesting is that people have the guts to address the issue themselves:

Anthony Stansfeld, police and crime commissioner for the Thames Valley, said people could politely express disapproval instead.

I think when a farmer did that because hundreds of people were walking in the Peak District, he got badly beaten up.

I hope that people are reporting rule-breakers to the police and not just on here. No, it's not safe to openly 'express disapproval', anyway, we're staying indoors.

I feel perfectly justified in reporting (online or by ringing 101) those who are presenting a threat to my family members. Let's face it - they may be using the respirators that we'll be denied, soon, when demand exceeds supply.

For those doing shopping for others, instead of being an “on call” service, I suggest you get the list weekly.

Once the shop is done, it’s done.

Going to the store so often is dangerous for us all right now.

As for some grans I know who “find it too hard to be away from grand children” and complain so much that the grand children are brought over, at the risk to all involved, I have no words. Pointlessly selfish

Spying on neighbours? Reporting them to the police?

The sort of people that are breaking the rules are not worth accosting; our local police said it's best to avoid trouble. We do have a local facebook page where we can warn people about dangerous driving etc. Someone phoned me today and told me I HAD to post a message she was giving me through my next door neighbours letter box. I told her I was self isolating as much as possible and didn't want to do it. She got very irate. Thankfully I found my neighbours phone number and phoned them.

The MP son of Neil Kinnock, the former Labour leader, has been publicly shamed by police for “non-essential” travel during the coronavirus lockdown after going to celebrate his father’s 78th birthday.
Stephen Kinnock, the MP for Aberavon in South Wales, posted a picture of himself sitting on a chair outside his parents’ London home, adhering to guidelines to stay two metres apart, as they marked the occasion with his wife, the former prime minister of Denmark, Helle Thorning-Schmidt.

I think birthday celebrations will be courtesy of Facetime, WhatsApp etc this time for us.

But the Kinnocks obviously think that the rules don't apply to them now they have gone up in the world.

Mr Kinnock Snr was also an EU Commissioner, so one of the elite.

For those doing shopping for others, instead of being an “on call” service, I suggest you get the list weekly.

My sister is a carer to old people in the area.

She visits about 10 or 11 during the week

She can't get all the shopping at once because there's a limit to how much she can purchase at one time

She got accosted by some woman the other day accusing her of panic buying

Not nice

If you ring the police to complain that your neighbour has gone out more than once, they will take no action because they have more than enough to do with normal policing. You will have added unnecessary time to the telephone operator's workload when they could have been dealing with an actual crime. Please respect the Police Commissioner's advice .

A neighbour rang our doorbell today and my partner went to open the door. I just stood there screaming 'don't open the door; ask him what he wants from inside'. I then made him wash the doorbell with bleach.

You won't be touching the doorbell, will you?

People tend to ring the bell and then retreat down the path if they want to speak to us.

I'll tell you why people break the rules - because they read in the paper that hundreds of people a day are still flying on regular flights into Heathrow from places like China, New York and even Iran; the later 2 definitely still hotspots of infection. If the government can't be bothered to stop things like that, why shouldn't people think they can go out for a walk or in their car more than once a day!

He really was just behind the door and not moving. I still don't know what he wanted! I don't know who I'm most annoyed with; the neighbour or the fact that my partner was happy to open the door. He should have learned from when I went ballistic at him for letting someone stroke the dog the other week!

Quizqueen, Those people who refuse to do what the rules say just because of something else happening sound pretty darn selfish to me.

Don't ring your local police numbe

Ring 101 . Advice from my MP (email). Police do want to know who is not following the guidelines.