Tips for Combating the 'Dunkirk Spirit' and 'Blitz Mentality'

[jim8flog]

Should I have inwardly smiled or got angry?

I was in the check out queue this morning leaving a good gap between myself and the guy in front of me. He kept turning round trying to close the gap and have a chat. I could not step back because the lady behind was so close to me that her handbag was nearly going to a place that a handbag would not be welcome.

 

[Kellfire]

Should I have inwardly smiled or got angry?

I was in the check out queue this morning leaving a good gap between myself and the guy in front of me. He kept turning round trying to close the gap and have a chat. I could not step back because the lady behind was so close to me that her handbag was nearly going to a place that a handbag would not be welcome.

Just politely remind them advice is two metres and then cough up some phlegm if they don’t listen.

 

[Swinglowandslow]

Read a few replies and I'm not surprised by the older gen doing what they are doing. If I were in my 80s and played golf 3 or 4 times a week eevry week and someone told me, sorry you can't do that now or you might die, then I'd probably take my chances.

Did anyone hear David Blunkett on the radio on Monday, that was his attitude, said if he was confined to his home it would probably kill him mentally first.

Jeez, it's not about him taking a chance, he is putting other people at risk of losing their life. Can't spell it out any clearer.
To be sure in the last war you were not allowed to put others at risk.
Show a light and you were sorted etc.
Stay in your house and have a bomb drop on it and kill you, well that's just you killed isn't it?
But we , here and now, are not in that sort of fight. If you get ill, you strain the system. And then the system might break, and many then die.
For Gods sake ...think

 

[Deleted member 21258]

Thought I would update my previous post, For me, it appears the text and then the follow up visit and her listening to a bit more of the news, is a 'current success'.

Mum decided to almost cut all social meetings and cancelled her haircut and not going to clubs. To try to protect herself, if the virus appears close to home.

Good news in some ways but not great for her by way of decent exercise and socialising.

I wish you all well and success with all your loved ones, testing times and some hard choices to be made.

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

Mrs H reports this morning from MiLs that she still doesn't get it and can't imagine that she's not going to be able to meet and speak with her 85+yr old friends for maybe 3 months. yes I know - at the moment there is nothing actually stopping her from doing that whilst maintain their distance from each other - but...

Anyway - told my wife to tell MiL that she can call Mrs T (her best buddy) and they can arrange to meet down the village rec. MiL can sit on one bench and Mrs T can sit on the next - a good 6 ft apart and they can have their wee chat.

At least they won't be tempted to be hanging over each other sharing the next nonsense gif or meme that's pinged through on their social media.

 

[fundy]

Not sure if anyone is having the same issues as I am trying to keep an older relative home and safe. This is just not in the mentality of that generation. I cannot get through to my mum that you cannot just keep going on as normal, not giving in and not letting it grind you down. This is one battle that she cannot win with a plucky attitude and a can-do spirit, she has to hide away from it to a certain extent, to run away and she is finding that hard to accept.

Anyone got any help or tips on trying to keep active older relatives home and safe when it is the last thing that they want to do.

my Dad and his wife got on the plane and went to Portugal on saturday! "its only serious for older people", doesnt matter how many times i tell him he is "older" he wont accept it!

seems like theyll be fine whilst out there, not sure the trip home will be much fun, I for one will be mighty relieved when theyre home saturday night!

 

[Wolf]

my Dad and his wife got on the plane and went to Portugal on saturday! "its only serious for older people", doesnt matter how many times i tell him he is "older" he wont accept it!

seems like theyll be fine whilst out there, not sure the trip home will be much fun, I for one will be mighty relieved when theyre home saturday night!

He sounds like my dad.. My old man is 75 this year will he stay home and listen no he won't, bit like the fact he is mutton in one ear from years of site working and needs a hearing aid response is " they're for old people and so is isolation" try to explain he is in the older generation he answers "I'm only 74, I can still run, play golf 3 x a week and bench press my age so im not old". I admit he is a fit old boy and strong but he forgets my mum has more ailments than a Dr's journal and suffers from diabetes and lung problems, but he ain't old so he doesn't have to listen ?

 

[fundy]

He sounds like my dad.. My old man is 75 this year will he stay home and listen no he won't, bit like the fact he is mutton in one ear from years of site working and needs a hearing aid response is " they're for old people and so is isolation" try to explain he is in the older generation he answers "I'm only 74, I can still run, play golf 3 x a week and bench press my age so im not old". I admit he isba fit old boy and strong but he forgets my mum has more ailments than a Dr's journal and suffers from diabetes and lung problems, but he ain't old so he doesn't have to listen ?

mine was 75 this year! mainly fit and healthy thankfully, lets hope it stays like that, probably due to the 200+ rounds of golf he plays each year