Forum menu
He announced this to me yesterday. "it's my birthday on Sunday and I'm having a few friends round for three or four hours. Will this disturb you?" "what about lockdown?" said I. "I know but only a few people."
"somebody might call the police if there's a big gathering in the garden" (they're Romanian and are big on bbqs). "no. Not in garden. In house."
I said "it's up to you"
WWSTW do? I know it seems obvious but I'm a bit afraid of dobbing them in as he has some big, scary looking mates.
id just mind my own business
I'd just leave 'em to it personally, sounds like he's at least trying to be considerate.
Leave him to it but keep well away from him for a few days.
& we wonder why wev'e had lockdown after lockdown.
Just leave them to it. I’m honestly past caring what other people are doing. Just let the idiots get on with being idiots
Agree with all of the above. My BiL is house hunting at the moment. He’s allowed to wander around a strangers house whilst they’re at home. Then the next interested party do the same, then the next etc. It takes the piss when people can’t even visit their own families or meet outside properly.
Just let people get on with it and do the best you can to protect yourself and your loved ones. I’ve barely left the house since last March and still managed to catch Covid twice. **** knows how
Our neighbor, single man, has at least 4 mates round as I type, drinking and karaoke by the sounds of it. Nob!
Ignore it. It’s not ideal but I’m way past worrying about what others are doing at the moment.
Thanks. I can't be arsed.
Here's an example of how stupid he is.
He has a wife and a 5yr old son. In November last year he suffered an MI at work which led to cardiac arrest. He was treated promptly and survived. He still smokes like a bastard.
So reasoning with him is futile.
Ignore it and let idiots be idiots.
Ignore him. Don't get close to him or the rest of the family for a fortnight.
Go ride your bike.
Sounds like a dose of covid would solve your neighbour problem permanently.
Good advice from all the above I reckon.
Just avoid any interaction with him for a while.
Nicotine is very addictive. A neighbour of ours carried on smoking after surgery to remove tumours from both her lungs. She passed away from a recurrence of the cancer. She wasn't stupid, she was addicted.
But as to the main point, I think I would just leave them to it. You could call the police, but it could end up with a lot of stress later.
Go round with some booze and a birthday present? Let your hair down.
Numbers might be coming down, but thousand of people are still catching this deadly disease every day, and hundreds are dying every day. We may have become insensitive to it, but behaviour like that is causing people to die. If you saw somebody drink driving, would you just ignore it?
3 or 4 folk I would ignore. 20+ I would dob them in.
He's been polite and checked that it's not going to disturb you. Live and let live. TBF if you took Covid out of the equation he seems pretty sound.
Show him a picture of your bruise and tell him it's a Covid side effect... That'll learn him 😉
Just leave them to it. I’m honestly past caring what other people are doing. Just let the idiots get on with being idiots
+1.
Oh & Darwin - F him.
(Remember to stay out of the idiots way too!)
My immediate neighbours, one of whom is a consultant at Addenbrookes Hospital, have been having dinner parties, soirees etc since day 1 of CV-19 - they had 50 people over for a 50th birthday party last year and people are always round for dinner / drinks. They are openly indifferent to the whole social isolation thing and just ignore it. Did annoy me at first, now completely used to it.
Would you feel comfortable explaining to a doctor or nurse who has spent the last year dealing with covid in ITU that it’s ok to have a party, because the guy is normally polite?
I would report it. If it was my own family I’d report it. I’m trying my best to make sure my wife who is medically vulnerable doesn’t catch it and I’ve no time for these selfish morons. They’ll be the first to complain if lockdown is extended and too stupid to realise that it people like them who are causing the issue to be prolonged.
If this was last year or 6 months ago, most of you would have been up in arms about such ludicrous behaviour.
Last time I checked on the news Covid hadn’t gone away and it’s still as shit out there.
I’m sure the three people who died (that I knew) and the thousands of others would love the fact that your utterly selfish neighbour is having a party.
A lot of you blame the government - look a bit closer !
You know the right thing to do...
My immediate neighbours, one of whom is a consultant at Addenbrookes Hospital, have been having dinner parties, soirees etc since day 1 of CV-19 – they had 50 people over for a 50th birthday party last year and people are always round for dinner / drinks. They are openly indifferent to the whole social isolation thing and just ignore it. Did annoy me at first, now completely used to it.
I would report to Police and inform the hospital they work at too. Monumental bellendery from someone who should no better and should be setting an example.
Well it is wrong, it should not happen and it should be reported.
But we are human and all the small indiscretions and bending of the rules slowly become normal.
We get tired of reacting to it, we slowly give up. It washes over us. Soon we cant give a Fk.
Lots of things in life end up like this. So do what you feel works for you. You are not responsible for his behaviour, only your behaviour. My actions in a similar situation wouldn't depend on what others think. I can only suggest you do the same.
Report.
APF
There have been plenty of medical staff who haven't been observing the rules for the entirety of the pandemic. Numerous emails at the Trust I work at reminding people to observe social distancing etc. after people had been observed not doing so.
When local lockdowns/restrictions happen (and they will because the whole country will not move at the same rate) - it will be the fault of the people who fail to report others when their area ends up behind adjacent areas.
It’s only half a dozen folk? No it’s half a dozen folk who all obviously don’t give a shit about the regs - so those people were probably not behaving sensibly last week and won’t next week either - if each of them gets covid at that party and goes to some other event and passes it on - suddenly you have a mini outbreak.
If you are comfortable that your area might be restricted more than others in a few weeks time then ignore it. You can anonymously report, presumably there are multiple neighbours who could report.
Don't report.
Sounds like a Grade A tossbag.
Hopefully karma will get the idiot, some people just don’t get it, or maybe because of this....he’ll end up getting it. We’re all responsible for our own actions
He's not unusual. Plenty of people have just given up, or think vaccination is going to solve everything instantly. Hopefully this won't mean another wave or the easy proliferation of a resistant strain which ****s the summer up for everyone, but hey ho.
A lot of you blame the government – look a bit closer !
You know the right thing to do…
Another insurection?
I'm not sure I can be bothered.
That's really Boris's great gift to the nation innit, Bungling, bastard fatigue and the ultimate form of national apathy...
I fully expect legislation in place soon so that we'll be able to just signal "continued acceptance of the current lot" at the next GE with a shrug. To vote for Kier's crew you'll have to perform an elaborate dance involving swords, fire and an ocelot...
I used to care about stuff, now I figure this is what the great unwashed really wanted all along; a light telling off every few months by a sort of bumbling, half interested headmasterly PM, and then to carry on living their best insta-life as we slide into the apocalypse...
OP: I vote you take round the gift of a Molotov cocktail at midnight, it's the best way to kick off purge night...
I'd report it as soon as I heard it happening.
As for the Addenbrookes situation- Holy Cow! What kind of people are they? I'd be straight on the phone the moment I was aware they were at it again.
Do they have kids that will be going to school next week and potentially spreading Covid after a family gathering. Not the kids fault but the parents are being very selfish.
This is why we keep having lockdown after lockdown.
People are so stupid and selfish. I'd report them. If you don't report them you're as bad as them for potentially spreading Covid.
I have to go into work next week with a class full of kids. I'd like to think their households have been obiding the rules but I have no idea how many have had party's or family gatherings.
Leave them be , in the grand scheme of things it wont make much difference. At least he asked you. Asking on a forum of mountainbikers 70 % of whom dont really ride much isn't a great platform for advice.
in the grand scheme of things it wont make much difference
Unless one of them spreads covid and kills someone...
in the grand scheme of things it wont make much difference
In isolation, probably not. But repeat this country-wide, then yes, it will be a massive problem. A problem that we're all sick and tired of hearing about. Report and crack down on this shitty behaviour.
RE the Addenbrookes thing: I've been there a couple of times since the first lockdown last year and will be back there in a couple of weeks. It's frankly a terrifying place right now - just as stuffy as ever despite the airborne pandemic. It's disappointing that a consultant would be getting away with living the kind of lifestyle that put all his/her patients at risk.
Romanian you say, have you not seen "Taken 2" (or maybe it was 3 or 4), unless Liam Neeson lives with you, say nothing and keep your head down. Gun toting loons the lot of then 🙂
I'd be phoning too, or its a slap in the face to the nurses and doctors who've been trying to cope with this pandemic.
But if you hear a commotion outside, dont go out 😆
Go the other way and advertise it.
A few A4 posters stapled to poles saying:
"John Smiths's Birthday party, 7pm, 123 King Street. All welcome, BYO!"
In my view, you've nothing to lose now because as you’ve mentioned it already to them if anyone calls the cops you’ll be the prime suspect. Just call them.
On the flip side I know what it’s like to live with neighbours who “apparently accidentally” make your life a misery if they decide they don’t like you. It may be best to ensure the rest of your street knows about this and is on your side, it’d help deflect the heat if they knew others were upset about this, strength in numbers etc.
I fully expect legislation in place soon so that we’ll be able to just signal “continued acceptance of the current lot” at the next GE with a shrug. To vote for Kier’s crew you’ll have to perform an elaborate dance involving swords, fire and an ocelot…
That got a resigned chuckle of agreement from me.
There's a lot arguments for reporting him while the party is happening. I wouldn't hesitate to report someone who told me he was about to go out drink driving or was going to beat up his wife. Probably won't affect personally, but might save someone's life.
I wouldn't report it ahead if the event. You might be the only person he told.
This is why we keep having lockdown after lockdown.
No, no it’s not. Stop moving the blame from the government to the populous. It’s exactly what Johnson and his cronies want you to do.
We keep having lockdowns as we have an incompetent government who reacted slowly and put useless systems in place.
All measures and calculations will allow some rule breaking in the numbers, because that’s what people do.