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Anyone nervous about lockdown restrictions ending?

Kit McDaydream

So Boris is gonna make a speech on Sunday about lifting some restrictions. Anyone nervous about what this will mean for expectations to return to daily struggle of 'fitting in' and going out.

I hope the 'bubble thing' happens but is more restrictive than 10 or clearly not more than 2 households (regardless of how many live in each household - my closest family members also live alone so technically that's only 3 of us)  so I can see close family without the expectations of having to meet up socially again with other 'acquaintances'?  (who want to see me more than I want to see them)

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  • Since the beginning of lockdown most people’ve been observing social distancing rule in Tesco but yesterday was different - some people just didn’t bother anymore. 

    On my last walk I’ve noticed more people and some of them didn’t bother to keep distance.

    And my neighbours started openly visiting each other. Few weeks ago they were mostly standing and talking to each other outside in the middle of the street.

    I understand that people are fed up but it stresses me out.

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  • Since the beginning of lockdown most people’ve been observing social distancing rule in Tesco but yesterday was different - some people just didn’t bother anymore. 

    On my last walk I’ve noticed more people and some of them didn’t bother to keep distance.

    And my neighbours started openly visiting each other. Few weeks ago they were mostly standing and talking to each other outside in the middle of the street.

    I understand that people are fed up but it stresses me out.

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  • in reply to Ladybird

    While shopping yesterday, I had the opposite experience in Fultans. 

    Although my local Waitrose & Aldi have implemented social distancing very formally and effectively,  with uniformed security guards only letting one person in when one comes out, and they have long queues of shoppers outside standing many metres apart.

    Fultans are different,  they have few customers and only a poster on an outside window stating a one in,  one out policy.  Yesterday when I arrived there was a couple outside arguing whether or not to go in, they were waiting for someone to leave the shop.  I walked straight in.  Inside there was nobody at the tills and only three customers in the whole store.  The reason nobody was leaving was because the place was almost empty.  

    When I finished my shopping and left, the couple finally walked in, very nervously.