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T_i_B

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6. Some people may using the lockdown as a chance for a petty vendetta against neighbours

Reply to LeftishBrit (Reply #5)

Sat Apr 25, 2020, 07:32 AM

Apr 2020

One thing I've heard reports of (but thankfully not come across myself) is people reporting key workers to the police for the heinous crime of going to work. The fact that you don't need a uniform to be a key worker is clearly lost on some people.

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As to the Farcebook thing, I was watching "Harry Enfield and Chums" on Netflix last week and the Self Righteous Brothers sketches reminded me a LOT of how some people are behaving online at the moment. Lockdown is bad enough without that sort of petty judgmental nonsense!

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Coronavirus: Woman 'named and shamed' by neighbours on Facebook for not joining clap for carers [View all] T_i_B Apr 2020 OP

People, they're the worst! Thyla Apr 2020 #1

An apartment balcony is a good place to clap! T_i_B Apr 2020 #2

You don't need to be on top of others to clap... LeftishBrit Apr 2020 #4

That is what I do Soph0571 May 2020 #7

I'm waiting for the backlash... T_i_B May 2020 #8

She worries too much tazkcmo Apr 2020 #3

That's disgusting LeftishBrit Apr 2020 #5

Some people may using the lockdown as a chance for a petty vendetta against neighbours T_i_B Apr 2020 #6