Nos89 wrote: ↑Thu Apr 09, 2020 2:58 amThe bit I don't understand about the lockdown is that the parks are still open and free to walk around, and if you've got friends or family working in retail you can go and visit them in the shop they are working with, along with any tom, dick or harry, yet cannot visit them in the safety and sanctity of their home.
Driving to and from work I've see more people walking, running and cycling around spitting openly (especially those exercising) and nothing happens. Yet, you can get pulled up for visiting a healthy relative or friend. Does not make sense. Close the parks, close all shops for 14 days.
Also, tensions are beginning to build up in supermarkets between customers and staff as social distancing is becoming a problem. I think this weekend is gonna be completely shit for shop workers, especially when the Easter eggs run out. There is only a certain amount of abuse shop workers can take before it all kicks off.
I too am expecting it to kick off this weekend over here - most of the year we would usually pray for good weather like we are having at the mo, but getting this weather on a bank holiday weekend is gonna cause bedlam with compliance. This weekend the cops will be out in force and last night's news showed clips of the strategy in action, and it is gonna cause some serious confrontations on the roads imo. I usually have a lot of sympathy with people when it comes to complying with this lockdown, but on this occasion I do feel that a €2500 fine is nowhere near high enough for these selfish b.astards when (not if) they ignore the staying at home bit and pile into the car to go away for the weekend or day - I'm not necessarily saying that the finish line is in sight, but at this stage I would say that we are a lot nearer to it now, so if we get a setback now and have to start all over again, it will destroy the country and imo ensure that we would be in lockdown for many months to come.