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[BostonFernGreen]

This is beyond the pale. Where’s the kindness here? I know being a hermit isn’t fun. But none of us should be focussed on fun now. We need to pull out all of the stops to protect each other.

How can a public figure, in good conscience, expose the poor restaurant workers to risk. The evidence is clear - we are infectious before the symptoms and many people totally asymptomatic.

I have friends who work as restaurant staff and they’re petrified and feel obliged to go to work but they don’t feel good about it and nor should they.

This for me is the final example I need to see that this person is not kind or considerate. This person is all about self promotion and looking cool and in this instance it’s at great cost to goodness knows how many people.

Nurses and doctors are literally going to war and leaving their families behind to protect them. I know it isn’t fun for small businesses but that’s the reason many of us do not go into small business despite fantasising about it - it is incredibly risky!!! We can all help those people get back on their feet and the government must protect them. Mail them a check for the price of a burger if you’re that worried. But honestly to encourage people to socialise is sick.

Im sure I sound over dramatic! But I promise promise prevention is the name of the game here for the individual xxx

 

[Jelly Bean]

Completely agree. As @rosemarina said ask them to make the food into a takeaway even if they don't normally. Or even just go and keep quiet about it - it is the promoting it as a good idea for everyone to do that seems so wrong. I know she thinks she is helping a struggling business but there are different ways.
Even pay the restaurant to deliver food to a shelter or refuge, or to night staff at the hospital.

 

[AdoraDelano]

The government advice is also to avoid contact with your own family if possible. We're not sure whether to go round mums house for Sunday dinner this week for that reason. I do worry that small businesses will disappear but we have to hope the government will support them and we can go to time again once the worst of this is over.

 

[zcfthc5]

Another wannabe beauty influencer was also doing the twee 'oo look what a good person i am supporting local buisness by me turning up'. Its bleeping immoral and I hope the guardian let her go for being so bleeping crass.

My final year medical student friends are terrified, they are both asthmatic. Final years live in hospital accommodation (which the virus would rip through) far away from their regular university hospitals. They are scared they will be stuck in these hospitals, rather than being sent to work in hospitals near where their families live.

The best possible outcome is that we look back and think 'oh that wasnt too terrible', to which old SH would claim she knew would be like this, keep calm and influence on and that nanas know best.

 

[Jelly Bean]

Didn't she call Stanley Johnson an 'utter wally' (not saying he isn't btw) for going on This Morning and saying people should still go to pubs?
That Busby and Wild place is a pub.

 

[ProudNose]

It looks like she took out the slides. Unfortunately she didn't tell Lauren to do the same (Facepalm). Hubby promoted the resto on Twitter as well.

 

[zcfthc5]

Didn't she call Stanley Johnson an 'utter wally' (not saying he isn't btw) for going on This Morning and saying people should still go to pubs?
That Busby and Wild place is a pub.

but obvs hers was a live love liberalism local business, his are right-wing boozers.

 

[ProudNose]

And the response

 

[GoLando]

And the response

Absolute twonk. She's spent hours working on twisting everything so she's right

 

[zcfthc5]

Dogwalker : posts lecturing others on washing hands

Dogwalker : then posts multiple photos of her contradicting basic social distancing recommendations

 

[Jelly Bean]

And the response

1) She called Stanley Johnson an 'utter wally'
2) That place calls itself a pub on its website.
3) (and I can't stress this enough) she has missed the point entirely. We have all been told to not go to pubs, cinemas, restaurants and she is promoting the fact that she did. It doesn't matter what the circumstances were, how safe it was etc that is not the point. Yes of course support local businesses but the way she chose to do so was to go out for a meal. She did not explicitly say everyone else should do this I know - but the implication was there of course it bloody was.

And I don't think you should rely on everyone else to do the right thing and self isolate so you don't have to (that way you start going down the bonkers anti-vaxxers route).

 

[Jaeme]

And the response

Ooft, and the responses after...

 

[bottlewrapper]

So arrogant. This is why the damn thing is spreading - because people who are young and healthy think 'I'm fine, I won't give it to anyone', which is as bad as the pensioners telling everyone 'I'll be fine'. Viruses don't have ears, and no one should be making the choice for other people, or the people they have to come into contact with. There are large numbers of people who can't isolate (like frontline medical staff with children), but for the rest of us, it's about doing what we can, which means stop making unnecessary trips out for now.

She could have walked over the road to get the meal as takeaway if it was two minutes away. And ffs, why is she even posting about her food? Who genuinely cares???

 

[Jade Mitzi]

she will be feeling ultra snippy today of course because of Glastonbury being cancelled. She goes you know, big fan, has been for years and years (2/3)

 

[BostonFernGreen]

Ooft, and the responses after...

The ‘troll’ may be a healthcare worker tbh since they’ve all got skin in the game. The implication they’re not doing anything positive with their lives when they’re promoting sensible health is frankly shameful.

Pride comes before a fall and bossing people around plus defending poor public health behaviour behind a performative bleeding heart for the wee little bougie gastro pub routine crosses a horribly line and gives a very clear window into priorités.

And the défense of it instead of an apology and reassurance that maybe that was silly! Unfortunately people do feel reassured by the behaviour of public figures and pressure to keep up with their own IG game. This is a tit show.

 

[ProudNose]

If she so strongly defends the action why remove the slides?

 

[AdoraDelano]

God she's awful. Why can't she admit she was wrong? I get it, none of us want businesses we love to close down but we have to protect ourselves and others at the moment.

 

[Jelly Bean]

I'm sure we'd all like to go to our local for a lovely meal, for ourselves and to support them. But we can't. Or if we did I don't think we'd put it all over social media. She is doing such a lot of good at the moment but this was just wrong.

 

[DCICassieStuart]

God she's awful. Why can't she admit she was wrong? I get it, none of us want businesses we love to close down but we have to protect ourselves and others at the moment.

I just don't understand why she ALWAYS has to be so nasty. She has a serious chip on her shoulder about something.

 

[Hereforthefacts]

This comment. It's almost as if she got confused and wrote about herself here And she just had to remind us of her altruistic work with beauty banks.

Her story has disappeared but I don't think that's good enough in the current climate. As a member of the press she should be held to a higher standard - Sali I hope you are reading this. Had to unfollow her......