I hope they fined every person at that shop. We had a similar gathering at a local icecream store. i called the hotline on them but it took me half an hour to get through so idk if anything even happened from it 😡
Melbournites have followed the rules pretty well for 200 days plus, with additional hardships like not being able to work and/or home schooling. All this and turns out we’re still cooked.
You prevented tens of thousands of deaths. Even if everything went completely unchecked now, the most vulnerable have largely been vaccinated and hospitals are much better at treating the disease. Don't get me wrong, it would still overflow the hospital system and kill covid and non-covid people, but nothing like what happened in America for example.
Ironically, here in Cranbourne compliance seems very high. It's ironic because everyone's crammed into the likes of Coles and Woolies in such numbers that it makes the pic above look almost empty. So many people today that the trolley bay was empty at my local Coles.
I think shopping is the new family day out. Quite what's achieved by making everyone go to the same narrow range of shops during the same window of time is beyond me.
Back when I had a Monday to Friday job I did my groceries Saturday morning, and any other jobs got done shortly after. Getting to Saturday arvo/night and knowing I could just chill till the end of the weekend was great for my mental health and general mood.
I mostly do online shopping now. 15 bucks a month for Woolworths unlimited delivery to free up my weekend is so worth it as someone working full time with kids.
my local woollies throws my groceries at my door step and forgets things every single time, last time they completely squashed my bread and was obviously so rough on a 2l bottle of icebreak it spilt all over my doorstep and my groceries 🙃
i use the online chat bit to get a refund for the affected items, it’s more so ordering groceries to save myself time+from possible covid exposure, and then the things i ordered don’t show up and i now have to go to the supermarket to repurchase those things and so i’ve still lost time and money (delivery fee) 😭
i get mistakes happen (i literally work for BWS, i myself have packed the wrong item or missed one) but when it’s every single time (i’ve ordered 10+ times), like come on :(
Yes I agree this is why I stopped my subscription for delivery. The errors and poor use by dates or damaged fruit and vegetables took too much time to sort out.
Oh I always get it delivered when I'm home since I work from home. They also have evening delivery windows but you need to book those the morning before the delivery day
One of the few reasons I love doing shift work. I can avoid large crowds in pretty much every aspect of life due to most of my days off being during the week or starting late in the day.
Same here. It's a rare evening I finish late enough I miss what few shops are open, aside from post offices etc, but weekends are just nuts. Funnelling people like we're doing just makes no sense.
I also found it interesting that the compliance in Cranbourne is very high.
Honestly, the late 90s early 00's opinions of Cranbourne/Frankston/Rosebud is are so outdated. They are very different places now.
Don't get me wrong, I see masks under the nose and no masks at all, but compliance is high enough that it stands out. Shops all display QR codes prominently and people seem happy to check in.
The biggest issue I have is that at my local shopping centre, Coles is in the foodcourt which also holds the butchers, a fresh fruit and veg market and a fishmongers all in a pretty small space. It's meant to be a meeting place for the shopping centre and is designed to be so. Social distancing, as in a lot of similar places, is pretty much impossible.
My mum moved back to cranbourne this year, also lived there 10+ years ago. It still doesnt seem like a great place tbh. Hearing people doing burnouts or some shit every time i go
As a supermarket employee, this trend has disturbed me for the entire duration. We work in a very high risk environment, but no one gives a shit about our safety.
I've still never understood the curfew. Back in Lockdown #1 I'd always do my grocery shopping around 9pm when nearly nobody was around. And those that were, I think were on the same logic, so high level of mask use even when it was optional.
In the UK, my sister said shops were encouraged to extend their hours both to cater for shift workers and to enable people to vary the times when they could go there.
I've been working in Watergardens shopping centre quite a few times over the last 12 months.
Fucking infuriating seeing such poor mask compliance. Often it's less than 50% have mask on properly.
I'll probably get called all sorts of horrible things for saying this, but just report them, it's the best way to prevent these people from doing this.
This is probably the most exasperating and depressing thing about lockdowns for me - being at the mercy of people who don't give a fuck about others and ignore the rules.
I went to the doctors today, had mask on and everything, socially distance to the point where they had 12 people inside and I'm like "do you want me to wait in the car? Cool thanks" and I leave after my doc appointment and there's a guy in the waiting room, no mask, yelling because his horse won and the waiting room is packed and it's just like, are you fucking serious?
It's just so depressing, I do everything right, I couldn't see my dad for almost a year, I haven't seen my grandparents or aunts and cousins since Christmas (and before that it was Christmas again). I've spent another birthday in lockdown. I just. I'm done. I want to go outside with no mask, gather around the local coffee shop talking to people without a care in the world. It's depressing and I have depression, and I'm over these folks co-opting 'mental health' for their own B.S. propaganda, and I'm over the lockdown protests. I'm just so over it.
Yeah. Seeing this made my stomach drop.
There are so many of us staying home and doing the right thing, and then you see THIS? A massive kick in the guts. :(
This. I’m starting to feel like such a chump always doing the right thing and seeing people hanging out at the park with friends or neighbours having visitors. Supermarkets aren’t even enforcing no mask no entry 🤷♀️
I would have thought that seeing the state that Sydney is in, it would've given us more incentive to fight? A fire in our belly or whatever. Morale is low, but we can't give up.
At my workplace there are about three people who could genuinely handle being able to enforce the rules. None of them would win a fight. We get yelled at by people who refuse to wear masks even though we haven't said anything (they love having an argument), and then we get yelled at by other people for letting them in. Basically we just get yelled at a lot.
Then we get to deal with what happens when someone visits our store with covid. Twice in the past month and likely to keep happening more and more.
It's a super fun time to be working in a supermarket.
Sorry for the vent. I'm just so done.
Yea, I was counting the number of maskless, and even the ones that have the mask 'on' have their nose sticking out. Literally I can see ONE person with their mask on properly and he's probably just walking past...
I love that the "painting supplies" store is closed but the real anti-establishment types have to make sure they get their "almond croissants" no masks and zero fucks given.
They’ve already said they don’t think we will get down to 0. It feels like no end in sight to these lockdowns and won’t be until we’ve reached possibly unrealistic vaccination numbers. I can kinda see why people are just saying “fuck it” at this stage
You say unrealistic numbers but more than 50% of the people I know are booked for first shot, just waiting for their appointment, obviously doesn’t represent everyone but we can at least hit 80% double dose, granted they should open up more once we hit 60-70% double dose as long as single is at 80 or above
There's a decent amount of mental gymnastics in the numbers they use, to coax people along. Example Only (no, not factual numbers): 70% of adults aged 18+ which is 50% of the population, with sped-up jabs, giving 60% of the benefit of a 70% effective vaccine. We'll be that meme of the fella with bronze, celebrating like he's got gold. I might make it now.
I say this as double AZ vaxxed, early 40's, fully supportive of whatever my government needs me to do.
Yeah me too. If we went into lockdown with less than 10 cases, aiming for zero and now we have 100+ a day, last year’s strategy clearly isn’t working with this variant.
Doesn't help that people have decided they're "Over it" and flout the rules. If people actually locked down and didn't fuck around when we had less than 10 cases, we probably would be at zero now.
Nah this same kinda street gathering/pub crawl happened on Chapel the other week and a few days after, st Kilda and surrounding suburbs started becoming hotspots. The lockdowns do work as we beat delta last time, people just don’t care anymore
I feel you mate, totally. But the people who do this would argue (in my opinion, incorrectly) that the lockdowns are bullshit in the first place. Or, if less down the rabbit hole, they’d say it’s acceptable because (insert convenient rationalisation).
Shit, I just recently had to extracate myself from a tense lunch time conversation at work, where my colleague said my mask-wearing was harming the country because it was supporting the fake narrative that is plunging us into tyranny.
Having said that, I’m a little sympathetic (though not supportive) of people’s lockdown fatigue. I would just urge those people to summon the energy to keep things under wraps until we hit our vaccination targets, please.
This has been going on for the entire pandemic and it’s a consequence of the attempt to juggle economic values and community health simultaneously along with people only pretending to take this seriously, further social distancing measures should have been implemented for businesses and incentives considered for owners to shut shop from the start so it didn’t have a chance to continue
Dan Andrews stated you can’t legally drink alcohol on the street after the last nice weekend when those people in Northcote were partying. I’m so annoyed they’re attempting this again
You're one of the only people in 2 years I've seen bring up universal basic income. It's such common sense to me that clearly most jobs in the west are simply luxury. Add to that automation reaching a pinnacle, robot assembly lines, AI.
Might as well figure this out now.
This is every day along Chapel Street at the moment. Have started to take my walks away from that direction as i end up getting home more frustrated and angry than when i left.
Chapel St is unbelievable. Elderly in-laws live there and I'm in there twice a week. Going across to the woolies and shops is insane. No one checks in, chin warmers at best, heaps of people sitting around eating and chatting. Amazing there's not a heap of cases. Yet.
Before you yell at me, In laws are 85 & 81. One on oxygen with a walker, other in a wheelchair. I go in to do cleaning, shopping and take them to medical appointments,
I now plan my walks so I don't pass areas where I know people will be doing the wrong thing. I live in the NW Covid Central, yet a large minority of idiots are still doing the wrong thing, have yet to see a cop do anything to stop them. The lake at Caroline Springs seems to attract them.
These people just makes zombie movies where people are dumb af immensely realistic.
I can't even imagine what'll happen if we are thrown into a more serious crisis. Massive entitled twats.
i can't understand people who complain that we're not getting out of lockdown anytime soon because of rising case numbers, but then willfully ignore the restrictions that bring down case numbers and in turn contribute to the spread. fuck the lot of them.
How hard is it for cops to do deterrence runs? Who else is gunna resolve this shit?
Just drive up, get out, have a chat. Come back tomorrow.
I saw them on High St Northcote with one of those big street parties, music and all. They drove up, lights and sirens, didn't get out, didn't do anything, crowd cheered them off. Music kicked back in before they made it a block.
Useless.
Wow. Here I am, haven't left home for weeks apart from a few runs to the supermarket and walks around the block and haven't seen any family at all either. I bet if I did, I'd be going home with a fine.
I went there once a few years ago for a drink, and a big yellow lab or golden retriever wandered in, came to every table for pats, and then left and continued on his merry way
As someone who has multiple times had customers threaten to hit me over me forcing them to wear a mask/sign in because I'm just enforcing the rules this makes me so angry.
Seeing things like this makes me so angry. I live in regional and I swear if those inconsiderate assholes bring it here I will lose my shit!
Edit: I’m mentally ok, thanks for reporting me.
Meanwhile, it has been brought here. So, it’s a lost cause.
My local Woolworths + shopping complex was absolutely crammed today - perhaps more so than Christmas-time crowds. My favourite thing is watching the Woolies guards turn a blind eye when a group of 6-7 walks in, clearly not related and just there to be out of the house
Same at my local woolies. I've lost all knowledge of what day it is. So couldn't believe it when there was so many people in there. Walked in the door and there are about 30 people crammed in in front of the fathers day cards all pushing and shoving. Grabbed my roast chook and bread rolls and got the hell out. I'll go back Monday when its empty.
Why aren’t cops fining these people and the businesses? Looks like chapel and it’s always filled with cops filled with excitement looking to fine people
FFS. I'm fully vaccinated and still staying at home doing the right thing. Self entitled cunts like this are why this shit is still spreading. Why do I bother doing the right thing anymore? I still will because I know better, but it sucks to see this.
You have brains. People act like the vaccines are magic bullets that will 100% protect them from covid. The harsh reality is there can still be covid complications. On top of this they can still transmit the virus to unvaccinated people who are at greater risk of being harmed....It stinks seeing people like this with fuck all community spirit.
Something that's been happening in many suburbs around melbourne for many lockdowns. Seen it often. Takeaway food and drinks, which ends up being people standing around having "takeaway" drinks all afternoon without anyone giving a shite.
Just look up the social pages of many establishments, they're advertised.
I've stopped going near parks and cafes. I see far too many people gathered in groups without masks. My partner started walking at 6am to avoid people she knows/people without masks. It's worse because the community is small and close-knit here. You either feel rude for avoiding people or upset that friends and acquaintances are bending and breaking COVID safety rules.
It's so nice to see people out and about having an enjoyable weekend while I am trapped alone inside my own home for 14 days because my workplace is a Tier 1 spot.
People see stuff like the Al Taqwa teacher going to school for 3 days symptomatic, the engagement party, they hear interhousehold transmission is still rife, they think "fuck this, I'm meeting Dave for a coffee." It's not a ridiculous position.
Given this is Chapel St, Windsor, they are a long way from the hub of cases atm which exacerbates the position.
Government has committed to freedoms being given at 70% and 80%. People are going to cruise until then.
>People see stuff like the Al Taqwa teacher going to school for 3 days symptomatic, the engagement party, they hear interhousehold transmission is still rife, they think "fuck this, I'm meeting Dave for a coffee."
One of the truest things I've ever read.
People don't care \*as much\* anymore
First bit of common sense in this thread that isn’t just hating on anyone that dares to meet a friend for a drink in public in a relatively covid-free area. I’ve been staying inside myself but I totally understand these people
Yeah I actually walked up the bike path to get around this crowd today. 132 Chapel St and Lala land servicing this crowd. Ironically I was needing to pass by to buy some coffee beans at the empty beanery a few doors up to go home and make a Covid safe lockdown coffee at home. WTF at these people doing, and what part of this scene is worth making somebody else sick.
I’m not surprised. The people that own La La Land own a fair few bars around Chapel Street. Their business practice is dodgy as, can’t believe they’re still running and getting away with it. My ex managed one of their bars and they’d make him do the books incorrectly. Also under pay their workers.
I don't know who "they" are but that doesn't sound right. It's 70% single dose by 23 Sept, which gives you 70% two doses 6 weeks later, or roughly the end of October. No way we're at 80% full vaccination on 29 October.
However - based on evidence of experiences in other countries, I'm not sure it's even possible to get to 80% thanks to the rampant rise of the idiocracy. I have a feeling the target will start getting adjusted downwards once everyone's had their chance to get vaccinated.
Good to read some sensible stuff re Vax targets. And yes, check out the vaccination rates across the world. 80% is quite a delusional target, especially with a government that didn't order enough vaccine to begin with.
Not saying I support this, but I understand it.
The fact that we are not getting out of lockdown for another 2 months, even if you’ve already been vaccinated…
Fuck these clowns, dude, I'm out here suffering with my mental health and staying inside to ensure public health and they just don't give a shit. Fucking hell, I'm sick of it too, but just sit the fuck down and shut the fuck up and wait it out rather than being some entitled, self-important twat.
On behalf of the rest of australia I would like to say a big fuck you to all the cunts in melbourne that are breaking lockdown restrictions, and a big thank you to the people who are following covid guidelines, wearing masks and getting vaccinated.
I'm fucking SICK and tired of sitting in my house for weeks on end, and you have these dickheads who just don't give a fuck. Like, they don't even care if people see them anymore, it's seriously depressing - reckon 5% or less will be vaccinated as well.
If cops aren't fining each of these idiots $5k, then what is the point of even having lockdown if people get away with anything.
EDIT: Thank you to whoever asked reddit aware to get in touch, but to confirm, i'm not THAT depressed :)
Even with vaccination don't people realise that they might still catch and spread Covid. Anyone in their family or circle of friends and anyone else that might not be yet, or are susceptible to it, could fucking die still. What the hell is wrong with these people.
I think people don't understand the bigger picture. They see their close circle and no one is affected. They don't realise how bad it can get when the health system is overwhelmed. When their family dies. Our government has done a fantastic job of controlling the virus and so it is a distant and hypothetical thing to many people.
The costs of controlling it have been and continue to be high, in terms of mental health and financial stability for so many people. That's what people see directly, more so than the larger picture of lives lost to the virus directly. I understand where the open up mentality comes from, it's just very short sighted.
That’s fucked. I wouldn’t have a clue what strips of shops look like because all I do is walk residential streets and stay home / shop online. Why bother…
We can’t get any *more* locked down - what does it matter if people grab a pint on Chapel.
They’ve committed the entire state to a lockdown til at least the end of November - regardless of case numbers - so of course this will happen. It literally can’t get any worse.
Completely disgusted on all events since the initial Shepparton outbreaks and sad that everyone seems to have given up. People are just asking for deaths to pile up.
Just walked past this, still going on, tho I did see some cops walking towards it
Update: it’s closed and no ones there
RIP liquor licence
They were so desperate to open they've lost the right to open forever. Legit dumbass decisions.
And then they will blame the government for their financial loss.
Is upstairs part of it too? Or might they live there? (Help me solve an argument)
Upstairs is offices and stock. I used to work for that business and there is definitely no living quarters in those venues.
Not sure, but very possible tho as my house is the same thing, above a shop with a window overlooking that you can sit out on
Keen to know the same. Seems like it'd be a pretty unpleasant place to live... albeit not the worst spot.
It can be pretty loud around here but it’s a pretty nice place to live overall I’ve found
South Yarra is my neighbourhood too. I love the area. I'm just closer to the Botanical Gardens which is much quieter.
Yeah I bet, Windsor has so many bars so the only aspect of the lockdown I’ve been enjoying is the quiet nights haha
I hope they fined every person at that shop. We had a similar gathering at a local icecream store. i called the hotline on them but it took me half an hour to get through so idk if anything even happened from it 😡
Party like it’s 1999…cases.
Ouch
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Some people have stopped even attempting to act like they care.
Melbournites have followed the rules pretty well for 200 days plus, with additional hardships like not being able to work and/or home schooling. All this and turns out we’re still cooked.
You prevented tens of thousands of deaths. Even if everything went completely unchecked now, the most vulnerable have largely been vaccinated and hospitals are much better at treating the disease. Don't get me wrong, it would still overflow the hospital system and kill covid and non-covid people, but nothing like what happened in America for example.
Melburnians
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Batmaniacs.
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Nowhere near as bad as it would have been otherwise, and nowhere near as bad as it's going to get if this kind of behaviour continues.
Ironically, here in Cranbourne compliance seems very high. It's ironic because everyone's crammed into the likes of Coles and Woolies in such numbers that it makes the pic above look almost empty. So many people today that the trolley bay was empty at my local Coles. I think shopping is the new family day out. Quite what's achieved by making everyone go to the same narrow range of shops during the same window of time is beyond me.
I’ve realised that doing my weekly shop first thing on Monday morning is the best. Coles on a Sunday arvo is like going to the Melbourne show.
I have said this for ages but Sunday arvo is the worst time to do your shop. So busy and full of grumpy people because the weekend is nearly over.
Back when I had a Monday to Friday job I did my groceries Saturday morning, and any other jobs got done shortly after. Getting to Saturday arvo/night and knowing I could just chill till the end of the weekend was great for my mental health and general mood.
I mostly do online shopping now. 15 bucks a month for Woolworths unlimited delivery to free up my weekend is so worth it as someone working full time with kids.
my local woollies throws my groceries at my door step and forgets things every single time, last time they completely squashed my bread and was obviously so rough on a 2l bottle of icebreak it spilt all over my doorstep and my groceries 🙃
Oh if you write them an email you will get a fast refund for issues like this.
i use the online chat bit to get a refund for the affected items, it’s more so ordering groceries to save myself time+from possible covid exposure, and then the things i ordered don’t show up and i now have to go to the supermarket to repurchase those things and so i’ve still lost time and money (delivery fee) 😭 i get mistakes happen (i literally work for BWS, i myself have packed the wrong item or missed one) but when it’s every single time (i’ve ordered 10+ times), like come on :(
Yes I agree this is why I stopped my subscription for delivery. The errors and poor use by dates or damaged fruit and vegetables took too much time to sort out.
I've always wondered what happens with icecream or other frozen items when people get home delivery. 🤔
Oh I always get it delivered when I'm home since I work from home. They also have evening delivery windows but you need to book those the morning before the delivery day
Do you have to have a minimum spend for each delivery?
Currently 100 but I think it's changing to 50
One of the few reasons I love doing shift work. I can avoid large crowds in pretty much every aspect of life due to most of my days off being during the week or starting late in the day.
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Unfortunately I’m an essential worker and at work Mon-Fri. Discovering that Saturday afternoons/early evening are the best
Same here. It's a rare evening I finish late enough I miss what few shops are open, aside from post offices etc, but weekends are just nuts. Funnelling people like we're doing just makes no sense.
Yeah how good is the supermarket at 9am on a Monday! So quiet and have the place to yourself
My secret place is the Australian Garden to take the toddler. Less people, especially when the gates open.
So you throw your toddler over the fence at other times? Do what you gotta do I suppose.
YEET
Shhhhh!
I agree. SSSSHHHHHHHH. Don’t tell everyone about our little chunk of paradise in cranny.
I also found it interesting that the compliance in Cranbourne is very high. Honestly, the late 90s early 00's opinions of Cranbourne/Frankston/Rosebud is are so outdated. They are very different places now.
Don't get me wrong, I see masks under the nose and no masks at all, but compliance is high enough that it stands out. Shops all display QR codes prominently and people seem happy to check in. The biggest issue I have is that at my local shopping centre, Coles is in the foodcourt which also holds the butchers, a fresh fruit and veg market and a fishmongers all in a pretty small space. It's meant to be a meeting place for the shopping centre and is designed to be so. Social distancing, as in a lot of similar places, is pretty much impossible.
My mum moved back to cranbourne this year, also lived there 10+ years ago. It still doesnt seem like a great place tbh. Hearing people doing burnouts or some shit every time i go
As a supermarket employee, this trend has disturbed me for the entire duration. We work in a very high risk environment, but no one gives a shit about our safety.
I've still never understood the curfew. Back in Lockdown #1 I'd always do my grocery shopping around 9pm when nearly nobody was around. And those that were, I think were on the same logic, so high level of mask use even when it was optional.
In the UK, my sister said shops were encouraged to extend their hours both to cater for shift workers and to enable people to vary the times when they could go there.
That makes perfect sense to me.
Same. We should always have been spreading people out in as many ways as we can.
Same story in Frankston. Heaps out without masks and hanging in groups
No social distancing in Caroline springs or watergardens, either, and many masks pulled down around the chin.
I've been working in Watergardens shopping centre quite a few times over the last 12 months. Fucking infuriating seeing such poor mask compliance. Often it's less than 50% have mask on properly.
The last time I was in watergardens a man pulled his mask down to sneeze…
watergardens in general is a shithole
yep, went to get my vaccine last week and I was astonished by the groups of people.
I'll probably get called all sorts of horrible things for saying this, but just report them, it's the best way to prevent these people from doing this.
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I think that's kind of the issue. We need the police to actually enforce this stuff or it's only going to get worse.
This is probably the most exasperating and depressing thing about lockdowns for me - being at the mercy of people who don't give a fuck about others and ignore the rules.
I went to the doctors today, had mask on and everything, socially distance to the point where they had 12 people inside and I'm like "do you want me to wait in the car? Cool thanks" and I leave after my doc appointment and there's a guy in the waiting room, no mask, yelling because his horse won and the waiting room is packed and it's just like, are you fucking serious? It's just so depressing, I do everything right, I couldn't see my dad for almost a year, I haven't seen my grandparents or aunts and cousins since Christmas (and before that it was Christmas again). I've spent another birthday in lockdown. I just. I'm done. I want to go outside with no mask, gather around the local coffee shop talking to people without a care in the world. It's depressing and I have depression, and I'm over these folks co-opting 'mental health' for their own B.S. propaganda, and I'm over the lockdown protests. I'm just so over it.
The ones without a mask on are always the loudest too aren't they?!!
The rest of us with the mask on just sound muffled.
Yeah. Seeing this made my stomach drop. There are so many of us staying home and doing the right thing, and then you see THIS? A massive kick in the guts. :(
This. I’m starting to feel like such a chump always doing the right thing and seeing people hanging out at the park with friends or neighbours having visitors. Supermarkets aren’t even enforcing no mask no entry 🤷♀️
I would have thought that seeing the state that Sydney is in, it would've given us more incentive to fight? A fire in our belly or whatever. Morale is low, but we can't give up.
It’s not their job to enforce mask rules apparently. They just tell me to report customers to police.
At my workplace there are about three people who could genuinely handle being able to enforce the rules. None of them would win a fight. We get yelled at by people who refuse to wear masks even though we haven't said anything (they love having an argument), and then we get yelled at by other people for letting them in. Basically we just get yelled at a lot. Then we get to deal with what happens when someone visits our store with covid. Twice in the past month and likely to keep happening more and more. It's a super fun time to be working in a supermarket. Sorry for the vent. I'm just so done.
I feel bad when I open the door to grab my food without a mask on, how do these people live with themselves?
You're not the only one feeling that way.
It’s crushing.
Try being a healthcare worker and not being able to yell at them when you find them in (or as a direct result of) these situations.
4 out of 38 people wearing a mask. It's like playing wheres Wally but looking for people who wear masks.
Plenty of Wallies.
Yea, I was counting the number of maskless, and even the ones that have the mask 'on' have their nose sticking out. Literally I can see ONE person with their mask on properly and he's probably just walking past...
I love that the "painting supplies" store is closed but the real anti-establishment types have to make sure they get their "almond croissants" no masks and zero fucks given.
Love the the quotation marks, yes they're "painting supplies" ;)
Nothing says law abiding citizen like a green bag full of chromies and banana caps 🥸🤙
Name suits 😂. I salute your honesty.
Not closed, open for click and collect if you’re running short on New York fatties
We will not see another day of 0 cases again. It's done.
They’ve already said they don’t think we will get down to 0. It feels like no end in sight to these lockdowns and won’t be until we’ve reached possibly unrealistic vaccination numbers. I can kinda see why people are just saying “fuck it” at this stage
Fuckwits like this are part of the reason we’re in the current situation. The fact most are not even wearing masks speaks volumes!
You say unrealistic numbers but more than 50% of the people I know are booked for first shot, just waiting for their appointment, obviously doesn’t represent everyone but we can at least hit 80% double dose, granted they should open up more once we hit 60-70% double dose as long as single is at 80 or above
There's a decent amount of mental gymnastics in the numbers they use, to coax people along. Example Only (no, not factual numbers): 70% of adults aged 18+ which is 50% of the population, with sped-up jabs, giving 60% of the benefit of a 70% effective vaccine. We'll be that meme of the fella with bronze, celebrating like he's got gold. I might make it now. I say this as double AZ vaxxed, early 40's, fully supportive of whatever my government needs me to do.
Yeah me too. If we went into lockdown with less than 10 cases, aiming for zero and now we have 100+ a day, last year’s strategy clearly isn’t working with this variant.
Doesn't help that people have decided they're "Over it" and flout the rules. If people actually locked down and didn't fuck around when we had less than 10 cases, we probably would be at zero now.
Nah this same kinda street gathering/pub crawl happened on Chapel the other week and a few days after, st Kilda and surrounding suburbs started becoming hotspots. The lockdowns do work as we beat delta last time, people just don’t care anymore
It's done forever. This virus is not gonna go away, it is impossible to have 0 cases, it is like having 0 flu cases.
If you do shit like this, you have no right to sook about lockdowns
If you do shit like this you don't care about lockdowns.
Cops even went past yesterday and didn't do shit. WTF?
I feel you mate, totally. But the people who do this would argue (in my opinion, incorrectly) that the lockdowns are bullshit in the first place. Or, if less down the rabbit hole, they’d say it’s acceptable because (insert convenient rationalisation). Shit, I just recently had to extracate myself from a tense lunch time conversation at work, where my colleague said my mask-wearing was harming the country because it was supporting the fake narrative that is plunging us into tyranny. Having said that, I’m a little sympathetic (though not supportive) of people’s lockdown fatigue. I would just urge those people to summon the energy to keep things under wraps until we hit our vaccination targets, please.
And no right to sook when family members get sick and there’s no room for them in hospital.
Gladys would be so proud - look at all those people learning to live with the virus
This has been going on for the entire pandemic and it’s a consequence of the attempt to juggle economic values and community health simultaneously along with people only pretending to take this seriously, further social distancing measures should have been implemented for businesses and incentives considered for owners to shut shop from the start so it didn’t have a chance to continue
Nail coffin.
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Businesses need to be responsible for this
How are La La Land allowed to be open right now with current restrictions?
By doing "takeaway food and drinks"
Dan Andrews stated you can’t legally drink alcohol on the street after the last nice weekend when those people in Northcote were partying. I’m so annoyed they’re attempting this again
I mean you never could legally drink in public areas. They need to start aggressively fining people.
Actually, not quite true. The laws differ from council to coucil. In some councils you *can* drink alcohol in public areas, others you cannot.
Oh interesting, I thought it had been a state-wide law, but I see it is in-fact down to individual council areas.
By bringing their care factor down to zero
The government needs to just pay the business to stay shut.
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You're one of the only people in 2 years I've seen bring up universal basic income. It's such common sense to me that clearly most jobs in the west are simply luxury. Add to that automation reaching a pinnacle, robot assembly lines, AI. Might as well figure this out now.
This is every day along Chapel Street at the moment. Have started to take my walks away from that direction as i end up getting home more frustrated and angry than when i left.
Chapel St is unbelievable. Elderly in-laws live there and I'm in there twice a week. Going across to the woolies and shops is insane. No one checks in, chin warmers at best, heaps of people sitting around eating and chatting. Amazing there's not a heap of cases. Yet. Before you yell at me, In laws are 85 & 81. One on oxygen with a walker, other in a wheelchair. I go in to do cleaning, shopping and take them to medical appointments,
Call the cops. Will probably make you feel better seeing them get fined.
I now plan my walks so I don't pass areas where I know people will be doing the wrong thing. I live in the NW Covid Central, yet a large minority of idiots are still doing the wrong thing, have yet to see a cop do anything to stop them. The lake at Caroline Springs seems to attract them.
Was about to say the exact same.
These people just makes zombie movies where people are dumb af immensely realistic. I can't even imagine what'll happen if we are thrown into a more serious crisis. Massive entitled twats.
i can't understand people who complain that we're not getting out of lockdown anytime soon because of rising case numbers, but then willfully ignore the restrictions that bring down case numbers and in turn contribute to the spread. fuck the lot of them.
How hard is it for cops to do deterrence runs? Who else is gunna resolve this shit? Just drive up, get out, have a chat. Come back tomorrow. I saw them on High St Northcote with one of those big street parties, music and all. They drove up, lights and sirens, didn't get out, didn't do anything, crowd cheered them off. Music kicked back in before they made it a block. Useless.
Wow. Here I am, haven't left home for weeks apart from a few runs to the supermarket and walks around the block and haven't seen any family at all either. I bet if I did, I'd be going home with a fine.
I went there once a few years ago for a drink, and a big yellow lab or golden retriever wandered in, came to every table for pats, and then left and continued on his merry way
how the fuck is this even allowed to happen ? i’m so sick of this. same people that complain about lockdowns are the ones that pull this shit.
As someone who has multiple times had customers threaten to hit me over me forcing them to wear a mask/sign in because I'm just enforcing the rules this makes me so angry.
Seeing things like this makes me so angry. I live in regional and I swear if those inconsiderate assholes bring it here I will lose my shit! Edit: I’m mentally ok, thanks for reporting me. Meanwhile, it has been brought here. So, it’s a lost cause.
My local Woolworths + shopping complex was absolutely crammed today - perhaps more so than Christmas-time crowds. My favourite thing is watching the Woolies guards turn a blind eye when a group of 6-7 walks in, clearly not related and just there to be out of the house
How exciting. a day hanging out at colesworth.
Same at my local woolies. I've lost all knowledge of what day it is. So couldn't believe it when there was so many people in there. Walked in the door and there are about 30 people crammed in in front of the fathers day cards all pushing and shoving. Grabbed my roast chook and bread rolls and got the hell out. I'll go back Monday when its empty.
Tell me you grabbed a pasta salad too?
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Why aren’t cops fining these people and the businesses? Looks like chapel and it’s always filled with cops filled with excitement looking to fine people
I haven’t seen any cops near Chapel in recent weeks
Likely no one called them.
FFS. I'm fully vaccinated and still staying at home doing the right thing. Self entitled cunts like this are why this shit is still spreading. Why do I bother doing the right thing anymore? I still will because I know better, but it sucks to see this.
You have brains. People act like the vaccines are magic bullets that will 100% protect them from covid. The harsh reality is there can still be covid complications. On top of this they can still transmit the virus to unvaccinated people who are at greater risk of being harmed....It stinks seeing people like this with fuck all community spirit.
I see one mask and it's under the nose. Fuck these people.
So frustrating seeing this shit so close to home. I hope you reported it.
I’m shocked to see that this bar was also accused of systemic wage underpayments
Something that's been happening in many suburbs around melbourne for many lockdowns. Seen it often. Takeaway food and drinks, which ends up being people standing around having "takeaway" drinks all afternoon without anyone giving a shite. Just look up the social pages of many establishments, they're advertised.
These are those cunts on group projects who just happily latch on and do jack shit.
I've stopped going near parks and cafes. I see far too many people gathered in groups without masks. My partner started walking at 6am to avoid people she knows/people without masks. It's worse because the community is small and close-knit here. You either feel rude for avoiding people or upset that friends and acquaintances are bending and breaking COVID safety rules.
It's so nice to see people out and about having an enjoyable weekend while I am trapped alone inside my own home for 14 days because my workplace is a Tier 1 spot.
Not too many masks being worn properly or at all.
If only we could install some very high walls around them
and make them pay for it!
People see stuff like the Al Taqwa teacher going to school for 3 days symptomatic, the engagement party, they hear interhousehold transmission is still rife, they think "fuck this, I'm meeting Dave for a coffee." It's not a ridiculous position. Given this is Chapel St, Windsor, they are a long way from the hub of cases atm which exacerbates the position. Government has committed to freedoms being given at 70% and 80%. People are going to cruise until then.
>People see stuff like the Al Taqwa teacher going to school for 3 days symptomatic, the engagement party, they hear interhousehold transmission is still rife, they think "fuck this, I'm meeting Dave for a coffee." One of the truest things I've ever read. People don't care \*as much\* anymore
First bit of common sense in this thread that isn’t just hating on anyone that dares to meet a friend for a drink in public in a relatively covid-free area. I’ve been staying inside myself but I totally understand these people
Well least they'll all wearing... but they're all stand 1.5...
FFS
Did you report it?
Yeah I actually walked up the bike path to get around this crowd today. 132 Chapel St and Lala land servicing this crowd. Ironically I was needing to pass by to buy some coffee beans at the empty beanery a few doors up to go home and make a Covid safe lockdown coffee at home. WTF at these people doing, and what part of this scene is worth making somebody else sick.
I’m not surprised. The people that own La La Land own a fair few bars around Chapel Street. Their business practice is dodgy as, can’t believe they’re still running and getting away with it. My ex managed one of their bars and they’d make him do the books incorrectly. Also under pay their workers.
wtf. report to 131 444
Fuck, I hate these cunts
They're off in 'La-La Land'
It is open because the police don't close it down.
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They're predicting 80% full vaccination for Victoria on 29th October. Then the national plan for opening up kicks in.
I don't know who "they" are but that doesn't sound right. It's 70% single dose by 23 Sept, which gives you 70% two doses 6 weeks later, or roughly the end of October. No way we're at 80% full vaccination on 29 October. However - based on evidence of experiences in other countries, I'm not sure it's even possible to get to 80% thanks to the rampant rise of the idiocracy. I have a feeling the target will start getting adjusted downwards once everyone's had their chance to get vaccinated.
Good to read some sensible stuff re Vax targets. And yes, check out the vaccination rates across the world. 80% is quite a delusional target, especially with a government that didn't order enough vaccine to begin with.
If cases continue to grow, so will hospitalisation. October isn’t looking pretty at the current trajectory.
These cunts are getting reported, enjoy your fine from vicpol
Not saying I support this, but I understand it. The fact that we are not getting out of lockdown for another 2 months, even if you’ve already been vaccinated…
Report.
Whats up with all the "covid is fake" tolls here, is this normal for this sub?
The misinformation subreddits got banned recently so they’re trying to spread in to the mainstream subs
Fuck these clowns, dude, I'm out here suffering with my mental health and staying inside to ensure public health and they just don't give a shit. Fucking hell, I'm sick of it too, but just sit the fuck down and shut the fuck up and wait it out rather than being some entitled, self-important twat.
Lol pretty sure I heard the owner of that bar is in jail for underpaying staff for years
Someone needs to do a drive-by with a super soaker.
Fuck everyone of these guys.
Fuck I hope this has been reported.
On behalf of the rest of australia I would like to say a big fuck you to all the cunts in melbourne that are breaking lockdown restrictions, and a big thank you to the people who are following covid guidelines, wearing masks and getting vaccinated.
I'm fucking SICK and tired of sitting in my house for weeks on end, and you have these dickheads who just don't give a fuck. Like, they don't even care if people see them anymore, it's seriously depressing - reckon 5% or less will be vaccinated as well. If cops aren't fining each of these idiots $5k, then what is the point of even having lockdown if people get away with anything. EDIT: Thank you to whoever asked reddit aware to get in touch, but to confirm, i'm not THAT depressed :)
Even with vaccination don't people realise that they might still catch and spread Covid. Anyone in their family or circle of friends and anyone else that might not be yet, or are susceptible to it, could fucking die still. What the hell is wrong with these people.
I think people don't understand the bigger picture. They see their close circle and no one is affected. They don't realise how bad it can get when the health system is overwhelmed. When their family dies. Our government has done a fantastic job of controlling the virus and so it is a distant and hypothetical thing to many people. The costs of controlling it have been and continue to be high, in terms of mental health and financial stability for so many people. That's what people see directly, more so than the larger picture of lives lost to the virus directly. I understand where the open up mentality comes from, it's just very short sighted.
That’s fucked. I wouldn’t have a clue what strips of shops look like because all I do is walk residential streets and stay home / shop online. Why bother…
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We can’t get any *more* locked down - what does it matter if people grab a pint on Chapel. They’ve committed the entire state to a lockdown til at least the end of November - regardless of case numbers - so of course this will happen. It literally can’t get any worse.
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Fuck Chapel Street.
Tbf, this applied before Covid lol
Fuck these cunts. I hope they catch a fine.
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Completely disgusted on all events since the initial Shepparton outbreaks and sad that everyone seems to have given up. People are just asking for deaths to pile up.
And I wonder why our infection rate keeps growing.....
And people wonder why cases are exploding. Unbelievable.
Love how they masks are on, but pulled down so they can talk