We really are hours away from anarchy...
Discussion
Yesterday for about 24 hours we lost our water supply. Thousands of homes across the Enfield area did, and although it was a bit of a pain we're only talking the home counties here, not flood hit Pakistan.
The water board put out bottled water at a couple of different points and when my OH wandered down to get some yesterday morning people were physically fighting over it. That's less than five hours into a water shortage in an area where you can just drive down to Tesco and buy a load of cheap mineral water or even simply pop round to a mate's house in the next postcode where the water main was intact. What the hell is happening to people these days? God knows what'd happen in a real emergency.
The water board put out bottled water at a couple of different points and when my OH wandered down to get some yesterday morning people were physically fighting over it. That's less than five hours into a water shortage in an area where you can just drive down to Tesco and buy a load of cheap mineral water or even simply pop round to a mate's house in the next postcode where the water main was intact. What the hell is happening to people these days? God knows what'd happen in a real emergency.
Saw this on the local news yesterday. People were turning up at a water-tanker without anything to contain the water in and, shaking their heads saying things like 'I don't buy bottled water so have nothing to put the water in'. What is wrong with taking along a bucket, kettle or pan or the like? Stupid, stupid people!
What's happening is that we live in a country which has run out of things to worry about. Any minor upset causes mass panic simply because people are no longer exposed to real problems.
There are no droughts, no famines, nothing aproaching true poverty, no disease epidemics, no lack of heathcare, no shortage of money, no domestic war, etc, etc.
There are no droughts, no famines, nothing aproaching true poverty, no disease epidemics, no lack of heathcare, no shortage of money, no domestic war, etc, etc.
Edited by Risotto on Tuesday 10th August 15:07
It could be the area you live in. When we had floods in Gloucestershire a couple of years ago we had no mains water for 9 days. Not once did I see any trouble, in fact most people were helping each other out and checking up on the elderly people in their areas.
People generally just queued at the water bowsers, filled buckets and bottles and got on with life.
People generally just queued at the water bowsers, filled buckets and bottles and got on with life.
Laurel Green said:
Saw this on the local news yesterday. People were turning up at a water-tanker without anything to contain the water in and, shaking their heads saying things like 'I don't buy bottled water so have nothing to put the water in'. What is wrong with taking along a bucket, kettle or pan or the like? Stupid, stupid people!
Hope they had a tanker for "still" and one for "sparkling" 
Risotto said:
What's happening is that we live in a country which has run out of things to worry about.
So people invent things to worry about. Things like insisting every single business in the whole land has a wheelchair access, even if it is a simple little office on the third floor etc. People sit on offices across the country racking their brains, thinking up nigh on impossible scenarios, then drafting plans about how to cope.
What if a rubber band caches Jimmy in the eye?
BAN rubber bands in schools. Ban snowball fights. Ban pencils in case someone gets stabbed. Ban Xmas cards, just in case someone doesn't like Xmas. Ban fathers day cards in schools, as some kids don't have fathers etc etc.But we still have droughts after two weeks sunshine, and floods after two days rain....
RSGulp said:
It could be the area you live in. When we had floods in Gloucestershire a couple of years ago we had no mains water for 9 days. Not once did I see any trouble, in fact most people were helping each other out and checking up on the elderly people in their areas.
People generally just queued at the water bowsers, filled buckets and bottles and got on with life.
I'm a Cheltonian and was in Bishops Cleeve when it happened so had to get off 'the island'. People generally just queued at the water bowsers, filled buckets and bottles and got on with life.
Lots of helpful people including one fella in a Landie avec snorkle that gave me a lift for a couple of miles. My road had lots of people helping collect stuff for the oldies.
Have faith, there's some sense of decency out there.
Chris71 said:
Yesterday for about 24 hours we lost our water supply. Thousands of homes across the Enfield area did, and although it was a bit of a pain we're only talking the home counties here, not flood hit Pakistan.
The water board put out bottled water at a couple of different points and when my OH wandered down to get some yesterday morning people were physically fighting over it. That's less than five hours into a water shortage in an area where you can just drive down to Tesco and buy a load of cheap mineral water or even simply pop round to a mate's house in the next postcode where the water main was intact. What the hell is happening to people these days? God knows what'd happen in a real emergency.
So why didn't your OH just do that then and go to tesco? You're saying this but you guys went to get the free water too....The water board put out bottled water at a couple of different points and when my OH wandered down to get some yesterday morning people were physically fighting over it. That's less than five hours into a water shortage in an area where you can just drive down to Tesco and buy a load of cheap mineral water or even simply pop round to a mate's house in the next postcode where the water main was intact. What the hell is happening to people these days? God knows what'd happen in a real emergency.
King Herald said:
Risotto said:
What's happening is that we live in a country which has run out of things to worry about.
So people invent things to worry about. Things like insisting every single business in the whole land has a wheelchair access, even if it is a simple little office on the third floor etc. People sit on offices across the country racking their brains, thinking up nigh on impossible scenarios, then drafting plans about how to cope.
What if a rubber band caches Jimmy in the eye?
BAN rubber bands in schools. Ban snowball fights. Ban pencils in case someone gets stabbed. Ban Xmas cards, just in case someone doesn't like Xmas. Ban fathers day cards in schools, as some kids don't have fathers etc etc.But we still have droughts after two weeks sunshine, and floods after two days rain....
Cas_P said:
Chris71 said:
Yesterday for about 24 hours we lost our water supply. Thousands of homes across the Enfield area did, and although it was a bit of a pain we're only talking the home counties here, not flood hit Pakistan.
The water board put out bottled water at a couple of different points and when my OH wandered down to get some yesterday morning people were physically fighting over it. That's less than five hours into a water shortage in an area where you can just drive down to Tesco and buy a load of cheap mineral water or even simply pop round to a mate's house in the next postcode where the water main was intact. What the hell is happening to people these days? God knows what'd happen in a real emergency.
So why didn't your OH just do that then and go to tesco? You're saying this but you guys went to get the free water too....The water board put out bottled water at a couple of different points and when my OH wandered down to get some yesterday morning people were physically fighting over it. That's less than five hours into a water shortage in an area where you can just drive down to Tesco and buy a load of cheap mineral water or even simply pop round to a mate's house in the next postcode where the water main was intact. What the hell is happening to people these days? God knows what'd happen in a real emergency.
Enfield is a scary, scary place. Full of misfits and lunatics. I wouldn't be seen dead there.
I'm surprised there's not riots every night of the week in that area. Especially that around the main entrance to Chase Farm hospital
I blame newcomers from the West Country for stirring up trouble. Them and their country ways. It's not right. Not right, I tell you!
I'm surprised there's not riots every night of the week in that area. Especially that around the main entrance to Chase Farm hospital
I blame newcomers from the West Country for stirring up trouble. Them and their country ways. It's not right. Not right, I tell you!
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