A woman was left shocked when her friend kicked off at her, forcing her to self-isolate in her room on holiday, expressing shock that she planned to travel home
Covid is doing the rounds again – and it’s putting a stop to plans for many. Even though you don’t legally have to self-isolate any more, it’s leaving many feel rubbish.
But what would you do if you caught it while on holiday? This was the problem one woman faced – and her friend kicked off about it because they were due to travel home.
The woman with Covid wanted to get home – but her pal tried to guilt-trip her, saying she should find a hotel to “self-isolate” until she “got a negative test”. This would be tricky though – as she’d already been away with her friends for two weeks and was due home very soon.
She explained: “I started feeling a bit unwell last night and this evening tested positive for Covid. I wouldn’t normally test, but one of my companions is still very nervous about catching Covid and insisted I tested. I am now self-isolating in my room at her insistence.”
Taking to Mumsnet, she explained they were going home while she’d still be Covid positive, on a “busy” ferry. She was then due to find her own way home on a train, which she’d “pre-booked”.
“My Covid-nervous friend is appalled that I intend to travel and thinks I should find a hotel room somewhere and self-isolate until I get a negative result”, she explained, but she said she was due back at work, and wouldn’t be able to afford that.
She said: “Even if I was able to find a hotel with a vacant room, I would struggle to afford it and may have to pay again for the ferry and train”, saying her employer would “not be impressed” if she said she was “still away”.
The woman finished the post by penning: “I haven’t had Covid since 2021 and I thought people weren’t testing or self-isolating any more. I feel a bit under the weather, but not too ill to function normally. So am I being unreasonable to travel on Friday, or is my friend right to be appalled?”
In the comments, many said her friend was being unreasonable. One wrote: “Ask her if she’ll be covering the cost of your extended stay and the lost income from not being back in work. If the answer is no she can keep her beak out.”
Another fumed: “For f***s sake, your friend is being ridiculous. I would not be self-isolating and screwing myself over for someone else. If she wants to avoid Covid she can self-isolate herself, probably forever!”
Someone else raged: “Covid is rife again, your friend is being ridiculous. Get a mask and carry on as normal. If others are worried about Covid they can self-isolate.”
One Mumsnetter did hope that the woman would “wear a mask, sit in a quiet corner away from other people, try to keep your distance on your journey home and then stay home until you felt better”, because she explained her husband is immunosuppressed, and they still test.
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