IF, by now, you don’t know that you should be staying two metres apart from someone else and choose not to, then there is very little one can do.

I mean, you would have to be hiding under some rock, in a cave, blindfolded not to know that you should be social distancing. But the whole ‘social distancing’ thing has just become a reason for some folk to constantly pick out faults in others.

Any conversation normally ends up with someone pointing out that someone else wasn’t ‘social distancing’. We are obsessed with this now and can’t wait to see a picture or video of someone standing in a queue or who was a little too close to comfort. A whole army of self-proclaimed social distance enforcement officers are out in force everywhere. For good reason you might say, but what happens when you just can’t get through to people? What happens when, despite your good intentions, no-one cares?

We are at a point now where some people honestly don’t care about social distancing. Yes, we all should but there is a growing number who are simply turning a blind eye to this two-metre rule. Quite a few of us don’t even know what it is meant to be and will flout it for our own purposes by making excuses up when and where we can.

And how does one argue with teenagers? I was out earlier this week with a concerned resident to speak to a bunch of footballers who decided it was okay to have a 12-a-side match. They understood the whole point of the rules and contrary to what people say, they were not completely ignoring every bit of advice and were genuinely polite. Young people are not to blame as much as anyone else is. It is a virus.

Basically, it was a game of football and if I am going to be honest, if I was 16, I would be out having a football match every other day, lockdown or no lockdown. But simply explaining that this is something that could have dangerous consequences for their families was, I have to say, pointless. We could have stood there for an hour explaining the problems this could lead to but it didn’t matter.

I know we should be staying two metres apart at all times but I think it is time to admit it isn’t always possible and some people couldn’t care less about it. That does not mean we should give up trying.

Yet, more carnage is coming. You just told us all to not visit another household but, at the same time, slashed the price of food by 50 per cent where I have to sit near a stranger. What did you think was going to happen?