[Gary L]

The thing is though. we used to just live and let live. take no notice of what everyone was doing. whether they're working or not. where or how they've got their money from. who they're seeing or what they had for breakfast today.

but now we're really nosey and wanting to know all the gossip on anyone and everyone.
but mainly we want to know how the unemployed people are doing because we've heard that they're all loaded.

truthfully. do we really give a fig if the woman next door gets a job at Tescos now?
are we happy for her?
are we going to be pleasant to her now. or are will still going to be grumpy and question her lifestyle still?

I call it a 'Big Social Experiment'