are you doing the round of applause for the NHS workers?

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We had a note through our door about this (good way to spread germs....) asking us to join in with a hand clap for NHS workers. Apparently we are supposed to stand on our door step at a set time and do a round of applause for them. At least 4 of my close neighbours will be getting children to sleep so I won't be doing it but will you?

No. I appreciate all kinds of workers. Not just NHS. Im also a worker and not able to work from home. Im not even on the list of what they call key workers but if i don't work, there are millions of £ that wont get paid this week.

Clapping is crap.

What about the retail workers who are taking so much abuse, or the postmen/women, or those that do care in people's homes, or work in care homes (just not the Spanish lot ... Look up abandoned care home in Spain)

There are plenty of groups of workers who are doing a marvelous job under quite hard conditions.

NHS staff are getting a lot of the limelight (and yes they're doing a great job) but there's plenty who are working hard to keep us going that aren't getting any praise.

I'm in France and our church bells ring at 8pm to send out thanks to everyone who has is facing this thing.

Agree with MacBlank - I came on to say there are so many people working exceptionally hard, not just for the NHS, and yet where are their thanks? Plus, I'm sure there are people in the NHS whose work does not directly link to fighting this coronavirus nor who are doing anything other than their normal jobs - why do they deserve applause but other "key workers" don't?

I have friends and relatives who work for the NHS, but I also have some who are police officers, work for energy companies, work in schools, supermarkets, social care, lawyers... They're all working hard.

Show your appreciation by following guidance and staying at home. And buy biscuits for them!

FFS. Whether the guardian reported the fake news or not, NHS staff are not being mugged for ID badges.

People need to calm down.

I like that, Beachcomber, it's dignified and unobtrusive and shows support for all who are keeping us going. I really love church bells generally.

I thought it was general safety you don’t wear your ID outside the hospital.

Firstly it’s an access pass so anyone getting hold of one has free roam of the hospital.

Secondly, corona aside, there’s a section of society that sees a medical badge and thinks drugs. It’s not uncommon for dr’s and dr’s cars to be targeted.

The papers seem to be reporting a lot of hearsay and “someone tried to grab a colleagues pass” type of stories, yet the police say they’ve had no reports of these crimes.

Our trust has always advised to put your ID away outside of the hospital. It’s not a new thing.

LyingWitchInTheWardrobe yes I like it too. It makes us all sit up and be thankful and I like to think that it brings people together.

It makes me feel quite emotional and I hope that all those who are out at work, doing their bit, hear it and know that they have us all behind them, being thankful for what they are doing.

I thought it was just the hippies in my area doing that. Didn't realise it's a widespread thing.

Remember seeing the reports of various bits of singing from balconies in Italy and Spain and thinking "thank fuck I'm British"

My neighbour sent me this (DH and I both nurses). It was very kind, but she’s a teacher and for me she’s the one that needs a clap for helping us parents do our job.

Rather have a bottle of wine though!

Why 8pm? Why not 6pm, if at all? As a single parent, clinical NHS worker (on 12 hour shifts) l'd be mightily pissed off if my children were woken up an hour after finally falling asleep.

FFS just show appreciation by staying home and leaving enough food, and alcohol, in the shops.

My 80 year old parents are in Spain. They've been indoors for weeks. Mum can't use any tecnology and my dad is only just about managing WhatsApp now. The neighbours leave cooked food outside their flat and leave before they open the door.

For people who are really isolated, that 8pm clapping can be the highlight of the evening. It's a way of saying thank you, not just to the emergency services, but to everyone who is trying to help the most vulnerable

I'm an NHS worker and I think this is a shite idea. First of all, it's not just the NHS working hard, what about delivery drivers, teachers, retail workers, tube drivers....I could go on. Second of all, people should just stay home and shut their doors. We honestly don't need this, we need fucking PPE.

Agree with PP this has been orchestrated by NHS top bods to deflect from their absolute silence and lack of leadership since December. Interesting that others have been picking up their shit and working flat out for months but as soon as it ramps up what does the NHS PR machine do? Trot out this mediocre virtue signalling shit. If the NHS spent more time actually working for greater good than orchestrating this holier than thou attitude then we wouldn’t be where we are now (and if not clear this is an organisational dig not at individuals).

No. Yuck.
I am an nhs worker.

Well yes but I think a better way of thanking them might be to vote for a government that will pay and fund them better.

I work for the NHS, rely on it for ongoing health issues and am hugely grateful to them for everything they are doing currently but I'm really dreading this. Clapping at 8pm will probably wake up my baby who is grumpy from teething.

I think this is the sort of thing which probably works really well in high density areas with balconies etc. I’d feel like a berk doing it in my cul-de-sac.

I do agree that I fucking hate this shite that’s peddled about what “angels” and “heroes” the NHS are and how they deserve thanks, chocolate etc. Not because I disagree, but because I think they are highly skilled professionals and deserve paying appropriately. The more they get put on a pedestal about how Saintly they are; the more this government gets away with screwing them out of a decent wage because they’re supposed to be Lovey people doing it out of the goodness of their hearts...

It's utterly cringeworthy.

TBH I think it's a bit cringey, i think there's better ways to show appreciation - one being actually telling them you appreciate them, to their face (or rather their Facebook profile to respect social distancing ). A few words of kindness go a long way with people

Nope.

No.

Facebook should be renamed Sheepbook, what bollocks.

OK - you have convinced me - won't be clapping after all.

FFS just show appreciation by staying home and leaving enough food, and alcohol, in the shops

This. Only toilet paper rather than alcohol.