Clap for NHS has lost the spirit.

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Please don't come for me and be nasty.

The first clap for NHS and others was so amazing and I can't believe everyone did it, I thought it would be a yearly thing or an NHS day each year.
(I made a decision to donate some money each year to them

I think the clap thing has lost the meaning and its seems silly to stand outside and clap. It's like a song that's been over played,

And after seeing the idiots clapping on the bridge has made it a joke.

Does anyone else feel the same

My mother votes Tory and proudly told me that she'd "done her bit for the NHS" by going out clapping every week. I said that I do my bit not by clapping but by donating blood and not voting for a party that has systematically underfunded and sold off parts of the NHS for the last 10 years. Got no reply to that text lol.

We have a donation station at our community centre people have set up a soup and sandwich thing so if anybody wants to donate to foodbank theycan on certain days which seems to be working, initially they wanted to come round doors collecting food which really puts people on the spot .

Oops that was for @cocklepicker

Never clapped, never will.

There is a foodbank van parked in a car park nearby for people to leave donations in. Every supermarket etc.

These neighbours are simply doing it for attention (with some goodwill for the community obviously but a complete lack of care for their neighbours).

I'll rope in a few other neighbours if I can and then make the suggestion in front of everyone on Thursday night

They reckon it's from "our feedback" . Hmmm (covered up their names but if you're on here neighbours then please think of a better way)

Completely agree. I joined in the first one. Thinking wrongly it was a one off. It was incredibly awkward, standing next to neighbours and clapping. Also, living in a terrace house we were not 2m away. I didn't join in any more.

It feels alarmingly similar to the "two minute hate" in 1984. Indeed, the whole lockdown situation and vigilante culture feels like we're sleep walking into 1984.

Actually, that's a point about the fireworks. Plenty of NHS staff will have dogs that get scared by them. So that's not exactly supporting the NHS if you're giving the staff another thing to worry about at home.

Taking photos of the donations for FB nullifies any altruistic 'community benefit'. I think people will vote with their feet and do what they'd prefer. Not everybody needs a FB fanfare and I think the way you feel about it will very much echo what many others think also.

I agree with you OP

I clapped the first few weeks but it just seems pointless now in my view

I will clap again the night lockdown is fully and utterly lifted.

Clapping is fine long as no one is shamed and they come out and do it cause they want to. Not because they'll be named and feel they have to.

It has gone look at me I'm so loud I care bang bang bang!! Someone on the local group got jumped on because of asking for there ideally not to be fireworks cause his pets are afraid. Cue responses of how they should deal with it. People can do what they want. Louder the better. Even when NHS workers added their view people refused to back down.
Then other streets ooooh look at this lovely person singing. No!

as my street is very into it and they chant your house number then cheer when you come out

Oh God that is so cringe .

I haven't taken part in it, at first it was because I had coronavirus and was too ill to stand outside clapping and now it's because after thinking about it, i'm not sure it's actually doing much? Obviously it provides an much needed morale boost but I think there are more useful ways we could be helping the NHS. For me, it's signing the petition to increase their wages.

In case anyone's interested (I didn't set up the petition, it was shared on fb)

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/300073

I think people are doing to feel linked in to their communities and to do something rather than nothing. Belonging to something is a huge thing for humans isn't it.

Agree Noeuf, as long as it's optional for people to join in and not obligatory if they don't. Free will is also important for humans.

I think the difficulty is that we've never had 'lockdown' before, many with nothing (from their usual life) to do and nobody knows how to do that. It's just bloody difficult.

I work for the NHS and have not gone outside to clap. Partly because it feels weird clapping for somewhere I work, often I am at work and also I do my job because I love doing it, not because I want recognition.

I have used an NHS shopping slot on one occasion and that was because I had done four straight night shifts plus most of the fifth day in bed and had been unable to get bread for almost ten days.

Where are they getting non essential fireworks ?

it gets so loud here.people bang saucepans and play trumpets. Im in bed by that time but hear it as sleep with the window open.

It was definitely quieter here last week than the week before. Let's see what this week brings!

If anything it should be the last Thursday of the month only

Having it every Thursday has lost any meaning. I said this would happen when I heard it was going to be every week

There’s only really one couple who go out to clap on our small road and she is retired NHS. 😁

Happy to donate money and certainly have done but the clapping thing is most definitely not me. 🙄 (plus according to Mnet I have no right to anyway as I voted Tory!)

Anything that people feel compelled do to soon looses it's meaning (and yes, I know that not everyone feels compelled).

Someone on here called it the North Korean Clap and I thought 'yep'.

plus according to Mnet I have no right to anyway as I voted Tory

Shouldn't worry About it (i know you’re not)

Ive seen that the following people shouldn’t clap

Those that vote tory
Those that don’t want to pay any extra tax
Those that don’t pay tax at all
Those who don’t pay attention to government guidelines on eating
Those who don’t pay attention to government guidelines on drinking
Those who bother the GP or A&E for trivial reasons (no idea what this covers)

I reckon thats millions of us that can’t clap

I’d be interested to know the effect on nhs workers. Not the conscious effect but the subconscious impact. Does it make them feel they cant complain about how exhausting/ tough / bloody awful their job is at the moment? Does it make those that would love to stop but can’t have difficult feelings? It’s so clearly just something fun for people to do in a boring week now after the initial meaningful the first clap. Wonder how many shamers are going to be shamed themselves when they don’t spend this Thursday evening standing in the rain?