to be angry about this

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We've just moved to a new town and one of the neighbours is putting a weekly note through the door about the clapping for the NHS. We have two dogs and two young children.

Last week people stood on the doorstep and clapped, as is their right, but we've just had another note through the door saying it is going to be a weekly event and asking if anybody has got any musical instruments or fireworks

This is beyond a joke, we have dogs and small children to deal with. Fireworks?! Musical instruments?! At bedtime?!

Oh come on. I’d not be pleased either!

It's a bit much isn't it? And it's going to get old really quickly.

😂 they set fireworks off round here last week. It's going to get ridiculous

Because the emergency services really need to be dealing with firework related accidents at the moment.

Only utter dickheads let off fireworks - they frighten both pet and wild animals terribly. They should be banned.

It will totally take away from the importance of the message if it is done weekly. Also as many nhs staff keep saying, clapping for them is lovely but they would prefer adequate ppe

It will be over and done with before it starts. Our street had fireworks last week which lasted for about 3 minutes. I know it's frustrating when you have dogs, but unless your children are babies why don't you let them watch from the window before they go to sleep. Tell them it's a special treat instead of a story before bed. And put the dogs in a room with white noise to drown out the fireworks. There is no point in getting angry about it as it is going to happen any way. Instead find ways of making it better for your household

You need a No Junk Mail sign ASAP...

Yanbu

It’s all very well clapping for the nhs but in reality what good does it do?

We would be better off donating things to them, or raising money for more equipment

Yeh I’ve heard people want to do it again. Pretty hypocritical from a country that just overwhelmingly voted Tory

I'd be annoyed too. I'm not doing it because I know next door has a baby and to be fair it all seems a little daft to me (sorry ducks). I really appreciate anyone who is still working now, it's amazing, but I will not be making a racket and disturbing my neighbours to prove it. I may however leave my bin men a tip if I ever manage to get to a cash point.

I get the concern about firework accidents but come on, some noise will take a bit longer to get kids to sleep - what’s the harm? That’s absolutely nothing compared to what front line staff are having to deal with for hours day in, day out. Have a little respect!

@Soubriquet we’re meant to fund them through our taxes. Vote for parties that want to fund them properly and there would be no need for fundraisers

The kids have done some thank you pictures for the front windows (for a variety of front-line staff), we didn't clap.

I wasnt particularly impressed with this clapping malarkey first time around. I appreciate the NHS as much as anyone (especially after the last few days), but clapping outside and certainly releasing dangerous fireworks isn't the way now. Things are about to get a lot worse over the next week, people need to stay indoors more than ever.

A clap is nice, but I dont think people generally realise how much trouble the NHS is in. A clap and a cheer will very quickly become nothing more than an empty sentiment.

Oh yes, let's let fireworks off increasing the risk of injury and someone requiring an ambulance and possible admission to hospital.

Some people are just cretinous dicks.

*BuffaloCauliflower

Yeh I’ve heard people want to do it again. Pretty hypocritical from a country that just overwhelmingly voted Tory*

My thoughts exactly.

I'm fine with clapping, and I wouldn't be too bothered about musical instruments provided it didn't get silly and go on for ages. I live on a main road and lots of cars were sounding their horns, so same sort of thing. I'd get seriously pissed off though if fireworks became a regular thing. If people have money to spare on something that is set alight and gone in moments, then the money would be better spent on donating to PPE equipment.

We have it every night here at 8pm, clapping and pan banging etc. I think it's just a couple of houses though and I imagine they'll give up soon.

We have it every night here at 8pm, clapping and pan banging etc. I think it's just a couple of houses though and I imagine they'll give up soon.

I'd totally lose my shirt with that. Nightly? Why?

I didn't clap last week because we live in aTory stronghold area so the hypocrisy of them out honking their horns and clapping was just to much to bear. So I stomped around the house muttering swearwords at 8pm last week.

Fireworks and musical instruments is completely OTT. The clapping is all well and good but if people insist on doing it week in, week out for months it'll completely lose it's impact.

Shit, I'd lose my shit and not my forking shirt 😂

Fuck knows @Thighmageddon, pretty sure our street is full of hypocrites (ie Tory voters) too.

I doubt many people have stockpiled fireworks, or will be able to buy any now.

It’s 5 mins max and as everyone does it outside their own house you won’t have the whole street’s noise under your window.

Whatever you think about this particular initiative, in the long run you will be glad you moved into a sociable, community minded road

My thoughts as a non NHS worker - if I was an NHS worker this would irritate me. They’re underpaid and undervalued and now people want to clap them? How would you feel if your boss underpaid and undervalued you but instead gave you a round of applause every Friday afternoon 🙄 to me it’s annoying and patronising. I’m not an NHS worker though, so maybe they like it. Probably not if it’s Tory voters clapping though.

If I was an NHS worker I’d be annoyed about how many idiots were going to be admitted to hospital with firework related injuries. I’m sure the police and fire service aren’t overly thrilled about it either!

Stop clapping. Stop voting in parties who want to destroy the NHS.