I don't want to clap

[OrlandoAlice]

I do support the NHS, I'm massively grateful for everything NHS workers are doing at the moment and to everyone who still has to get up and go out to work and keep things going during this crisis. However the clapping just seems a bit pointless to me. As a one off it was fine but to make it a weekly thing feels forced and I resent feeling emotionally blackmailed into doing something so redundant. The Doctors and Nurses I know personally find it cringy and would rather people follow the advice, donate, or volunteer.

@sleepingpup

You're not the only one with family working for the NHS. However, I feel this 'debate' will only go around in circles. Your language around mental health is disgusting, and I dont wish to converse with such a bigoted person any longer. Clap to your hearts content, do the Hokey Cokey for the bin men, cartwheel around the park for Tesco workers, whatever convinces you that you're making a difference at the moment. Just keep yourself away from others when you do it, of course.

is that the royal dismissal @MouthBreathingRage ?

of course I keep away from others . As it turns out it's not just you has all the reasons and answers.

Others do too. But that would take empathy.

who chose 8pm in the first place

Out there in real life I have never met anyone and that includes Animal owners, my elderly neighbours and people with little ones who didn't like the clapping which in most instances goes on for 5 mins.

i've got this image of people sat there, "majorly pissed off" if there street does the clap, bang whatever for 5 mins.

WTF

It’s not for the nhs it’s for carer a

I’ve just got home from working at a busy hospital that’s leading the campaign against COVID-19. I won’t be clapping and I don’t want people to clap in the conservative stronghold area that I live. They’re a bunch of hypocrites as far as I’m concerned. Hypocrites that I and many others hold personally responsible for the PPE scandal that’s unfolding right now.

I’ve just seen on Facebook that in another village some absolute thundercunt of a bloke is going to be playing their disco as loud as possible after the clap to ‘celebrate’. Celebrate what for fucks sake?!?!

One time, fair enough, it’s a nice idea although misplaced but now it’s propaganda. Don’t ever forget why we’re in this disgusting situation and if you need a reminder, it’s because of the people that are encouraging you the most to clap.

i've got this image of people sat there, "majorly pissed off" if there street does the clap, bang whatever for 5 mins.

I think you've got the wrong end of the stick.

I'm not 'majorly pissed off', I'm just not going to participate in this weird national theatre. I already appreciate the NHS, just like the majority of the public - more importantly, I think, I pay taxes.

The current mindless fetishisation of the NHS and key workers is going to backfire.

Luckily it's not compulsory.

Also speak for yourselves when you say it's 'mindless'.

I'm not doing it either, once was cringy, every week is ridiculous

YANBU, what the NHS really want is for us to stay in (especially come Sunday when hundreds of thousands will no doubt believe that they will be the only ones ‘popping out’ in the nice weather for plants, a trip out, the park, the shops for a BBQ etc). I expect the same will happen if we have a warm, sunny long Easter weekend.

No, YANBU. I think it's ghastly and more about showing off than anything else. Mother was blethering on about who'd been out clapping in their street the other day and I've never been so glad to live in the middle of actual nowhere...

@GoldenKelpie

Someone upthread talked about clap shaming neighbours, oh yeah now if you don't clap you are one of "those"

Seems to me that it works both ways, you are to feel shamed if you do clap, too, according to some comments on this thread.

This.

I don't know what I find more nauseating and tiresome. People posting on here, crowing in a superior manner about how they didn't 'clap for the NHS' last Thursday, (and acting like they are superior to those who did.)

OR people coming onto the thread specifically to attack people who voted Conservative.

And as some posters are saying, DON'T DO IT if you don't want to. Nobody is forcing you to FFS.

It's ironic how some people are saying that joining in with the clapping smacks of attention-seeking... Coz saying 'I am not gonna clap and yer not gonna make me, so there! Na na na na na!!!!!!' seems even MORE attention seeking IMO.

The 'not-gonna-clappers' are now coming across as thinking they're superior, and are looking down their nose at people who DO take part.

As I say, spectacularly ironic!

And it's funny how some people seem to know loads of NHS workers who hate the clapping, yet all the ones I know have been very moved by it, and think it's a lovely gesture. Funny that eh?

This is a really horrible thread, with some really mean-spirited posts aimed at people who want to join in with the clapping.

I'm an NHS worker and I don't like it and I won't be clapping.
I know some people mean well but they could show their appreciation by not voting Tory.

Fireworks here too.

It makes me cringe so so badly.

I think it would have been better to wait until we were ‘out of the woods’ and done one to thank everyone. Why it needs to be done every week I really do not know.

YANBU I'm front line NHS and it's cringeworthy

Don’t think anyone clapped round here last week, or if they did, I didn’t notice. I’m not doing it. Too cringy and ridiculous. I’m embarrassed for anyone taking part in it.

“So let it be

Even at the expense of the multitude of NHS workers who have clearly said in this thread, please don’t, they don’t want it, they’d rather get some sleep?

So next door we're out with saucepans and spoons banging them together at 8pm. My baby is asleep and woke him. It's ignorant. Pissed me right off, felt like going out there and ramming the wooden spoon up her ass

Some of my neighbours were out just now clapping. It was sad to see all the birds disturbed and flying off.
And now the fireworks have started.

We did last week, but the kids are in bed (2 & 4) so felt bad but didn’t do it tonight

You could here a pin drop round here. Nothing.

well here you hear the cheers and clapping echoing streets away here. And we're a labour heartland. smiled at neighbours and they smiled back.
All done now . Felt good.

Just clapping this week which didnt last as long. Did sound nice though. However now people posting their plans to bang pots and set off fireworks next time. Just clap!

didnt hear much except a distant fireowrk