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.

@Seventytwoseventythree PLEASE write a little note to them:

Dear Neighbour

As you you're aware, I am a Doctor. I very much appreciated your effusive clapping last night. However may I request an alternative? How about refraining from the late night discos and allowing me to actually get some sleep before my long shift treating patients? I'm sure you don't need me to point out the blatant hypocrisy in continuing to prevent me from having sufficient rest and your passionate clapping in support of the NHS.

Many thanks for understanding

Seventy

You could here a pin drop round here. Nothing.

Where fo you live and what is the average deographic/breakdown of your street and community Easytarget?

@Ghostlyglow 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.

Couldn't agree more! I work for nhs though not front line but have and would never vote Tories, in particular given their nhs record over past 10 years. people have been living in a bubble thinking 'we're alright jack' , now their wishing we'd actually invested in our nhs and could deal with this like Germany has.

Btw I did clap with my dc and I thought it was lovely as it reminded me that there are other people out there.

Bagpipes?? Fucking bagpipes??

And now fb full of people patting themselves on the back for clapping...THIS is why I fucking hate it, as a shift worker trying to catch a nap before I go out to work all night!!

@sleepingpup

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.

Yeah we just came in too, after clapping for a few minutes. 10 or so of us had a chat (all 20-30 feet away from each other,) for maybe 10 minutes after. We could all hear the clapping from all around the village. It was lovely!

A nurse who lives 5-6 doors away waved at us all and beamed at us and shouted 'thank you!' A carer (visiting someone 7 doors down,) also came out and waved and smiled at us all.

Such a lovely a lovely atmosphere, and a nice community feeling.

No-one is banging pots together, OR banging bin lids together!

And no-one is setting off fireworks! OR having any late night discos!

Then again, I live in an upper middle class area, occupied by many professionals, and wealthy people, (old money.) So I don't ever experience this kind of behaviour from anyone.

Apologies if this has been said (I’ve skipped from one 1 to 12) but I thought today’s clapping was for others still working for us I.e. the teachers, supermarket staff, delivery people etc.

As on another thread, I have a nervous dog, and there's a baby next door. Really hoping this wears off before people in my street start 😁 that said I'm trying not to be grumpy if it's making people feel better... Trying...

Do it or don't do it 🤷🏻‍♀️

It's over. You can stop fretting now

Not a sound in my street - maybe we are all Tory voters, grateful that we currently have a Tory Government rather than the alternative. I'm guessing Labour are shitting themselves with relief that they don't have to deal with this unprecedented crisis.

I should point out that we are not silent because we don't have massive respect for and are thankful to NHS workers and others 'on the front line' because we do/are; it's just we're not big on virtue signalling and posting selfies.

@Seventytwoseventythree i cannot stand people like your neighbour. Awful.

It was lovely on our street, we all waved to one another and smiled. We have three GPs, who all came out and clapped.

A little clapping and banging, not as much as last week. Could clearly hear Neighbour Who Likes To Be The Centre Of Everything enthusing to the people over the road.

I was put off joining this week by attempts on social media to get a political chant popularised. Smelt very like how the old Socialist Worker types used to try and hijack any grass roots activity in the 80s and 90s.

It reminds me a bit of the Workers of the World sign in the grocer’s window in Vaclav Havel’s essay ‘Power of the Powerless.’

It's naf. I won't be doing it, but my neighbours do.

Not a sound here. Very upper-middle class area (Conservative MP, though I voted Lib Dem; they come a very solid second. They are also in charge of the local council. Labour vote is more or less non-existent).

It doesn't mean people aren't grateful to other people doing their jobs. However, I'm also grateful to my dad, who is manufacturing items that NHS workers - and therefore all of us, potentially - are reliant on. He would curl up in horror if anyone were to clap him.

Didn't hear anyone clapping near me, though the neighbors have a sign on their gate thanking the NHS.

I ticked Yahboo.

The clapping is absurd. It does not cross my consciousness except the (increasingly few) times I come on here! Why do you feel any pressure? Just don't give it a second thought.

Some cock in my neighbourhood is going to play ‘heal the world’

Michael Jackson? Fuck me, I don’t know if this makes me want to laugh or cry. You’re right that this person is a cock though.

Betty so what are your actual thoughts about people ..regardless of their job in the NHS ? How do you identify as upper middle class ? Are you talking about education,intelligence or just people born into a rich family...explain! I live in a very stupidly wealthy area and my father was a very intelligent ,articulate journalist who would have been horrified by your comments!

My street let off fireworks as well as clapping so I've spent the last 3-4 hours since trying to calm my petrified dog down.

I'm really pissed off actually, and I've no intention of joining in, now or in the future, even though some neighbours are keeping a tally on FB of who joins in and who doesn't.

Where I am, it’s every evening (Canada) and of course people feel the need to put videos etc I’d themselves doing it on the local Facebook page...every blooming day.

Blimey what a load of miserable gits. If you don't want to clap then don't do it but don't have a go at people who do for being'showy' and 'look at me'. I went out tonight clapped and cheered because I felt like it

some neighbours are keeping a tally on FB of who joins in and who doesn't.

I’m really hoping that’s a joke but I don’t think it is. 😬

Hope your dog is ok now. Ours were frightened too. ☹️

Just pay them a great wage for what they do. Everything else is bullshit.