To be annoyed at note through door asking us to clap

[tainot]

Seriously, surely everyone knows about the clapping at this point and would do it if they wanted to/could?

I don't need a note through my door to make me feel crappy for not taking part. I thought at first it was a note asking if anyone needs assistance/shopping etc but nope, just a passive aggressive note thanking everyone for taking part and if those that haven't could join in this week. Eff that.

Don't get me wrong I applaud the NHS and keyworkers and have the upmost respect for them but I'm not clapping for my own practical reasons (getting baby to sleep is hard work, I'm not going to clap/bang pots just to wake them up again).

I'm not sure if it's my own attitude thats the problem or I'm rightly annoyed at people trying to guilt trip us into clapping. I don't need that, I've donated money and food in the last couple of weeks, I go out as little as possible (rarely), I'm doing my bit.

Dh is an NHS key worker, we didn't clap either.

I thought at the time that 8pm meant that lots of babies and toddlers had been put to bed at 7-7.30 and this would possibly wake them.

I am assuming the note person didn't put their house number on. I would put a sign in your window, saying settling a baby through the noise!

I'd be sorely tempted to go out at whatever time it is that the enforced clapping takes place and set fire to it.

@tainot Sun 05-Apr-20 23:09:51
Seriously, surely everyone knows about the clapping at this point.

Nope. not a clue. [aussie here] What kinda fresh hellz is happening now.????

Off to google

What, set fire to the clapping?

I'm not in the UK but there's clapping going on Downunder, too. I'm an essential worker but not on the frontline. I don't clap, but I do make DH clap for me and bring me beers.

My friend is a fire officer and is very annoyed because people have started setting off fireworks to say thank you as well, and there's a fire ban here to help keep fire officers safe! You couldn't make it up.

Forcing people to clap is the height of lunacy. Surely a better use of energy would be encouraging people to write to their MP about conditions for frontline workers!

@springydaff Grammar is hard, I know.

Wow. You folks over there are really inventive of new ways to .............................

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No one is clapping in my street. I’m NHS.

aw sorry, Lovely, I was being jokey! Didn't in any way mean to sound like a pedant - honest!

(My grammar is APPALLING so I wouldn't be one to point the finger lol)

Know what. I don't mind the clapping but for god sake don't try and make people do it.
I understand why it started but it's not essential. Those of us working through this won't be bothered either way. I'd rather public health England suggest better PPE than a flimsy plastic apron and surgical mask tbh!

@spatchcock Thankfully I think our locals would be very disagreeable to clapping shite

That's annoying but you can just shake it off and ignore.

Urgh. I thought the first clap was a lovely idea as clapping is a well-known gesture of appreciation. Now though, it's become a weekly competition to make as much noise as you can, banging pots and letting off fireworks, waking the kids and scaring the dogs. If has actually become rather antisocial. Making more noise doesn't properly fund and equip the NHS. Someone going round trying to force everybody to show their appreciation by banging a saucepan lid kind of defeats the purpose. Do you know who pushed the note through?

I disagree with putting notes through the door ‘encouraging’ people to clap. Coerced clapping takes away it meaning. However, as an NHS worker (AHP) working full-time on wards at an acute hospital, I really appreciate hearing (and joining in with) the clapping. The first clap came at the end of a day when I felt overwhelmed and scared at doing my job. I come home every evening and don’t want to hug my children as I feel contaminated despite wearing PPE. My strong urge is to do what others are able to do - stay home and stay safe with my family. I don’t feel ‘brave’ as NHS workers are often described right now. But, I don’t have any choice but to continue going into work each day and doing my job as best as I can.
The clapping really bolstered me up and it felt lovely knowing that people do care. I felt connected to others around me and loved seeing people on their doorsteps up and down the street I’m on. Most of them have no idea I’m working on the ‘frontline’ (hate that term) but I felt supported and encouraged by them nonetheless.

We didn't know about the clapping until after and also didn't realize it will be a weekly event. It just went from cute to obnoxious. Meanwhile my DH had offered that his lab can do testing for CORVID19, but no-one appear to be interested. Maybe the clappers could do something useful instead of something symbolic.

@Sparklehead You have my Respect and appreciation.🌺💞💯

@tainot Stop being such a grumpy twit. Is there any need to come on MN to boast about how you don’t feel the need to say thanks to those who are working on the frontline?

If you don’t want to do it then don’t but I certainly did and will continue to do so. I’m also sure that you’d accept these frontline workers help if you required it.

Ffs these people are twats, it's non of their business who does and doesn't clap and they shouldn't be out of the house doing non essential leaflet drops
As it happens i haven't clapped either week, first week we were putting the kids to bed 10mths and 3yrs and last week we decided to let the 3yr old stay up and join in. A few minutes before 8 he fell over and cut his eye open he now has a lovely black eye.

I don't mind the clapping. However this banging pots and pans nonsense is infuriating. I'm a nurse and currently on nightshift, I don't start till 10pm therefore am still asleep at 8pm, alarm is set for 9pm. I was woken up last week to the banging and clanging of pots and pans; I was not amused! Clapping fine, but this other low rent nonsense boils my blood. For the love of God, support us key workers by allowing us to get some sleep!

My husband is a doctor who is working a lot of night shifts at the moment. The clapping and banging wakes him up, as well as my baby.

I think it's nice that people want to support the nhs but my dh finds the clapping really annoying, as do a lot of other nhs workers I know. Please don't feel like you have to do it just because a busy body is pressuring people. A better way to support them is by staying home as much as possible, washing your hands regularly, and social distancing whenever you absolutely have to leave the house.

As a one-off I thought it was a great idea and took part. If it becomes a regular thing I feel it starts to lose its power and meaning.

For example, when an AIDS charity (I forget which) designed the red ribbon as a symbol it was unique and easily recognisable. Since then do many others have adopted/adapted it that it’s lost meaning.

I also applaud all of the HCP involved in responding to the crisis, and feel for the children, but I don’t want to stand on my doorstep clapping either. It’s just not something that I would do. So I’m not doing it and I’m not going to be guilt-tripped or shamed into taking part either.

I hate how this is affecting some people. A woman who lives in my block of flats posted a nasty post on fb about how she was the only one clapping (she wasn't she was clapping out the back of the building when everyone else was at the front) and how we should all be left to die if we catch it as we don't care about the NHS.

This is the same person who's going mad that people are going for daily walks as we have to stay the fuck at home and apparently even taking rubbish to the communal bin is murder.

It does make me worry about her state of mind.

Don't worry. We don't have to give outward signs about what's in our hearts. You can love God and be a good person but not go to church, you can love your partner and children to bits and not post all over social media, you can mourn someone so badly, but not collapse in heaps of tears and this is no different, great if you want to, but you can have the same respect as the biggest pot banger in England, without leaving your house.