To be annoyed at note through door asking us to clap

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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.

Ignore it?

Ignore them OP, I work for the NHS and haven’t managed to clap on any of the thursdays due to the exact same reasons! I have a 1 year old who is difficult to get to bed.... i don’t wish to wake him back up! Doesn’t mean I don’t appreciate my own profession! Ignore them

Thank you Hulahola
And thank you for working at this time.
I've just managed to get mine down now, took ages.

I don’t see your problem? Clap or don’t clap seriously pointless getting annoyed about it

I just want to be clear, it's nothing to do with the actual clapping. It was the note through the door and pointing out 'those who didn't clap'. I felt that was trying to make people feel guilty into clapping, that's not what is needed in this time. I also said I asked the question to see if I was just being a grumpy sod as I was in a bad mood.

I'm trying my best to get through this just like everyone else, I thought the note was bad taste especially as their was nothing else on it, no helpful information for anyone who might be self isolating and struggling to get help, this note through the door would just add to the crappiness. Not to mention someone walking the streets touching peoples gates, fences, letterboxes.

Send one back asking ppl to stop posting unnecessary items which may be infected into the home of a vulnerable infant (or you know, ham it up...)

THIS

Ignore it. I work for the NHS and I haven’t clapped once. The first time I was trying to get my son to sleep, the second time I completely forgot and to be honest I didn’t hear anybody down my road clap the second week. I think when we start clapping for every little thing it loses its meaning and starts to get a bit silly. I would be pissed about the note too, like if all that person has to worry about is you not clapping then they are very bloody lucky xx

Put a big sign in your window saying “I show my appreciation for the NHS by never voting Tory”

^ This

It's akin to poppy fascism - I worked somewhere where I was only member of staff of 30 not to wear a poppy. Not through any great objection to them, but I just don't do that kind of thing - wristbands, badges, etc. But apparently that makes me somehow against "our boys".

YANBU.

I think it's an absolute cheek someone putting a note through your door. There has been enough publicity for people to know the time and date that this happens each week. It's almost like being pressured into something, which takes the whole point of it away.

Once an action becomes almost obligatory then I think it loses its sincerity.

I clapped the first time but then felt that it was being used as a distraction and possibly a replacement for proper pay and conditions so I have decided not to participate again. I agree that it also feels a bit sinister, that people are being conditioned.

I wish I had the courage to put that poster in my window Madame Meursault - I totally agree with its sentiments.

As an ex nurse I actually find all the clapping a bit patronising and the first week it happened my husband and me didn’t bother (and the fact we were eating our evening meal). Various neighbours then made comments if they saw us so felt shamed into doing it last week. Gritted teeth and all that. Oh, and YANBU. Stay strong and safe

One side effect of Coronavirus is virtue signalling and this is a good example of this. I join in the clapping on Thursdays but its ridiculous to expect everyone to take part. This crisis has bought out the good in some people but also given the bossy brigade and "instant experts" an excuse to tell us all what to do.

I’d be irritated by the note. What a waste of someone’s time and resources. And the gesture itself will lose meaning if people feel pressurised into doing it. I haven’t been subjected to any pressure but would hazard a guess that those applying it aren’t people I’d generally look to for moral guidance.
Surely also it must have occurred to people that one reason someone would stay in their house is illness?

NHS money is spent on what is actually harmful eg. funding of abortion [...] treaetment of STIs instead of us living so as not to put ourselves at risk.

Must be nice being so saintly and pious, eh? Both of these things are healthcare so I'm not sure what the issue is.

@trishteres 'funding of abortion and treatment of STIs' is an example of where NHS finding shouldn't go?

Holy shit. So you are all in favour of backstreet abortions, women dying and rampant spread of STIs then? These things aren't virtuous enough for you?

What if your husband decided to sleep around and infected you? What if you had an ectopic pregnancy and the foetus was going to kill you?

Our area apparently had a 'clap for Boris' last night (I live in a Labour area). Anyone on the local FB group who suggested it was going too far, or how about clapping for everyone who has it, or how about not clapping for one man alone who perhaps didn't follow his own advice about social distancing, was branded 'nasty', and people are clapping because they are 'positive' and ' caring'

We’re not able to clap. We are in a "doors together" terrace so not far enough away from our neighbours on one side to go out.

Poor show there, starfishmummy. You should organise your clapping with every other house doing it in the garden. Maximise the effect.

That should make winkywonky and her assortment of enforcers happy.

@TrishTeres, I'm not going to repeat what you said as I'm going to report it and hopefully it will get removed. I truly hope you're just a troll, and your vile views are just projected here to cause upset. Otherwise, please get help, you are evidently not healthy of mind.

I have reported yours as follows. I am putting forward important points about NHS spending and priorities. I am responding to clarification requested of me
It is not right that I am accused of having vile views or trolling. Please do not remove my post. Important discussion should not be silenced

@TrishTeres, you are more than welcome to report me and I accept my post could be removed for accusing a poster of trolling. However, I have outlined why I believe you are trolling, you have brought in the subject of abortion without need, and used inflammatory language such as 'killing babies'. That is not a discussion, that is a person deliberately using upsetting language for the purpose of causing discord.

Thankfully it's not up to trolls like Trish to decide what NHS money is spent on.

A search unearths that the delightful Trish spends their time on threads trolling about abortion and religion. Vile.

I'll ask again dear Trish. What if your husband had an affair and infected you with an STI? What if one of your friends or family was raped and was infected?

Also you know you can get infected with an STI from sleeping with one person right? And that you could be married to that person?

Also abortions don't 'kill babies' they remove embryos which are totally different things. Stop being silly