To think a lot of those clapping for the NHS are hypocrites

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Just that really.

I’m not even talking about politics here and who voted for what party but the sheer hypocrisy of the some of the people who clap every Thursday for the NHS after consistently ignoring the ‘lockdown’ rules.

The couple over the road have their grandchildren over to stay all day every day, I imagine so their parents can work from home efficiently but that’s not the point.

My neighbour to the right is very pregnant and yesterday sat in her front garden with her partner and toddler and two other friends (no distancing at all)

and then the couple to the left have their parents drive over every weekend and come and stay!

There are others doing the same too! What part of, don’t visit those outs your household, don’t they understand?!?

They are all out every Thursday clapping and it’s just annoying me. I won’t be out tonight because they are all just hypocrites and I’d probably tell them so. DH says I shouldn’t bother what others are doing but I’ve got family working in the NHS and now a friend of the family being treated in critical care. So maybe I’m over sensitive, but I feel like we should care about others being selfish and the hypocritical clapping just winds me up. It’s just so tone deaf and shows how people lack self awareness ... I think some of it just to look good?

Tell me to shut up I’m just annoyed and probably being unreasonable but interested if others feel people are being hypocritical with this too.

Some definitely are, one set of neighbours have been going out for a whole day at a time (not key workers, but parents live nearby) and the other set has their kids and grandkids visiting and coming inside every single day.

Both these households stand outside their front doors ever Thursday and clap.

I'm so tired of the clapping but the whole street takes part and I'll look like a knob if I don't join in.

We are still joining in the clapping. It’s quite nice for the children and all the neighbours wave to each other and say a quick hello from our driveways, at a safe distance of course.

We are in London (albeit outer) which may or not be relevant. As far as I can tell, people around us are keeping to the quarantine/ lockdown rules - seem to be keeping to their families, not having anyone round, only going out for essential exercise / shopping. You hardly see any pedestrians or cars on the streets. Most people in my street won’t be Tory voters either!

Quite a few no shows tonight. Me and a couple of the more committed neighbours will split the house numbers between us and pay them all a socially-distanced visit tomorrow to remind them how important it is to get involved and show the NHS our whole community supports them!!

You are joking @LonleyFromCorona ???

Complaining about people not doing it is silly. I think it's nice to do but if it's just done out of social pressure it becomes meaningless - there are other ways of supporting the NHS and we don't know what those people have going on anyway.

I’m so tired of the clapping but the whole street takes part and I'll look like a knob if I don't join in
Haha, sounds like the Chinese cultural revolution mentality. To be honest if people want to vote for the Party that always invests the bare minimum that’s their choice - their money, their health system. What concerned my far more about the last Tory manifesto was how utterly shite and lightweight it was in tackling the climate crisis commitments compared to Lab/Lib/Green. I’m sure people will be telling us decades from now though that “any government would be struggling now etc etc”. Fail to plan, plan to fail.

My family went out tonight but I did not because I have been in bed all day with a shocking headache & throwing up.

Kids observed our neighbour like a budgie seeing who was out

Why the judgement 🤷‍♀️

I have worked in social care my whole life up until the birth of my children (trained as a social worker & counsellor). Never vote for parties who privatise or purge public services

Never assume it makes an
ass (of) u (and) me

@sleepingpup believable though? There are nutters on local community Facebook groups uttering more or less the same thing!

Actually that would make the Tories a great campaign slogan “fail to plan, plan to fail”. Their vision never extends any further than the next election.

Indeed Also ,I also no quite a few NHS workers having worked in the NHS myself for 20 years they seem to like the clamp by by all accounts .

Disgusted at those posters talking (hopefully not seriously) of BULLYING people into participating against their wishes you should be ashamed of yourselves.

I'm agoraphobic and haven't been clapping BUT I have never voted Tory - and never will - and as far as possible self treat or use home or otc remedies and only use the nhs when absolutely necessary. I also regularly discuss such matters with my Mp and urge whoever that is at the time to support and defend the nhs.

Yes, I absolutely think those clapping after having voted Tory and/or over burdening the nhs, not observing the current rules designed to help us all ARE idiots and hypocrites!

I fear that once this is over the nhs will be the first economic casualty, the tories would LOVE an excuse to privatise as they never wanted the nhs in the first place and have been fighting against it since its inception.

If you want to keep and support the nhs STOP BLOODY VOTING TORY!

Well no surprise she didn't come out again tonight. Hopefully I'll catch her tomorrow when she goes by with her dog. I've already mentioned it on Facebook and people agree that it's not on and I should say something. Trouble is, I'm not a confrontational person and I don't know what to say.

I don't understand these people who seem to know exactly what their neighbours are doing. I am too busy looking after my children to notice
If they are coming or going. You must be sat looking out the window 24/7

Trouble is, I'm not a confrontational person and I don't know what to say

You obviously are confrontational if you are planning on confronting her...I’d suggest you say nothing

As i said earlier maybe she isn’t clapping because she doesn’t want to be a hypocrite

@KathyBriggs360

I'm sure you're joking but on the off chance you're not...

If you really care about the NHS, then don't approach her and maintain social distancing.

As for not being a confrontational person, I beg to differ. You sound the epitome of one.

Seriously, get a grip

@formerbabe I don't understand why you are having a go at me, I am out there every single thursday evening showing how much the NHS means to me (staunch labour girl here). All I ask is that other people do the same, it doesn't take any more than a couple of minutes and shows that you care about the plight of our health workers. I took a video this time to upload to Facebook of the solidarity my street showed and watching it back has brought a tear to my eye. So much love and passion for those women out there risking their lives to save us.

You knock on my door and demand I clap - I'll clap you around the ear.

All I ask is that other people do the same

You have no right to dictate what other people do. Hope that helps.

I took a video this time to upload to Facebook of the solidarity my street showed

So did you do that with the left hand or the right hand and I assume the other hand was clapping effectively showing your support for the NHS while you were filming? Oh no wait - you weren't clapping - you were stood there leeching other people's clapping for YOUR social media likes and ego. Now we're getting to it aren't we? You want a good show so you can brag on FB about how YOU live in the BEST street and how that makes you a better person than all the other people out there because your street (apart from you on camera duty) clapped better than anyone else.

kathy fuck off youre just being goady now

My neighbours are out every Thursday clapping with their visitors. I don’t know whether the visitors are there on other days because I don’t look, but it always strikes me as a little odd.

I am only responsible for my own behaviour.

What others do, what they think, how they vote, if they clap or don't clap never crosses my mind.

Me and a couple of the more committed neighbours will split the house numbers between us and pay them all a socially-distanced visit tomorrow to remind them how important it is to get involved and show the NHS our whole community supports them!!

I'd just tell you to fuck off.

People show their appreciation in different ways. I personally do not clap but that does not mean I don’t appreciate the NHS. I prefer to do things low key, if you constantly need validation from likes then that’s incredibly sad. I do however make every one of the nursing staff involved in my seriously ill child’s care know how valued they are.

KathyBriggs360
You are a bully and an utter arsewipe to boot. DFOD.