to think we could cheer the NHS some other time?

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The nice man over the road leant on his car horn for a solid 30 seconds. My poor baby girl woke up absolutely terrified and has literally screamed nonstop since.

I am full of gratitude for our NHS and i think its wonderful that so many people want to show their support. Could we maybe do it at 6pm instead? Fucking please?

It’s one night a week.
I’m guessing 8pm is when a lot of shift workers are leaving the hospital after a busy day and maybe being clapped as they leave work or arrive home may in some way help them feel the nation is grateful after what could have been a very harrowing day for them.
It’s not going to be forever. It’s one night a week for a few more weeks.

I agree, my little boy gets so distressed if his sleep is disturbed. New Year's Eve was horrific. He would love to be clapping and joining in at 6pm.

@Lucienandjean we had bloody bagpipes too, 1 close by and one a few streets away and both going at different times. And fireworks/pots and pans etc.

Ndn with toddler said just to change 8mo's routine so she's awake for it all and can enjoy it

@chocito she's 5months old, it would literally be hell trying to keep her awake that late.

I'm so proud nobody in my road joins in this charade

Sorry OP that's shit. Car horn not on. All you can do is appeal to his better nature I guess.

If anybody was clapping I couldn't hear it over all the other noise. People are doing it to make themselves feel better, not to thank anyone.

Gathering together in the street to mark another week of social distancing just seems idiotic to me.

Why would anyone hoping to see the infection rate reduce appreciate that?

Our next door neighbour blasted his horn this evening. Then the fireworks, then screaming and cheering. Can't we just clap? I am grateful for the NHS and feel really sorry for them that they are working in awful conditions without even PPE but I think it's got out of hand.
I agree do it earlier then the noise wouldn't matter. Fed up of the half hour to hour long fits of my 11 year old after the fireworks (autistic and can't deal with loud noise).

I absolutely agree with you. Every week it wakes up my 1 year old not long after bed and I have hell putting him back down.

Fucking fireworks this week- because it's such a great celebration to engage in risky dangerous behaviour. Wankers.

Why not clap at 6 if you must pointlessly clap for a service you literally just voted to sell off. Hypocritical bunch of cunts.

We had the same! WHY!?

The idiots beeping horns like that or banging pans together are just taking it too far, such a noise nuisance

I agree it should be earlier, it's just the sort of thing children like to join in with.

Fireworks also.

Yes, like on election day...

I agree, that was my first thought when I saw it was going to be 8pm every week, but most of our neighbours have small children so after the first week it seems thankfully to have died off here. I can’t be doing with competitive virtue signalling, I’ll show my appreciation for the NHS in other ways.

People are doing it to make themselves feel better, not to thank anyone

Couldn’t agree more. The couple across the road have had non stop visitors of all ages yet were clapping their hands like an excitable seal through the upstairs window. The hypocrisy was obviously lost on them.

Totally agree. My 2 DC are sleep by 6:10pm. I don’t join in the clapping. Thankfully they haven’t been woken up yet, even though some asshat behind us sets off fireworks every week!! It’s too light to see them, but creates a racket

There would be issues whatever time people did it:
Night shift workers trying to sleep
Mother with a newborn trying to nap

There’s inevitably always going to be someone disturbed.

We had fireworks in our close- tbh it was 30secs I don’t think it’s a huge issue.

A much higher proportion of people are asleep in the evening than are shift workers who sleep in the day...

6pm would be a much more reasonable time, and then more children could join in. I also wish people would just stick to clapping. No fireworks, banging saucepans, car horns, screaming or anything else. I really feel for those with children or pets who are afraid of fireworks. New Year and Bonfire Night must be bad enough, but every week for who knows how long? I think some people just love making noise.

I agree! My 2yo has literary just got off to sleep when the clapping started - then some
moron let off fireworks. Took me ages to get her back down again.

@onlyfoolsnmothers you're absolutely right, we should jack it in altogether and show our appreciation for the NHS by never voting for the fucking Tories.

Well, yes, I was in the middle of preparing supper. And my double baked cheese soufflé waits for no man.
(I wasn’t. And I don’t even know what supper is.)

Had the same today - she was just falling asleep when the loud cheers and car horns started, and we live in a v quiet area! Would much prefer it at 6 - before/after kids dinner and not right when they're settling down!

We had a bloody trumpet for well over 10 mins.

8pm is too late but to those who think it's a charade. My daughter is a frontline NHS nurse who currently has 2 colleagues on ventilators (in their forties 3 children each). She finds it very moving every week.