To think I shouldn't be named and shamed for not clapping

[Aberforthsgoat]

I clapped originally and it was lovely and everyone turned out for it here
Last week, after a rough night with DS I fell asleep after he went down and missed the clapping
A post went on our community Facebook group actually naming and shaming me.
I was mortified. The post said everyone else turned out and I showed the street up and if I can't spend a minute showing my appreciation I don't deserve to use the NHS if I or my family get ill
I ignored it at the time but I can't get it out of my head it's really upset me.

[TheAnswerTo1984is1776]

Tell those brainwashed slaves to drop dead and mind their own god damn business! Your child should always come first and I commend you for making sure that that was so. Those people shaming you are garden variety retards who only care about being obedient slaves to the corrupt global elite

[LadyRochfordsHoickedGusset]

My two nearest neighbours are married doctors working on opposing alternate shifts to get through it. I know this because I speak to them. They don't clap. I don't clap. But have offered them any help possible and given them my mobile in case of emergencies.

OP's neighbour would no doubt have me strung up by now. Not even a vomiting child to excuse me.

[puffinandkoala]

I have started unfollowing anyone on social media who talks about clapping or staying at home or anything. Stop banging us over the head with it all. Most of us can get on with this without either signalling our own virtue or having to point out other people'e rule-breaking.

Rather than stay home protect the NHS save lives. I might start my own shorter mantra: follow the rules and shut up. But that may not go down too well...

[Sooverthemill]

It's not compulsory. We don't do it. I would say about half our street of 19 houses don't do it. Our street is actually a square all by itself so only we can see ourselves. DH is NHS. I would ignore it. People are being very nasty to name and shame you

[Mummyoflittledragon]

There is another thread running about a mum being shamed for not clapping when her 2 yo is petrified. I wonder how many more people feel the way you do op and have either given in or feel harassed. I have clapped btw. I missed the first one as I hadn’t even heard of it. I want to do it and totally my choice. I have been encouraging my dd to come too. It’s just a small connection to the outside world, she claps a bit and mainly cartwheels on the front. My dh decided to join us yesterday for the first time. His choice and funnily I didn’t feel the need to harass him into coming out with me the times before this.

[Grannywanny]

Sorry about the abuse you suffered.
If you want to clap, feckin' clap.If you dont want to clap, feckin' dont clap.
Ignore the twunts.....
B T W my daughter lives in Greece, its not a stassi (??sp?) state, you fill in an email and go out to shop, its just to stop crowds, in her village no corvid 19, or in surrounding villages.
The haters will always hate. My late husband was a GP for 42 years, he would have thought clapping was daft. I clap. Its a private choice.
Try not to let the twunts upset you.
YOU ARE DEFF NOT BEING UNREASONABLE.
BE WELL, STAY SAFE.

[LadyRochfordsHoickedGusset]

She shouldn't have to explain ffs.

[MimiLaRue]

Just reply “sorry, didn’t think I should leave my vomiting child to clap” to shame them back. Awful

This! I'd like to see what they have to say about this

[LadyRochfordsHoickedGusset]

Every fucking thing LakieLady said. I couldn't agree more. Non-ironic 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻.

[MonkeyToesOfDoom]

Someone put on local FB:
"4 people DIDN'T come out on our street. (Angry emoji) We can do better as a town"

Someone replied,
"Who the fuck do you think you are to police them? Keep you neb to yoursen"
Then it got deleted.

Sums it up perfectly really.

[lightnesspixie]

Feel like we are all living in North Korea right now. It's bordering on sinister

[Aberforthsgoat]

Didn't expect so many people to be replying still!
I didn't clap tonight as DS was asleep on me but if I get named and shamed again I will reply
I've left it for now
This thread made me feel a lot better

[thequeenbeyondthewall]

Op just message them directly back on the board and tell them to "bore off" arseholes.

[BatsEars]

Oh bless you, that's just unkind

Ignore and unfriend these people

[LakieLady]

As an FB refusenik, I wouldn't even know if we were being named and shamed for not clapping, so if they are trying to shame us, they're wasting their time! I just looked out the window, and it seems that in our road the only people out clapping are those with young families. I'd actually quite like someone to call me out for it, so that I can explain that I support the NHS by where I put my cross come election time.

This reminds me of the way white feathers were handed out to men who weren't in uniform during WW1. The shaming is even more ridiculous than the virtue-signal clapping imo.

[HavenDilemma]

@Aberforthsgoat Did you reply? I really hope you stood up for yourself and stopped such utter nonsense

[LonelyFromCorona]

Seen someone post this comment on a post reminding of clap tonight on local group on Facebook


"I'm shaming my neighbours in [Street name censored], I'm the only one who goes out but, I've got reinforcements tonight because I have told the kids no clapping, no food!"

Insane

[Justgivemewine]

Op, you probably can’t win whatever you do. So clap, or don’t clap because that’s what you want or don’t want to to.

If you hadn’t been named and shamed, would you have clapped tonight anyway?
if so then clap,
if not then don’t.

Having said that I can still understand why you wouldn’t want to.

[GabsAlot]

so now the local news is reminding me to clap-fuck off

[Joanofardvark]

Oh goodness that’s just bullying OP . There could be any number of reasons anybody can’t go out to clap, how could they possibly not realise that?! If it was me I’d probably reply and say you were dealing with something (whatever you choose) because that’s a way of making them look like the inconsiderate twat they are. Naming and shaming you is almost like trying to give you some sort of bad rep and utterly unacceptable.

If you need something light hearted to take your mind off it I got sent this satirical artist on YouTube by my sister (makes fun of panic buyers and it gave me a giggle!) but there are a few rude words so not for kids obvs. I bet this person who had a go at you is probably one of those people who panic bought at the start of all this anyway, sounds the type. Here’s the chuckle link

m.youtube.com/watch?v=F3PD0TRLEbg

[MissBarbary]

No one in my street has done this ever, nor as far as I can tell when I've been out for a walk at the relevant time, has anyone in the surrounding streets.

[Hoggleludo]

Or yes. Say you were making headband. For the nurses. Which my mum is. As apparently the nurses need them to cover their ears. As the masks dig in.

[Hoggleludo]

Or reply that you were vomiting

And if they want to be sprayed next time with vomit. You'll gladly come out!