Are you still clapping for the NHS/key workers every week?

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Yabu - No
Yanbu - Yes

We haven't - and each time it has been by accident, e.g., falling asleep after a day at work, answering the phone, or going for a walk. Last week dh (working on computer in a meeting) said he saw the next door neighbour nod towards our house and said 'disgusting' as the clapping was happening. We are very grateful for the NHS. They saved my childs life. Ironically several people visit said neighbours house daily. 4 cars in driveway currently for the Thursday night celebratory party!! Yet we are disgusting?

@dayswithaY oh god, the loud shouty man! Our road has upped its game and thrown pots and pans into the mix for the first time. Maybe your road is a sign of what mine will look like in a couple of weeks!

Air raid siren here tonight.

No and we’re getting bullied because of it.

I’m a key worker in health care and dh is shielding. It’s not like we don’t care but all health professionals ever want is polite patients.

No. The pots & pans totally terrify my cat & I have to spend an hour trying to get her out from under the sofa where she's hiding & shaking. The clapping she could cope with. Who decided deafening pots & pans were mandatory now?

No. Fed up with seeing it all over social media from friends who aren’t normally the most ‘caring’ of people in everyday life.

I clapped first 2 weeks as am truly impressed by and grateful to nurses, doctors, carers et al - but not any more because a) it's been hijacked by Tory politicians b) its become virtue signalling. Now a gesture that feels both empty and hypocritical.

@Peggysgettingcrazy

You keep saying the same thing and it’s the same underlying theme and it’s just a load of nonsense.

If we’re going to get down to semantics and what being judged means exactly, we’ll it’s subjective. Some may feel judged- not my problem.

You keep going on about me feeling superior- but that’s not factually correct. My ‘feeling’ is my experience and not for you to interpret. I don’t feel superior, I just feel a bit sad that more effort isn’t made.

Your point about feeling like I’m judging is moot. It’s like me saying ‘that guy must like red because he has a red car’. It’s an observation. It’s my observation, but I have to accept that I may be wrong. He may not like red but that was the only colour available.

For him to say he feels judged is a bit ridiculous. An assumption has been made on the back of something else. It’s not factual until he says yes your assumption is correct.

So I’m telling you your assumptions are wrong regarding the feeling of superiority ‘I feel’

Would be interesting to know if any of the pro-clappers on here were the same posters on past NHS/civil servants pay freeze threads practically celebrating.

Yes, I’ve been really poorly with this virus and I always think of the individual nurses and doctors who helped me and hope they’re ok. My kids are very enthusiastic about it too. And no we haven’t put anything on fb.

*That posters story is awful.

But what about the key workees who have posted that they ar embarrassed people are being judged and harassed into to this, on their behalf? Who now don't like it at all, because of this?

How have you shown caring for them*

@Peggysgettingcrazy

But that’s not at all what I agree with. When have I ever said that’s acceptable?

All quiet by me, apart from a stray squeal at 8.04pm, so probably not related to the clapping!
There was a couple of clappers on the first week, then someone added a squeaky air horn for the next 2 weeks (drove my dog daft) but very quiet tonight.
Maybe people have got their hopes up about moving forward towards the lifting of lockdown in some form, and the winding down of the Nightingale hospitals seem to indicate a feeling of being past the worst?
Certainly it’s much busier on the roads and in the green spaces round here - on Tuesday around 3pm, it was as congested as ever!!
I’m close to coastal tourist areas and I’ve got a feeling we’re going to be invaded over the weekend ... you could tell Dom Rab was desperate to cool the lockdown-lifting mood for this Bank Hol ... goodness knows why Boris allowed the euphoria start up yesterday!! Bad timing🙄

NO its become stupid and cringeworthy. The neighbours in my cul de sac see it as a get together, no social distancing maintained, putting themselves at risk and then clapping.

We do it because my 8yo likes it
I find it mortifying though

DH and the kids do, I don't (and I am NHS).

Someone had an air horn tonight. I am noise sensitive and am not keen on clapping at the best of times. It rattles me a bit.

No, I haven't done any clapping at all, no-one does round here anyway. I shan't start now...

I do admire, respect and feel for all the NHS workers, plus all those others who are keeping the country going, such as supermarkets and delivery persons and care home workers to name but a few...but my clapping won't life any easier or better for them.

Clapping's fine. It shows your appreciation. But once you get out the pots and pans, the fireworks and the 100 piece orchestra it stops being about key workers and more about you showing everyone just how great and kind and virtuous you are. Brownie points for recording it and putting it on SM.

No. It's all stopped round here. I think nhs workers know we appreciate them by now.

But that’s not at all what I agree with. When have I ever said that’s acceptable?

When you judged in your previous posts. Where you admitted your judged

I'm not and I never have. My neighbours are probably fully judging me, I'm quite sure they do anyway, but the noise for me is unbearable. There is also a certain social aspect to being outside while all your neighbours are around that i really can't handle. I get very awkward with things like that. I am autistic and my natural state is to be safely hiding in my house!

Surprised at the results of this poll, our street seems to be more 'clappy' every week. Tonight we had the usual claps, pans, horns and a vuvuzela! Every week I feel quite emotional although that might be because I'm just happy to see another human with the exception of my family!

Peggysgettingcrazy

But that’s not at all what I agree with. When have I ever said that’s acceptable?

When you judged in your previous posts. Where you admitted your judged confused

I didn’t agree with people knocking on neighbours doors, shaming them on community Facebook groups and the like, or pressuring them to do it.

No. It's a useless gesture. But do it if it makes you feel better. 🤷‍♀️

3 sets of bagpipes and a drummer tonight . We will soon have a pipe band !