To get cross at the drumming for NHS clap

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I put my kids to bed at 7pm.

By 8pm the massive drums come out over the road and the aim seems to be to make as much noise as possible which then disturbs the kids.

I mean it's been weeks now...

Is it just because I'm at this stage in life that I dread The Clap?

Someone round here had their 14 year old kid’s 3 piece band - socially distant but with amps, speakers, etc. performing some of their own original tracks.

😬

I'm really over it and I'm a frontline nhs worker. At the beginning I found it a bit wanky but that's probably more about me but clapped in appreciation whilst thinking "hope you everyone votes for a government that puts ten nhs at the forefront at the next GE"
I wish they would stop now but my DD loves it so I do it for her.

I bloody hate it.

I've also found the people putting on Facebook their children doing a dance (solo) in the street or singing a solo song quite amusing because it's just a chance to show off your children under the guise of supporting the NHS.

We were not going to bother last night- it does seem like it needs to come to an end. But then we went out and joined our neighbours. We're a small road and it's a nice chance to say hello and chat to people. Not everyone comes out and no one is ever judgey

Friday is our bin day so I rumble my wheelie bin wheels to show my support on Thursday evenings

I resented going out and clapping last night, I still did but I just think "what's the point when the govt clearly don't give a fuck"..

Not so many clappers round here anymore, but every week a band nearby uses amps and plays about 20 minutes of music! Last night it woke my baby, it’s infuriating! My DH is NHS as well so if they really wanted to support the NHS...

I thoroughly enjoyed it for the first 2 weeks, & it only went on for a minute or two here. By week 3 MrC didn't fancy it so I stood alone. Week 4 I got the tin & chopsticks out seeing as I could hear other people doing the saucepans in the distance, & the furious clapping hurt my hands. On week 5 I asked the neighbour to join me, she absolutely loved it & clapped long after everyone else, by now it's going on for about 10 mins. Her face was a picture, when we'd finished clapping she asked me why we were doing it. I didn't really want to do it at all by week 6 until the neighbour rang & asked if we were doing it again, I wanted to see that look on her face again so I agreed. I've had enough now, although it's not too noisy as I can only hear people in the distance. People do it for themselves, it may have been for NHS et al to begin with but not any more.

Last night there were fireworks going off, horns blaring, pots and pans being banged, clapping, singing you name it.

The aftermath of that was there were dogs barking and howling after the fireworks and babies and children crying.

Its turned into a game of one-upmanship around here.

I think Rosehip 10 has a point about politicians - funny how they've backed down on immigrant NHS workers being charged for using the NHS services; could the prospect of Boris being called out for a hypocrite as he came to the door of No. 10 to "clap for the carers" have had a bearing?
I think the original idea came from a good place, but it's becoming less appropriate as the weeks go on.

I think that instead of clapping every single Thursday we should commit to stay inside every Thursday, that certainly could reduce the risk of infection a bit, the cases the NHS deals with and be much better token of our appreciation to the NHS than clapping on Thursday but breaking social distance rules every time we are out.

Nobody's ever done it in our lane - well not our end, I don't know about at the bottom.

Nobody bothered here yesterday for the first time. Usually someone drives around in a car blasting some loud obnoxious klaxon and people set fireworks off so I was relieved it had stopped.

Oh I can't bear it. Grateful though I am to all frontline NHS, carers etc I loathe the clapping and other associated shows of support - fireworks, saucepan banging etc.

My neighbours (who are a bunch of brainless twats, whole other thread) have completely ignored lockdown, got people constantly in and out of their house buying drugs, yet come 8pm on a Thurs the whole family are outside saucepan banging and in their cars (parked on the street) merrily beeping their car horns.

It's become just another excuse to be an irritating noisy tosser.

There was a fucking air horn here last night 😠

You must live across the street from my BIL....or my FIL. Both still dragging full drum kits into the street their efforts are videoed then posted on the family WhatsApp for us all to admire.

People blowing horns, blaring music, banging pots etc are dicks.

I think their are better ways of showing our apreciation to all care workers. And thats staying the fuck home and adhearing to the rules. Simple. I dont want to be clapped like a performing seal. I want no fucking cases and the chance to hold my children again. End of.

Near us live a twat with 8 cars part time ambulance driver who puts his sirens on and drives around the village at 8pm. I guess so everyone can clap him?
I have not clapped because it feels just uncomfortable.

I clap, I bang my saucepan and my son runs around blowing a horn. I do it and think of the nurses and doctors and tell my son why we are doing it. I love hearing my neighbours do this as it's a great sense of community and I don't feel so damned alone in this blinking lockdown.
But....we all only do it for a few minutes and I appreciate and wouldn't want to disturb anyone, but will carry it on as a reminder for what NHS workers are doing. This is how it works for me.
Sorry its disturbing your child.

I see that the founder, Annemarie Plas has suggested bringing an end to the clap next week in its 10th week and then moving to an annual thing instead. Roll-on in my opinion. Apparently, since VE Day, some "NHS staff have felt stabbed in the back". Coronavirus: Clap for Carers should end, says founder www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-52773032

@kittykat93 People blowing horns, blaring music, banging pots etc are dicks. I couldn't have put this better myself!!

Yes, I've just heard that on the radio LaVie. I think it's good the person that started it is telling people when to stop it.

What about replacing The Clapping with a Silence for carers?
Preferably one that lasts until 8am the next morning