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To think we should bring back the clapping

439 replies

NYEPOPPER1 · 30/12/2020 23:50

We seem to be in a similar position to March and the NHS is coming under serious strain. Aibu to think now is the time to bring back the clapping?

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HibernatingTill2030 · 31/12/2020 02:11

God No.
Forced virtue signalling bollox.

If you want to support the NHS, stay at home when you can, wear a mask if you can and carefully consider who you vote for in the next general election.

Spidey66 · 31/12/2020 02:18

No, it’s patronising.

If you want to show support for NHS staff, come the next election do not vote for a party which will underfunds it.

ilovesooty · 31/12/2020 02:20

@LittleBearPad

Of course the money’s there if the government chooses for it to be.

Was it £100 million Chris Grayling spent on non-existent ferries...
£22 billion on a pretty ropey test and trace system.
How much was spent on PPE that didn’t meet standards.

Exactly.

And stuff the brainless clapping.

Spidey66 · 31/12/2020 02:20

@HibernatingTill2030 I promise I didn’t read your post before writing mine!Grin

Coasterfan · 31/12/2020 02:20

No. If we want to show our appreciation/respect for the NHS we should stick to the rules, do what we can to minimise the spread and don’t vote Tory!

Leannethom85 · 31/12/2020 02:22

I used to roll my eyes at the clapping and I'd roll them again and I work for the nhs. I'd rather people spare a thought for those people who have lost their jobs.. Us in the nhs and care profession are still lucky to have our jobs and a wage coming in and should be grateful for that rather than seek out people to idolise us. You want to show appreciation then become a nurse because the nhs desperately needs nurses.

theThreeofWeevils · 31/12/2020 02:39

Hard to call whether troll or idiot. I'm going with 'both'.

Stinkywizzleteets · 31/12/2020 02:44

How about campaigning to give nurses and carers a pay rise instead?

Shr1881 · 31/12/2020 02:45

Oh please no! Because then you’ll get the idiots banging pots and pans too. (Whilst taking absolutely no notice of the rules in the first place).

Leannethom85 · 31/12/2020 02:58

How about banging pots to do away with uni training and pen pushing nurses and go back to when nurses were hands on, nhs in crisis do away with uni and go back to training nurses up, plenty csw and hca would love to be a nurse, rather than jump through hoops to get into uni to study 3 years. I'm shocked that newly trained nurses can't but a cannula in an arm but a csw can, they'll pay cheap labour for csw but won't train them up as nurses and pay them the same as nurses.. NHS needs a hard look at itself and see the mess it's got itself into

Furries · 31/12/2020 03:10

@NYEPOPPER1

We seem to be in a similar position to March and the NHS is coming under serious strain. Aibu to think now is the time to bring back the clapping?
It’s a “no” from me for the clapping.

In all honesty, in a rural area and on my own it was just nice to see and wave to neighbours (most of whom are elderly).

Maybe a better idea would be that, at 8pm every Thursday, everyone emails their local MP to request improving, funding/training/everything else that’s needed. Or every Thursday a new petition is raised that everyone signs online. Yeah, I’m a bit of a Pollyanna, but using those 2 minutes collectively wouldn’t take too much effort.

LadyPenelope68 · 31/12/2020 03:15

@NYEPOPPER1
You are sounding extremely mean spirited and nasty. I don’t mean that to be insulting but I think you should evaluate your attitude and outlook on life.
You’re calling someone nasty, but don’t mean it to be insulting? 😂😂 think perhaps it’s YOU that needs to evaluate your attitude - maybe you could stand on your doorstep and clap yourself when you’ve done it.

Pandabuzz · 31/12/2020 03:17

As an NHS worker I would much rather people tried to stick to the rules than clap!

famousforwrongreason · 31/12/2020 03:19

@Givemeabreak88

I hope this is a joke.

This reminds me that on my local Facebook they suggested we do a Christmas bell ring to help Santa fly his sleigh 😂 there was a post the next day from angry people because they were the only one on their roads doing it and no one “joined in” 😂

Hahahaha this happened in my area too. The people disgusted ref no bells are the same people who did competitive clapping. Funny enough most of the clappers and bell ringers I know are the ones who voted for this shambolic government and voted to leave the EU so the clapping is about as hypocritical as you can get. Bunch of sanctimonious selfish cunts
user1471565182 · 31/12/2020 05:00

Or we could fund them properly.

user1471565182 · 31/12/2020 05:01

awwww that honestly warms my heart, famousfor. I love seeing these sanctimonious arses make twats of themselves.

Skipsurvey · 31/12/2020 05:04

i agree we need to show our appreciation, some how

ShastaBeast · 31/12/2020 05:08

OP clearly knows fuck all about economics.

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 31/12/2020 05:11

It's an extortionate pay rise they deserve. What use is a bloody clap.

VashtaNerada · 31/12/2020 05:12

The clapping was patronising nonsense. It’s time we voted in a government that invests in the NHS.

HappyChristmasTreeRex · 31/12/2020 05:30

Do it if you want but please not at 7pm. Times are hard enough for many of us (including keyworkers) without saucepan banging during the toddler's bedtime!

dottiedaisee · 31/12/2020 05:39

Definitely not. I work in a care home and Covid has rampaged through our care home with 18 staff and 16 residents effected!! Christmas has been a write off at work and at home,staff really hit in the pocket financially, sick poorly residents with skeleton staff cover ...so definitely no thank you .

aquashiv · 31/12/2020 05:45

Happy to slap a Boris effigy. Can that be a thing.
Sick of the latest narrative that its our fault for not doing more...he kept the schools open we knew this would happen.

DeeCeeCherry · 31/12/2020 05:50

What for? It always makes me muse on how many will have voted for Boris, yet have the nerve to stand there clapping for Nurses then close their front door, back into the warmth of their home bathed in that so richly un-deserved feelgood glow

TillyTopper · 31/12/2020 06:03

No, I didn't clap in March, I would not do it now. What do you think it achieves? Does it magically give more resources, does it reduce the queue of ambulances at A&E? Does it find more staff? No.

It was a bloody stupid idea and perpetuates the myth that the NHS can be funded like a charity rather than being run like the world-class health service it should be.