Clap for heroes.
 

I hope we all take part this time.

:clap1: yup i will clap

i also clapped a bit by myself in my room at christmas while watching great british christmas menu, for those heroes who got that delicious and well deserving banquet

I only obey when Simon says.

I will be abstaining for the same reasons I abstained last time.

The social movement was started by a young Dutch woman...Annemarie Plas

Why are they even doing it again? It was relvealed for the absolute ****ing joke it always was back in the late summer when everyone imagined Covid was over and, predictably, the "support for NHS staff" evaporated over night.

Oh no look Covid isn't gone after all

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it just smacks of facebook and women who call people "hun"

NO

Not this time, no. It was a lovely sentiment before but they’re clearly not respected enough to get a pay rise for all they’ve done for us so what’s the point?

I will be clapping for heroes, the wispa is just too good and deserves praise

It's got to be good for mental health.

The aspect of being locked away in your own home with nothing to look forward to..but then you have this every thursday night at 8pm to look forward to.:shrug:

I can tell you that it made the weeks fly past away back in april and march for me..sometimes I would be sitting at the window in the evening after work thinking, wow, its thursday already as the ripple of pans and hearty applause filtered it's way across the rooftops.

I firmly believe this is a great thing to do to keep up your spirits...and those that are helping us all through this.

I remember thinking the last time that I hadnt seen many fb videos of people clapping..I saw a fair few on the news and one of a line piper in a street in scotland..but I know I wasnt overwhelmed with videos to watch..

I would have watched them though, if they had been posted..you live in an isolated location do you not?

i didnt clap the last time and i wont this time

I actually have sympathy with this view and it was one I hadn't really considered. I still won't be taking part but I appreciate you sharing this.

Oh! I feel so honoured.

Not a chance...

Claps don't pay wages, come the next budget their sacrifice will be long forgotten. And all those clapping like demented seals will say ' there's no magic money tree!!'

:idc:

It's not just for the nhs this time though.. it's for them and the likes of me...

Oh well if its for you then definitely no!

I'm a key worker, I don't want anyone clapping for me. The only person I want some appreciation from is my employer.

Don't you sell TV's which is illegally not allowed to happen right now? So why would you be classed as a keyworker

I repair samsung tvs in peoples houses.

It's insulting given the complete lack of MEANINGFUL support for healthcare workers, and if people need to go onto their doorsteps to drum on tupperware for the sake of their own mental health, then they should find something else to clap for. Maybe you could all howl at the moon?

Which isn't essential is it

It is classed as essential to reduce domestic abuse.

But people may not be suffering any mental health issues before lockdown.. lockdown may bring kn mental health issues in thousands of people.. if clapping gives them a release from the mental strain of it all then it shouldn't be put down imo.

Weren’t you worrying about having not having WiFi for a day during first lockdown?

There will be educational programmes on BBC during lockdown for those with no access to laptops

I think health workers are used and taken for granted enough as it is without them being offered up as a token for people who "need a release". Perhaps they could take the time and energy they have for tooting their horns and banging cutlery and put it into campaigning for fairer pay and conditions for the UK's health workers, and proper funding and support for health services?

No?

Too much work?

OK better just let them have a wee clap and get back to watching Gogglebox.

I will clap for Parm as long as the weather permits it.. what time are they planning on doing this? won’t it be dark :worry:

I'd rather the government pay them what they are due and not clap like a performing monkey while Boris acts like it's enough while cutting back the budgets.

What you on about?

I'm on about the people who may begin to struggle being locked down and them seeing the clapping as a weekly release.:shrug:

It worked for me the last time and helped keep me sane enough to function normally as it made the weeks fly past as it was a constant..a bit like hump day feeling in a way for me..just without the weekend release.

So the clapping is sort of like a 2nd hump day thing now if you work, one that replaces your weekend.

We should do both.

What’s a hump day :worry:

I will not, not after last time when Boris made out that gratitude was better than a pay rise. I will not engage in a self indulgent gesture masquerading as gratitude which will be used as an excuse not to pay these people what they are owed.

The NHS staff do not give a **** about your pots and pans, they do not give a **** about your claps. It does nothing to fix their struggles. **** the clapping, get them a pay rise.

I'm not sure about the time, I think its 8pm again though.

I shall perch myself at my window and not clap, I shall just bask in the glory of my fellow hero's, and probably cry the first night as the noise filters in, the noise that makes you gain the strength to get up again in the morning and soldier on all through this for the benefit off others

But the tears for others will stop as the noise grows.

Cauae that's the noise of togetherness.

I was clapping for myself last time.. this time I'm stronger, so will clap for others..I will think of others as I clap. My distant family I've not seen in ages, the nurses on my bus. I will clap and think of people gone. I will cry, I will then feel a dam site better..

So yeah I'm clapping..but this time im clapping for people who need it..

That's the beauty of the clapping...it dont have to be what the founder says it should be for.


Be yourself and clap for the things you want to clap for, all I'm saying is clap...get up to the windows and ****ing let yourself go for ten minutes.. it's a great release.

no doubt all the pretentious karens up my street will be out with their pots and pans making a ruckus

...there was obviously some very strong feelings about clapping for the NHS and it became a very political thing, which wasn’t obviously the original spirit of it...also, we saw images of people on the pavements of Westminster Bridge clapping and not observing safe spacing...it was all meant to be in own homes and through open windows etc, I think it started in Italy, if I recall..

...obviously everyone will decide for themselves whether they’ll do this but it’s surely not really accurate to attach it to anything felt about the NHS specifically because it’s basically clapping for so many people who we consider to be present day heroes... carers , teachers, home-schooling parents, those who are shielding, our refuse collection, delivery people and etc, etc...if some feel that it gives a personal feel good and boost and it’s done within the safety of the home from an open window...then it shouldn’t be negatively attached to any political meanings...the issue I guess is the ‘if it’s done safely’ etc...and ‘safely’ being decided by the individual but not necessarily within safety rules ...

The community aspect of the clapping is what encourages me to do it. The fact that all the neighbours are able to see each other smile and wave hello. It felt nice last time. That being said I still havent had a conversation with any of my neighbours and havent really seen them since the clapping stopped last time.

I think its just a farce! I dont see the point in it! We all appreciate the heroes!

This time id basically be clapping for myself anyway as im working full time as a cleaner

I would consider clapping if us "heroes" got the wages we deserve. But nope. Yet footballers get paid millions for kicking round a ball

So yeah its a farce. I wont be partaking this time around

Wednesday.. the middle of the working week.

I'm Happy to applaud the efforts of NHS staff, care staff and all carers.

However, I'm less comfortable doing so in the company of Government Ministers who choose to not fully reward for the intense above the call of duty service these carers do.

It's a pity the whole agenda isn't about popping out your front door, some just paying lip service to the efforts of care staff, but about ensuring proper rewards and recognition of those extra efforts.
By fair bonuses and far more as to better salaries too.

What would be much better than clapping is if people actually abided by the rules and actually socially distanced, I hope no one who wears a mask on their chin steps out to clap