Not Clapping for NHS

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I got nothing against people supporting causes especially at this time but clapping just seems kinda silly to me. Honestly I hate clapping in general. I mean a little clap is ok but there are those claps that go on forever.

I guess you must hate this current popular song





I think I understand how you feel about clapping thou. I'm not really into it either. Clapping can be annoying sometimes. I fake it when I'm expected to clap for something. I move my hands together fast but I do it in a way where my hands are barely touching each other.

I know what the NHS is, but what does it mean to clap for it?

Since the start of the lockdown in the UK we’ve started a new custom of people up and down the country applauding the NHS workers from their doorsteps, balconies, back-gardens etc every Thursday evening at 8pm.
This has been extended into honking car-horns, banging pots and pans together, blowing whistles and so forth.
A massive display of appreciation for our healthcare system and national solidarity.

I like doing it

Though I tend to do it from the window unobtrusively as some of the neighbours know that I am a Nurse and I dont want the attention - as well meaning as it is.

Its a rare sympbol of solidarity round these parts. Also - when out on a walk I have noticed that people say hello to each other more.

I quite enjoy the sensory aspect of clapping too.

You'd hate it round here, they do a parade down the middle of the street if they're key workers...

Almost everyone round here does it except one person who's known for being selfish. If it's a noise sensitivity issue, I wouldn't go out but I'd put something on the window or something saying 'long live the NHS'.

If it's touch sensitivity, I'd go out and cheer for them.

I have slight touch sensitivity around clapping but compared to what the NHS are doing for us? Small price to pay tbh. Plus it's nice to have the solidarity of the neighbourhood and see the faces of everyone and we have a bit of a chat beforehand about pets and things like that.

I'm afraid I wouldn't clap them under any circumstances. When I was a child I went to all these assessments, was put on a vile diet for years and all because the doctor was doing a thesis on my condition and how diet affected it. HE DIDN'T GIVE A DIAGNOSIS! Had he done so I might've got the support that I needed instead I got mercilessly bullied because I couldn't fit in and not a thing was done.

I don't have a problem with people who don't clap. Clapping isn’t the only way to show appreciation, and not clapping doesn’t mean you don’t. Even before the pandemic, I always thanked and was grateful to doctors/nurses/check-out workers. I understand that it is showing appreciation and solidarity, but people can also do that in their own way.

Clap for the Wolfman,
He's gonna rate your record high!
Clap for the Wolfman,
You gonna dig him 'til the day you die!

I am the Wolfman!

They clap for healthcare workers here in the US, too. But the clapping doesn’t extend too far from prominent areas.

My wife is a nurse....nobody has clapped for her. Except me.

^ Yeah, I’ve heard they’re doing it in Spain too.

They deserve it.

We now return you to your regularly-scheduled program...

Last edited by Fnord on 17 Apr 2020, 9:12 am, edited 1 time in total.

Yeah yeah....I know about the ORIGINAL Wolfman

He allowed me to take his copyright and trademark.

I get clapping a bit to show appreciation, support, etc. but I too hate the extended claps that seem to go on forever, I can never keep it up for the entire duration of those. But clapping for the NHS does not seem to be something that people do in my area.

^ didn’t realise you’re British!

What type of area are you in?
My parents and sis are in a very “Labour” part of the country, and it’s enormous there, I’m in a very “Tory” part of the country and it’s shorter and quieter, but still happening.