Funny i thought they clapped because the government was too cheap to actually pay them properly.
IXMCMXCII on
Imagine clapping for key workers, in this case Health Workers, but not holding the government accountable for not paying said workers their worth.
IXMCMXCII on
Imagine clapping for key workers, in this case Health Workers, but not holding the government accountable for not paying said workers their worth.
SomeRedditorTosspot on
I never did it.
Not because it was dangerous, but because it was embarrassing.
Did do handstands for the DVLA, and the splits for MoD though.
SomeRedditorTosspot on
I never did it.
Not because it was dangerous, but because it was embarrassing.
Did do handstands for the DVLA, and the splits for MoD though.
Cold-Sun3302 on
I never did it because I found the whole thing cringey. Then once the pots and pans came out, I knew I was on the right side of history.
They deserve thanks by being paid accordingly for the work they did (and do) and for helping the country through the pandemic.
Illustrated-Society on
The whole clapping thing was like a slap in the face to me. The same people clapping voted for a government that was anti public service… Don’t worry, though. Wes Streeting is here now with all his private healthcare affiliates.
The NHS is broken because those who have the ability to fix it don’t want to. Insurance based health system is coming Britain. Enjoy alongside your sluggish wage growth.
nettie_r on
The whole thing was encouraged to feed into the NHS heroes rhetoric and made staff martyrs to a cause rather than trained professionals who deserved to be paid appropriately and protected far better than they were. It meant, when they died, we focused on their ‘sacrifice’ rather than holding the government accountable.
2much2Jung on
I used to delay going home from work, to make sure I missed it, because the sense of embarrassment I felt getting out of my car and walking down my street, in Ambulance uniform, made me feel fucking awful at the end of a long shift.
P-Nuts on
I rather enjoyed how my one form of exercise a day was so strongly applauded as I ran through the streets in the evening.
krose1980 on
Seriously…tgats tye subject they are occupied with?! I haven’t heard much of ppe contracts investigation…
bobblebob100 on
As an NHS worker, me and all the colleagues i spoke to just found it cringeworthy.
PreparationNorth2426 on
I respect the job many of these people do and I’m glad we have a healthcare system that’s free at the point of use.
That said, you’ll never catch me clapping for a selective branch of public sector workers.
NewPower_Soul on
Banging pots and pans for the NHS, like a bunch of well trained seals doing what their masters (the government) tell them to do. You were very obedient..
Tish-Tosh on
People clapped for them then voted for a government that wouldn’t pay them properly. It was all just performative virtue signaling.
Far-Crow-7195 on
The clapping thing just felt like something they would do in America just before renaming chips as Hero Fries or something. I didn’t do it.
taboo__time on
I’m still clapping actually. Every night I batter a pot and half size frying pan together. People think its to scare off the foxes.
“no organisation can be a national religion”
Wait until the Church of England hears about that.
SubstantialPen15 on
The first time was the only time I joined it. It was a nice gesture, but it was exactly that, a gesture. Every time after that was a bit of a piss take really.
lippo999 on
I appreciated the effort within the NHS, but clapping and pan banging was fucking awful.
Those doctored photos of bruises after wearing a mask was just bizarre too, why over-egg the pudding?
Particular-Solid4069 on
I clapped pots and pans on the balcony for a joke when I think back I think was this massive joke or social experiment what wolly stuff can we make them do
sortofhappyish on
I got the clap for the NHS.
Syphilis for HMRC and Gonorrea for the Department of Agriculture.
messedup73 on
I got messages on my Facebook asking why I didn’t go out clapping turned around and said what’s clapping going to do they all deserve hazard pay and put up for free in hotels.I just found it condescending watched so many of my neighbours breaking lockdown rules but every week they’d be out banging on their bins.
ParticularAd4371 on
While clapping for the NHS during the pandemic was about as useful to the service as changing your display picture to show solidarity for “x” cause of your choice, the important part that i think alot of people are going to miss here is that weasel wez’s criticism “Clapping for the NHS in the COVID pandemic may have been “dangerous” because “***no organisation can be a national religion”***, the health service ombudsman has said.”
I’ve heard him talk about this a few times. We know he has more privatization on the agenda, and more or less everytime he speaks he puts the service down.
Comparing it to a “national religion” is a way of undermining the very reason people support the NHS: most of us can’t afford private health care…
I’m completely for criticizing the lack of support the tories gave to the NHS, and the clapping for them during the pandemic instead of actually helping the service, but making this false presentation of why people support the NHS “like a religion” (they don’t) isn’t helpful and quite frankly is dangerous rhetoric coming from the health ombudsman
Magurndy on
I clapped one week and then stopped and I am an NHS healthcare professional who worked all through the pandemic. I don’t want clapping. I want fair pay and better management, management who actually take responsibility.
meadeb on
I had a bit of a news blackout for a week or two at the start of lockdown and didn’t know the clapping was going to happen.
On the first day of it, I sorted myself out a bit and tidied my flat. Clapping started out the windows of the block of flats as I was walking through the main communal area, taking the bins out.
For a brief second, as far as I was concerned, I was being roundly congratulated for sorting my shit out.
It’s a pathetic way to thank the NHS, but it gave me a genuine happy highlight of a pretty shite time!
Dark_Akarin on
it was fucking stupid, what they needed was a bonus for working so hard, i still think they should get a pay off.
recursant on
At the time, NHS staff were risking their lives fighting a disease that we didn’t really know a great deal about. Clapping might have been pretty meaningless on one level, but at the time it was all people could do to show their appreciation. I think most people were doing it in good faith.
Of course, afterwards it should have been followed up with some concrete measures to both improve the lot of NHS workers and also to strengthen the NHS itself. Which of course never happened.
dangp777 on
I remember being clapped in the early evening by the whole street as I went into a house in full Tyvek and FFP3 for a cardiac arrest.
It was weird, a real dream-like ‘is this really happening’ moment.
Elliminality on
Being from what I guess is an “NHS family” I can only relay their view that the clapping was nauseating, degrading and cruel
originalwombat on
Secretly smug I didn’t do it as I thought this from the beginning
Mountain_Evidence_93 on
Never did it and don’t know anyone who did. It was all part of the pyOp
NickTann on
Virtue signalling at its worst. All forgotten when nurses and doctors wanted a pay rise. It was a fucking outrage that they didn’t get it straight away.
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Funny i thought they clapped because the government was too cheap to actually pay them properly.
Imagine clapping for key workers, in this case Health Workers, but not holding the government accountable for not paying said workers their worth.
Imagine clapping for key workers, in this case Health Workers, but not holding the government accountable for not paying said workers their worth.
I never did it.
Not because it was dangerous, but because it was embarrassing.
Did do handstands for the DVLA, and the splits for MoD though.
I never did it.
Not because it was dangerous, but because it was embarrassing.
Did do handstands for the DVLA, and the splits for MoD though.
I never did it because I found the whole thing cringey. Then once the pots and pans came out, I knew I was on the right side of history.
They deserve thanks by being paid accordingly for the work they did (and do) and for helping the country through the pandemic.
The whole clapping thing was like a slap in the face to me. The same people clapping voted for a government that was anti public service… Don’t worry, though. Wes Streeting is here now with all his private healthcare affiliates.
The NHS is broken because those who have the ability to fix it don’t want to. Insurance based health system is coming Britain. Enjoy alongside your sluggish wage growth.
The whole thing was encouraged to feed into the NHS heroes rhetoric and made staff martyrs to a cause rather than trained professionals who deserved to be paid appropriately and protected far better than they were. It meant, when they died, we focused on their ‘sacrifice’ rather than holding the government accountable.
I used to delay going home from work, to make sure I missed it, because the sense of embarrassment I felt getting out of my car and walking down my street, in Ambulance uniform, made me feel fucking awful at the end of a long shift.
I rather enjoyed how my one form of exercise a day was so strongly applauded as I ran through the streets in the evening.
Seriously…tgats tye subject they are occupied with?! I haven’t heard much of ppe contracts investigation…
As an NHS worker, me and all the colleagues i spoke to just found it cringeworthy.
I respect the job many of these people do and I’m glad we have a healthcare system that’s free at the point of use.
That said, you’ll never catch me clapping for a selective branch of public sector workers.
Banging pots and pans for the NHS, like a bunch of well trained seals doing what their masters (the government) tell them to do. You were very obedient..
People clapped for them then voted for a government that wouldn’t pay them properly. It was all just performative virtue signaling.
The clapping thing just felt like something they would do in America just before renaming chips as Hero Fries or something. I didn’t do it.
I’m still clapping actually. Every night I batter a pot and half size frying pan together. People think its to scare off the foxes.
“no organisation can be a national religion”
Wait until the Church of England hears about that.
The first time was the only time I joined it. It was a nice gesture, but it was exactly that, a gesture. Every time after that was a bit of a piss take really.
I appreciated the effort within the NHS, but clapping and pan banging was fucking awful.
Those doctored photos of bruises after wearing a mask was just bizarre too, why over-egg the pudding?
I clapped pots and pans on the balcony for a joke when I think back I think was this massive joke or social experiment what wolly stuff can we make them do
I got the clap for the NHS.
Syphilis for HMRC and Gonorrea for the Department of Agriculture.
I got messages on my Facebook asking why I didn’t go out clapping turned around and said what’s clapping going to do they all deserve hazard pay and put up for free in hotels.I just found it condescending watched so many of my neighbours breaking lockdown rules but every week they’d be out banging on their bins.
While clapping for the NHS during the pandemic was about as useful to the service as changing your display picture to show solidarity for “x” cause of your choice, the important part that i think alot of people are going to miss here is that weasel wez’s criticism “Clapping for the NHS in the COVID pandemic may have been “dangerous” because “***no organisation can be a national religion”***, the health service ombudsman has said.”
I’ve heard him talk about this a few times. We know he has more privatization on the agenda, and more or less everytime he speaks he puts the service down.
Comparing it to a “national religion” is a way of undermining the very reason people support the NHS: most of us can’t afford private health care…
I’m completely for criticizing the lack of support the tories gave to the NHS, and the clapping for them during the pandemic instead of actually helping the service, but making this false presentation of why people support the NHS “like a religion” (they don’t) isn’t helpful and quite frankly is dangerous rhetoric coming from the health ombudsman
I clapped one week and then stopped and I am an NHS healthcare professional who worked all through the pandemic. I don’t want clapping. I want fair pay and better management, management who actually take responsibility.
I had a bit of a news blackout for a week or two at the start of lockdown and didn’t know the clapping was going to happen.
On the first day of it, I sorted myself out a bit and tidied my flat. Clapping started out the windows of the block of flats as I was walking through the main communal area, taking the bins out.
For a brief second, as far as I was concerned, I was being roundly congratulated for sorting my shit out.
It’s a pathetic way to thank the NHS, but it gave me a genuine happy highlight of a pretty shite time!
it was fucking stupid, what they needed was a bonus for working so hard, i still think they should get a pay off.
At the time, NHS staff were risking their lives fighting a disease that we didn’t really know a great deal about. Clapping might have been pretty meaningless on one level, but at the time it was all people could do to show their appreciation. I think most people were doing it in good faith.
Of course, afterwards it should have been followed up with some concrete measures to both improve the lot of NHS workers and also to strengthen the NHS itself. Which of course never happened.
I remember being clapped in the early evening by the whole street as I went into a house in full Tyvek and FFP3 for a cardiac arrest.
It was weird, a real dream-like ‘is this really happening’ moment.
Being from what I guess is an “NHS family” I can only relay their view that the clapping was nauseating, degrading and cruel
Secretly smug I didn’t do it as I thought this from the beginning
Never did it and don’t know anyone who did. It was all part of the pyOp
Virtue signalling at its worst. All forgotten when nurses and doctors wanted a pay rise. It was a fucking outrage that they didn’t get it straight away.