FabSwingers.com forum: Clap for carers/heroes

By *usybee73 OP Man
over a year ago

in the sticks

Reading the news today, it's going to be brought back and rebramded

Unfortunately around here, everytime they do it, you had idiots letting of fireworks

So I want be doing it.

Will you do it? Or give it a miss?

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By *isandhers691127Couple
over a year ago

Bournemouth

No, Give them a pay rise , proper staffing levels, proper equipment and ppe.

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By *ecretlyASoftieWoman
over a year ago

Hull but travel regularly

Nope. Clapping achieves nothing and just smacks of brainwashing. The right people should give them a pay rise, rather than expect a clap from the public. Pathetic and passing the buck by the government.

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By *ynonvalleyboyMan
over a year ago

merthyr

Dont clap for me ty

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By *rotic-TouchTV/TS
over a year ago

doncaster

Yes I will be clapping for the heroes

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I have to say I am not going to do it this time.

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By *ionelhutzMan
over a year ago

liverpool

"Nope. Clapping achieves nothing and just smacks of brainwashing. The right people should give them a pay rise, rather than expect a clap from the public. Pathetic and passing the buck by the government. "

Spot on.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Whilst I agree with what you have written this isn't anything to do with the government it was a woman in South London.

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By *eavenscentitCouple
over a year ago

barnstaple

Don't clap for me either, it's a load of bollox.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Don't clap for me either, it's a load of bollox."

This is why I'm not doing it because a lot of my friends that are essential workers find it crass.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Health care worker here.

I don’t want anyone to clap for me. I’m doing my job.

Far better if people show their appreciation by doing what they can to keep themselves and others safe and well.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I've got a better idea. How about we save up sexual favours and after lockdown we do "oral sex for hero's?" I'll take anal too I'm not fussy

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By *anda and CatCouple
over a year ago

Family of NHS and key workers (except Mr) was patronising enough the first time around so won't be bothering this time. What constitutes a hero anyway?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I've got a better idea. How about we save up sexual favours and after lockdown we do "oral sex for hero's?" I'll take anal too I'm not fussy"

Or not.

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By *ynonvalleyboyMan
over a year ago

merthyr

Another thing i notice that fella aint walking around his garden any more,

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

as a front line worker i found the clapping all a bit creepy much rather people just stuck to rules so people like me can get on with saving and looking after fragile lives ...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Don't clap for me either, it's a load of bollox.

This is why I'm not doing it because a lot of my friends that are essential workers find it crass."

This!

Everyone I work with and know personally who are key workers just want those that can to stay home and follow the rules to try and stop the current, cataclysmic rise in deaths and infections.

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By *ionelhutzMan
over a year ago

liverpool

"Another thing i notice that fella aint walking around his garden any more,"

He is on his hols in Barbados

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By *ynonvalleyboyMan
over a year ago

merthyr

"Another thing i notice that fella aint walking around his garden any more,

He is on his hols in Barbados "

Probably

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By *amissCouple
over a year ago

chelmsford

No I think it's had it's day.

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By *uietlykinkymeWoman
over a year ago

kinky land

"No, Give them a pay rise , proper staffing levels, proper equipment and ppe."

I agree with this.

It became about being seen to be doing it and people living near me have little little ones who should be allowed to sleep undisturbed.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Another thing i notice that fella aint walking around his garden any more,

He is on his hols in Barbados

Probably

He is.

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By *ORDERMANMan
over a year ago

wrexham

"No, Give them a pay rise , proper staffing levels, proper equipment and ppe."

Fully agree

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By *ovebjsMan
over a year ago

Bristol

I’m not doing this again it achieves nothing apart from trying to embarrass people into Joining in.

I will be staying in and watching telly

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By *m A FuckerMan
over a year ago

kingswood,surrey/leysdown kent

wont be doing it this time round but fair play to all that work in the hospitols

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I'd rather people just stuck to the rules than clap for me.

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By *wisted999Man
over a year ago

North Bucks

Bit of a weird one as frontline workers obviously deserve a clap.

But it’s a bit empty because week in week a minority can’t behave and they deserve more money.

So they get a clap from me just not from my driveway.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Rather people follows the rules than be hypocritical by breaking them then nipping out to clap for 5 mins on a Thursday night.

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By *ove2pleaseseukMan
over a year ago

Hastings

Spot on."

Shoud we have a Saterday clap for Pay

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By *rispyDuckMan
over a year ago

Chinese Takeaway near you

Frontline workers get a clap, MPs get a Pay rise!!

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By *reenleavesCouple
over a year ago

North Wales

We clapped on the first night because it felt quite special and a bit uplifting. But by the second week, it became a bit hollow and had been hijacked by politics and the media. After that, it seemed to be more about who could make the most noise and shaming your neighbours for not clapping or banging pots and pans

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By *exy Pretty FeetCouple
over a year ago

Live in Scotland Play in England

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Nope, I'm a care worker and the whole thing makes me cringe.

It achieves absolutely fuck all and is just virtue signalling

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By *oubleswing2019Man
over a year ago

Colchester

Nope. It's patronising and insensitive. There are better ways for the general public to support NHS workers.

The biggest being following guidelines that decrease your chances of ending up in ITU and being a burden on them. I'm not talking about people that catch it through no fault of their own. I'm talking about the deniers and the party goers who are going out of their way to ignore official advice.

Perhaps this cohort thought the advice was "Get the Clap and help the NHS"

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By *iss_tressWoman
over a year ago

London

"No, Give them a pay rise , proper staffing levels, proper equipment and ppe."

This!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"No, Give them a pay rise , proper staffing levels, proper equipment and ppe.

This!

and last time most of those whooping and banging saucepans were the very same ignoring the rules!

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By *utecontradictionMan
over a year ago

Malvern

Here's an idea....instead of clapping why doesn't everyone just abide by the rules to reduce the spread and the number of admissions to hospital. I think the NHS and all those on the front line would prefer this than clapping.

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By *ust RachelTV/TS
over a year ago

Horsham

"Family of NHS and key workers (except Mr) was patronising enough the first time around so won't be bothering this time. What constitutes a hero anyway? "

Someone who wears their undies, on the outside of their clothes

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By *ust RachelTV/TS
over a year ago

Horsham

"I’m not doing this again it achieves nothing apart from trying to embarrass people into Joining in.

I will be staying in and watching telly

I found that it brought our little bit of eastbourne together a bit, as we found out the names of quite a few of the neighbours.

If that's is all it achieved, then it is small bonus.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Everyone has been out here clapping for the heroes

It got a very poor response here last year but now everyone is clapping.

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By *itguy21066Man
over a year ago

leicester

"Everyone has been out here clapping for the heroes

It got a very poor response here last year but now everyone is clapping. "

Where I live was totally opposite to the above, opened my door at 8 and there was nothing

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By *ave-and-LouiseCouple
over a year ago

Torquay

"Nope. It's patronising and insensitive. There are better ways for the general public to support NHS workers.

Perhaps this cohort thought the advice was "Get the Clap and help the NHS""
. Absolutely agree with this, spot on.

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By *ophieslutTV/TS
over a year ago

Central

I was out caring for people at the time. I'd prefer it if people looked out for their neighbours, at a time when it's difficult for many to get out and about. It's snowed again here today.

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By *ionelhutzMan
over a year ago

liverpool

"I was out caring for people at the time. I'd prefer it if people looked out for their neighbours, at a time when it's difficult for many to get out and about. It's snowed again here today.

We ain't getting one.

Strikes this year I reckon.. people have had enough.

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By *ljamMan
over a year ago

Edinburgh

I prefer to show my support for the NHS and front line workers by not voting for the Tories.

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By *he Ring WraithMan
over a year ago

Bradford

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By *pursChick aka ShortieWoman
over a year ago

On a mooch

"Everyone has been out here clapping for the heroes

It got a very poor response here last year but now everyone is clapping. "

Opposite here, complete silence this time around

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Everyone has been out here clapping for the heroes

It got a very poor response here last year but now everyone is clapping.

Opposite here, complete silence this time around "

Same here.

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By *L RogueMan
over a year ago

London

"No, Give them a pay rise , proper staffing levels, proper equipment and ppe."

This.

As I said in an earlier thread, clapping is easy...and free. I didn't clap the 1st time and I won't be clapping now.

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By *L RogueMan
over a year ago

London

"I prefer to show my support for the NHS and front line workers by not voting for the Tories."

Oh definitely this!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Support them by showing the respect due by adhering to the restrictions and only go out of it's essential even if you're allowed too think if you need too.

This is what's going to help us get back to some normality quicker than anything and save lives.

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By *orthern StarsCouple
over a year ago

Durham

No we won't be clapping. We didn't last time.

No one can hear us from where we live.

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By *dnlawCouple
over a year ago

buckhurst hill

"I was out caring for people at the time. I'd prefer it if people looked out for their neighbours, at a time when it's difficult for many to get out and about. It's snowed again here today.

Some public service staff have had an agreed pay rise this past year. Most didn't. In 1 of the previous years when it was agreed not to give nurses and others a pay rise, Johnson and others cheered. That's the level of respect that they have for people like us, at the frontline. Don't clap but just vote for your representatives who will ensure that frontline workers, not just in the NHS, get pay rises. When all bills are rising, not giving a commensurate pay rise, for several successive years, forces people to live ever poorer lives. We're better than that. "
so much empty gratitude; wonder whether people will still feel this level of gratitude if translated to a say 2% across the board income tax increase to fund a 20% payrise for all front line health care workers , rather than the paltry meaningless 2% of yesteryear.

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By *oubleswing2019Man
over a year ago

Colchester

The clapping around our area the first time got quite competitive.

It originally started with a few hesitant souls, tentatively emerging from their suburban dens.

They would look up and down the street sheepishly, and at the appointed hour begin a mild and inoffensive percussion with their hands.

Nearer the end period of the 1st Wave of Suburbia's Hand Clapper, things escalated to the street being occupied with full taiko drumming, complete orchestral percussion, and for the less musical but no less enthusiastic, pots and pans banged with such gusto that the roofers made a small fortune in roof repairs in the following weeks.

It was a detonation of din.

By the end it became a crazed percussive pack of extreme virtue-signallers, all intent on outdoing each other, and sneering at their less enthusiastic neighbours, of which some were shift workers and others paid their dues in less ostentatious ways.

Now, no one goes out. We just twitch our curtains and spy on each other.

But we all know...

Someone will make a move...

And we'll be ready....

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By *rhugesMan
over a year ago

Cardiff

I hear we are meant to be clapping for the teachers how are threatening to go on strike as they have a pay freeze next year, how very selfish . I certainly will not be clapping ??

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I knew the clap was meant to take place at 8pm yesterday. I won't be participating this time for many of the reasons listed above in this thread.

I listened out to hear if anyone in my close was doing so. Not 1 clapper.

I joined in every week with the Summer clap.

My next door neighbor is a nurse in the local ICU, so this was the only time we chatted at a distance during lockdown 1!

It was good for me to hear what was happening in my local hospital & to be able to encourage her verbally each week as she was struggling (and still is through this lockdown!)

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By *elightfulharmonyWoman
over a year ago

Cheshire

As current a&e worker I’d prefer people not too, not that we don’t appreciate it but we would rather people just follow the rules it’s crazy busy like there saying it is and worse!! Roll on this 12hr shift wish me luck I’m going in

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Good luck x

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By *merald Eyes XWoman
over a year ago

Can you find me….

I’m just doing my job...

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By *ookMan
over a year ago

london

A clap for some and a slap for all the non mask wearing, shelf stripping, rule breaking idiots who got us back in this mess.

And actually won’t be clapping outside my front door as this time it all seems a bit pointless but I continue to be thankful for them and my support is doing everything I can not to need them!

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By *lym4realCouple
over a year ago

plymouth

Be a whole lot better if everyone who "Claps" for a hero would then also bombard your local MP demanding that they get a proper pay rise...PPE..Free parking Help with travel..housing and of course if you do have a local MP who is a member of a certain party ...because clapping won't do anything to help might make the people clapping feel good but ....and as we've said before we know of 6 fully trained nurses who quite and now work for a well known German supermarket for better pay and working conditions !!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Everyone has been out here clapping for the heroes

It got a very poor response here last year but now everyone is clapping. "

Really wow that's definitely an anomaly! You'll have to get the Media to your street!

Every person I've spoken to has said like ours there street / road was empty of people at 8pm.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

As a front line worker I and my friends did not take part I heard some neighbours clapping and had a look out to see one person who has flaunted the rules goes on it’s a cold and fake etc but then had cheek to clap with sign saying support nurses and nhs.

I’d rather people stick to rules and not clap even here every day so many people posting for meets of stating had meets etc makes me frustrated.

I appreciate fellow nurses and other front line workers who also worked hard with us to keep country going and people safe

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

No.

It's just virtue signalling.

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By *he Ring WraithMan
over a year ago

Bradford

"I was out caring for people at the time. I'd prefer it if people looked out for their neighbours, at a time when it's difficult for many to get out and about. It's snowed again here today.

Some public service staff have had an agreed pay rise this past year. Most didn't. In 1 of the previous years when it was agreed not to give nurses and others a pay rise, Johnson and others cheered. That's the level of respect that they have for people like us, at the frontline. Don't clap but just vote for your representatives who will ensure that frontline workers, not just in the NHS, get pay rises. When all bills are rising, not giving a commensurate pay rise, for several successive years, forces people to live ever poorer lives. We're better than that. so much empty gratitude; wonder whether people will still feel this level of gratitude if translated to a say 2% across the board income tax increase to fund a 20% payrise for all front line health care workers , rather than the paltry meaningless 2% of yesteryear."

Actually i would; as long as the rise went to the front line staff in hospitals NOT the ancillary staff in GP's surgeries (the receptionists in mine are rude and unhelpful at the best of times never mind now).

The GPs seem to be doing nothing as getting an appointment is impossible, however i suspect any pay rise will NOT go to the ones who deserve it.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"As a front line worker I and my friends did not take part I heard some neighbours clapping and had a look out to see one person who has flaunted the rules goes on it’s a cold and fake etc but then had cheek to clap with sign saying support nurses and nhs.

I’d rather people stick to rules and not clap even here every day so many people posting for meets of stating had meets etc makes me frustrated.

I appreciate fellow nurses and other front line workers who also worked hard with us to keep country going and people safe"

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