I respectfully disagree. She was no more important than the people working in the supermarket or delivering food, drink, fuel, keeping the electricity on etc etc. She never felt it fair that she could skip a queue. I can sort of see the argument around being on emergency on call and petrol, as waiting for a taxi wouldn't be good really, but other than that I'm not so sure. We were both uncomfortable with the extra clapping and praise etc heaped on the NHS staff, when every soul stacking shelves and serving at tills were just as exposed, probably more so, just as brave, but worse paid and ignored. She didn't enjoy the covid ICU, she said 12 hours sweltering in full PPE were hard, but as she said herself, she was just about the safest person in the country with all the kit on. Ironically, we all avoided covid until last week when my lass brought it home from school. Herself and I are both fully vaccinated. My lad has had one dose, my daughter none. I caught it, and it's awful. I'm still weary weak and dizzy but I'm a lot better (and I'm fit and strong usually, I ran a fell race two weeks ago), my lad and wife didn't get it at all. Go figure. I'd be slow to knock the relative importance of your job, supplying people. I was credited as a key worker on spurious enough grounds. I had some laugh on the 1098 at the start of lockdown. It was absolutely brilliant.
Occasionally I submit to browsing the MSM section on my phone. Just caught "how to control consumer panic", before quickly closing the featurette.
Dont start the key workers debate running, or fk me, we will have bookies, sweepers up, shop workers, TV presenters and pretty much anyone that can still breathe on that list .... at least according to them. We had more than enough smugness in lockdown. It is likely THE worst expression ever invented. Far too many started ranking themselves alongside medical professionals in being of 'key' importance. (yeah I worked all the way through too)
I agree, I got given key worker status on the most spurious of grounds worked all the way through lockdown.
I worked all the way through lockdown, as did my Mrs who was entitled to key worker status but they didn't tell her until lockdown two. And you can balls if I'm getting outside and clapping for her, I'd rather stay inside and drink toasts to her and get drunk......oh those joyful early days of midweek lockdown drinking
My Mrs got to work from home and hated it as she is a more hands on kinda person and loathes the internet. She believes the world peaked somewhere in the 1960’s or at least the U.K. did a much more pleasant era for her.
I'm a key worker (locksmith) no not really, the locksmith part. I am a key worker though, no way I was going to play that knob card at Aldi...
I think by the time lockdowns ended in July virtually everyone in the uk was deemed to be a key worker.
Well it's been a week now since i started using the van again after the LR and i'm getting very low, so perhaps it's time to roll up the sleeves tomorrow & muscle in on queuing with others.
Take a couple of cans with you, see if you can start a riot. My mate started to fill a can up for his motorbike at his local and they turned the pump off citing concerns that folk would be upset
Tell her I won't clap anymore then, but thank her for everything she did and does do each and everyday.
I won't argue with you, but saving lives is a far cry from what many call work - especially in pandemic conditions.
She's far too humble. In mine and probably most of the populations opinion, health workers who have to wear that much ppe ALL SHIFT absolutely deserve the respect people want to show in whatever way they can, either by clapping or giving way at the pumps. They aren't 'just doing their job'. They might be well protected but they are mingling with the most contagious group, otherwise why do they make them wear all that ppe if they're just as at risk as joe blogs out walking or whatever.
