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Reminds me of the first lockdown in the UK - I was on-call for a major food delivery service. We all went out at 7pm to clap for the NHS (which my NHS working f

Reminds me of the first lockdown in the UK - I was on-call for a major food delivery service. We all went out at 7pm to clap for the NHS (which my NHS working family hated), and PagerDuty went off. Went inside, apparently UK traffic had dropped by 20%. People from around the world were trying to work out why. "Er, it's because we all put our phones down to clap for the nurses..."

jgrahamc 2y ago
Yes, that was super visible to us also: https://blog.cloudflare.com/when-people-pause https://blog.cloudflare.com/when-people-pause I always enjoy looking at Ramadan in the charts also: https://blog.cloudflare.com/how-ramadan-shows-up-in-internet-trends https://blog.cloudflare.com/how-ramadan-shows-up-in-internet...
- buggeryorkshire 2y ago
  Nice. Ramadan / Eid is difficult as it varies so you can't put up an accurate notice earlier for on-call engineers.
  - Aerbil313 2y ago
    It's based on the Hijri calendar (based on the moon) and starts 11 days earlier each year in Gregorian calendar.
    - LunaSea 2y ago
      But the time changes depending on where you live
    - mavili 2y ago
      Aerbil, are you from from Erbil by any chance?
      - Aerbil313 2y ago
        No. Please use email for personal questions.
azinman2 2y ago
> which my NHS working family hated Why?
- free_bip 2y ago
  Probably because it's the very definition of virtue signaling instead of actually supporting them in meaningful ways, e.g. a pay raise
- kypro 2y ago
  I was working for the NHS at the time. Peak lockdown for me was doing my weekly shop in Asda during the national weekly clap... I had to queue to get in to the store because at the time social distancing rules meant only so many people were allowed to shop at any given time. Once the Covid marshal granted me entry I washed my hands as required with anti bacteria hand wash and put on my disposable gloves. I then proceeded to carefully navigate the store ensuring I avoided sharing an aisle with any other shoppers to avoid attracting the attention of one of the many Covid marshals positioned around the store ensuring shoppers were adhering to Covid policy. While shopping the tannoy system repeatedly reminded me that I must remain masked and to keep social distance from other shoppers. I walked over to the Pizza aisle to grab a Pizza, but most were sold out. A few remained though, however they were all NHS themed pizzas to support "our NHS". Then the tannoy system announced to customers that the weekly scheduled national NHS clap was about to begin and that shoppers were encourage to take part. I completely forgot about this... I'm holding a basket in one hand and 2L bottle of Pepsi in the other. Do I put down my items and wait for the national clap to begin or should I just continue shopping as if it's not happening? No, what am I thinking, not clapping is not an option. I put down my items and wait for the clapping to begin. Then we all clapped before proceeding with our shopping. Good times.
  - edwcross 2y ago
    This "clapping" thing does sound a bit 1984-like, a ritual to remember that others are watching you and so you should conform to the social norm. Did the clapping actually help the NHS in any way?
jgrahamc 2y ago
which my NHS working family hated I am not surprised at all.
geoduck14 2y ago
Oh, neat! I worked for a Car Load Financing company during the pandemic. We had data on how many people were applying for loans by geography, and how much it dipped from the "normal" load. I didn't realize it at the time, but areas with a "low" dip also repealed their stay-at-home orders sooner.
tamimio 2y ago
Unpopular opinion: I miss the lockdowns. It was empty, clean, no traffic, no delays, excuse is ready for introverts, list goes on!
- Cthulhu_ 2y ago
  It's not an unpopular opinion, a lot of people like things to be quiet and peaceful; if it wasn't for job opportunities and boredom I suspect a lot of people would prefer to live in the countryside (in the broadest sense of the word). Only a few people thrive in busy circumstances, those were the ones that were climbing up the walls after two weeks of lockdown.
  - tamimio 2y ago
    Spot on! I’m glad to see some people agreeing with that. Around me, whenever lockdowns are mentioned, they are recalled as dark times.

jgrahamc 2y ago

Yes, that was super visible to us also: https://blog.cloudflare.com/when-people-pause https://blog.cloudflare.com/when-people-pause I always enjoy looking at Ramadan in the charts also: https://blog.cloudflare.com/how-ramadan-shows-up-in-internet-trends https://blog.cloudflare.com/how-ramadan-shows-up-in-internet...

buggeryorkshire 2y ago
Nice. Ramadan / Eid is difficult as it varies so you can't put up an accurate notice earlier for on-call engineers.
- Aerbil313 2y ago
  It's based on the Hijri calendar (based on the moon) and starts 11 days earlier each year in Gregorian calendar.
  - LunaSea 2y ago
    But the time changes depending on where you live
  - mavili 2y ago
    Aerbil, are you from from Erbil by any chance?
    - Aerbil313 2y ago
      No. Please use email for personal questions.

azinman2 2y ago

> which my NHS working family hated Why?

free_bip 2y ago
Probably because it's the very definition of virtue signaling instead of actually supporting them in meaningful ways, e.g. a pay raise
kypro 2y ago
I was working for the NHS at the time. Peak lockdown for me was doing my weekly shop in Asda during the national weekly clap... I had to queue to get in to the store because at the time social distancing rules meant only so many people were allowed to shop at any given time. Once the Covid marshal granted me entry I washed my hands as required with anti bacteria hand wash and put on my disposable gloves. I then proceeded to carefully navigate the store ensuring I avoided sharing an aisle with any other shoppers to avoid attracting the attention of one of the many Covid marshals positioned around the store ensuring shoppers were adhering to Covid policy. While shopping the tannoy system repeatedly reminded me that I must remain masked and to keep social distance from other shoppers. I walked over to the Pizza aisle to grab a Pizza, but most were sold out. A few remained though, however they were all NHS themed pizzas to support "our NHS". Then the tannoy system announced to customers that the weekly scheduled national NHS clap was about to begin and that shoppers were encourage to take part. I completely forgot about this... I'm holding a basket in one hand and 2L bottle of Pepsi in the other. Do I put down my items and wait for the national clap to begin or should I just continue shopping as if it's not happening? No, what am I thinking, not clapping is not an option. I put down my items and wait for the clapping to begin. Then we all clapped before proceeding with our shopping. Good times.
- edwcross 2y ago
  This "clapping" thing does sound a bit 1984-like, a ritual to remember that others are watching you and so you should conform to the social norm. Did the clapping actually help the NHS in any way?

jgrahamc 2y ago

which my NHS working family hated I am not surprised at all.

geoduck14 2y ago

Oh, neat! I worked for a Car Load Financing company during the pandemic. We had data on how many people were applying for loans by geography, and how much it dipped from the "normal" load. I didn't realize it at the time, but areas with a "low" dip also repealed their stay-at-home orders sooner.

tamimio 2y ago

Unpopular opinion: I miss the lockdowns. It was empty, clean, no traffic, no delays, excuse is ready for introverts, list goes on!

Cthulhu_ 2y ago
It's not an unpopular opinion, a lot of people like things to be quiet and peaceful; if it wasn't for job opportunities and boredom I suspect a lot of people would prefer to live in the countryside (in the broadest sense of the word). Only a few people thrive in busy circumstances, those were the ones that were climbing up the walls after two weeks of lockdown.
- tamimio 2y ago
  Spot on! I’m glad to see some people agreeing with that. Around me, whenever lockdowns are mentioned, they are recalled as dark times.