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    Minutes silence etiquette.

    Client Co open plan office was silent.

    Apart from all the typing and mouse clicks.

    My interpretation of a minutes silence is that you STOP WTF you are doing. For 1 minute.

    Am I the only one who believes this?
    http://www.cih.org/news-article/disp...housing_market

    #2
    Not another bloody minute's silence. What's this one for?
    Will work inside IR35. Or for food.

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      #3
      Originally posted by PurpleGorilla View Post
      Client Co open plan office was silent.

      Apart from all the typing and mouse clicks.

      My interpretation of a minutes silence is that you STOP WTF you are doing. For 1 minute.

      Am I the only one who believes this?
      Is it a billable minute?

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        #4
        Originally posted by VectraMan View Post
        Not another bloody minute's silence. What's this one for?
        Grenfell Tower fire
        http://www.cih.org/news-article/disp...housing_market

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          #5
          There are too many silences.

          The only time I'm actually silent AND still is on 11th November.
          "You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JR

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            #6
            Originally posted by SueEllen View Post
            There are too many silences.

            The only time I'm actually silent AND still is on 11th November.
            I don't even much care for that one, but it's hardly a burden to show some respect for those that do.

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              #7
              Originally posted by SueEllen View Post
              There are too many silences.

              The only time I'm actually silent AND still is on 11th November.
              Agree entirely. I mean of course one sympathises with the victims of the fire, and the survivors come to that, but all the same these minute silences are becoming overused and sentimentalized now.
              Work in the public sector? Read the IR35 FAQ here

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                #8
                Minutes silence etiquette.

                Originally posted by OwlHoot View Post
                these minute silences are becoming overused.
                That maybe - but why be silent yet continue to hammer at they keyboard. Why not continue your conversation or make a cup of tea.

                Either stay still and silent - or don't bother. Some lame half way house is disrespectful.
                http://www.cih.org/news-article/disp...housing_market

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by PurpleGorilla View Post
                  Client Co open plan office was silent.

                  Apart from all the typing and mouse clicks.

                  My interpretation of a minutes silence is that you STOP WTF you are doing. For 1 minute.

                  Am I the only one who believes this?
                  No. I'm completely with you. Anyone who can't spare a single poxy minute to show respect for a large but as yet unknown number of men, women and children who died in truly awful and horrific circumstances, has their sense of priorities all wrong.
                  His heart is in the right place - shame we can't say the same about his brain...

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by PurpleGorilla View Post
                    That maybe - but why be silent yet continue to hammer at they keyboard. Why not continue your conversation or make a cup of tea.

                    Either stay still and silent - or don't bother. Some lame half way house is disrespectful.
                    They probably didn't realise their typing and mouse clicking was so loud.

                    I was at a self-service till in a local supermarket for the last one - which was last week? - anyway two of the shop assistants had to be told to shut up and the till operators had to be told not scan things due to the beep.
                    "You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JR

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