Minutes silence etiquette.

[PurpleGorilla]

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.

#unexpectediteminthebaggingarea #fail

[SueEllen]

#unexpectediteminthebaggingarea #fail

Don't worry I hadn't started scanning.

[northernladyuk]

#unexpectediteminthebaggingarea #fail

The old man had a client over the weekend who was tweeting a complaint for a full refund.

#unexpecteditemintheteabaggingarea

[MarillionFan]

There are too many silences.

The only time I'm actually silent AND still is on 11th November.

Agreed. Seems we've gone a little overboard now on social grieving.

[VectraMan]

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.

Or it's virtue signalling at its worst.

Yes it's sad, but in a way it's disrespectful to pretend that a minute's silence in any way makes up for what happened. And as much as this was a terrible single event, people die all the time, many in a fire in Portugal yesterday. So who is deciding which people are worthy of a minute's silence and which people aren't?

Plus they're always a bit painfully awkward. Sometimes in football or whatever they do a minute's applause for someone who's died, and I think that is a much better idea; both practically and in terms of what it's trying to achieve.

But each to their own. If someone was wanting to observe the silence I wouldn't go and start talking to them or whatever, but equally you shouldn't complain about other people not choosing to take part. In fact I'd bet the majority don't.

[northernladyuk]

Or it's virtue signalling at its worst.

It's hardly the worst virtue signalling in the world.

[VectraMan]

It's hardly the worst virtue signalling in the world.

I suppose it's not as bad as politicians lining up to say "Our thoughts and prayers are with those involved".

[original PM]

Or it's virtue signalling at its worst.

Yes it's sad, but in a way it's disrespectful to pretend that a minute's silence in any way makes up for what happened. And as much as this was a terrible single event, people die all the time, many in a fire in Portugal yesterday. So who is deciding which people are worthy of a minute's silence and which people aren't?

Plus they're always a bit painfully awkward. Sometimes in football or whatever they do a minute's applause for someone who's died, and I think that is a much better idea; both practically and in terms of what it's trying to achieve.

But each to their own. If someone was wanting to observe the silence I wouldn't go and start talking to them or whatever, but equally you shouldn't complain about other people not choosing to take part. In fact I'd bet the majority don't.

The louder the victims shout the more will happen.

A minutes silence
Update your Facebook profile
Say a prayer at your local place of worship.

All are relevant things to do but none will actually make a difference or bring back the dead.

[woohoo]

It's hardly the worst virtue signalling in the world.

Exactly, I often say the same when I'm helping out with the homeless, disabled, non-binary veterans at the local Charity shop that I part fund with my expenses from contracting.

[northernladyuk]

Exactly, I often say the same when I'm helping out with the homeless, disabled, non-binary veterans at the local Charity shop that I part fund with my expenses from contracting.

I'm organising a minute's silence where contractors who work via Ltd's and Brollies silently point their fingers at aggressive tax avoiding colleagues to show who is to blame for cheap flammable cladding on public housing.