2 minutes silence

[cailin maith]

What type of industry are you in? I've worked in retail, government and now NHS and the office usually comes to a standstill, however in others like Banking, it's completely ignored.

Yep - Financial... some moron was bellowing down the phone.

[RichardCranium]

Tossers. It should be a criminal offence to fail to observe it.

Was listening to Planet Rock at the time, they stopped transmitting for 2 minutes. At least I didn't feel alone.

I was wither dealing with the man selling his energy company or the postman or an agent. If not, I was frantically filling in a job application.

2 minutes? I thought it used to be 1 minute?

[sasguru]

Tossers. It should be a criminal offence to fail to observe it.

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Really? Why?

[KentPhilip]

This 2-minute silence thingy at 11am, I thought that was done on Sunday?

[wobbegong]

I'd just popped to Tesco for a few bits. When the notice came over the tannoy a little white-haired old lady beside me said "Blimey, shout it a bit louder, love. D'they think we're all deaf?". She then proceeded to carry on shopping while all around her everyone else, employees and shoppers alike, stood still and silent.

Its supposed to the the younger people who are disrespectful.

[RichardCranium]

She then proceeded to carry on shopping while all around her everyone else, employees and shoppers alike, stood still and silent. Its supposed to the the younger people who are disrespectful.

She sounds like a clever old lady to me. I bet she got a till with no queue, too.



She may have her reasons for not wanting to oberve the silence:

- "I do my silence thing at the War Memorial on Sunday."
- "I do my silence thing at church in the week when there's nobody about, while I'm doing the flowers."
- "It won't bring my Albert back."
- "I daren't stand still for too long with these hips. I'll freeze up."
- "Must get these Femidom sharpish; there's a punter waiting."

[sasguru]

If you want to think about the war dead, you shouldn't have to be told when and how to do it by state diktat, IMHO.

Isn't that more of the nanny state that all you lot complain about so much?

[EternalOptimist]

If you want to think about the war dead, you shouldn't have to be told when and how to do it by state diktat, IMHO.

Isn't that more of the nanny state that all you lot complain about so much?

can't you shut up , just for two minutes

[sasguru]

can't you shut up , just for two minutes

I did

[EternalOptimist]

I did

balls, you were spotted in Tescos