A lack of respect rant.

[AndRu]

I work for a large energy company in an office of 500+ people. Today at midday (as advertised) the fire alarm was sounded to mark the start of a two minute silence in memory of those that were killed, injured or affected by the 7/7/05 attrocity. After the 2 minutes was up the alarm sounded again.

For just 2 minutes you would think that people could stop what they were doing wouldn't you?

Well, no actually. In our open plan office I could see:

People listening to their personal music players
Some carried on using their computers.
A woman rummaging through her handbag.
One person carried on with a phone conversation.

And I'm referrng to people both above and below me on the managerial scale. It's not kids - there were some that should know better.

This has made me so angry to the point of going into a Hulk style rage. I am so annoyed that a minority cannot give up just 120 seconds in reflection of what happened. Even if they don't care about what happened last year the least they can do is respect that most of us do.

ARRRRRGGGGHHHHHHHHH@*&%&$^£(*%$££"&*^&~~~~~~!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[JohnnySharp2]

Yep, total lack of understanding and respect. Terrible.

 

[Madjock]

Yep, total lack of understanding and respect. Terrible.

I agree!

Fortunately as you say it is the minority. Sadly the only way these people would have any inkling would be if they had suffered the terrible loss of a close or loved one personally.

 

[snookhams]

Sadly respect is on the decline in this country along with manners!! I work in a school, based on the outskirts of london with an underground station a 2 minute walk away from us and we were told that we would not be observing the silence ~ I am lucky as I am only a humble technician, so I took my self off to an empty classroom and observed it on my own with contemplation and prayer.

 

[Lizzy Lemon]

This happened just after 9/11. I was in town shopping when the alarm sounded for silence. One elderly man(who I thought should know better) just kept muttering all the way through about him being inconvenienced. It was such a sad day last year just a day after hearing about the olympics and then such a cruel act as this, it made me cry as I love London so much.

 

[Minniespal]

I agree!

Fortunately as you say it is the minority. Sadly the only way these people would have any inkling would be if they had suffered the terrible loss of a close or loved one personally.

How true.

 

[alisonbestford]

Got to offer some support to the 'elderly man' in Wendy's post now

He may well have looked as though he should know what he was doing, muttering away, but maybe he didn't?

The folk in AndRu's office though, I would think, are a different matter.....

 

[JohnnySharp2]

I agree!

Fortunately as you say it is the minority. Sadly the only way these people would have any inkling would be if they had suffered the terrible loss of a close or loved one personally.

We were in a furniture shop once and a minutes silence was held , it wasn't busy but me and Julie plus the staff were the only one's who respected it.
There were 2 or 3 couples who just walked around sitting on sofa's etc as if nothing was happening....

 

[kkymmy]

i think its terrible that people cant just shut their mouths for two minutes....unfortunately the work we do on the pcs here all has a very short time frame to be completed so we were forced to carry on typing and such but nobody spoke and i thought as that was the best we could do we did a good job.

Today I had my own silences at 8.50 and 9.50 (the times of the first and last bombs) as well as the company wide silence at 12....i think there is something seriously wrong with society if we cant give our thoughts and prayers over to the families of those affected for just a couple of minutes each year.

 

[Astrid]

The education offices where I work respected the silence, although someone did call the switchboard a few seconds before 12 (I work on Reception) so I had to put that through, but after that I took the phone off the hook.

I remember vividly last Remembrance Day. I had to sound the hand bell for the start and finish of the 2 minute silence and did this whilst standing overlooking the playing fields of the school we are based next to. It brought a lump to my throat watching all those junior school children stand stock still and in complete silence for the whole two minutes, you could have heard a pin drop. It's a pity that ones so young can show more respect than adults at some times.

 

[*Star*]

Had something similar happen here.

Had to go to boots for some bits and pieces and was in the queue when the 2 minute silence began. Well a woman asked 'whats the hold up'. Everyone on entering the store was told, so she knew. She proceeded and an assistant pointed to a sign saying about the 2 minute silence. So she excelled herself by huffing and puffing and sending a text, she had a 'beep' noise everytime she tapped a key. Once the 2 minute silence had ended about 6 people went up to her to say how insensitive she was and her attitude was a disgrace. Noone was agressive or loud but very upset at her disrespect. She loudly said 'blah blah blah' the whole time they spoke to her.

 

[mandymouse]

I agree!

Fortunately as you say it is the minority. Sadly the only way these people would have any inkling would be if they had suffered the terrible loss of a close or loved one personally.

I totally agree

 

[shellbell]

I work in a very big Asda and we also had a 2 minutes silence to remember the victims of 7/7. All staff stopped what they were doing and most of the cutomers did too. But again there were a hand full of people still shopping and talking. 2 minutes is nothing to give up when so many people lost there lives.

 

[florida sun]

We had a 2 mins silence as well in our office today, there are around 70 people in our office and I am most pleased to say that every single one of us, took the phones off the hook, stood up and not a sound was heard for the whole 2 mins. I was very very moved.

 

[scojos]

i work in a high school of +1200 students. we are respected to two minutes silence, even the horrid ones stopped.
astrid you are right, it is sad when youngesters show us how things should be done


tracy

 

[Chilly]

My building didn't even bother to hold a silence like we have in the past. I made my office observe the silence though, i'm not the boss not even close but I just told everyone that the silence was beginning and everyone was quiet.

 

[AndRu]

We had a 2 mins silence as well in our office today, there are around 70 people in our office and I am most pleased to say that every single one of us, took the phones off the hook, stood up and not a sound was heard for the whole 2 mins. I was very very moved.

Now that is a place I would feel proud to work at.

 

[mark&sue]

I work in a busy London borough housing department. We observed the two minutes silence in the homeless reception with staff and members of the public where everyone stood up in silence and marked the two minutes with our heads bowed. It was very moving and people from all races and nationality stood up and paid their respect.

I was very moved and still have tears in my eyes. As always proud to be a Londoner.


Susan

 

[natalielongstaff]

unfortunatly people today are very selfish and think life only revolves arouund themselves

 

[PaulaSB12]

Strange though I don't remember any mmoments of silence every time we had an ira bombing.