If you don’t want to observe two minute silence- don’t be out

No she said 'Every time there were customers who kept talking'. She didn't say they were all disrupting others.

Many cultures don’t observe Remembrance Day, it is possible that they don’t know what is going on.

People should be free to observe or not observe.

I think uou r right and nor is the op suggesting the latter we all know what she meant so not sure why folks can't see she meant those that are actively disrupting silence

Don't be ridiculous.

I was at work this morning. Impossible for me to be silent.

There's a world of difference between being rude and disrespectful during two-minute silence and simply just wanting to go about your day.

The former is never acceptable, and that includes the woman shouting for fags in your example.

The latter - for example, continuing a quiet conversation - might not be what most people would do but no one should be forced to be silent. Give people the information about why it's important but if they don't want to partake then 🤷🏽‍♀️. I'd hate to see people banned from being out in public simply because they're not mithered about remembrance.

As for those unable to remain silent - I really hope you're not advocating for people with certain medical condition or disabilities - or indeed infants - to be banned from being out incase they make a noise.

Forcing people to do performative acts of remembrance or be banned from being out and about is gross and not really what servicemen and women served and died for.

I know what OP said and it’s clear what OP meant

I was in town a few years ago and was told to leave the Waterstones I was in so they could observe a silence. I thought that was inappropriate, I wouldn't have minded not being served but throwing everyone out of the shop seemed excessive.

What is particularly strange is that this is such a new thing. I'm in my 50s, when I was a child in the 70s then this didn't happen even though many people still remembered the war. It's really only in the last 10-20 years or so that it is marked on such a large scale, it started around the time the last veterans from WW1 died.

I think it's just the nice thing to do ti be respectful, it's nothing about being performative at all. It obviously started somewhere? I don't have a source because I'm simply sharing my opinion on an online forum and not writing a uni assignment!

This.
People are so utterly self absorbed these days.
@Mokel Quite agree with you.

@Ttcagainnow any source for that statement?

A lot of posters on this thread are saying exactly that. Starting with OP who wants everyone that won't observe the silence to stay at home.

I did read it, but thank you! I understand and am thankful for what her husband has done for us as a country and respect they don't like the 2 minutes silence but they are in the minority and I think it's disrespectful to purposely make noise when other people are doing the silence.

You find that those who feel strongly against acknowledging the silences, quite often do their best to disrupt it. I’ve seen it happen in public places. Is sowrong on many levels. People aren’t saying you can’t go about your normal business, but to deliberately be noisy is disgusting.

You dont know how many hours in my life I have spent and I spend thinking about my ancestors, their comrades, and all the sacrifices they have made and for some yhat are making for our freedom.

so again i dont need your holier than thou patronising. If you need 2 mins once a year, I am sad for you.

I mean, maybe read the comment and respect the price her husband has paid. You're completely proving her point about performativity.

Incidentally Blair's administration also saw the first non-armistice silence - just a few months into it, for the death of the Princess of Wales.

Only read the first page and so sad at the responses. It’s 2 minutes to remember the fallen fgs. Yet another reason this world is fkd.

I think when they made it Remembrance Sunday, back in the 1920s I think, there was time for a proper Remembrance - not a stupid 2 minutes in a busy working day in addition. I do recall that a lot of towns would make some sort of signal - at 11 am on the Sunday and people would stop then if they wished.

It wasn’t a thing back then near me
Definately since 2000

I think you're in the minority. It's 2 minutes for goodness sake. Just respect it.

Everybody was observing it . . I was doing office work in the 90s and it was definitely the 'done thing' , also in the shops .

I don't think it was. I was working in offices from the mid 1970s onwards and we never stopped on 11th November. I only remember it starting in about 2000. Remembrance Sunday was the day and I think there was more genuine remembrance.

It was introduced in the late 90s. Blair went all out to get sun readers who at the time were campaigning to bring in a silence. When he said he'd do it he started getting positive headlines from them.

Only read the first page and so sad at the responses. It’s 2 minutes to remember the fallen fgs. Yet another reason this world is fkd.