Regarding mobile phones at funerals

[Imogenlasting]

I was at a funeral this morning. During the Mass four different mobiles rang despite the priest, after the first phone rang, mentioning it and, after the second phone rang, explicitly asking that phones be turned off.

I can understand that the first time it was simply someone who had forgotten to turn in off (although they let it ring and ring), but surely after that incident and the priest saying something, anyone with a phone in their bag or pocket would immediately think 'did I remember to switch it off'.

AIBU to wonder what is wrong with some people and surely, unless you have a relative having life saving surgery, there is no reason you can't switch your phone off for 45 minutes out of respect for a bereaved family?

You could Andrew if it were to feature the person with the phone.

Terribly, terribly hurtful to the grieving relatives. So disrespectful.

I don't know about anyone else, but at the weddings and funerals I've attended, the celebrant's usually asked for phones to be turned off before even starting. Some might think the fact they need to says a lot, but there you go

You'd think these requests might be enough, but apparently not ... because as so often, some are just too special to observe the normal social courtesies. Sometimes you really have to wonder what's going on in these peoples' minds ...

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