To be saddened by the behaviour of the public

[diligesmore]

In regards to the Queen’s coffin in Edinburgh. As it makes its way through the city the public have their phones out so blatantly and some with smiles on their faces.

Similarly, people shoved their phones in Charles’ face when he greeted the crowd outside Buckingham Palace.

Haven’t we lost our way a bit? Do they really need a photo or video when they should just be kind, present and respectful?

It is part of our society nowadays - becoming second nature.

Did you see the two staff members filming behind the BBC annoucement of the Queen's death? Their phones clearly visible until you see them get told to put them away. That was worse IMO.

But it didn't actually happen if its not on social media.

I don't think I exist TBH because I'm no on Facebook, Instagram, twitter or tik tok.

I agree. I hate social media for this reason. Nothing can happen without stupid phones. Ugh.

It’s a myth that the British are polite and respectful.

I just don’t get it! As if they’re going to look back at their picture/video with happy memories. I just think it’s so sad.

Noted a real decline in manners / etiquette since lockdown. A sense of entitlement, their thoughts, actions are what matters.

Yesterday I was run over by a mobility scooter in Lidl. The driver was driving far too quickly inside a crowded shop. It was a Saturday afternoon, in a busy town, with families. She came round a corner aisle, tripped me up and then started yelling that I'd cut her up. Huh? She's the one driving. I was attempting to get to a shelf.

Local tragedy occurred a month ago, people videoing on mobile phones and posting on Facebook. No idea that it's disrespectful and offensive. It's like people need educating on what is appropriate these days.

What was this?

These people aren't there to show their respects or because they feel sad. They're just hard of thinking people who are relishing the drama of it.

That’s very true, it seems that some people just live through their screens still - even though we’re actually allowed to speak to each other face to face again! It shouldn’t be the norm, but here we are.

I agree. Those two behind the presenter behaved appallingly, utterly unprofessional and distracted from the announcement. I suspect there will be some kind of disciplinary. What an idiotic thing to do.

The fact we have a disgusting concept like the monarchy in place to begin with should sadden you more

www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/1667526/BBC-selfies-Queen-Elizabeth-II-death-announcement/amp

It would have been the same hundreds of years ago though at similar events. People showing up to gawp, heckle, gossip, laugh and point with their mates, cheer, boo etc. Obviously with no phones but they'd have been just as pushy and entitled. I hate seeing all the phones too but I like thinking about similar scenes playing out over hundreds of years.

Why?! Just why? I didn’t notice that before.

Meh, it's history in the making. I'm sure you would have taken a photo too.

Noting sad about someone living a long and fulfilled life, what's sad about a timely death and a life to be celebrated.

Don't watch it if you find it so "sad".

No one needs to be told how they should or shouldn't mourn.

Not quite the same thing but I do get increasingly fed up with lack of manners ( Col Bufton Tufton me ? )

So eg I live in an area with tiny narrow pavements & I often step aside to let people go through , but they are are on their phones and nary a thank or a smile or a nod. I don't want a medal but a smile or a thanks would be nice.

I did see the BBC folk texting or talking behind Huw Edwards ,

Just a few manners and pleasantness to your neighbours , fellow humans goes a long way in my book

Enough said from me.

It's a lack of boundaries.

Things have shifted so fast, and etiquette hasn't caught up.

Private things are shared publicly, you aren't ever alone with someone as their network is with them.

We've lost sight of where we are and who is around us- terminally self centered. It's not intentional. They are just oblivious.

In my area a BABY had to be resuscitated on the side of the road. The good old British public beeping their horns at the ambulance because it was holding them up. Absolute fuckers. If that had been my baby I don’t like to think how I would have reacted to these idiots.

lockdown has made people a lot ruder and intolerant I’ve found.

@diligesmore the video doesn't show a man in a white shirt stomp over and give them a telling off. Honestly it was very distracting. So unprofessional.

I was one of those who took a photo and afterwards I wondered why rather than just be in the moment. Dh did the opposite (wise man!)

At public hangings in the eighteenth and nineteenth century people would be wandering around selling chapbooks - little cheaply printed books with stories and pictures of the criminal’s misdeeds (mostly fictional), sheet music written to commemorate the event and even playscripts about the lives of the people being hanged.

Similar stuff was hawked as memorabilia at any public event, all of which attracted large, often raucous crowds. I doubt there’s ever been a time where everyone at a time like this has been sober, respectful and “properly” behaved. The phones are only noticeable because people in previous eras didn’t have phones. They still pushed and shoved, ate oranges, bought tacky souvenirs and generally made a day out of it.

I totally agree.

It's vulgar and a sign of our times.

I saw one woman genuinely upset. Wiping tears away. No phone in her hand. In a sea of grinning idiots holding their phones aloft.

Is that you Jeremy Corbyn?
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