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?

Also the bbc people were at work. That is bizarre and unprofessional and absolutely not the same as talking photos of public events etc

A family friend of ours lost their daughter in a sink hole with debris collapsing on top. The father scrambled to save her meanwhile the locals filmed it.

All this recording and pictures... I'm not even convinced people look through them all much after. Not like you would a physical photo album.

In England. France and the USA both had public executions up to the 1930s.

I agreed with the OP initially but ive seen so many videos online tonight that would never have been recorded by the BBC

The cars stopped on the motorway & people out their cars as the cortege passes on the opposite carriageway, The tractors & horses lining through fields near Ballater etc. The bagpipers along the route, that kind of thing

All just normal people paying tribute & moments that mainstream media would never see

I'm the biggest hypocrit...because although I thought the exact same thing......I would also have done it........

Although I may like to add that I do not use social media....

Yes there has been a decline in manners. Did you see the accession yesterday, the way Charles went from zero to highly annoyed because something wasn't moved fast enough. Twice.

It's everywhere.

Yes, he was tetchy, wasn’t he? But maybe excusable under the circumstances. They should have had a bigger table.

Fucking hell.

Of course the table should have been bigger. Poor bugger, his mother’s not even cold before they start sticking the knife in.

@NightfeedsandNetflix - I have no words.

The general public are grim. I've witnessed people with their phones out recording when someone is laid on the floor waiting for an ambulance, or when there's a car crash. I wouldn't dream of doing it, so cringe.

No, not 'sticking the knife in' just pointing out that the decline in behaviour spans all socio economic groups. Although I would expect someone who has been brought up and trained in such situations for years to be able to not get so angry about such a small thing. Very different to the Queen but then we're all different and things change.

It's not just the british. I saw a social media post from a holiday maker that said along the lines of "what an exciting week - so lucky being in the right place at the right time". What a thing to say! 🙁

It was being filmed by tv crew though but the tv crew also filmed crowds of people with they're phones out. 😡😡😡Why not just share the news report video?

Someone on my Facebook had his mums funeral today. He wasn't one of the pole bearers but did film it though. I could understand why when we could only have a limited number of people there. But wouldn't be sharing on social media. Just to share privately with family and friends who couldn't be there.

Very different to the Queen

Did you see the Queen in a similar situation less than two days after her mum died? I didn’t.

My god the royals aren’t robots. Forgive him a little bit of stress reaction under pressure.

My daughter has siezures not had anyone filming her fortunately. But have had people stepping over her or asking if she can move out the way. Well no she can't she's not just lieing on the floor or pavement because she feels like it.

Living life through a six inch screen is something I'll never understand, and I say this as a millennial 😳

Just enjoy the moment, be present. Not everything needs to go on your Facebook page 🙄 by all means take one quick picture, but filming non stop, giant sticks with cameras on the end. If you want footage that badly record the Mrs, the BBC have better angles 😂

I will say for those smiling when meeting Charles it's a weird time. On one hand you are sympathetic that The Queen has passed away, but also people want to congratulate him and wish him well at becoming HM The King. It's a weird and conflicting time of emotions for the public.

One minute your bowing and leaving flowers, and the very next you are shouting "long live The King, hip hip hooray" a strange juxtaposition.

It's awful. I hate it. I feel as though I'm in a different world.

Record the TV not the Mrs...Jesus where did that autocorrect come from 😂 don't record your Mrs 😳

@diligesmore

"I’m 25, and I do feel that my generation in particular just exist on social media. "

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This culture is reinforced by "social media influencers" where a person's worth, value or popularity is measured by by their social media postings and followers / likes.

This is made worse by photo shopped pictures that put realistic body image pressure on young girls and lifestyle pictures of exotic holidays / cars / Christmas presents etc that just make other people feel crap about their own lives and lifestyle. This then leads to insecurity/ unhappiness and the urge to "beat them at their own game" by posting their own social media highlights etc and so the spiral continues downwards.

"Comparison is the thief of joy" Theodore Roosevelt

I’m in Edinburgh and would have quite liked to go and pay my respects but all the phone ghouls would annoy me too much.

Um, pretty sure the legions of TV crews might have had it covered? OP, I completely agree, it was like watching a load of zombies. Some were being filmed speaking with and consoling the monarch while holding a phone between them! Who is going to sit and replay this, and in what situation might you think, ‘Oh, not much on telly tonight, shall we stick on the hearse footage again?’

Agree. It looks bloody awful - that sea of phones. What happened to bowing your head respectfully as a cortège goes past?

And you don’t have to be a monarchist to think shoving phones in the bereaved new King’s face isn’t ok.

One of the bigger problems of a society which has become so informal, with few people attending church or serving in the military etc, is a decline in people knowing how to behave differently in serious situations. You don’t chat amongst yourselves, you don’t “have a laugh”, you don’t take photos or selfies, and you certainly don’t shove a phone in to the face of a man who has just lost his mother. What happened to knowing how to stand still?